Question 1

An email address consists of two parts: the user name and the _____ address.
A) domain
B) Internet
C) source
D) destination
E) server

Accepted Answer

The answer of An email address consists of two parts:...

Question 2

The rightmost part of an email address is known as the top-level:
A) domain
B) Internet
C) source
D) destination
E) server

Accepted Answer

The rightmost part of an email address is referred to as the top-level domain (TLD), which indicates the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet after the root domain.

Question 3

_____ is a not-for-profit company set up over 10 years ago specifically to administer the domain name system.
A) ISO
B) ICANN
C) OSI
D) W3C
E) None of the above

Accepted Answer

ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is the not-for-profit organization that was established to oversee the management of the domain name system, ensuring its secure and stable operation.

Question 4

______technology enables wireless devices, such as mobile telephones, computers, and PDAs to communicate over a distance (less than 10meters)
A) WAN
B) LAN
C) PAN
D) DAN-
E) None of the above

Accepted Answer

The answer of ______technology enables wireless devices, such as mobile...

Question 5

Wireless LANs replace the usual LAN cabling between computers with wireless transmissions and are used by business professionals to increase the efficiency of many activities in the work place, except
A) Pricing and labelling inventories from anywhere and transmitting the information to the back- office computer
B) Checking email on handheld PDAs
C) Connecting wireless devices to a bar code scanner to scan the items
D) Requesting medical tests, checking the results, and then entering the information into a patient's e-record from the patient's room
E) none of the above

Accepted Answer

The answer of Wireless LANs replace the usual LAN cabling...

Question 6

Postal mail is often referred to as _____ mail.
A) small
B) slow
C) snail
D) snow
E) none of the above

Accepted Answer

Postal mail is commonly referred to as "snail mail" due to its slower delivery speed compared to electronic mail.

Question 7

Distributing files to a large audience is done by placing them on a(n) _____ server and having the users download them over the Internet.
A) NNTP
B) ITP
C) HTTP
D) FTP
E) TCPIT

Accepted Answer

FTP is a file transfer protocol that allows users to download files from a server over the Internet.

Question 8

_____, a computer scientist, developed the Web in 1989, at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland
A) Bill Gates
B) Tim Berners-Lee
C) Steve Jobs
D) Al Gore
E) none of the above

Accepted Answer

Tim Berners-Lee is credited with inventing the World Wide Web in 1989 while working at CERN.

Question 9

In web terminology, the address of a web page is referred to as its:
A) URL
B) TCP/IP
C) FTP
D) HTTP
E) HTTPS

Accepted Answer

The address of a web page is referred to as its URL (Uniform Resource Locator), which specifies the location of a resource on the internet.

Question 10

A(n) _____ is not an application or virus, but simply a data file that will be accessed by the related website the next time you visit it.
A) biscuit
B) crumb
C) cookie
D) link

Accepted Answer

A cookie is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user's computer by the user's web browser while the user is browsing. Cookies were designed to be a reliable mechanism for websites to remember stateful information or to record the user's browsing activity. They are not applications or viruses.

Question 11

How many characters long can an SMS message be?
A) 140
B) 160
C) 255
D) 256

Accepted Answer

An SMS message can be up to 160 characters long. This limit is due to the original design of the SMS protocol, which allocates 140 bytes for the message, allowing for 160 7-bit characters.

Question 12

In 2009, approximately how many messages were sent on mobile?
A) 2 million
B) 5 million
C) 10 million
D) 20 million
E) none of the above

Accepted Answer

The answer of In 2009, approximately how many messages were...

Question 13

Sending a message on your mobile phone that contains a picture is referred to as a(n):
A) SMS
B) IM
C) MMI
D) MMS

Accepted Answer

MMS stands for Multimedia Messaging Service, which is the correct term for sending messages that include pictures or videos, in addition to text, on a mobile phone. SMS (Short Message Service) is limited to text only.

Question 14

A (An) __________ provides the physical connection between a computer and a local network.
A) PAN
B) ICANN
C) NIC
D) WLAN
E) TCP

Accepted Answer

A Network Interface Card (NIC) is the hardware component that provides the physical connection between a computer and a network, allowing the computer to communicate with other devices on the network.

Question 15

An advantage of using BitTorrent protocol over FTP is it allows:
A) files software, data, or document files available to a wide audience
B) utility software are made available freely
C) data files are made available freely
D) breaks files into pieces to send them more efficiently using less bandwidth
E) none of the above

Accepted Answer

BitTorrent breaks files into pieces and distributes them across multiple peers, allowing for more efficient data transfer that uses less bandwidth compared to traditional FTP, which transfers files from a single server to a client.

Quiz 10: Tech Guide B: The Details of Networking

An email address consists of two parts: the user name and the _____ address.

The rightmost part of an email address is known as the top-level:

_____ is a not-for-profit company set up over 10 years ago specifically to administer the domain name system.

______technology enables wireless devices, such as mobile telephones, computers, and PDAs to communicate over a distance (less than 10meters)

Wireless LANs replace the usual LAN cabling between computers with wireless transmissions and are used by business professionals to increase the efficiency of many activities in the work place, except

Postal mail is often referred to as _____ mail.

Distributing files to a large audience is done by placing them on a(n) _____ server and having the users download them over the Internet.

_____, a computer scientist, developed the Web in 1989, at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland

In web terminology, the address of a web page is referred to as its:

A(n) _____ is not an application or virus, but simply a data file that will be accessed by the related website the next time you visit it.

How many characters long can an SMS message be?

In 2009, approximately how many messages were sent on mobile?

Sending a message on your mobile phone that contains a picture is referred to as a(n) :

A (An) __________ provides the physical connection between a computer and a local network.

An advantage of using BitTorrent protocol over FTP is it allows: