Introduction to WWW and The Internet

What is the primary function of a web browser?

• To host websites

• To display web pages

• To manage databases

• To register domains

Fill in the blank: The WWW is only a ____ of the Internet.

• A) majority

• B) subset

• C) replacement

• D) alternative

A software program that can respond to HTTP requests is called a ________.

• A) Browser

• B) Web server software

• C) Email client

• D) Database

The first web page was published in _____.

• 1988

• 1990

• 1992

• 1994

In the client-server architecture, who initiates the communication?

• Server

• Client

• Internet

• Router

Which protocol is primarily used for secure communication over the Internet?

• HTTP

• SMTP

• FTP

• HTTPS

What is the main purpose of a DNS server?

• To store website data

• To manage email services

• To translate domain names to IP addresses

• To host web applications

Which of the following is a popular web server software?

• Apache

• MySQL

• MongoDB

• PostgreSQL

Which of the following is a markup language used to create web pages?

• HTML

• CSS

• Python

• JavaScript

What does the acronym URL stand for?

• Unique Resource Locator

• Unified Resource Locator

• Uniform Resource Locator

• Universal Resource Locator