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Unit 2 Test Review - The Internet

Total questions: 61

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A global system of interconnected computers, servers and mainframes
a)
A supercomputer
b)
URL
c)
The internet
d)
AOL
2.

The company that gives you access to the internet is called your:

a)

CPU

b)

Comcast

c)

ISP

d)

IBM

3.
What is the language that most web pages are written in?
a)
HTTP
b)
BBS
c)
IBM
d)
HTML
4.
The internet is the largest example of:
a)
A Local Area Network (LAN)
b)
A Wide Area Network (WAN)
5.

A link from a hypertext document to another location, activated by clicking on a highlighted word or image.

a)

Hyperlink

b)

Hyphen

c)

Hyper Text

d)

Hyper Image

6.

What does HTML stand for?

a)

Heuristic Text Modelling Language

b)

Hyper Text Markup Language

c)

Hyper Text Modelling Language

d)

Heuristic Text Markup Language

7.

Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Internet Explorer are all examples of?

a)

Web Authoring Software

b)

Interpreters

c)

Browsers

d)

Compilers

8.

An IP address is most similar to which of the following?

a)

A mail carrier

b)

A home address

c)

An electrical generator

d)

A television network

9.

Which of the following is an IP address?

a)

www.aeries.com

b)

1.125.234.35

c)

a.239.bxc.3543.j2

d)

2.4358.2.34.com

10.

It's a registered name of the website.

a)

HTML

b)

HTTP

c)

Domain

d)

Web

11.

What does DNS stand for?

a)

Dynamic Natural Senses

b)

Distributed Normal Station

c)

Domain Name System

d)

Differential Network Setting

12.

Which of the following is a protocol used by the World Wide Web?

a)

HTTP

b)

HTML

c)

DNS

d)

UTP

13.
What does ISP stand for?
a)
Internet Service Provider
b)
Internet Switch Protocol
c)
Internet Service Protocol
d)
Internet Switch Provider
14.
What cable is this?
a)
Ethernet Cable
b)
Coaxial Cable
c)
CATV Connection
d)
BluTooth Connection
15.
Online information is always trustworthy.
a)
True
b)
False
16.

Bandwidth is the transmission capacity of a computer network. (How wide the internet highway is)

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

17.

Computers send information around the internet as Binary Code.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

What is Bitrate?

a)

the number of bits that can be transferred per second

b)

how fast the CPU is

c)

how fast the motherboard is

d)

the number of bits that can be received

19.

What is latency?

a)

the time it takes for a bit to travel from one computer to another

b)

when you get to school after 8:15

c)

how large a computer file is

d)

the time it takes for data to upload to the World Wide Web

20.

What are the programs called that "crawl" around the internet to find websites.

a)

spiders

b)

ants

c)

beetles

d)

hippopotamuses

21.

What does a DNS Server do?

a)

matches website addresses with IP addresses

b)

Sorts through search algorithms

c)

Indexes the Internet to find most popular sites

d)

Connects wireless networks to the Internet

22.

The "traffic managers" of the internet, that help data get from one IP address to its destination IP address , are called:

a)

Fiber Optic Cables

b)

Routers

c)

Web Servers

d)

Internet Protocol Addresses

23.

What do you call computers that host websites, that you connect to when you connect to a website?

a)

Routers

b)

TCP/IP

c)

Servers

d)

HTML

24.

Who is the founder of WWW?

a)

Vinton Cerf

b)

Mark Zuckerberg

c)

Bill Gates

d)

Tim Berners-Lee

25.

The higher the bandwidth ....

a)

The slower websites take to open up

b)

The faster websites open up

c)

The louder your music will play

d)

The more websites you are able to have open at one time

26.

What is the term for a group of computers which are connected together by communication channels and can send information between them?

a)

Protocol

b)

Bit

c)

Ethernet

d)

Network

27.

A _______ links computers within a department, building or campus.

a)

TCP/IP

b)

modem

c)

local area network (LAN)

d)

plug-ins

28.
Cookies are small files that websites leave on their visitors' computers. 
a)
True
b)
False
29.
The internet functions on a _________ network. 
a)
circuit-switched
b)
centralized
c)
distributed packet-switched
d)
direct
30.

The internet is a part of the world wide web

a)

True

b)

False

31.

BANDWITH is - ...

a)

minimum transmission capacity of a device

b)

maximum rate capacity of a device

c)

minimum rate capacity of a device

d)

maximum transmission capacity of a device

32.

Uses radio signal to send bits from one place to another

a)

Ethernet Cable

b)

Wireless

c)

Fiber Optic

d)

Arpanet

33.

How many paths are there from the router in Utah to the router in UCLA?

a)

4

b)

3

c)

2

d)

1

34.
The devices which read IP addresses and forward packets along in the Internet are called what?
a)
Readers
b)
Routers
c)
Forwarders
d)
Resources
35.
Why is DNS needed?
a)
People remember names better than long strings of numbers
b)
It is where our genes are stored in the human body
c)
It routes the packets for optimal speed
d)
The government needs to track terrorist communication
36.
Beyond IP, TCP needs which two additional pieces of information to do its job?
a)
Number and order of packets
b)
"To" and "From" addresses
c)
Router hops and latency
d)
Cable type and Mbps
37.
TCP adds what major capability to IP?
a)
Makes IP a "best efforts" network
b)
Provides routing through the fastest path
c)
Delivers web pages and reconciles domain names
d)
Provides assurance that all packets are delivered
38.

Internet Protocol

a)

Protocol that addresses packets with source and destination IP addresses and sends them to the physical layer

b)

A DNS attack in which numerous pings are made to the same IP, causing it to crash

c)

Protocol used by the World Wide Web. It describes how messages are formatted and interchanged, and how web servers respond to commands.

d)

Protocol that provides reliable, ordered, and error-checked delivery of a stream of packets on the internet

39.

Transmission Control Protocol: (select two)

a)

Breaks messages into packets AND addresses them

b)

A DNS attack in which numerous pings are made to the same IP, causing it to crash

c)

Protocol used by the World Wide Web. It describes how messages are formatted and interchanged, and how web servers respond to commands.

d)

Provides reliable, ordered, and error-checked delivery of a stream of packets on the internet

e)

Breaks data in packets

40.

A _____ HTTP request is used when the user enters information (ex. user name/password) into the webpage.

a)

Get

b)

Post

c)

Login

d)

Send

41.
Which of the following best describes the basic idea of fault tolerance?
a)
A system that never fails
b)
If part of the system fails, the operation continues without interruption
c)
A program that does not allow inputs out of a range given by a programmer
d)
A program that does not allow loss of precision
42.

HTTP

a)

Protocol used to check if all packets of data have been received

b)

Protocol for relaying packets across an interconnected network (Internet)

c)

Protocol used by web browsers to communicate with the web server and fetch the webpages that you see

d)

A cryptographic protocol used to securely transmit data over an unsecured network

43.

Which bit-sending technology is used for Ethernet cables?

a)

Electric voltage

b)

Alternating frequencies

c)

Beam of light

d)

Radio Waves

44.
Which bit-sending technology is used for fiber optic cables?
a)
Electric voltage
b)
Alternating frequencies
c)
Beam of light
d)
Magic
45.

The technical word in computer science for a set of rules governing the exchange or transmission of data between devices is called:

a)

Procedures

b)

Terms

c)

Binary

d)

Protocol

46.

It is usually called the web for short—is a collection of different websites you can access through the Internet.

a)

internet

b)

web browser

c)

search engine

d)

world wide web

47.

Who are considered as the Fathers of Internet?

a)

Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn

b)

Charles Babbage and Robert Kahn

c)

Bill English & Vinton Cerf

d)

Blaise Pascal & Charles Babbage

48.

What is the digital divide?

a)

The difference between people who have access to technology and those that don't

b)

The gap between computers

c)

The gap between people who use mobile phones

49.

The idea that money, language, education, or infrastructure creates a gap between those who have access to information technologies and those who do not.

a)

Digital Divide

b)

Equality of Access

c)

Globalization

d)

Cultural Diversity

50.
True or False?
People who lack access to the internet have the same opportunities as those who do.
a)
True
b)
False
51.

The ability to navigate, evaluate and create information using digital technologies

a)

Downtime

b)

Digital literacy

c)

Digital Native

d)

Global Digital divide

52.

Given the URL https://sites.google.com.


Which part is the subdomain?

a)

HTTPS

b)

sites

c)

google.com

d)

.com

53.

Given the URL https://sites.google.com.


Which part is the top-level domain?

a)

HTTPS

b)

sites

c)

google.com

d)

.com

54.

Given the URL https://sites.google.com.


Which part is the second-level domain?

a)

HTTPS

b)

sites

c)

google.com

d)

.com

55.

TRUE or FALSE: The DNS uses a static database of domain names

a)

True

b)

False

56.

The perfect combination of bandwidth and latency is...

a)

High latency, low bandwidth

b)

Low latency, high bandwidth

c)

High latency, high bandwidth

d)

Low latency, low bandwidth

57.

Which two protocols break down data in packets and sends them via reliably or unreliably?

a)

TCP/IP

b)

TCP/UDP

c)

IP/UDP

d)

DNS/IP

58.

To make the Internet fault-tolerant, there are multiple different paths that packets can take from sender to receiver. What word best describes this multi-path design?

a)

Redundancy

b)

Transportation

c)

Bandwidth

d)

Broadband

59.

The physical layer is _____ abstract than the application layer

a)

More

b)

Less

c)

The same

60.

The Transport layer is _____ abstract than the Internet layer

a)

More

b)

Less

c)

The same

61.

True or False: The information is sent and received at the speed of light

a)

True

b)

False