Internet Technology Quiz

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  1. NIC stands for _____________   _____________   _____________. Answer Network interface Card
  2. LAN stands for _____________   _____________   _____________. Answer Local Area Network
  3. WAN stands for _____________   _____________   _____________. Answer Wide Area Network
  4. WWW stands for _____________   _____________   _____________. Answer World Wide Web
  5. TCP stands for _____________   _____________   _____________. Answer Transmission Control Protocol
  6. IP stands for _____________   _____________. Answer Internet Protocol
  7. ISP stands for _____________   _____________   _____________. Answer Internet Service Provider
  8. HTML stands for _____________   _____________   _____________. Answer Hypertext Markup Language
  9. XHTML stands for _____________   _____________   _____________   _____________. Answer Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
  10. CSS stands for _____________   _____________   _____________. Answer Cascading Style Sheets
  11. ISDN stands for _____________   _____________   _____________   _____________. Answer Integrated Services Digital Network
  12. WAP stands for _____________   _____________   _____________. Answer Wireless Access Point (or Wireless Application Protocol)
  13. PPP stands for _____________   _____________   _____________. Answer Point-to-Point Protocol
  14. FTP stands for _____________   _____________   _____________. Answer File Transfer Protocol
  15. SFTP stands for _____________   _____________   _____________   _____________. Answer Secure File Transfer Protocol
  16. HTTP stands for _____________   _____________   _____________. Answer Hypertext Transfer Protocol
  17. SMTP stands for _____________   _____________   _____________   _____________. Answer Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
  18. IMAP stands for _____________   _____________   _____________   _____________. Answer Internet Message Access Protocol
  19. POP stands for _____________   _____________   _____________. Answer Post Office Protocol
  20. NNTP stands for _____________   _____________   _____________   _____________. Answer Network News Transfer Protocol
  21. DNS stands for _____________   _____________   _____________. Answer Domain Name System
  22. FQDN stands for _____________   _____________   _____________   _____________. Answer Fully Qualified Domain Name
  23. IM stands for _____________   _____________. Answer Instant Messaging
  24. SaaS stands for _____________   _____________   _____________   _____________. Answer Software as a Service

    25. Short answer

  25. Explain what a network is. Answer A network is two or more computers that are connected so they can communicate and/or share resources.
  26. Describe the difference between a client and a server. Answer A client requests data or other resources from a server. A server provides the requested data and/or resources if it determines the client is allowed access.
  27. Explain what a web browser is. Answer A web browser is used to display web pages.
  28. What language are web pages usually written in? Answer Web pages are usually written in HTML or XHTML.
  29. What is CSS used for? Answer CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is used to add formatting and styling to web pages.
  30. Explain the difference between circuit switching and packet switching. Answer Communication in a circuit switched network depends on creating a physical connection between two devices and maintaining it for the duration of the data transfer. In a packet switched network a message is broken into packets and each packet is individually sent through the network, which each packet potentially taking a different route. On the receiving end the packets are reassembled into the proper order and reconstituted into the original message.
  31. What does an ISP provide? Answer Internet access
  32. What are FTP and SFTP used for? Answer SFTP and FTP are used for transferring files between computers.
  33. What is the difference between FTP and SFTP? Answer SFTP is a secure version of FTP which uses encryption.
  34. What is the purpose of an IP address? Answer Each computer has a unique IP address that is used for sending messages to that computer.
  35. What is a domain name? Answer A domain name is a unique name associated with an IP address (such as www.kishwaukeecollege.edu)
  36. Explain how DNS works. Answer A domain name is sent to a DNS server and the DNS server returns that domain's IP address.
  37. Explain how Reverse DNS works. Answer An IP address is sent to a Reverse DNS service and the Reverse DNS service returns the domain name associated with that IP address.
  38. List at least seven top-level domains. Answer .com, .mil, .gov, .edu, .org, .net, .aero, .info, .museum, .biz, .coop, .au, .jp, .ca, .es, .de, .ch, .cn, .fr, .uk, .us, .it, .pl
  39. Why is the Internet moving from IPv4 to IPv6? Answer There are not enough IPv4 addresses to handle all the devices connecting to the Internet.
  40. Describe at least three advantages of cloud computing. Answer
    1. applications can be accessed through a browser without installing the application on the local computer
    2. applications can be updated quickly on the server in the cloud
    3. applications in the cloud usually don't require any particular operating system
    4. applications in the cloud scale more easily
  41. Describe at least three potential disadvantages of cloud computing. Answer
    1. applications can't be accessed if the network goes down
    2. applications may be sluggish if the network is congested or impaired
    3. the user is dependent on the cloud provider for access - not only to the application, but also the data
  42. Explain the difference between text messaging and instant messaging. Answer Text messages are more like short emails because they don't require the recipient to be online to receive the messages. Instant messaging assumes a two-way communication in real time. Instant messaging clients also allow longer messages and modern IM clients often allow attachments to be sent.
  43. What is the purpose of Ajax? Answer Ajax allows web pages to be updated dynamically from the web server without reloading the entire page.
  44. What is the purpose of RSS and Atom? Answer RSS (Rich Site Summary) and Atom are both used to automatically let people know when a resource on the web has been updated. Users can subscribe to a website using a feed reader. The feed reader checks Atom or RSS data on the website automatically and lets the user know when changes have been made. The website operator is responsible for updating the Atom and RSS data on their website whenever changes have been made. This process is often automated.

    45. Matching

    Identify the letter of the choice that best matches the phrase or definition.

    1. 2EF1:5030:3201:2200:AFE2:7783:1102:F095
    2. 127.0.0.1
    3. SMTP
    4. backbone
    5. node
    6. FTP
    7. gateway
    8. www.kishwaukeecollege.edu
    9. TCP/IP
  45. high-speed data line which forms part of the basic Internet infrastructure Answer D (backbone)
  46. example IPv4 address Answer B (127.0.0.1)
  47. a device which allows one network to connect to another type of network Answer G (gateway)
  48. the standard which the Internet uses for communication between devices Answer I (TCP/IP)
  49. domain name Answer H (www.kishwaukeecollege.edu)
  50. used to transfer mail between computers Answer C (SMTP)
  51. used to transfer files between computers Answer F (FTP)
  52. any device connected to a network Answer E (node)
  53. example IPv6 address Answer A (2EF1:5030:3201:2200:AFE2:7783:1102:F095)