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Introduction to Networking for Grade 8

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which type of network covers an area of a few hundred kilometers in a city?

a)

LAN

b)

MAN

c)

WAN

d)

CAN

2.

Which type of computer network is used for communication among devices, such as laptops, mobile smartphones, tablets, PDA's etc mainly created for individual person.

a)

PAN

b)

LAN

c)

WAN

d)

MAN

3.

Which type of computer network consists of a series of small LANs over a small geographical area?

a)

PAN

b)

LAN

c)

CAN

d)

MAN

4.

Which network consists of a number of interconnected LANs and MANs linked by communication facilities, like telecommunications or satellite signals.

a)

CAN

b)

MAN

c)

WAN

d)

LAN

5.

A (a)   converts digital signals to analog signals and vice versa.

6.

The set of rules that determines how data should be transferred over networks, compressed and displayed on the screen is called (a)  

7.

The internet is an example of

a)

LAN

b)

CAN

c)

WAN

d)

MAN

8.

POP3 and IMAP are the two most popular internet standard protocols for

a)

Sending emails

b)

Retrieving emails

c)

Exchanging files

d)

Data transmission

9.

A system in which the domain names are interpreted into IP addresses is called

(a)  

10.

A unique address of a web page or website

a)

Web portal

b)

Uniform Resource locator (URL)

c)

IP address

11.

A physical path through which the message travels from the sender to the receiver is called a

a)

Highway

b)

Path

c)

Transmission medium

d)

Roadway

12.

The most common protocol for sending emails

a)

FTP

b)

SMTP

c)

POP3 and IMAP

d)

TCP/IP

13.

A networking device which is used to regenerate signals is

a)

Switch

b)

Bridge

c)

Modem

d)

Repeater

14.

An example of free or low cost online storage for the users

a)

Dropbox

b)

Google Drive

c)

Microsoft OneDrive

d)

All of them

15.

A device that is used to transmit a message from the source computer to the destination computer in a network by using its physical address

a)

HUB

b)

SWITCH

c)

BRIDGE

d)

MODEM

16.

Used to interconnect two LANs working on the same protocol and it also reduces congestion.

a)

HUB

b)

SWITCH

c)

BRIDGE

d)

MODEM

17.

(a)   refers to a computer network within an organisation

18.

The amount of data that can be transmitted in a fixed amount of time is called

a)

Bandwidth

b)

Website

c)

Speed

d)

ISP

19.

An image, audio, video, graphics or text that you click to jump from one web page to another web page is called an ____________

a)

Hyper text

b)

Link

c)

Hyperlink

20.

The first page of a website is called

a)

Website

b)

Home page

c)

Webpage