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How the Internet Works- Quiz

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a web browser?

a)

Something a spider uses to catch their prey.

b)

The hardware that lets you search.

c)

The app or software you use to access web pages.

d)

Only found on computers.

2.

What is the Uniform Resource Locator (url)?

a)

A website address.

b)

How you print.

c)

A program for the computer.

d)

Only on chromebooks.

3.

When talking about the internet, what are cookies?

a)

Something found on Sesame Street.

b)

Bits of information that allows your printer to work.

c)

Stacks of paper that helps you with a map.

d)

Bits of data websites use to remember who you are.

4.

What is HyperText Markup Language (HTML)?

a)

A language used to print information.

b)

A language only hackers use to take over desktop computers and chromebooks only.

c)

A language used to tell a web browser how to make a page look.

d)

The language used to communicate between web browsers and computers.

5.

Who created the internet

a)

Al Gore & Bill Gates

b)

Al Gore & Steve Jobs

c)

Steve Jobs & Paul Wozniak

d)

Robert Kahn & Vint Cerf

6.

Information on the internet travels in what type of pattern?

a)

indirect

b)

direct

c)

circle

d)

wired

7.

______ keep packets of information moving smoothly

a)

Routers

b)

printers

c)

wires

d)

keyboards

8.

The internet is reliable because

a)

it isn't.

b)

packets of information can take multiple routes to get places.

c)

we pay a lot of money in taxes to make it work

d)

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates set it up to work fast.

9.

What is a search index?

a)

A search engine, like Google

b)

A large book that writes out all the internet websites

c)

The first page of the phone book

d)

A database of information used for doing a search

10.

What does the ranking algorithm do?

a)

Ranks the pages based on what it thinks you want

b)

Ranks the pages based on best appearance

c)

Gives pages with more visitors higher ranking

d)

Ranks pages with videos higher

11.

Why do untrustworthy websites sometimes appear at the top of search results?

a)

The Spider program crashes

b)

Spammers game the algorithm to alter the results

c)

They pay more money to be featured at the top

12.

Luring a person to download a program or to log in to a website to cause harm is _________________

a)

Phishing

b)

Virus

c)

Scamming

d)

Cybersecurity

13.

True or False: A hacker can install a virus on your computer without your knowledge or permission.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

_________________ is when hackers overwhelm a website with too many requests, so it will freeze up.

a)

Html

b)

Virus

c)

DDoS

d)

Http

15.

___________ is a program that gets installed, usually unintentionally, and harms the user and their computer.

a)

Scam

b)

Phishing

c)

Virus

d)

botnet

16.

Scrambling or changing a message to hide it is called

a)

Secure Communication

b)

Symmetric Encryption

c)

Encryption

d)

Public Keys

17.

When the encryption key is shared with everyone so anyone can encrypt a message

a)

Symmetric Encryption

b)

Asymmetric Encryption

c)

Public Key

d)

Private Key

18.

The _______ is a network of networks that links billions of devices around the globe.

a)

WIFI

b)

IP Address

c)

DNS

d)

Internet

19.

ISP stands for...

a)

Individual Service Provider

b)

Internet Service Provider

c)

Internet Service Placement

d)

Internet System Protocol

20.

A devices unique address is called it's....

a)

DNS

b)

Domain Name

c)

IP Address

d)

ISP

21.

When a hacker taps into a DNS server and changes the IP address to send you to an impostor website, this is called...

a)

Cybercrime

b)

Domain Hacking

c)

IP Spoofing

d)

Domain Spoofing

22.

The ______________is a tangible, physical system that was made to move information.

a)

Modem

b)

Wifi

c)

Internet

d)

Router

23.

_______________ is the language that computers use to comunicate, consisting of 1s and 0s.

a)

Basic

b)

C+

c)

Binary Code

d)

Blockly

24.

___________ is the maximum capacity of a device.

a)

Gigabyte

b)

Bandwith

c)

ISP

d)

Megahertz

25.

___________________ is the fastest way to send information long distances and the signal does not get weak.

a)

Ethernet

b)

Copper wire

c)

Fiber optic cable

d)

Dial up

26.

Bits are sent by

a)

lightning, radio, telegraph

b)

wires, cables, tv

c)

radio, stereo, soundwaves

d)

electricity, light, and raidio

27.

Every word, picture, video, and song on the internet is broken down into these two things.

a)

X, O

b)

1, 0

c)

5, 10

d)

1, 5