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WorksheetsHow the Internet Works- Quiz
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
What is a web browser?
Something a spider uses to catch their prey.
The hardware that lets you search.
The app or software you use to access web pages.
Only found on computers.
What is the Uniform Resource Locator (url)?
A website address.
How you print.
A program for the computer.
Only on chromebooks.
When talking about the internet, what are cookies?
Something found on Sesame Street.
Bits of information that allows your printer to work.
Stacks of paper that helps you with a map.
Bits of data websites use to remember who you are.
What is HyperText Markup Language (HTML)?
A language used to print information.
A language only hackers use to take over desktop computers and chromebooks only.
A language used to tell a web browser how to make a page look.
The language used to communicate between web browsers and computers.
Who created the internet
Al Gore & Bill Gates
Al Gore & Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs & Paul Wozniak
Robert Kahn & Vint Cerf
Information on the internet travels in what type of pattern?
indirect
direct
circle
wired
______ keep packets of information moving smoothly
Routers
printers
wires
keyboards
The internet is reliable because
it isn't.
packets of information can take multiple routes to get places.
we pay a lot of money in taxes to make it work
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates set it up to work fast.
What is a search index?
A search engine, like Google
A large book that writes out all the internet websites
The first page of the phone book
A database of information used for doing a search
What does the ranking algorithm do?
Ranks the pages based on what it thinks you want
Ranks the pages based on best appearance
Gives pages with more visitors higher ranking
Ranks pages with videos higher
Why do untrustworthy websites sometimes appear at the top of search results?
The Spider program crashes
Spammers game the algorithm to alter the results
They pay more money to be featured at the top
Luring a person to download a program or to log in to a website to cause harm is _________________
Phishing
Virus
Scamming
Cybersecurity
True or False: A hacker can install a virus on your computer without your knowledge or permission.
True
False
_________________ is when hackers overwhelm a website with too many requests, so it will freeze up.
Html
Virus
DDoS
Http
___________ is a program that gets installed, usually unintentionally, and harms the user and their computer.
Scam
Phishing
Virus
botnet
Scrambling or changing a message to hide it is called
Secure Communication
Symmetric Encryption
Encryption
Public Keys
When the encryption key is shared with everyone so anyone can encrypt a message
Symmetric Encryption
Asymmetric Encryption
Public Key
Private Key
The _______ is a network of networks that links billions of devices around the globe.
WIFI
IP Address
DNS
Internet
ISP stands for...
Individual Service Provider
Internet Service Provider
Internet Service Placement
Internet System Protocol
A devices unique address is called it's....
DNS
Domain Name
IP Address
ISP
When a hacker taps into a DNS server and changes the IP address to send you to an impostor website, this is called...
Cybercrime
Domain Hacking
IP Spoofing
Domain Spoofing
The ______________is a tangible, physical system that was made to move information.
Modem
Wifi
Internet
Router
_______________ is the language that computers use to comunicate, consisting of 1s and 0s.
Basic
C+
Binary Code
Blockly
___________ is the maximum capacity of a device.
Gigabyte
Bandwith
ISP
Megahertz
___________________ is the fastest way to send information long distances and the signal does not get weak.
Ethernet
Copper wire
Fiber optic cable
Dial up
Bits are sent by
lightning, radio, telegraph
wires, cables, tv
radio, stereo, soundwaves
electricity, light, and raidio
Every word, picture, video, and song on the internet is broken down into these two things.
X, O
1, 0
5, 10
1, 5
