The Internet Quiz
14 Questions
| Attempts: 162
This quiz tests your knowledge on the internet and how it functions. It will test your knowledge on how information is transferred throughout the internet from the use of the computer.
Questions and Answers
- 1.
When you receive information from another computer on the internet, you are doing what with the information?
- A.
Uploading
- B.
Downloading
- C.
Opening
- D.
None of the above
Correct Answer
B. Downloading -
- 2.
When information arrives at its destination, the packets are ____________________.
Correct Answer
reassembled
Reassembled - 3.
What may a packet pass through before reaching its intended destination?
- A.
TCP/IP
- B.
Modems
- C.
Routers
- D.
Both b and c
- E.
None of the above
Correct Answer
C. Routers -
- 4.
You need a ________________ to connect to the internet.
Correct Answer
modem
Modem - 5.
A company that gives you access to the internet is called what?
- A.
TCP
- B.
ISP
- C.
IP
- D.
None of the above
Correct Answer
B. ISP -
- 6.
Use of work by a student is called ________________.
Correct Answer
Fair use
Fair Use
fair use - 7.
Getting into a computer without permission is illegal and called _____________.
Correct Answer
hacking
Hacking - 8.
You can join ______________________ on the Internet to meet people around the world with similar interests. You can ask questions, discuss problems and read interesting stories.
Correct Answer
discussion groups
Discussion groups
Discussion Groups - 9.
The _______________ of the internet consists of high-speed data lines that connect major networks all over the world.
Correct Answer
Backbone
backbone - 10.
_________________________ is a language computers on the internet use to communicate with each other.
Correct Answer
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
tcp/ip
transmission control protocol/internet protocol - 11.
What plans on improving the future of the internet by improving the transfer of complex information, such as video, on the internet?
- A.
Project Oxygen
- B.
Super-Internet
- C.
Internet Complex
- D.
Both A and B
- E.
None of the above
Correct Answer
D. Both A and B -
- 12.
When you send information over the internet, the information is broken down into smaller pieces, called _______________.
Correct Answer
packets
Packets
packet
Packet - 13.
If you use the exact phrases, pictures, or graphs of another person and do not say who created them, you’re guilty of ________________.
Correct Answer
plagiarism
Plagiarism - 14.
A _______________ is a collection of computers that are connected to share information.
Correct Answer
network
Network
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