Y6 Quiz: Understanding the Internet

What is the Internet?

• A type of fruit

• A distributed packet-switched network

• A new kind of car

• A type of animal

Who is one of the 'fathers of the internet'?

• Thomas Edison

• Albert Einstein

• Vint Cerf

• Isaac Newton

What was the ARPANET?

• A type of plant

• A type of fish

• A Defense Department research project

• A new video game

Who owns the Internet?

• A single company

• A group of elves

• Nobody

• The government

What is the Internet made up of?

• A single large computer

• A group of satellites

• A single cable

• An incredibly large number of independently operated networks

What is one of the main protocols used by the Internet?

• TCP/IP

• HTTP

• SMTP

• FTP

What was one of the biggest breakthroughs of the ARPANET?

• The creation of email

• The development of the wheel

• The discovery of electricity

• The invention of the telephone

What motivates the sharing of information on the Internet?

• The need to keep secrets

• The desire to be alone

• The idea that what you know might be useful to someone else

• The wish to hide information

What is a common misconception about who controls the Internet?

• That it is controlled by a single person

• That it is controlled by elves

• That it is controlled by the government

• That it is controlled by a single company

What does the acronym 'WWW' stand for?

• World Wide Wildlife

• World Wide Weather

• World Wide Wealth

• World Wide Web