Test Your IQ On World Wide Web

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1.

What does "YMMV" stands for in IM'ing?
- A.
  
  You Make Me Vomit
- B.
  
  Your Mileage May Vary
- C.
  
  Young Men Make VIP
- D.
  
  Your Mom May Vacate
2.

What is the international consortium dedicated to the creation of Web standards called?
- A.
  
  HP
- B.
  
  IBM
- C.
  
  NIST
- D.
  
  W3C
3.

Who is credited with creating the World Wide Web?
- A.
  
  Vincent Cerf
- B.
  
  Tim Berners-Lee
- C.
  
  James Bronson
- D.
  
  Thomas Cern
4.

What the was the first World Wide Web HTML page?
- A.
  
  TheProject.html
- B.
  
  Default.html
- C.
  
  Home.html
- D.
  
  Index.html
5.

What was the name of the first GUI Web browser?
- A.
  
  Midas
- B.
  
  Viola
- C.
  
  WorldWideWeb
- D.
  
  Mosaic
6.

What is the name of Microsoft's Web Server offering?
- A.
  
  Apache
- B.
  
  HTTP Express
- C.
  
  Microsoft Web Server
- D.
  
  Internet Information Services
7.

What was the most visited Web site in 2007, according to Alexa?
- A.
  
  Wikipedia.com
- B.
  
  MySpace.com
- C.
  
  Google.com
- D.
  
  Yahoo.com
8.

What popular social networking site was sold to News Corp. for $580 million in 2005?
- A.
  
  Facebook.com
- B.
  
  Dating.com
- C.
  
  Myspace.com
- D.
  
  Google.com
9.

What does the acronym "URL" stand for?
- A.
  
  United Reform League
- B.
  
  Uniform Resource Locator
- C.
  
  Universal Resource Location
- D.
  
  Uniform Resource Landing
10.

In a Web address, what implies that a Web page is encrypted?
- A.
  
  Https
- B.
  
  Secure
- C.
  
  ://
- D.
  
  Enc
11.

What does "www" in the URL http://www.company.com/index.html mean?
- A.
  
  World Wide Web
- B.
  
  Host Name
- C.
  
  Address
- D.
  
  Domain Name
12.

In the URL "http://www.company.com/index.html", which of these does "index.html" represent?
- A.
  
  Web Page
- B.
  
  Host
- C.
  
  Protocol
- D.
  
  Domain
13.

Which information browsing system is considered the precursor to the modern day Web?
- A.
  
  FTP
- B.
  
  POP3
- C.
  
  Gopher
- D.
  
  Mosaic
14.

What company created the first commercial Web site, called the Global Network Navigator?
- A.
  
  Sun Microsystems
- B.
  
  Xerox
- C.
  
  IBM
- D.
  
  O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
15.

What did Mosaic Communications Corporation change its name to in 1994?
- A.
  
  Microsoft
- B.
  
  Mozilla Foundation
- C.
  
  Oracle
- D.
  
  Netscape Communications Corporation
16.

What site is the "Free People Network"?
- A.
  
  Livejournal.com
- B.
  
  Skyrock.com
- C.
  
  Imdb.com
- D.
  
  Yahoo.com
17.

The popular photo-sharing site Flikr was acquired by what company in March 2005?
- A.
  
  Microsoft
- B.
  
  Kodak
- C.
  
  Google
- D.
  
  Yahoo!
18.

What email security vendor did Google acquire in 2007?
- A.
  
  Tumbleweed
- B.
  
  Symantec
- C.
  
  Postini
- D.
  
  St. Bernard
19.

What does "MSN" stand for in the URL http://www.msn.com?
- A.
  
  Microsoft Safe Network
- B.
  
  Microsoft Network
- C.
  
  Microsoft Savvy Network
- D.
  
  Microsoft Short Network
20.

Who is allowed to edit pages at Wikipedia.org?
- A.
  
  Anyone
- B.
  
  Site Administrators
- C.
  
  Registered Users
- D.
  
  All Wikipedia Employees
21.

Who is the president of the popular internet social networking website "MySpace"?
- A.
  
  A Boy Named Goo
- B.
  
  A Girl Named Barb
- C.
  
  A Guy Named Tom
- D.
  
  A Guy Named Phil

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