Internet And Online Communications Quiz Number 2

1. All websites have a page which you visit first, which then allows you to access other areas on the website, usually via a menu system. This page is called the

Home Page

Front Page

First Page

Start Page

2. What is a computer worm?

A useful search engine method

A type of computer virus which copies itself from one computer to another

An Internet Service Provider

A type of firewall

3. What is a Uniform Resource Locator (URL)?

The username and password to access you email messages

An Internet Service Provider

The address of a web page

A type of firewall

4. Which of the following files is likely to take the most time to download from the Internet?

A Photograph

A Music Track

A Video

A Document containing text

5. You have received an email from your cousin and wish to send a copy of it to a friend. What feature would you use to do this in your email software?

Back

Reply

Download

Forward

6. What is a modem?

A device that optically scans images, printed text, handwriting etc and converts it to a digital image

A device for transmitting data between computers over telephone lines

A device designed to take digital photographs and transmit them over the Internet

An portable electronic device used to store digital data

7. What is an intranet?

It's another name for the world wide web

The part of the internet that allows you to communicate via email and instant messaging

A private, internal internet specific to an organisation or group

The part of the internet which deals with file transfer

8. What is an ISP?

A popular online shop

A telephone connection over the Internet.

A company which provides access to the Internet

A program designed to help find files stored on a computer

9. What is broadband?

A type of firewall

High-speed Internet access

An Internet Service Provider

It's another name for the world wide web

10. When shopping using Internet Explorer, how do you know if your payments details are secure?

A padlock appears in the browser

A pound sign appears in the browser

A bank vault appears in the browser

There are no security measures available on Internet Explorer to protect your details

11. You have a friend in Australia whom you wish to phone regularly, she has suggested you get an "IP phone"? What would be the main advantage of this?

An "IP phone" is much faster than a regular telephone

Phone calls made with an "IP phone" are free

Calls are much clearer on an "IP phone"

An "IP phone" allows you to make international calls at a local rate