Deck 1: Introduction to the Internet and World Wide Web

Question 1

Select the true statement from the list below.

A) When a domain name ends in .com it indicates that it is a computer company.
B) A country code domain name can only be owned by someone who resides in that country.
C) Only non-profit organizations can purchase a .org domain name
D) None of the statements above are true

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Select the item below that lists the top level domain name for the URL http://www.yahoo.com.

A) http
B) www
C) yahoo
D) com

Answer 2

D

Question 3

New Top Level Domains (TLDs) are coordinated by

A) ICANN
B) no one, because anyone can add a TLD to the Domain Name System
C) W3C
D) TCP

Answer 3

A

Question 4

______ is a set of rules for exchanging files such as text, graphic images, sound, video, and other multimedia files on the Web.

A) IP
B) TCP
C) FTP
D) HTTP

Question 5

A ____ is a type of _____.

A) URI, URL
B) URL, URI
C) HTML, web page
D) URL, HTML

Question 6

The ____ protocol is a set of rules that controls how data is sent between computers on the Internet.

A) HTTP
B) IP
C) TCP
D) FTP

Question 7

The purpose of the ___________ protocol is to ensure the integrity of the communication.

A) HTTP
B) IP
C) TCP
D) FTP

Question 8

A domain name is a unique text-based Internet address corresponding to a unique ____________.

A) IP address
B) domain name
C) URL
D) user name

Question 9

Select the main reason for the initial development of the World Wide Web from the list below:

A) To allow companies to advertise over the Internet.
B) To allow companies to conduct commerce over the Internet
C) To allow communication between researchers and links between research papers
D) none of the above

Question 10

A _________ can be configured to house a separate website located at the same domain.

A) TLD
B) subdomain
C) minidomain
D) TCP

Question 11

Select protocols that are used for e-mail processing.

A) ETP, FTP
B) SMTP, POP3
C) SMTP, POP3, IMAP
D) ETP, FTP, SMTP

Question 12

The on-demand use of software and other computing resources hosted at a remote data center (including servers, storage, services, and applications) over the Internet.

A) RSS
B) Cloud Computing
C) TCP
D) TLD

Question 13

_________ combines the formatting strengths of HTML 4.0 and the data structure and extensibility strengths of XML.

A) HML
B) SGML
C) HTML5
D) XHTML

Question 14

Choose the organization listed below that takes a proactive role in developing recommendations and prototype technologies related to the Web.

A) Web Professional Standards Organization (WPO)
B) Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
C) Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names (ICANN)
D) World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

Question 15

A network that is geographically dispersed and may use some form of public or commercial communications network is called a(n):

A) LAN
B) WAN
C) Internet
D) WWW

Question 16

The first widely used graphical web browser was developed at:

A) CERN
B) NCSA
C) NSF
D) ARPA

Question 17

A language using a text-based syntax intended to extend the power of HTML by separating data from presentation is called _______.

A) HML
B) XML
C) XHTML
D) SGML