Computer Basics 2 - The Internet

The Department of Defense created the internet as a communications network that would survive what significant event?

• Climate change

• Nuclear bomb

• Hurricane

• Earthquake

Who controls the internet?

• Bill Gates

• Wi-Fi

• Nobody

• Verizon

What are the strengths of the internet? Check all that apply.

• Connectivity - all devices are connected to eachother

• Breaks data up into small packets

• It is not dependable and frequently goes down

• Easily accessible

ISP stands for Internet Service Provider. What is that?

• Companies that provide internet access

• Companies that steal your internet

• Companies that fix your computers

• Companies that provide power and electricity

How do ISP's provide internet access to your home?

• Router

• Hard drive

• Power supply

• CPU

Wi-Fi uses what type of router to connect to the internet?

• Etheret

• Modem

• Fiber optics

• Wireless

Check the options that are true about Wi-Fi.

• Uses light waves

• Very cheap

• Uses radio waves

• Short range and mobile

Check the following options that are true about fiber optics.

• Very fast

• Uses radio waves

• Very expensive

• Uses light waves

When you text your mom, the data travels from your phone, to the nearest Wi-Fi router, then into fiber optic cables to webservers all over the internet, to your mom's nearest Wi-Fi rounter, then over her Wi-Fi to her phone.

• True

• False

One of Google's search criteria to determine a web page's relevance, is to:

• Count how many computers are connected to the internet

• How many times you have used Google

• Who is your ISP

• Count how many other pages link to it or page rank