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WorksheetsThe Invention of the Internet Quiz
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 30mins
What was the first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union called?
Apollo
Sputnik
Voyager
Hubble
In which year did the Arpanet deliver its first message?
1991
1985
1972
1969
Who proposed the idea of an 'intergalactic network' of computers?
J.C.R. Licklider
Donald Davies
Tim Berners-Lee
Vinton Cerf
What is the name of the protocol developed by Vinton Cerf?
TCP/IP
HTTP
SMTP
FTP
What was the first message sent over the Arpanet?
LOGIN
WELCOME
HELLO
START
Which organization was formed by the U.S. government to develop space-age technologies?
NSA
CIA
FBI
NASA
What did Donald Davies develop that was crucial for computer networking?
Packet switching
Cloud computing
Circuit switching
Data mining
What was the name of the first sophisticated web browser developed in 1992?
Firefox
Chrome
Internet Explorer
Mosaic
Who introduced the World Wide Web in 1991?
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
Tim Berners-Lee
Mark Zuckerberg
What was the main purpose of the internet when it was first developed?
Online shopping
Social networking
Gaming
Military defense
Which country launched the first artificial satellite?
United States
China
Soviet Union
India
What does TCP/IP stand for?
Transfer Communication Protocol/Internet Protocol
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Transmission Communication Protocol/Internet Protocol
Which year did the University of Hawaii's ALOHAnet join the Arpanet?
1969
1972
1995
1980
What was the size of the first computers connected to the Arpanet?
The size of a large room
The size of a laptop
The size of a smartphone
The size of a desktop computer
By 2023, what fraction of the world's population used the internet?
Three-quarters
Half
One-third
Nearly two-thirds
Who is known as the 'father of the internet'?
Vinton Cerf
Bill Gates
Tim Berners-Lee
Donald Davies
Which protocol is primarily used for sending emails?
FTP
SMTP
HTTP
TCP/IP
What does the acronym 'WWW' stand for?
World Web Wide
Web World Wide
Wide Web World
World Wide Web
What is the internet?
Is an electronic system that connects people using devices
Is a network that can be activated with infrared power
Is an interior network that controls all cellphone companies
Who invented the internet?
Bob Vint and Khan Cerf
Vint Cerf and Bob Khan
Vincent Certor and Bob Kirk
When was the internet invented?
Early 1970's
Long time ago
Early 1700's
What Bob Khan and Vint Cerf were trying to do when they invented the internet?
They were trying to build a communication system that could survive a nuclear attack
They were trying to build a network that could supply videos, information and games to the public.
What is the name of the project they were working on before they invented the internet?
NET-ARPA
ARPANET
DEFENSE.GOV
What does ARPANET MEANS?
Advance Research Project Agency Network
Artic Project for the Network
Advance Research Paper Not Excluded in Time
The ARPANET was part of...
The Defense DepartmentResearch Project
The Infrastructure planned for the 1980's
The government communications plan for the year
Who control de internet?
No one and everyone
Bill Gates
The goberment
What is the internet made up of?
Networks that connect through out solar power
A bunch of wires
Is made of a large number of independently operated networks
What is the utility of the internet?
Connects all living things to non living things
That any device can connect with any other device. Connects people to people or people to information
Connects phones to any other information that is provided by a satellite
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Who is often mistakenly credited with inventing the internet?
Tim Berners-Lee
Al Gore
A British geek in a Swiss lab
French scientists
What is packet switching?
A protocol for email communication
Breaking data into small packets
A method to connect computers directly
A type of mainframe computer
Which protocol forms the basic communication language of the internet?
TCP/IP
HTTP
URL
HTML
When did networks really begin communicating with each other?
1995
1980
1975
1960
Who invented the World Wide Web?
National Physical Laboratory
French scientists
Al Gore
Tim Berners-Lee
What was the first ever website created?
Amazon
Yahoo
A site at CERN in France
When did the internet become workable for the masses?
1990
1980
2000
1995
What is the internet?
Is an electronic system that connects people using devices
Is a network that can be activated with infrared power
Is an interior network that controls all cellphone companies
Who invented the internet?
Bob Vint and Khan Cerf
Vint Cerf and Bob Khan
Vincent Certor and Bob Kirk
When was the internet invented?
Early 1970's
Long time ago
Early 1700's
What Bob Khan and Vint Cerf were trying to do when they invented the internet?
They were trying to build a communication system that could survive a nuclear attack
They were trying to build a network that could supply videos, information and games to the public.
What is the name of the project they were working on before they invented the internet?
NET-ARPA
ARPANET
DEFENSE.GOV
What does ARPANET MEANS?
Advance Research Project Agency Network
Artic Project for the Network
Advance Research Paper Not Excluded in Time
The ARPANET was part of...
The Defense DepartmentResearch Project
The Infrastructure planned for the 1980's
The government communications plan for the year
Who control de internet?
No one and everyone
Bill Gates
The goberment
What is the internet made up of?
Networks that connect through out solar power
A bunch of wires
Is made of a large number of independently operated networks
What is the utility of the internet?
Connects all living things to non living things
That any device can connect with any other device. Connects people to people or people to information
Connects phones to any other information that is provided by a satellite
