Networks and The Internet

Question 1

Identity theft, stealing money, stealing private information, or controlling private computers.

Accepted Answer

Cybercrime

Question 2

Which of the following would pose the GREATEST threat to a user's personal privacy if it were to be leaked to the public

Accepted Answer

Cookie Data

Question 3

All data sent over the internet is broken down into several of these. Units of data that are sent over the network.

Accepted Answer

Packets

Question 4

The amount of data (in bits) that can be sent in a fixed amount of time

Accepted Answer

Bitrate

Question 5

A widely agreed upon set of rules that standardize communication between machines.

Accepted Answer

Protocols

Question 6

Ethernet cables are thin strands of glass that carry light instead of electricity

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

To criminalize the act of circumventing, or getting around, access controls that block access to copyrighted works.

Accepted Answer

Digital Millenium Copyright Act

Question 8

The ability to provide data transmissions even when some connections between routers have failed.

Accepted Answer

Fault Tolerant Network

Question 9

The time it takes for a bit to travel from sender to receiver.

Accepted Answer

Latency

Question 10

Censorship is one way that the Internet has impacted our society

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

According to DNS, about.example.com is a subdomain of the domain example.com

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

WiFi uses this method to transfer bits of information to a router, High Frequency and Low Frequency

Accepted Answer

Radio Waves

Question 13

A protocol that standardizes the language for talking to web servers to send and receive web pages

Accepted Answer

HTTP

Question 14

ISP stands for: Internet Systems People

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

IPv6 is made up of 128 bits

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

A group of 2 or more computer systems linked together

Accepted Answer

Networks

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT a way the Internet has impacted our society

Accepted Answer

Collecting

Question 18

You can send an email to a friend, even though you aren't connected to a network, as long as you have their IP address.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

What does TCP stand for?

Accepted Answer

Transmission Control Protocol

Question 20

Emailing someone you credit card information presents no security risks at all

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

Purchasing an app on you mobile phone is considered an unethical use of computer resources

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

High Latency ensures a faster connection

Accepted Answer

False

Question 23

URL stands for:

Accepted Answer

Uniform Resource Locator

Question 24

The relative lack of access to the latest technologies among low-income groups, racial and ethnic minorities

Accepted Answer

Digital Divide

Question 25

A philosophy of making information and knowledge open and accessible to ALL. A network of networks built on protocols.

Accepted Answer

Internet

Question 26

When a new device is connected to the Internet it is given what type of address?

Accepted Answer

IP Address

Question 27

Redundancy improves the reliability of the Internet

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

An attempt to deny access to a website by flooding the website's servers with millions of requests from other computers

Accepted Answer

DDoS

Question 29

An email from someone pretending to be a reputable company in order to try and get you to provide personal information

Accepted Answer

Phishing

Question 30

Science that harnesses the power of many individuals to solve hard, complex problems

Accepted Answer

Citizen Science

Question 31

Used to translate domain names to IP addresses

Accepted Answer

Domain Name Systems

Question 32

Which of the following is NOT a way in which information is sent over the Internet.

Accepted Answer

Sound Waves

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