The Online World, Learning Aim B

Question 1

What is an advantage of broadband?

Accepted Answer

Better reception and speed than dial-up

Question 2

Which statement is correct?

Accepted Answer

Web browsers display web pages, web servers store web pages.

Question 3

Which came first, the net or the web?

Accepted Answer

Net

Question 4

We need access to a web server to use the internet. Identify ONE role of a web server.

Accepted Answer

Hosts HTML documents and files

Question 5

Which protocol uses a set of rules to send and receive messages at the Internet address level?

Accepted Answer

IP

Question 6

In computing, what is a server?

Accepted Answer

A powerful computer that controls the network.

Question 7

Which networking method is used by FTP, IP, HTTP and TCP - all four of them?

Accepted Answer

Packet switching

Question 8

Your smartphone uses services provided by a server. Your smartphone is a...

Accepted Answer

Client Device

Question 9

The internet and the world wide web are the same thing.

Accepted Answer

Don't be silly - they are related but different things.

Question 10

State what functionality connects web pages together.

Accepted Answer

Hyperlinks

Question 11

An ISP may have several of these to allow users good access to the internet.

Accepted Answer

Point of presence

Question 12

Which one of the following is a protocol?

Accepted Answer

FTP

Question 13

List the three devices in this network in order...

Accepted Answer

Server, Router, Client

Question 14

What is the name of the device that directs traffic over the internet?

Accepted Answer

Router

Question 15

What is HTML?

Accepted Answer

A language

Question 16

Bandwidth is...

Accepted Answer

how we measure the speed of Internet connection.

Question 17

The green box with vertical hinged doors is called...

Accepted Answer

a street cabinet

Question 18

My name is...

Accepted Answer

Adu Antwi

Question 19

How much are you looking forward to your holiday?

Accepted Answer

Massively, Hugely, Immensely

Question 20

What do the stars in the diagram represent?

Accepted Answer

Network Access Points (NAPs)

Question 21

What do the Ps stand for in FTP, IP, HTTP and TCP?

Accepted Answer

Protocol

Question 22

Name the global system of interconnected computer networks linking devices worldwide.

Accepted Answer

The Internet

Question 23

What can the S in HTTPS stand for?

Accepted Answer

Secure

Question 24

A unit of data that travels along a given network path is called a...

Accepted Answer

Packet

Question 25

"Secure" means that SSL is being used for a secure area of a website. What does SSL stand for?

Accepted Answer

Secure Sockets Layer

Question 26

Which two protocols work together to transfer data across the internet?

Accepted Answer

IP and TCP

Question 27

What are the labels A and B on this internet infrastructure diagram?

Accepted Answer

A=PoP, B=NAP

Question 28

TCP...

Accepted Answer

breaks the data into individual packets, terminates the connection after transmission, reassembles the packets in to data, establishes a connection to the IP address

Question 29

Identify the meaning of HTTP

Accepted Answer

HyperText Transfer Protocol

Question 30

What service do ISPs sometimes offer in addition to internet access?

Accepted Answer

Email services, Website development, Tech support

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