Internet Terminology Quiz    


Go to the Glossary for Definitions

Question 1 (5 points) 
An assigned series of numbers unique to each computer on the internet:

FTP 
LAN 
IP Address 
WAN 

Question 2 (5 points) 
A letter or memo sent to a person or group on the internet:

e-mail 
telnet 
FTP 
shareware 

Question 3 (5 points) 
A document containing common questions and answers for a particular website or topic:

Spreadsheet 
Listserve 
Shareware 
FAQ 

Question 4 (5 points) 
A network that connects computers in a limited geographic area, such as a school computer lab:

WAN 
LAN 
Domain 
Service Provider 

Question 5 (5 points) 
To find a WWW home page address, you need to know the:

Password 
URL 
Source Code 
Baud Rate 

Question 6 (5 points) 
HTTP stands for:

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol 
Home Transmission Text Processor 
Home Telnet Transfer Port 
Half Tone Technical Process 

Question 7 (5 points) 
The floppy disk drive is:

the a:/drive 
the b:/drive 
the c:/drive 
the d:/drive 

Question 8 (5 points) 
Graphic files used in HTML include:

LAN and WAN 
GIF and JPEG 
PPP and TCP 
PCX and BMP 

Question 9 (5 points) 
The software program that lets you explore the WWW:

Browser 
Editor 
Composer 
Database 

Question 10 (5 points) 
The worldwide interconnected system of computer networks:

Bulletin Board 
Newsgroup 
Shareware 
Internet 

Question 11 (5 points) 
HTML stands for:

Hyper Transfer Modem Link 
Hyper Text Markup Language 
Hardware Transfer Memory Loss 
Hypermedia Text and Music Links 

Question 12 (5 points) 
Modem speed, or the number of transitions per second, is referred to as:

RAM 
Baud Rate 
ROM 
Bits 

Question 13 (5 points) 
To transfer a file from the server to your computer, you would use:

DNS 
WWW 
TCP/IP 
FTP 

Question 14 (5 points) 
To save an URL in your web browser, you would create a:

Bookmark 
File Folder 
Bulletin Board 
Listserv 

Question 15 (5 points) 
A database system linking domain names with their numerical IP address is called the:

Database Numerical Server (DNS) 
Digital Name Searcher (DNS) 
Download Network Slave (DNS) 
Domain Name System (DNS) 

Question 16 (5 points) 
An e-mail computer program that lists e-mail addresses for a group of people who want to participate in an electronic discussion is:

a conference center 
a listerv 
a discussion thread 
a search engine 

Question 17 (5 points) 
The internal hard disk drive is:

the a:/drive 
the b:/drive 
the c:/drive 
the d:/drive 

Question 18 (5 points) 
Why would someone need to configure the PPP connection?

to set up a listserv 
to set up a dial-up service 
to download a file 
to post a webpage 

Question 19 (5 points) 
What is the difference between hypertext and simple text?

hypertext is random 
simple text is easy to read 
hypertext is a coded message 
hypertext includes certain words are hot-linked to other parts of the text 

Question 20 (5 points) 
The internet command program that allows you to link your computer directly to a remote computer is called:

Browser 
FTP 
Telnet 
PPP

 

 

Teaching with Technology

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Carla Piper, Ed. D.

piper@chapman.edu