Do you speak Geek: Internet Protocols and Technologies According to the Pew Internet & Life Project, there are nearly 147 million Internet users in the U.S, more than two-thirds of whom go online daily. Globally, there are now more than one billion users. How much do you know about the technologies and protocols that make the Internet and World Wide Web work? Try our quiz and find out! Good luck! 1. Which of these activities is still the most common use of the Internet?
a. Looking up a map or driving directions
b. Using a search engine to find information
c. Sending or reading e-mail
d. Checking the weather
Answer 2. To surf the Web, you'll need several basic building blocks: a personal computer or mobile handset, an Internet connection and a Web browser. Where you go is up to you. Which of the following will not appear in the address bar of your browser?
a. a URL
b. a domain name
c. the letters HTTP
d. HTML code
Answer 3. The development of the TCP/IP protocols in the 1970s made it possible to expand the size of the ARPANET. Which key additions in the early 1990s helped to make the Internet browsable by more than professors at universities and the Department of Defense?
a. XML and Firefox
b. HTML and Mosaic
c. RSS and wikis
d. CSS and SSL
Answer 4. "Web 2.0" is a much-used buzzword these days in online business circles, used to describe user-generated content, like blogs, podcasts, mashups, wikis and social bookmarking, and rich Internet applications (RIAs) based upon technologies like Ajax. Is Internet2 the same thing as Web 2.0?
a. True! Internet2 is just another way of referring to that group of technologies.
b. False! Internet2 is a non-profit consortium that has nothing to do with the O'Reilly Web 2.0 Conference.
Answer 5. As the Internet has matured, organizations have found they need effective means to prevent outsiders from accessing private data resources and for controlling which outside resources their own users have access to.Which of the following technologies offer this kind of protection?
a. DMZ
b. firewall
c. HTTPS
d. a & b
Answer 6. Advances in wireless technology like wireless mesh networks, wireless broadband, WiMax, 3G and muni-WiFi have brought online connections to more people in more places that ever before. What language is used to translate data into a format that mobile devices on those networks can interpret properly?
a. XML
b. Java
c. J2ME
d. All of the above
Answer 7. Which of the following is NOT used in sending messages over the Internet?
a. DIME
b. LIME
c. MIME
d. SOAP
Answer 8. The development, sharing and adoption of open source technologies and protocols have been key to the development of the Internet. Which of the following is not open source?
a. Firefox
b. Linux
c. Atom
d. Solaris
e. Apache
Answer 9. The so-called "well-known" port numbers are reserved for assignment by ICANN for use by the application end points that use TCP or the UDP. What are the other kinds of ports?
a. registered and dynamic ports
b. defined and variable ports
c. canonical and free ports
d. definitive and radical ports
Answer 10. How long is a Web year?
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