Quiz 4

Question 1

Internet

Answer 1

A network or networks that connects billions of computers globally

Question 2

WWW

Answer 2

World Wide Web – subset of Internet dedicated to broadcasting HTML

pages

Question 3

Server

Answer 3

A computer that receives a data request and returns the data

Question 4

HTTP

Answer 4

The web is based on this protocol called Hypertext Transfer

Protocol created for the transfer of hypertext document/webpages across the Internet

Question 5

Web Browser

Answer 5

Software that enables you to display text and other media available

on the Web

Question 6

Client

Answer 6

Computer connected to the Internet that asks for data

Device such as computer, tablet, etc. that uses browsers to request services
such as web pages

Question 7

IP Address

Answer 7

Means by which computers connected to the Internet identity each
other, unique

Question 8

Protocol

Answer 8

Set of rules used

Set of rules for exchanging electronic information

Question 9

HTTPS

Answer 9

Indicates that the server sockets layer protocol has been applied to manage
security of the website (closed padlock icon)

Question 10

.com

Answer 10

Top Level Domain

Question 11

FTP

Answer 11

File Transfer Protocol, transfer files from computer to web server

Protocol most likely used for regular download and upload files in the Internet

Question 12

B2B

Answer 12

E commerce type – Business to business

Question 13

C2C

Answer 13

E commerce type – Consumer to consumer

Question 14

B2C

Answer 14

E commerce type – Business to consumer

Question 15

TCP/IP

Answer 15

Main suite of protocols used on the wed (transmission control and
Internet)

Question 16

Packet

Answer 16

Contains address to which being sent, originating address, reassembly
instructions, data being transmitted

Question 17

Internet Backbone

Answer 17

Main path, analogous to an interstate highway system, of the

Internet alone which data travel the fastest

Question 18

IXP

Answer 18

Connects ISPs together, made up of one or more network switches

Question 19

POP

Answer 19

How individual Internet users enter an ISP

Question 20

ISP

Answer 20

Internet Service Provider

Question 21

Client/Server

Answer 21

Most common model of network communication

Question 22

Root DNS Server

Answer 22

Knows the location of all the DNS servers that contain the master listings for an entire top-level domain

Question 23

Domain Name Server – DNS

Answer 23

Functions like a phone book, URL gets converted to IP

address and database consulted

Question 24

DHCP

Answer 24

Takes a pool of IP addresses and shares them with hosts on the network on an as-needed basis

Question 25

SMTP

Answer 25

Protocol used to send email over the Internet