INTERNET AND WEB TECHNOLOGIES – 20 QUESTIONS
Question 1
The Internet is sometimes called simply “the Net”. It is:
(a) An internal communication system
(b) A government-only communication system
(c) A worldwide network of networks connecting computers globally
(d) A local area network
Question 2
ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, was developed by:
(a) IBM
(b) Microsoft
(c) United States Department of Defense
(d) British Government
Question 3
WWW stands for:
(a) World Wide Web
(b) World Web Wide
(c) Wide World Web
(d) Web World Wide
Question 4
Who invented the World Wide Web?
(a) Bill Gates
(b) Steve Jobs
(c) Tim Berners-Lee
(d) Mark Zuckerberg
Question 5
A web browser is:
(a) A type of search engine
(b) Software used to access and view web pages on the Internet
(c) An operating system
(d) A programming language
Question 6
Which of the following is NOT a web browser?
(a) Google Chrome
(b) Mozilla Firefox
(c) Microsoft Outlook
(d) Safari
Question 7
URL stands for:
(a) Uniform Resource Locator
(b) Universal Resource Locator
(c) Unified Resource Locator
(d) Unique Resource Locator
Question 8
Which domain extension is used for educational institutions?
(a) .com
(b) .edu
(c) .org
(d) .gov
Question 9
An IP address consists of how many bytes (bits)?
(a) 2 bytes (16 bits)
(b) 4 bytes (32 bits) for IPv4
(c) 8 bytes (64 bits)
(d) 16 bytes (128 bits) only
Question 10
HTTP stands for:
(a) HyperText Transfer Protocol
(b) High Technology Transfer Protocol
(c) HyperText Transmission Process
(d) High Transfer Text Protocol
Question 11
What is a cookie in web technology?
(a) A virus
(b) A small piece of data stored by a website on the user’s computer
(c) A type of hardware
(d) An encryption method
Question 12
Which search engine is most widely used globally?
(a) Yahoo
(b) Bing
(c) Google
(d) DuckDuckGo
Question 13
HTML stands for:
(a) High Technology Markup Language
(b) HyperText Markup Language
(c) Home Tool Markup Language
(d) Hyperlinks and Text Markup Language
Question 14
An intranet is:
(a) The same as the Internet
(b) A private network accessible only within an organization
(c) A type of search engine
(d) A web browser
Question 15
Which protocol is used for secure communication over the Internet?
(a) HTTP
(b) FTP
(c) HTTPS
(d) SMTP
Question 16
Which of the following is a social media platform?
(a) Google
(b) Facebook
(c) Amazon
(d) Wikipedia
Question 17
E-commerce stands for:
(a) Electronic Commerce
(b) Easy Commerce
(c) European Commerce
(d) Efficient Commerce
Question 18
The @ symbol in an email address separates:
(a) Username from domain name
(b) First name from last name
(c) Email from password
(d) Subject from body
Question 19
Which of the following is a video conferencing platform?
(a) Instagram
(b) Twitter
(c) Zoom
(d) Pinterest
Question 20
Cloud computing refers to:
(a) Weather forecasting
(b) Storing and accessing data over the Internet instead of on local hard drives
(c) A type of virus
(d) A computer game
ANSWER KEY
| Question No. | Correct Answer | Quick Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | (c) | Internet Definition |
| 2 | (c) | ARPANET |
| 3 | (a) | WWW |
| 4 | (c) | WWW Inventor |
| 5 | (b) | Web Browser |
| 6 | (c) | Browsers |
| 7 | (a) | URL |
| 8 | (b) | Domain Extensions |
| 9 | (b) | IP Address |
| 10 | (a) | HTTP |
| 11 | (b) | Cookie |
| 12 | (c) | Search Engine |
| 13 | (b) | HTML |
| 14 | (b) | Intranet |
| 15 | (c) | HTTPS |
| 16 | (b) | Social Media |
| 17 | (a) | E-commerce |
| 18 | (a) | Email Format |
| 19 | (c) | Video Conferencing |
| 20 | (b) | Cloud Computing |