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How the Internet Works

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did we learn about today in our reading book?

a)

Ocean

b)

Math

c)

How the Internet Works

d)

Inventors

2.

"The world’s largest computer network which connects millions of computers all over the world." This is the definition for ___________.

a)

Communication

b)

Network

c)

Internet

d)

World Wide Web

3.

What is the Internet?

a)

A way for people to share information between computers

b)

Invented by Dr. Tim Berners-Lee from England

c)

A browser

d)

None of the above

4.

What does the Internet prefix WWW stand for?

a)

Wisconsin Wind Weather

b)

Western Washington World

c)

Word Wide Web

d)

Wide Width Wickets

5.

When you use the Internet, you send and receive __________________ from a large computer, called a ____________.

a)

files

b)

information

c)

server

d)

laptop

6.

What do we call a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks?

a)

Router

b)

Net

c)

Pod

d)

tablet

7.

Home computers connect to a server through a ____________.

a)

router

b)

mobile

c)

laptop

d)

monitor

8.

Look at this picture. What do you think it is?

a)

Computers connected to a server

b)

Computers connected to a system unit

c)

Computers connected to a speaker

d)

All of the above

9.

The Internet is a ___________________ network of computers that are ______________ together.

a)

worldwide

b)

linked

c)

home

d)

not

10.
A__________ is software such as Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari, Firefox, etc.
that allows user to access and view web pages.
a)
search engine
b)
browser
c)
URL
d)
firewall
11.

These numbers represent an ___________?

a)

internet protocol address (IP address)

b)

URL (uniform resource locator)

12.
If your computer cannot connect to the internet, the first thing to do is
a)
Call your internet service provider
b)
Restart your computer
13.
Your internet connection can be slow because
a)
there is a problem with the internet service provider
b)
there is a problem with the domain name server
c)
there is a problem with your wireless router
d)
all of the above
14.
An IP Address is most like
a)
Your home address
b)
Your first name
c)
Your favorite hobby
d)
Your age
15.

What do we call a set of rules known as "protocols" developed for the internet?

a)

XYZ

b)

(TCP) Transmission Control Protocol

c)

HTTP

d)

WWW

16.

Bonus:

What year was the first ever email sent?

a)

1962

b)

2000

c)

1971

d)

2020