21. The science fiction literature of the 1940's and 1950's accurately predicted both the role and ubiquity of the Internet today.

a. True
b. False
c.
d.




















22. The original impetus for the Internet grew out of

a. the U.S. Census Bureau
b. IBM
c. Bell Telephone
d. The U.S. Department of Defense




















23. Which of the following statements accurately describes the relationship between the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP)?

a. TCP is used to put messages back together after they are mixed up by IP.
b. TCP is the set of rules used by IP to determine how best to route a message to its destination.
c. TCP is the four-piece address used by IP.
d. TCP is a kind of computer used to route messages written in IP.




















24. Which of the following was a significant factor in the early growth of the Internet?

a. It was easy to connect.
b. TCP/IP software was available free of charge to all subscribers.
c. It was inexpensive to use because all phone connections were "local."
d. Its use was encouraged by the Department of Defense for purposes of collaboration, connection and communication.




















25. In Internet terms, a mail server is

a. a person who composes an e-mail message.
b. the computer upon which an e-mail message is composed.
c. the computer upon which an e-mail message is received.
d. the computer that "stores and forwards" an e-mail message.




















26. Domain names facilitate e-mail by

a. allowing large commercial enterprises to make up their own Internet addresses.
b. providing a unique name for every person who sends and receives e-mail.
c. providing a unique name for every computer on the Internet.
d. freeing human users from having to remember and use IP addresses.




















27. E-mail is unlike other traditional modes of communication in that

a. communication occurs at a rate between those of snailmail and a telephone conversation.
b. an e-mail message provides a post-like record of what was sent.
c. you always know exactly who sent you a given message.
d. e-mail messages can be time-shifted.




















28. Newsgroups are unlike e-mail in that

a. messages are posted and received by participants
b. one needs specialized software to participate
c. server machines are used to route messages
d. the same hierarchical naming scheme is used for newsgroup names as is used for Internet addresses




















29. "Cancelbots" are programs that deal with

a. flaming
b. newbies
c. lurking
d. spamming




















30. Which statement best characterizes the relationship of the World Wide Web (WWW) to the Internet?

a. The WWW is a subset of the Internet.
b. The WWW is a collection of computers on the Internet that allow transmission of distributed hypermedia documents.
c. The Internet provides a network upon which the WWW protocol and programs can run.
d. The WWW provides a network upon which TCP/IP is implemented.




















 
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