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The Internet and World Wide Web

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does WWW stand for?

a)

World Wide Web

b)

Wide World Web

c)

Web World Wide

d)

We Will Wait

2.

A collection of web pages is called a...

a)

web server

b)

web browser

c)

website

d)

WiFi

3.

What does the letter S stand for in HTTPS?

a)

Secure

b)

System

c)

Server

d)

Sorry

4.

What do the letters URL stand for?

a)

Universal Resource Locator

b)

Unbelievable Resource Locator

c)

Uniform Resource Locator

d)

Undergound Railway Line

5.

www.thenew.org - What does (.org) represent in this domain name?

a)

Organisation

b)

Non-profit organisation

c)

Business

d)

Company

6.

The Internet is sometimes called _________

a)

Cybernetic

b)

Cyberspace

c)

Cybernauts

7.
How can you tell if a website is secure?
a)
You'll see a lock in the address bar.
b)
you'll see a paper in the address bar.
c)
You'll see an address bar.
d)
You'll see a key in the address bar.
8.
Online information is always trustworthy.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Every computer has a unique IP address on the network
a)
True
b)
False
10.
This number is an example of 
a)
a web address
b)
a mailing address
c)
a DNS
d)
an IP address
11.

Which of the following top-level domains is used by government institutions?

a)

.org

b)

.edu

c)

.gov

d)

.com

12.

•The prefix .fr stands for ...................

a)

fresh

b)

friend

c)

finland

d)

france

13.

•The prefix .edu stands for ..............

a)

edition

b)

Edinburgh

c)

education

d)

edible

14.

Which protocol is most commonly used to deliver web pages?

a)

HTTP

b)

HTML

c)

CSS

d)

FTP

15.

Which port is mail usually sent out on?

a)

25

b)

35

c)

26

d)

15

16.

Which protocol would you use to transfer files on the internet?

a)

FTP

b)

SMTP

c)

POP3

d)

HTTP

17.
Which protocol would download the email from to your computer and delete it from the server?
a)
FTP
b)
SMTP
c)
POP3
d)
HTTP
18.

What does HTTPS stand for?

a)

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

b)

Hyper Text Transport Protocol Secure

c)

Hyper Text Transport Protocol

d)

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure

19.

What does TCP stand for?

a)

Transcript Control Protocol

b)

Transition Control Protocol

c)

Transmit Control Protocol

d)

Transmission Control Protocol

20.

Which is a valid example of an IP address?

a)

76.215.67.190

b)

100.210.190

c)

100.210.87.157.1

21.
Hyperlinks are usually _______. 
a)
bold
b)
underlined
22.

Which of these is an example of a "domain name"?

a)

www.office.com

b)

Microsoft PowerPoint

c)

HTML

d)

CSS

23.

Each electronic document on the web, which can contain text, graphics, animation, audio and video.

a)

Web page

b)

Web site

c)

Web server

d)

Web 2.0

24.

A web address consist of all below EXCEPT ______

a)

A protocol

b)

domain name

c)

link

d)

web page name / file name

25.

A secure protocol that transfer Web pages on the Internet over SSL (Secure Socket Layer).

a)

http://

b)

https://

c)

www

d)

html

26.

What is Domain Name?

a)

A text version of web page name.

b)

The text version of an IP address of a server.

c)

A search tools used to locate the information.

d)

A worldwide collection of network.

27.

When talking about the Web, the "link" is an abbreviation for ________.

a)

superlink

b)

blink

c)

hyperlink

d)

chain-link

28.

You can usually leave out www. when typing a URL into your web broswer.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

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

a)

true

b)

false

30.

He is one of the two fathers of the internet.

a)

Vinton Cerf

b)

Ray Tomlinson

c)

J.C.R. Licklider

d)

Gary Thuerk

31.
description of FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
a)
a standard network protocol (set of rules) used for moving files between a client and server on a network.
b)
easy to keep track, team members can be anywhere, action taken quickly
c)
managing e-mail and snail-mail , ,Answering and screening phone calls., Personal, private, or business research and purchasing.
d)
needs access to a computer, takes time to learn, handwriting deteriorates
32.
HTTP is more secure than HTTPS.
a)
True
b)
False
33.
SMTP and POP are two examples of e-mail protocols.
a)
True
b)
False
34.
Data is encrypted under the HTTPS protocol.
a)
True
b)
False
35.
Domain names such as www.nike.com are used to identify one or more IP addresses.
a)
True
b)
False
36.

A protocol is a set of (a)   which dictate how devices communicate with each other.

37.

A service that translates a URL addresses into an IP addresses.

a)

DNS

b)

DHCP

c)

Encryption

d)

TCP/IP

e)

UDP/IP

38.

FTP - File Transport Protocol

a)

20

b)

21

c)

22

d)

23

39.

dns Domain Name Service

a)

53

b)

67

c)

68

d)

22

40.

smtp Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

a)

21

b)

25

c)

23

d)

53

41.

https

a)

443

b)

596

c)

161

d)

143

42.

pop3 Post Office Protocol 3

a)

110

b)

123

c)

137

d)

443

43.

http

a)

80

b)

443

c)

21

d)

009

44.
HTTP stands for..
a)
.. Hyper Technology Transmission Piece 
b)
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
c)
Hypertext Talking Package 
d)
Hypertext Transfer Program 
45.
What is a protocol?
a)
Any peripheral device
b)
A person that uses a client
c)
Rules for networks and communications
d)
A circuitboard with the components to send/receive data