Deck 4: The Internet and World Wide Web

Question 1

Very few colleges offer free Internet access to students.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The protocols for the Internet are the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).

Answer 2

False

Question 3

IP addresses can be static, which means they are assigned to computers as needed.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The software associated with the Internet is referred to as the physical layer.

Question 5

The final portion of the domain name, .com, .edu, and so on, is called the low-level domain (LLD).

Question 6

Web pages are sometimes called HTTP documents.

Question 7

WYSIWYG implies that the Web page you design with the Web-authoring software will look the same when published on the Web.

Question 8

In an effort to create a more open and transparent government, the White House under President Bush created data.gov and USAspending.gov.

Question 9

Microsoft has created an alternative to JavaScript for use in Internet Explorer called ActiveX.

Question 10

The industry sometimes calls more advanced Web content, such as video and interactive media, rich content.

Question 11

For the first 23 years the Internet was a text-based medium accessed using a browser.

Question 12

Everything on the Internet exists on the Web; however, the reverse is not true.

Question 13

A subject directory is a catalog of sites collected and organized by people rather than automated crawlers.

Question 14

With instant messaging, participants build buddy lists or contact lists that allow them to keep track of which people are currently logged on to the Internet.

Question 15

An offshoot of Internet2 that some call Internet3, but is officially named the National LambdaRail (NLR), is a cross-country, high-speed, fiber-optic network dedicated to research in high-speed networking applications.

Question 16

The semantic Web is a version of the Web where Web content is organized in a manner that makes it easier to identify and manage.

Question 17

Telecommuting is working from locations away from the office by using telecommunication technologies.

Question 18

Clicking links allows you to go deeper into subject matter, or "drill up," to find out more about the topic you are researching.

Question 19

To make browsing safe for young users, parental control software, such as Net Nanny, filters out adult content.

Question 20

Data is transported over the Internet in parcels. _________________________

Question 21

IP addresses can be dynamic, which means they are permanently assigned to a particular computer. _________________________

Question 22

The Internet uses the Domain Name System to translate domain names into IP addresses. _________________________

Question 23

Torrenting involves browsing the Web to find a file of interest, and then employing a BitTorrent client to download the file. _________________________

Question 24

Hypermedia is text that acts as a link. _________________________

Question 25

A Web server, commonly called a Web browser, takes the form of software such as Internet Explorer, Safari, and Firefox. _________________________

Question 26

An HTML bookmark is a specific command inside angle brackets (< >) that tells a Web browser how to display items on a page. _________________________

Question 27

Ajax, which stands for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, is a popular new set of technologies used to create many of the more recent programs delivered over the Web, such as Google Docs and Flickr's Photo Editor. _________________________

Question 28

Microsoft has developed a technology similar to Flash called Midnight that has yet to gain traction in the market. _________________________

Question 29

Beginning in 1993, the Web browser provided a graphical user interface to Internet resources that opened the Internet up to the general public. _________________________

Question 30

Invasive communications is the ability to communicate with anyone through a variety of formats from anywhere at any time. _________________________

Question 31

In asynchronous communication, people communicate in real time, exchanging thoughts in a flowing conversation. _________________________

Question 32

An e-mail attachment is typically a(n) binary file, such as an image file, Word document, music file, or spreadsheet, that travels along with an e-mail message but is not part of the e-mail ASCII text message itself. _________________________

Question 33

Internet chat involves synchronous text messaging between two or more participants. _________________________

Question 34

There are ____ of privately owned networks around the world.

A) hundreds
B) thousands
C) millions
D) billions

Question 35

-The accompanying figure illustrates a ____ network.

A) peer-to-peer
B) client/server
C) ring
D) parallel

Question 36

-The accompanying figure illustrates a ____ network.

A) peer-to-peer
B) client/server
C) ring
D) parallel

Question 37

Joining networks together into larger networks so that users on different networks can communicate and share data creates an ____.

A) Internet
B) extranet
C) extraWeb
D) internetwork

Question 38

Today's Internet joins together networks of over ____ computers, or Internet hosts, to create the world's largest internetwork, supporting over 1.5 billion users.

A) 250 million
B) 500 million
C) 750 million
D) 1 billion

Question 39

In 1957, computing was done primarily on large mainframe computers accessed from within an organization through a network of ____.

A) terminals
B) PCs
C) keypunch machines
D) teletype machines

Question 40

In 1957, ____ surprised the world by launching Sputnik, the first artificial earth satellite.

A) the USSR
B) the USA
C) Germany
D) France

Question 41

A 1970 pre-Web milestone was when the first cross-country link was installed by ____ to connect networks across the country.

A) Verizon
B) Sprint
C) AT&T
D) IBM

Question 42

A 1973 pre-Web milestone was when ARPANET went international as it expanded overseas to University College in London, England, and the Royal Radar Establishment in ____.

A) Norway
B) Germany
C) France
D) United States

Question 43

A 1983 pre-Web milestone was when ARPANET was divided into two subnetworks: ____, for military needs, and ARPANET, for research.

A) ARMYNET
B) MILITARYNET
C) ARMNET
D) MILNET

Question 44

A ____ pre-Web milestone was when the ARPANET project was officially concluded, and "the Internet" was turned over to the public, to be managed by the Internet Society (ISOC).

A) 1986
B) 1988
C) 1990
D) 1992

Question 45

A 1991 pre-Web milestone was when the ____ Internet Exchange (CIX) Association was established to allow businesses to connect to the Internet.

A) Computer
B) Capstone
C) Commercial
D) Central

Question 46

A 1993 pre-Web milestone was when the first Web browser, ____, was released to Internet users to an unprecedented enthusiastic reception.

A) Thunderbird
B) Mosaic
C) Internet Explorer
D) Netscape Navigator

Question 47

The Internet ____, the main Internet pathways and connections, is made up of the many national and international communication networks that are owned by major telecom companies.

A) backbone
B) ground
C) tree
D) foundation

Question 48

The large telecom companies that own the many national and international communication networks are called ____ service providers.

A) communication
B) network
C) Internet
D) Web

Question 49

NSPs enable Internet users to connect to their networks through utility stations called ____ (POPs).

A) ports of presence
B) portals of presence
C) points of presence
D) pathways of presence

Question 50

Companies that provide users with access to the Internet through NSP POPs are called ____ service providers.

A) Internet
B) Web
C) Personal
D) Communication

Question 51

A ____ connection is a low-speed Internet service that utilizes the customer's phone line for data transfer rates as high as 56 kilobits per second (Kbps).

A) dial-up
B) modem
C) DSL
D) cable

Question 52

A ____ modem connection is a high-speed Internet service provided by cable television service providers.

A) cable
B) DSL
C) dial-up
D) modem

Question 53

A ____ line provides an always-on connection.

A) dial-up
B) DSL
C) both a. and b.
D) neither a. nor b.

Question 54

A digital satellite service (DSS) connection is a ____ Internet service provided to your home by companies such as EarthLink and HughesNet.

A) wireless
B) high-speed
C) both a. and b.
D) neither a. nor b.

Question 55

Although not yet widely offered, the power companies of the world are experimenting with broadband Internet over the power grids through technology called ____.

A) broadband over power lines (BPL)
B) Internet over power lines (IPL)
C) power Internet (PI)
D) Internet power (IP)

Question 56

The Internet is a(n) ____-switching network.

A) parcel
B) data
C) packet
D) HTML

Question 57

An IP address is a unique ____ identifier for Internet hosts.

A) 16-bit
B) 32-bit
C) 64-bit
D) 128-bit

Question 58

Computers that provide services, such as www.yahoo.com, use ____ addresses.

A) dynamic
B) static
C) virtual
D) hybrid

Question 59

Because people are more comfortable dealing with names than numbers, IP addresses are assigned associated English names called ____ names.

A) domain
B) URL
C) top-level
D) index

Question 60

____ computers makes a service request from another program which provides the service.

A) Server
B) Client
C) Source
D) Target

Question 61

Experts refer to the ____ portion of the Internet as the application layer.

A) software
B) hardware
C) media
D) transmission

Question 62

-Referring to the accompanying figure, the protocol is ____.

A) http://
B) www.
C) cengage.com/
D) cca/ch1/

Question 63

-Referring to the accompanying figure, the location on the server is ____.

A) http://
B) www.
C) cengage.com/
D) cca/ch1/

Question 64

-Referring to the accompanying figure, the requested file is ____.

A) index.html
B) www.
C) cengage.com/
D) cca/ch1/

Question 65

Network specialists find it useful to use a detailed, seven-layer model called the Open System ____ (OSI) model.

A) Interconnection
B) Internetwork
C) Internet
D) Information

Question 66

Pictures or other media that act as links are ____.

A) hypertext
B) hypermedia
C) linktext
D) linkmedia

Question 67

Microsoft Internet Explorer claims approximately ____ percent of the browser market.

A) 58
B) 68
C) 78
D) 88

Question 68

A Web ____ stores and delivers Web pages and other Web resources such as interactive Web content.

A) server
B) client
C) terminal
D) gateway

Question 69

A ____ Resource Locator acts as a Web page address, incorporating the domain name of the Web server and the location of the Web page file on the server.

A) United
B) Universal
C) Uninterrupted
D) Uniform

Question 70

A ____ language is used to describe how information is to be displayed. It typically combines the information, such as text and images, along with additional instructions for formatting.

A) markdown
B) markup
C) protocol
D) method

Question 71

A slightly more structured version of HTML, called ____, is designed to integrate with XML code.

A) XHTML
B) XML/HTML
C) HTMLX
D) HTXML

Question 72

____ has been adopted by Microsoft in its Office suite to standardize data descriptions across applications.

A) HTML
B) XHTML
C) XML
D) JavaScript

Question 73

____-authoring software is similar to a word processor and allows you to create HTML documents.

A) Web
B) Internet
C) Page
D) Index

Question 74

____ Web pages are those that simply present unchanging information.

A) Static
B) Dynamic
C) General
D) Specialized

Question 75

Today's most popular Web sites are ____, providing users with an interactive experience tailored to the individual.

A) static
B) dynamic
C) general
D) specialized

Question 76

Today's Web browsers allow Web servers to store small ____ files called cookies on your computer.

A) data
B) text
C) graphics
D) program

Question 77

Java is an object-oriented ____ that allows software engineers to create programs that run on any computer platform.

A) scripting language
B) programming language
C) markup language
D) tag processing language

Question 78

JavaScript was developed specifically for ____ and is more limited in nature than Java.

A) business use
B) the Web
C) personal use
D) Microsoft applications

Question 79

A(n) ____ works with a Web browser to offer extended services such as audio players, video, animation, 3D graphics viewers, and interactive media.

A) plug-in
B) add-in
C) helper-app
D) browser-app

Question 80

____ Flash enables users to view animations and videos and to interact with games and other multimedia content created with the Flash program.

A) Microsoft
B) Adobe
C) Apple
D) Corel