Deck 3: The Basics of Networking

Question 1

In the mid-1990s the Internet, already long available to researchers, became generally available to the public .

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Asynchronous communication requires that both the sender and the receiver are active at the same time .

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Multicasting and point-to-point communication are equivalent terms .

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The Internet is not yet fast enough to mimic synchronous communication .

Question 5

Most interactions over the Internet use a protocol known as client/server interaction .

Question 6

When files are put on a server, this process is known as uploading .

Question 7

The DNS translates an address that can be easily read by users into an IP number .

Question 8

Internet communications are sent strictly through telephone lines .

Question 9

Home computers typically link to the Internet through an Internet Service Provider .

Question 10

When a computer connects to the Internet via an ISP for the first time, it is assigned an IP address that it keeps for as long as the user continues to use that ISP .

Question 11

The World Wide Web is larger than the Internet .

Question 12

Client/server relationships drive the WWW .

Question 13

Once connected to a web server, the connection remains in place until the client requests a page from another server .

Question 14

Each computer connected to the Internet is given its own unique Internet Protocol address .

Question 15

The Internet supports point-to-point asynchronous communication .

Question 16

URLs are always case sensitive .

Question 17

The string of text, www, must always be included when typing a web address .

Question 18

Intranet refers to a network that supports communication within an organization .

Question 19

There is no direct communication between a client and a server structure .

Question 20

To describe how a web page should look, many pages use Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) .

Question 21

Each client request to a server is discrete .

Question 22

Wireless network connections follow the 802 . 11 protocol .

Question 23

A client computer remains connected to a web server while the page is displayed on the screen .

Question 24

DSL stands for

A) digital subscriber link
B) dialup service link
C) direct service link
D) digital subscriber line

Question 25

Which of the following statements is TRUE about DHCP (Dynamic Host Computer Protocol)?

A) DHCP allows the computer to select its own IP address when it connects to the network .
B) DHCP assigns an IP address to the computer .
C) DHCP ensures that a computer gets the same IP address every time it connects to the network .
D) DHCP maintains a LAN's connection to the Internet .

Question 26

Which of the following represents the correct order from largest to smallest?

A) LAN, WWW, Internet
B) WWW, Internet, LAN
C) Internet, LAN, WWW
D) Internet, WWW, LAN

Question 27

The last part of a URL is the

A) pathname
B) www
C) domain name
D) protocol

Question 28

Folders may contain

A) only other folders
B) both files and folders
C) only files
D) only web pages

Question 29

When a URL ends with a folder name instead of a file name, the server usually looks for a file named

A) home
B) index . html
C) dir . html
D) None of these

Question 30

In a directory hierarchy, folder names are separated by a

A) dot ( . )
B) slash (/)
C) backslash (\)
D) colon (:)

Question 31

Communication between one sender and many receivers is called

A) broadcast communication
B) multicast communication
C) client/server communication
D) point-to-point communication

Question 32

Getting files from a web server is called

A) downloading
B) client-based networking
C) multicasting
D) uploading

Question 33

When a web browser needs to get a web page to display, it connects to the server

A) when the first page located on that server is visited and stays connected until the browser is closed
B) when the page is visited and stays connected until another page is visited
C) briefly and then displays the page after the transaction is complete
D) when the first page located on that server is visited and stays connected until a page from a different server is visited

Question 34

The purpose of a cookie is to

A) translate host names to IP addresses
B) assign an IP address to a computer when it boots
C) help packets find the correct web server
D) give the illusion of a continuous connection

Question 35

The packets that make up a web page

A) take the path through the network specified by DNS
B) travel independently and may take different paths through the network
C) travel as a group so they all take the same path through the Internet
D) always take the designated path through the Internet, as determined when the browser first contacts the server

Question 36

The main technology for local area networks is

A) Ethernet
B) TCP/IP
C) ISP
D) DNS

Question 37

Points on a web page that allow you to jump to other pages are called ________ .

Question 38

The scheme that contains the files and folders on a system comprise the system's ________ .

Question 39

In a hierarchy tree, the folders are the branch points and the files are the ________ .

Question 40

The tree-like organization of folders and files on a computer forms the directory ________ .

Question 41

The symbol / is called a(n) ________ and it separates folders from other folders or from files in a directory hierarchy .

Question 42

When you go to one URL but the server moves your browser to a different URL, this is called ________ .

Question 43

The ancestor network of the Internet is ________ .

Question 44

The ________ is the totality of all wires, fibers, switches, routers, satellite links, and other hardware used to transport information between addressed computers .

Question 45

A computer is considered a(n) ________ when it gets services from another computer .

Question 46

A telephone conversation is an example of ________ communication because both people in the conversation must perform one of the two parts of the communication (talking or listening) simultaneously .

Question 47

In ________ communication sending and receiving information occur at different times, such as in text messaging .

Question 48

The illusion of a continuous connection to a web browser can be accomplished using URL parameters or ________ .

Question 49

Once a DNS server finds out the IP address for an authoritative name server, it saves it for future reference . This is a form of ________ .