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2008-09-26 18:41:28 UTC
a. LAN at MIT
b. Code-cracking network during World War II by the U.S. Defense
Department
c. A network cooperatively created by several large hardware and software companies
d. A small experimental research network called ARPANET
e. A Microsoft product that quickly became too big for the company to control
2. Where is the Internet's central hub and control center located?
a. Near Washington D.C.
b. Near the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington
c. In a top-secret location
d. In Silicon Valley
e. Nowhere, the Internet has no central hub
3. Which of these domains is restricted to qualified organizations?
a. .com
b. .org
c. .net
d. .edu
e. None are restricted; anyone can have a URL in any of these domains
4. Which of these types of Internet connections is typically the slowest?
a. Direct connection through T1 lines
b. Dial-up modem connections through phone lines
c. DSL connections through phone lines
d. Cable modem connections through cable TV lines
e. Satellite connections through satellite dishes
5. Which of these services would you probably not be able to get from a typical Internet service provider (ISP)?
a. An email address
b. Access to a Web server
c. A connection to the Internet
d. Technical help
e. Free Windows upgrades
6. Specialized servers are used on the Internet to
a. Function like email post offices
b. Accept FTP requests to upload the download files
c. Store applications that are rented or leased by large corporations
d. Store and send Web pages
e. All of the above
7. The first Web pages were
a. Strictly hypertext with no multimedia content
b. Designed to simulate printed pages using HTML's table tools
c. The first true multimedia documents to be published on the Internet
d. Viewable only with proprietary Microsoft software
e. Sent via email from Doug Engelbart's office on the Stanford campus
8. Quicktime, RealOne, and Shockwave are among the most popular Web browser
a. Plug-ins
b. Cookies
c. Cascading stylesheets
d. Search engines
e. Security tools