Brainpop - The Internet
Test your knowledge of the Internet
- 1.What is the Internet?
- A.
A network of millions of computers
- B.
A collection of fiber optic cables
- C.
A private network of computers
- 2.What makes a network?
- A.
Any two or more computers
- B.
Any three or more computers
- C.
Any two or more computers that can communicate with each other
- 3.How does your computer become part of the Internet?
- A.
It always is part of the Internet
- B.
It can't become part of the Internet because it's a client
- C.
Anytime it signs onto the Internet, your computer becomes a part of it.
- 4.What is a server?
- A.
Any computer that receives services from another computer
- B.
Any computer that provides services to another computer
- C.
Any computer on the Internet
- 5.What is a client?
- A.
Any computer that provides access to a server
- B.
Any person using a computer
- C.
Any person using the Internet
- 6.Another name for a web page's address is its:
- A.
ISP
- B.
URL
- C.
DNS
- 7.What does an ISP do?
- A.
It runs a website
- B.
It routes information to the right place
- C.
It lets you access the Internet
- 8.What kind of computer stores IP addresses?
- A.
Any client
- B.
A DNS
- C.
All of them do
- 9.An IP address is the way computers:
- A.
Send information over the Internet
- B.
Locate one another on the Internet
- C.
Access the Internet
- 10.What is a backbone?
- A.
The cable that connects your home computer to the Internet
- B.
Any group of computers using the same ISP
- C.
A high speed line that connects the computers in an ISP's network
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