Internet And Online Communications Quiz Number 2

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

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

Joe Bloggs from Tullibody has decided to join a football chat room, which of the following would be the safest way for him to identify himself?

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

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

When using a search engine such as Google, how do you ensure that a word does not appear in your search results?

• Put a minus symbol before the word

• Put a plus symbol before the word

• Do not include the word in the search

• Underline the word

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

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

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

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

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

What is broadband?

• A type of firewall

• High-speed Internet access

• An Internet Service Provider

• It's another name for the world wide web