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IGCSE CS 5.1 and 5.2 - The Internet and Its Uses

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Set of rules that must be obeyed when transferring files and data across the Internet.

a)

cookie

b)

World Wide Web (WWW)

c)

digital currency

d)

hypertext transfer protocol (http)

2.

Software used to access, translate and display web pages on a user's screen.

a)

World Wide Web (WWW)

b)

digital currency

c)

web browser

d)

cookie

3.

Collection of multimedia web pages and other information on websites; these resources are accessed by a browser.

a)

hypertext transfer protocol (http)

b)

Internet

c)

cookie

d)

World Wide Web (WWW)

4.

Worldwide collection of interconnected network computers that make use of TCP and IP protocols.

a)

Internet

b)

web browser

c)

World Wide Web (WWW)

d)

hypertext transfer protocol (http)

5.

Small file or program downloaded when user visits a website; it remembers user preferences and other data.

a)

digital currency

b)

hypertext transfer protocol (http)

c)

cookie

d)

web browser

6.

Financial system which allows the transfer of funds and purchasing items electronically.

a)

World Wide Web (WWW)

b)

Internet

c)

digital currency

d)

web browser

7.

What process does this diagram best illustrate?

a)

Cookies first login

b)

DNS being used to retrieve web page

c)

Web browser accessing website server

d)

Web browser displaying HTML content

8.

What does this diagram best illustrate?

a)

Persistent cookies being used in subsequent website sessions

b)

Session cookies being used for online purchases

c)

Cookies being used to track user's website history

d)

Cookies being used to send users advertisements

9.

What does this picture best illustrate?

a)

digital currency

b)

cryptocurrency

c)

virtual currency

d)

fiat currency

10.

A financial system that has an institution that is given privileged control over the production and distribution of money and credit for a nation or a group of nations.

a)

decentralised cryptocurrency

b)

central banking system

c)

digital currency

d)

conventional fiat currency

11.

The protection of data/information by use of coding.

a)

blockchain

b)

virtual shopping basket

c)

cryptography

d)

timestamp

12.

A text-based address for a web page.

a)

uniform resource locator

b)

unique remark link

c)

uniform resource link

d)

unique remark locator

13.

What process doe this diagram best represent?

a)

DNS lookup of ip address based on URL

b)

Web browser request for login to website

c)

SSL or TLS authentication process

d)

Web browser display of HTML from website

14.

What is one difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW)?

a)

Created during the twentieth century.

b)

Has billions of users.

c)

Uses protocols for communication.

d)

Is accessed through a web browser.

15.

What does this diagram best illustrate?

a)

digital currency

b)

cryptography

c)

blockchain

d)

cryptocurrency