Chapter 1: Quiz

Let us see how much you have learned in chapter 1, by taking a simple quiz.

  1. What is a LAN?
    1. A leased access network.
    2. A local access node.
    3. A local area network.
    4. A loosely associated network.
    5. None of the above.

  2. What is the Internet?
    1. An internal network.
    2. A global digital infrastructure that connects millions of computers.
    3. A private computer network linking together information resources.
    4. A uniform method of accessing and retrieving information.
    5. None of the above.

  3. What is a Domain?
    1. A computer with an IP address.
    2. A document on the World Wide Web.
    3. A logical grouping of computers on a network.
    4. A lossy protocol.
    5. A uniform method of accessing and retrieving information on the Internet

  4. What is a Protocol?
    1. An address scheme consisting of classes.
    2. A method by which two computers agree to communicate.
    3. A program that supports ActiveX and Java.
    4. A uniform method of accessing and retrieving information on the Internet.
    5. None of the above.

  5. What is a Plug-In?
    1. An application program plugged into the Internet.
    2. An application program that is invoked by the browser and runs as a separte process outside of the browser window.
    3. An application program that is invoked by the browser and runs inside of the browser window.
    4. An application program that retrieves and displays documents.
    5. None of the above.

  6. What is a socket?
    1. A privledged port.
    2. A well known port.
    3. It is an environment for a Plug-In to run in.
    4. It is a network communications end point.
    5. None of the above.

The quiz was easy.

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