Computers and Internet Quiz 1


  1. Using computers can damage your eyes.
a. true
b. false

  1. What is a browser?
a. a software program to show the text and pictures available on the World Wide Web
b. a search engine like Altavista, Yahoo or Excite
c. a computer language
d. a software product for making your own web site

  1. What is a cookie?
a. computer code used to show animations and play sound
b. information sent to your computer that is used later to give info back to a visted web site
c. computer code that automatically records all purchases and payments you make from your computer
d. an advertisement that will at some time be displayed on your computer screen

  1. The abbreviation URL stands for:
a. Uniform Resource Locator
b. User Receive Language
c. Utility RAM Library
d. Undo Recent Link


  1. The language of Web pages is
a. LAN
b. WAIS
c. HTML
d. Server


  1. The organization whose purpose is to help the growth and health of the Internet is the
a. Advanced Research Projects Agency
b. Internet Engineering Task Force
c. Internet Society
d. National Center for Supercomputing Applications

  1. Before sending a question to a Usenet newsgroup, one should read the
a. Newsgroup Law Book
b. FAQ
c. List of Resources
d. group manager files

  1. Who owns and controls the Internet?
a. The Federal Communications Commission
b. The US government
c. Federal Trade Commission
d. The United Nations
e. No particular group

  1. You are looking for ideas on where to go for vacations. You live in Ohio and want to go on vacation somewhere in the US. You use Altavista to do a search and are shown a list of hundreds of sites. What could you type into the search box to get results which are more likely to be only what you need?
a. vacation AND travel
b. vacation AND "United States"
c. vacation only in the United States


  1. All web addresses start with which of the following?
a. www
b. htp://
c. http://
d. url



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