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The Internet

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Define what is meant by the 'internet'.
a)
A global network of computers connected together.
b)
A collection of websites and other resources identified by Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)
2.

Internet is a global network connecting millions of computers.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

A/An _______________ can either be a telecommunication company or any other organisation specialising in providing access to Internet services.

a)

Network Provider

b)

Internet Service Provider

c)

Service Provider

d)

Internet Connector

4.

__________________ is a sequence of numbers that uniquely identifies the location of each computer or device connected to the Internet.

a)

web address

b)

computer address

c)

IP address

d)

network address

5.
The internet is the largest example of:
a)
A Local Area Network (LAN)
b)
A Wide Area Network (WAN)
6.

What does a network enable computers to do?

a)

Communicate with other computers

b)

Take commands from users

c)

Run games and word processing programs

d)

Solve complicated mathematical problems

7.

Was the first military internet project

a)

Web Browser

b)

HTML

c)

Arpanet

d)

WiFi

8.

Which of these are true about the Internet?

a)

Is completely open

b)

the connections are shared

c)

information is sent in plain text

d)

all the previous answers

9.

The Internet and the World Wide Web are two names for the same thing.

a)

true

b)

false

10.

The internet is the network that connects different websites by way of HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol).

a)

true

b)

false

11.

The web is the the websites accessed over the Internet.

a)

true

b)

false

12.

ARPANET (Advanced Research Project Agency Network) was the agency that did the first research to lead to the internet.

a)

true

b)

false

13.

They were the two fathers of the internet.

a)

Vinton Cerf

b)

Ray Tomlinson

c)

J.C.R. Licklider

d)

Robert Khan

14.

It is the early packet-switching network and the first network to implement the TCP/IP protocol suite.

a)

DARPA

b)

WWW

c)

HTTP

d)

ARPANET

15.

What was the Internet used for at the beggining?

a)

Pizza delivery

b)

Funny Cats

c)

Military Communication

d)

Spying on Russia

16.

Originally, the internet was used by scientist and researchers to ________.

a)

communicate during the cold war

b)

store large files on cloud servers

c)

find jobs

d)

shop

17.

The first internet message was sent from ______ to Stanford.

a)

UT Austin

b)

Harvard

c)

Duke

d)

UCLA

18.

Originally, the internet was used by scientist and researchers to ________.

a)

communicate during the cold war

b)

store large files on cloud servers

c)

find jobs

d)

shop

19.

TCP/IP stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The first internet message was sent from ______ to Stanford.

a)

UT Austin

b)

Harvard

c)

Duke

d)

UCLA

21.

"Lo" was the first message sent across the internet.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Who invented the first system to send mail back and forth across the internet?

a)

Ray Tomlinson

b)

Bill Gates

c)

Jeff Bezos

d)

Mark Zuckerberg

23.

What was the most popular web browser in 1995?

a)

Mosiac

b)

Google Chrome

c)

Netscape Navigator

d)

Internet Explorer

24.
When was the first message sent over the internet?
a)
1991
b)
1982
c)
1976
d)
1969
25.

The first internet browser in 1992 was called

a)

AOL

b)

Netscape

c)

Erwise

d)

Pennywise

26.

What was the first thing ever purchased on the internet?

a)

the bible

b)

Shoes

c)

furniture

d)

pizza

27.

The internet and the world wide web were created at the same time

a)

true

b)

false

28.
It is a symbol used to separate the username from the mail server of an email address.
a)
dot
b)
comma
c)
at sign
d)
ampersand
29.

This is the year when email was invented.

a)

1991

b)

1971

c)

1969

d)

1994

30.

What did Tim Berners-Lee create?

a)

First Browser

b)

Windows

c)

HTML

d)

LED lamps

e)

HTTP