World Wide Web Quiz
1. Which device permits packet switching so that a message can be routed to the next link in a network?
DNS
Router
IP Address
LAN
2. In order to translate from an IP alias to an IP address, which of the following is used?
DNS
Packet switching
Routers
URL
3. Which of the following best describes the Internet?
The Internet is a global network of networks.
In order to communicate over the Internet, a host does not need to run the IP network protocol.
The Internet uses circuit switching.
The Internet is an isolated computer network.
4. Which is part of the definition of Domain Name?
Identifies the server on which a web page can be found.
Reflects the set of rules by which a resource is transmitted.
Indicates the name of the file or document being accessed.
Indicates the location of a document on the server.
5. All of the following are parts of a URL except for:
Protocol
LAN
Host name
TLD
6. The abbreviation "URL" indicates:
Unified Reader Link
Undetermined Resource Location
United Rendering Lists
Uniform Resource Locator
7. Which of the following statements is not part of the path a message takes from one computer to another?
All messages require a response from the destination machine to the sending device.
The packet(s) are given the final destination address.
A message is divided into one or more packets.
All packets of the same message are combined together as they arrive.
8._______is computed from other data contained within an IP packet and stored as part of the IP packet.
A checksum
A Network Address Translation
A gateway
A DNS server table
9. Your site's Internet point of presence is called a:
Gateway
Router
DNS server table
IP packet