The Internet and World Wide Web Questions
True or False
1. No one person, company, or entity owns or controls the Internet.
2. The largest lines of the Internet are called “Backbones”.
3. ISP stands for Internet Security Police.
4. You can’t get on the Internet if you don’t own your own computer.
5. The Internet is comprised of approximately 10,000 computers around the world connected together.
Choose the best answer.
6. Supercomputers called __________________ serve as major hubs of the Internet.
a. ISPs
b. Regional Routers
c. Network Access Points
d. Web Servers
7. Which allow you to purchase access to the Internet?
a. ISPs
b. Regional Routers
c. Network Access Points
d. Web Servers
8. A computer on the Internet that primarily requests data is called a ____________.
a. Server
b. Client
c. Router
d. Requester
9. A computer on the Internet that primarily helps data travel along the Internet is called a
____________.
a. Server
b. Client
c. Router
d. Requester
10. A computer on the Internet that primarily sends data to other computers is called a ____________.
a. Server
b. Client
c. Router
d. Requester
True or False
11. Video Conferencing is a service on the Internet that has reached its peak.
12. Exchanging copyrighted files through a Peer to Peer connection is illegal.
13. The World Wide Web and the Internet are just two names for the same thing.
14. Every computer connected to the Internet service acts as a client and a server.
Choose the best answer.
Choose the best answer.
15. Which uses a headset with a microphone?
a. FTP
b. E-mail
c. Multiplayer Gaming
d. World Wide Web
16. Which Internet service is primarily used for file swapping?
a. Chat
b. FTP
c. Multiplayer Gaming
d. Peer to Peer
17. Which Internet service is text based and “Real Time”?
a. Chat
b. Video Conferencing
c. E-mail
d. Peer to Peer
18. What does FTP stand for?
a. File Transmission Protocol
b. Free Technical Protocol
c. File Transfer Protocol
d. Fast Transfer Protocol
19. The ____________ is the most publicized service on the Internet, it has become very commercial in
nature.
a. Chat
b. World Wide Web
c. Voice Over IP
d. Peer to Peer
20. Which service on the Internet is replacing traditional phone lines?
a. Chat
b. FTP
c. Voice Over IP
d. World Wide Web
True or False
21. The “.us” country code extension in a web address designates a web site as representing a United
States Governmental Agency.
22. The “.org” domain name extension is used to designate education and research.
23. A server can “crash” if too many people simultaneously requesting files.
24. The slashes in a web address signify you are moving deeper within a web site by entering a new
folder or directory.
Choose the best answer.
25. Which is a domain name extension for a web site with a commercial focus?
a. http://
b. www
c. .com
d. about_us.html
26. Which is a Protocol Prefix?
a. http://
b. www
c. .com
d. about_us.html
27. Which designates a requested file as a World Wide Web document?
a. http://
b. www
c. .com
d. about_us.html
28. Which is a name of an exact file being requested?
a. http://
b. www
c. .com
d. about_us.html
29. Web pages are connected together through ________________.
a. Hyperlinks
b. Hyper Connects
c. Transferlinks
d. Transfer Connects
30. URL stands for ________________.
a. Universal Resource Location
b. Unilateral Resource Locator
c. Uniform Resource Locator
d. Uniform Residual Resonance
True or False
31. Directory searches only record web site home pages.
32. Google.com and altavista.com are both directory searches.
33. Yahoo.com uses people to search the web for web sites matching specific content areas.
34. If you submit information about your site directly to a search engine’s database, you are guaranteed
to be listed in their search results.
Choose the best answer.
35. When you navigate through the World Wide Web you are said to be ___________________.
a. Scaling the Web
b. Surfing the Web
c. Climbing the Web
d. Cruising the Web
36. Which is not a name for computer programs that search the web and record information?
a. Robots
b. Spiders
c. Intelligent Agents
d. Creepers
37. When using a search engine, your request is called a/an ___________.
a. query
b. submission
c. investigation
d. inquiry
38. Web searches cover around ______ of the web.
a. 20-40%
b. 40-60%
c. 60-80%
d. 80-100%
39. Which is an example of phrase searching?
a. “Remember the Alamo”
b. Remember +the +Alamo
c. Remember the Alamo
d. (Remember the Alamo)
40. If you want to search for web sites only containing information about the country Jordan, which
would be the best Boolean Operatives to use?
a. Jordan
b. Jordan –Michael
c. “Jordan”
d. Jordan or Country
True or False
41. There are many laws that monitor and regulate the accuracy of pages.
42. Advertising spyware is software that is installed on computers with the computer owner’s
permission.
43. Never open any e-mail file attachment until you have confirmed its origin
44. A virus is a program designed to replicate and spread to as many computers as possible
Choose the best answer.
45. When searching for information on the web, it is always a good idea to …
a. Use only Google.com to perform your searches
b. Double-check all information you find with a second source
c. Use only directory based searches
d. Rely only upon information found through major search engines
46. When a web site makes a record of your visit, and possibly other sites you have visited, it’s called …
a. Web monitoring
b. Web tracking
c. Web peering
d. Web assessing
47. Web sites often place a text file on your computer called a …
a. tracker
b. monitor
c. shadow
d. cookie
48. Pop-up windows or banner ads are often used by…
a. packet monitors
b. security sotware
c. encryption software
d. spyware
49. It is always a good idea to keep up-to-date…
a. virus software on your computer
b. spyware on your computer
c. protective gateways
d. port interfaces
50. Which is not suspected to be true of the World Wide Web in the future?
a. More and more people will use the Web
b. The Web will soon move towards 3-D holographic visuals
c. The Web will become faster and faster
d. The Web will grow continually more wireless