Chapter 1.

1. What does WWW stand for?

a. Whole Wide World?

b. World Wide Wealth
c. World War Won
d. World Wide Web

The correct answer is: World Wide Web.

2. Internet works on _____________________

a. both packet switching and circuit switching

b. Internet data switching (IDS)
c. packet switching
d. circuit switching

The correct answer is: packet switching.

3. Who writes the rules for the Internet?

a. The Internet Society

b. The government of the country in which the Internet is being used
c. Your Internet provider.
d. No-one

The correct answer is: The Internet Society.

4. The maximum rate of data transfer across a given path is called

_________________________

a. transmission speed
b. speed of bits
c. speed of packets
d. bandwidth

The correct answer is: bandwidth.



5. Computer networks connect the following devices:

a. Servers
b. Computers and servers
c. Computers
d. Any computing device running a network app

The correct answer is: Any computing device running a network app

6. Select the correct cable that transport signals in the form of light

a. Fiber optics
b. Copper wires
c. Copper wires and fiber optics
d. Satellite communications

The correct answer is: Fiber optics.

7. Where do files live on the Internet?

a. On your computer
b. On one massive computer - the www
c. On individual computers, often known as servers
d. On a network of routers

The correct answer is: On individual computers, often known as servers.

8. What is the Internet?

a. A physical facility that organizations use to house their critical applications and data.
b. A global network of computers and electronic devices
c. A type of web browser
d. A global collection of different websites

The correct answer is: A global network of computers and electronic devices.


9. Protocols define format, ____________ of msgs sent and received among network entities,
and ________________ on msg transmission, receipt.

a. condition.....................action taken
b. order............................rules
c. order ............................ actions taken
d. condition...........................rules

The correct answer is: order ............................ actions taken.

10. A ______________ application is any application running on one host providing

communication to another application running on a different host.
Note: The answer is a single word.

The correct answer is: network

11. What is the purpose of protocols in data communications?

a. specifying the device operating systems that will support the communication
b. providing the rules required for a specific type of communication to occur !
c. dictating the content of the message sent during communication
d. specifying the bandwidth of the channel or medium for each type of communication

The correct answer is: providing the rules required for a specific type of communication to
occur.

12. A _____________ is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer
networks. They perform the traffic directing functions on the Internet. Data sent through the
internet, such as a web page or email, is in the form of data packets.

The correct answer is: Router.

13. _____________ : enable people or even computers to communicate within a network.

These applications usually use a client-server architecture, where the client and server are
two computers connected to the network.

The correct answer is: Network Applications.



14. What is RFC?

a. RFC is a flexible, transparent fiber made by drawing glass or plastic to a diameter slightly
thicker than that of a human hair.
b. RFC is a numbered document, which includes appraisals, descriptions and definitions of
online protocols, concepts, methods and programmers RFCs are administered by the IETF.
c. RFC is the the conceptual model and set of communications protocols used in the Internet
and similar computer networks. It is commonly known as RFC because the foundational
protocols in the suite are the Transmission Control Protocol and the Internet Protocol.
d. RFC is a method of grouping data that is transmitted over a digital network into packets.
Packets are made of a header and a payload.

The correct answer is: RFC is a numbered document, which includes appraisals, descriptions
and definitions of online protocols, concepts, methods and programmers. RFCs are
administered by the IETF.

15. ___________________________ also sometimes referred to as the Internet of Everything

(IoE), consists of all the web-enabled devices that collect, send and act on data they acquire
from their surrounding environments using embedded sensors, processors and
communication hardware.

a. The Internet of Things (IoT)

b. The network of Network
c. The core Internet
d. The world wide Web

The correct answer is: The Internet of Things (IoT).

16. The ________________________________________ is a large open international

community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the
evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet.

a. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

b. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
c. World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
d. Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

The correct answer is: Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).



17. Select the correct cable that transport signals in the form of light

a. Copper wires and fiber optics

b. Satellite communications
c. Copper wires
d. Fiber optics

The correct answer is: Fiber optics.

18. Today's connection speeds to the Internet are measured in ____________.

a. bits per second (bps)

b. Megabytes per second (Mbps) !
c. Kilobits per second (Kbps)
d. Kilobytes per second (KBps)

The correct answer is: Megabytes per second (Mbps)

19. A page on the internet is not sent in one large piece but is instead broken into small pieces
called _____________.

a. bits
b. bytes
c. packets !
d. data

The correct answer is: packets.

20. The special part of the Internet that you use when you load a web page is most properly
called

a. The World Wide Web

b. ARPANET
c. Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
d. Packet switching

The correct answer is: The World Wide Web.



21. The simplest and best definition of the Internet is that....

a. It is a network of computer networks !

b. It is really easy to communicate with other people on
c. It is a body of knowledge available on many computers
d. It has a lot of computers and programs

The correct answer is: It is a network of computer networks.

22. __________ is a set of rules for the exchange of data between a terminal and a computer
or between two computers.

a. IETF
b. Request for comments
c. Standard
d. Protocol

The correct answer is: Protocol.