EXAM - Internet Questions

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  1. The easiest way to gain home access to the Internet is to

    2. Your answer:
    link directly to an intranet.
    phone home.
    call the phone company and request service.
    subscribe to an information service.

  2. Connection to the Internet via a modem through an Internet service provider requires either a PPP or a

    3. Your answer:
    SILP connection.
    SLIP connection.
    Kermit connection.
    Gopher connection.

  3. ARPANET was sponsored by the Department of Defense's

    4. Your answer:
    Advanced Research Project Agency.
    Automated Reaction Preparedness Agency.
    Advanced Relational Programs Agency
    Automatic Response and Preparation Administration.

  4. In 1990, ARPANET

    5. Your answer:
    added its 100,000th site.
    was expanded to include international sites.
    was eliminated.
    was expanded from military sites to include academic sites.

  5. The first official demonstration of ARPANET linked UCLA with

    6. Your answer:
    Harvard University.
    Stanford University.
    USC.
    MIT.

  6. Connection to the Internet through a network connection requires a PC configures with

    7. Your answer:
    PRO-COMP software.
    TCP/IP software.
    TTY/ANSI software.
    TC/PIP software.

  7. That portion of an Internet address which is to the right of the @

    8. Your answer:
    is used to establish communications protocols.
    identifies the host or network.
    identifies the user.
    is reserved for future use.

  8. E-mail on the Internet

    9. Your answer:
    is limited to a 750 mile radius from the point of origin.
    is expensive to send.
    can be sent anywhere in the world for free.
    is not reliable.

  9. The Internet version of an electronic bulletin board is called

    10. Your answer:
    an FTP site.
    an electronic mailing list.
    a newsgroup.
    a Web site.

  10. On the left side of the @ separator in an Internet address is the

    11. Your answer:
    host/network identifier.
    affiliation ID.
    user ID.
    domain hierarchy.

  11. A terminal emulation protocol that allows you to work from a PC as if it were a terminal linked directly to a host computer is called

    12. Your answer:
    WideNet.
    Telnet.
    Gopher Net.
    Telweb.

  12. Internet FTP sites

    13. Your answer:
    can only be accessed through a SLIP connection.
    allow users to upload files to them.
    are not very popular.
    are private Internet-based services which are available only to paid subscribers.

  13. When you click on the hpertext link while searching for information on the Web, you are automatically transferred to a specified

    14. Your answer:
    FTP.
    HTML.
    FAQ.
    URL.

  14. World Wide Web documents can be created using

    15. Your answer:
    TCP/IP.
    HTML.
    ARPA.
    FTP.

  15. Which of these is a client software package for interacting with the Internet?

    16. Your answer:
    Netscape Navigator
    URL Speed
    MS-DOS
    Telnet

  16. When discussing the World Wide Web, the term URL stands for

    17. Your answer:
    unqualified reporting lookup.
    uniform resource locator.
    unlimited resource link.
    universal resource location.

  17. People who are just starting out on the Internet are commonly referred to as

    18. Your answer:
    cyberbabes.
    neycybes.
    newbies.
    netraves.

  18. A popular Web search facility on the Internet is

    19. Your answer:
    Yalu.
    Yankee.
    Yoyo.
    Yahoo.

  19. The image or program or document that you can send along with your e-mail is

    20. Your answer:
    a file server.
    an attached file.
    an e-mail file.
    a client server file.

  20. A unique name that identifies an Internet host site is called

    21. Your answer:
    a domain name.
    a server program.
    the homestead.
    a client server.

  21. Software that is designed to restrict access to an organization's network or its intranet is called

    22. Your answer:
    code
    firewall.
    encryption.
    password software.

  22. Question and answer pages on the Internet often are caled

    23. Your answer:
    QAF
    Q-time
    FAQ
    Q-pages

  23. An Internet dial-up connection is possible by means of

    24. Your answer:
    a hypermedia link.
    a hypertext link.
    an Internet service provider.
    an IRC account.

  24. The cursor changes to a heand with a pointing finger when it's positioned over a

    25. Your answer:
    home page.
    cursor.
    mouse.
    hypermedia link.

  25. The World Wide Web

    26. Your answer:
    involves using a software agent to locate information for you.
    requires users to work through menu trees, selecting paths that meet their immedfiate information needs.
    allows you to click through a series of hypertext links.
    allows you to search by Dewey decimal code.

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