Internet
The central controlling agency of the Internet is: - correct answer ✔✔Trick question - the Internet has no
central controlling agency
For a network to connect to the Internet, it must use the ___ suite of protocols. - correct answer
✔✔transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP)
Data on the Internet is usually stored on specialized computers called ___. - correct answer ✔✔servers
Paul Baran developed packet ___ in hopes of making Semi-automatic ground environment (SAGE) less
vulnerable. - correct answer ✔✔switching
ARPA (now called DARPA) stands for the ___. - correct answer ✔✔Advanced Research Projects Agency
Domain names and IP addresses on the Internet are managed by ___ - correct answer ✔✔the Internet
Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Which three of the following statements are true regarding the history of the Internet? - correct answer
✔✔Packet switching allows a message to be divided into many packets rather than traveling on one
phone circuit.
ARPA hired MIT Professor J.C.R. Licklider to connect computer networks of four universities.
ARPAnet was built to ensure that if individual networks or computers fail, ARPAnet would still be
functional.
The network that encompasses all the networks around the world that are connected to each other
using TCP/IP is referred to as the ___ - correct answer ✔✔Internet
SAGE was developed by the US Department of ___. - correct answer ✔✔defense
,Information is transferred over the Internet in small data groupings called - correct answer ✔✔packets
Packet-switched networks break information into units called ___ - correct answer ✔✔packets
The redundancy of Internet connectivity is based on a technology called ___ - correct answer ✔✔packet
switching
ARPA stands for ___ - correct answer ✔✔Advanced Research Projects Agency
Which two of the following statements are true about the development of the Internet? - correct answer
✔✔Paul Baran developed packet switching.
One of ARPAnet's challenges was to ensure that if individual computers or networks failed, the overall
network would continue to operate.
SAGE was developed during the ___ War. - correct answer ✔✔cold
The Internet evolved from a Department of Defense funded project called ___, that attempted to link
computers from four separate university networks. - correct answer ✔✔ARPAnet
Telephones were connected using circuit switching while the Internet uses ___ switching. - correct
answer ✔✔packet
By ensuring that transmissions can be sent even when several sites are not working, ___ technology
made the Internet possible. - correct answer ✔✔packet switching
Which three of the following statements are true regarding how circuit switching works when you make
a traditional land line based phone call? - correct answer ✔✔When you pick up the receiver it creates an
open connection to the local telephone switch.
When you dial a number, then the switch connects to other switches along the public switched
telephone network (PSTN). This forms a physical path between your phone and the person you are
calling.
, When the call is received a circuit is established and will remain open for the entire length of your call.
As long as the circuit remains open, no one else can use the telephone line.
The Internet was based on a Department of Defense computer network called - correct answer
✔✔ARPAnet
ISP stands for: - correct answer ✔✔Internet Service Provider
Paul Baran developed a technology called: - correct answer ✔✔packet switching that made the Internet
reliable (and possible!).
Which of the following three are Internet service options? - correct answer ✔✔Fiber Optic
Cable
Satellite
The concept that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) permit data to be transmitted and accessed without
regard to the data's content or amount of bandwidth required to transmit the data is known as net -
correct answer ✔✔neutrality
Used by the public switched telephone network (PSTN), ___ switching creates a dedicated physical path
to send and receive information. - correct answer ✔✔circuit
Your Internet signal is carried on a ___ - correct answer ✔✔transmission media
Digital subscriber line (DSL) Internet service providers use ___ lines to bring you Internet service. -
correct answer ✔✔phone
The amount of data that a transmission media can carry in a given amount of time is called the media's
___. - correct answer ✔✔bandwidth
Although it sounds ironic, searching the - correct answer ✔✔Internet is usually an efficient way to find
an ISP in your area.