CSR 110 Principles of Computer and Introduction to Information Technology
Chapter 2
The Internet, The Web, And Electronic Commerce
Multiple-Choice:
1) Being connected to the Internet is known as _______________.
a) Econnect
b) linked
c) online
d) onwire
2) When Internet was launched in 1969 it was known as _____________.
a) ITNET
b) ARPANET
c) CERN
d) CONNECT
3) The most common way to access the Internet is through a _____________ .
a) provider
b) telephone
c) port
d) bus
4) The Web is also known as __________.
a) FTP
b) HTTP
c) .com
d) WWW
5) _____________ provide access to Web resources.
a) surfers
b) browsers
c) word processors
d) operating systems
6) ___________ provides a multimedia interface resources available on the Internet.
a) hardware
b) software
c) web
d) word processors
7) The addresses of the Web resources are known as ____________.
a) links
b) protocol
c) URL
d) sites
8) _________________ are the rules for exchanging data between computers.
a) connectivity
b) methods
c) protocols
d) procedures
9) _______________ is the second part of the Web address which is the name of server
where the resource is located.
a) domain name b) country name
c) organization name
d) person name
10) _______________ indicates a commercial site.
a) .mil
b) .org
c) .gov
d) .com
11) The document files of the Web sites contains ______________ commands
a) Visual Basic
b) HTTP
c) HTML
d) FTP
12) The references on the Web pages that connect to other pages are known as ______________.
a) directors
b) connectors
c) superlinks
d) hyperlinks
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CSR 110 Principles of Computer and Introduction to Information Technology
13) ______________ are special programs that can be quickly downloaded and run by browsers.
a) modules
b) applets
c) bytes
d) objects
14) ______________ is unwelcomed or unwanted emails.
a) spam
b) banner
c) blogs
d) objects
15) ______________ are destructive programs attached to unsolicited emails
a) computer virus
b) computer bacteria
c) applets
d) blogs
16) _____________ is the transmission of electronic messages over the Internet.
a) Post mail
b) SMS
c) I-mail
d) E-mail
17) Web sites that contain the key words being searched are known as_____________.
a) spider
b) hits
c) misses
d) views
18) _____________ engines are programs that automatically submit your search requests to
several search engines simultaneously.
a) supersearch
b) microsearch
c) metasearch
d) specialized
19) ____________ search is also known as index search.
a) file
b) directory
c) metasearch
d) specialized
20) ____________ are special programs that continually look for new information and
update the search services’ databases.
a) spiders
b) applets
c) modules
d) hits
21) ____________ search engines focuses on subject-specific Web sites.
a) file
b) directory
c) metasearch
d) specialized
22) _____________ is known as buying and selling of goods over the Internet
a) E-governance b) E-commerce
c) E-business
d) E-learning
23) _____________ is an Internet standard for transferring files.
a) IP
b) Telnet
c) HTTP
d) FTP
24) _____________ block access to selected sites.
a) filters
b) Telnet
c) HTTP
d) FTP
25) ________________ is an Internet standard that allows you to connect to another
computer on Internet as if you were on a terminal next room.
a) IP
b) HTTP
c) Telnet
d) FTP
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CSR 110 Principles of Computer and Introduction to Information Technology
True / False
1. Exploring the Web is known as surfing.
(T / F)
2. The Internet is a multimedia interface.
( T/ F)
3. The most widely used Web protocol is http.
( T/ F)
4. The last part of the domain name identifies the type of organization.
( T/ F)
5. Applets are written in Visual Basic language.
( T/ F)
6. Email does not allow you to attach files.
( T/ F)
7. Microsoft Outlook is the most widely used email program.
( T/ F)
8. Acrobat Reader is an example of a plug-in.
( T/ F)
9. Copying files to your computer on Internet is called uploading.
( T/ F)
10. Searching for a topic or category is called directory search.
( T/ F)
Matching
a. plug-ins
1. Used for viewing and printing documents saved in PDF
format
c
b. Web servers
2. Programs that are automatically loaded and operate as
part of a browser
a
c. Acrobat Reader
3. Involves individuals selling to individuals
d
d. C2C
4. Computers on the Internet that stores and shares
documents
b
e. applets
5. Is the most widely used Web protocol
f
f. HTTP
6. Is interpreted by browsers to display web pages
h
g. domain code
7. Special programs typically written in Java language
e
h. HTML
g
i. Surfing
8. The last part of the domain name that identifies the type
of organization
9. Is an example of a browser
j. Internet Explorer
10. Exploring the web by moving from one site to another
i
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j
CSR 110 Principles of Computer and Introduction to Information Technology
Short answer questions
1) What are the uses of Internet?
2) What are the two basic parts of URL?
3) What are the two basic elements of an Email message and what are the two basic
parts of an Email address?
4) List the different types of search engines and what are the two search approaches.
5) What are the different types of E-commerce?
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