Deck 15: The Internet

Question 1

Setting up a Web server, or HTTP server, to host Web pages on the Internet is becoming a commonplace activity for business, education, and personal use.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

One of the most popular Web server programs for business and personal use is the ____ from the Apache Software Foundation.

A) Apache Server
B) Native Server
C) Python Server
D) Navajo Server

Answer 2

A

Question 3

____ contain a form element to collect information from the user which is sent to a server for processing.

A) Static Web pages
B) Dynamic Web pages
C) Modern Web pages
D) Hyperactive Web pages

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The type of connection to the Internet can take many different forms, such as a simple modem connection, a cable modem connection, DSL, ADSL, a T1 line, a T3 line, a frame relay connection, or a fiber optic cable.

Question 5

The ____ contain information about the client and server environment that is available to the CGI application.

A) CGI configuration files
B) CGI development files
C) CGI environment variables
D) CGI environment files

Question 6

Instant Messaging is one of the least common ways that malicious code is spread on the Internet.

Question 7

By using ____, a corporation can use the wide-area network (Internet) as a single large LAN.

A) PPP
B) PPTP
C) IPP
D) RPC

Question 8

The Internet is organized into several top-level ____________________ categories.

Question 9

____ is the core component of the information that composes a Web page.

A) HTML
B) SGML
C) DML
D) IPML

Question 10

____________________ Web pages contain a combination of HTML code and Java applets, or Microsoft Active Server Pages.

Question 11

The ____ process includes encapsulation, transmission, and decapsulation of packets.

A) encryption
B) authentication
C) tunneling
D) packaging

Question 12

The ____ is used to create traditional computer programs, or active Web pages using Java applets.

A) Java programming language
B) Java interpreter
C) Java development environment
D) Java program standard

Question 13

____ is a technique used by Windows computers to share Internet access for two to twenty users over a single connection to an ISP.

A) IPS
B) IDS
C) ICS
D) WCS

Question 14

Network programming is a challenging activity and requires a large investment of time and resources.

Question 15

Java consists of a programming language, a run-time environment, and a class dictionary.

Question 16

____________________ is an application that provides the capability for a user to send and receive instant messages, which are delivered to the recipient instantly-even faster than electronic mail.

Question 17

The Internet offers a method to achieve ____, or a connection to virtually any computer, anywhere in the world, at any time.

A) universal interface
B) global community
C) universal system
D) universal service

Question 18

The Web ___________________ is used to navigate the Internet by selecting links on any Web page or by specifying an address, in the form of a Uniform Resource Locator.

Question 19

___________________ is a programming language used to perform client side processing on the Web.

Question 20

Using a VPN, a private LAN connected to the Internet can be connected to other LANs using a combination of ____.

A) encryption and authentication
B) tunneling and authentication
C) tunneling and encryption
D) tunneling, encryption, and authentication

Question 21

List the capabilities that a VPN using PPTP or L2TP provides.

Question 22

Describe the Java programming language.

Question 24

Describe XML.

Question 25

Describe the World Wide Web.

Question 26

What is a Java applet?