Deck 8: Web Server Hardware and Software

Question 1

In client-side scripting, changes are generated outside of the browser using software such as JavaScript or Adobe Flash.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Sometimes, a single client request results in dozens or even hundreds of separate server responses to locate and deliver information.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The computers that perform the server function usually have more memory and larger, faster disk drives than the client computers they serve.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The three main elements of a Web server are the hardware, operating system software, and client software.

Question 5

Finger is a program that runs on Windows operating systems.

Question 6

When people use their Internet connections to become part of the Web, their computers become Web client computers on a worldwide client/server network.

Question 7

With remote server administration software, a Web site administrator can control a Web site from any Internet-connected computer.

Question 8

The basic Web client/server model is a three-tier model.

Question 9

The entity body of a response message returns the HTML page requested by the client machine.

Question 10

The main job of a Web server computer is to respond to requests from Web client computers.

Question 11

The two most commonly used Web server programs are Apache HTTP Server and Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS).

Question 12

A transaction server is a computer that is connected to the Internet and is used to download Web pages.

Question 13

Linux is an open-source operating system that is fast, efficient, and easy to install.

Question 14

A virtual server is a feature that maintains more than one server on one machine.

Question 15

Ping is an acronym for Packet Internet Grabber.

Question 16

A black list spam filter can be implemented at the individual level.

Question 17

On a Web site that is a collection of HTML pages, the content on the site can be changed by running interactive scripts.

Question 18

The Internet connects many different types of computers running different types of operating system software.

Question 19

Microsoft server products are more widely used than UNIX-based systems, and many industry experts believe that Windows is a more secure operating system on which to run a Web server.

Question 20

Some servers are connected through a router to the Internet.

Question 21

Most large centralized sites use load-balancing systems, at an additional expense, to assign the workload efficiently.

Question 22

Microsoft developed the first widely used server-side dynamic page-generation technology called ____.

A)ASP
B)SQL
C)JSP
D)PHP

Question 23

____content is nonstatic information constructed in response to a Web client's request.

A)Dynamic
B)Web
C)Flowing
D)Developed

Question 24

The ability of a network to connect devices that use different operating systems is called ____.

A)uniform connectivity
B)client/server compatibility
C)device interconnection
D)platform neutrality

Question 25

____-based machines are more popular, and many believe, more secure than Microsoft Web server products.

A)Apple
B)UNIX
C)Linux
D)Windows 2000 Server

Question 26

A ____ spam filter examines From addresses and compares them to a list of known good sender addresses.

A)black list
B)full-privilege
C)Tracert
D)white list

Question 27

In a client/server architecture, a(n)____ contains a command, the name of the target resource, and the protocol name and version number.

A)request header
B)request line
C)entity body
D)request message

Question 28

One factor that can affect a Web server's performance is the speed of its connection.

Question 29

A centralized architecture spreads risk over a large number of servers.

Question 30

A ____ page is an unchanging page retrieved from a file on a Web server.

A)static
B)stable
C)home
D)linked

Question 31

One drawback of decentralized architecture is that if one of the few servers becomes inoperable, a large portion of the site's capacity is lost.

Question 32

____ is the dynamic page-generation technology developed by Sun Microsystems.

A)ASP
B)PHP
C)JSP
D)HTTP

Question 33

In a client/server architecture, an optional ____ is sometimes used to pass bulk information to the server.

A)request line
B)request message
C)entity body
D)request header

Question 34

____ Server has dominated the Web since 1996 because it is free and performs very efficiently.

A)Apache HTTP
B)Microsoft IIS
C)UNIX
D)Linux

Question 35

A response ____ indicates the HTTP version used by the server, the status of the response, and an explanation of the status information.

A)header field
B)header message
C)entity body
D)header line

Question 36

____ is also known as unsolicited commercial e-mail.

A)Spam
B)CGI
C)VPN
D)Java

Question 37

The smaller servers used in the decentralized architecture are more expensive than the large servers used in the centralized approach.

Question 38

Which of the following continually conducts surveys to tally the number of Web sites in existence and measure the relative popularity of Internet Web server software?

A)Netscape
B)Microsoft
C)Netcraft
D)CNN

Question 39

A ____ is a Web page whose content is shaped by a program in response to user requests.

A)static page
B)stable page
C)dynamic page
D)moving file

Question 40

A(n)____ is a program that attaches itself to another program and can cause damage when the host program is activated.

A)e-mail filter
B)challenge-response
C)computer virus
D)dead link

Question 41

In ____________________ scripting, a program running on a Web server creates a Web page in response to a request for specific information from a Web client.

Question 42

A program called ____ tests the connectivity between two computers connected to the Internet.

A)Telnet
B)Tracert
C)Ping
D)Finger

Question 43

The open-source Apache Software Foundation sponsored a dynamic page-generation technology called ______________________________.

Question 44

____________________, a programming language produced by Sun, can be used to produce dynamic Web pages.

Question 45

____ is the number of HTTP requests that a particular hardware and software combination can process in a unit of time.

A)Output
B)Throughput
C)Capability
D)Tracert capacity

Question 46

A(n)____ file is a file on a Web site that is not linked to any page.

A)lost
B)index
C)orphan
D)independent

Question 47

A Java ____________________ is an application that runs on a Web server and generates dynamic content pages.

Question 48

____ sends data packets to every computer on the path between one computer and another and clocks the packet's round-trip times.

A)Telnet
B)Tracert
C)Ping
D)Finger

Question 49

The server computer on which database management system software runs is often called a(n)____________________ server.

Question 50

Efforts to reduce the environmental impact of large computing installations are called ____ computing.

A)efficient
B)green
C)e-conserve
D)e-wise

Question 51

An FTP connection to a computer on which the user has an account is called ____ FTP.

A)anonymous
B)guest
C)dynamic
D)full-privilege

Question 52

In ____________________ scripting, software operates on the Web client (the browser)to change what is displayed on the Web page in response to a user's actions.

Question 53

The message that a Web client sends to request a file or files from a Web server is called a(n)____________________.

Question 54

____ is testing used to compare the performance of hardware and software.

A)Response timing
B)Monitoring
C)Benchmarking
D)Throughputting

Question 55

All computers that are connected to the Internet and contain documents that their owners have made publicly available through their Internet connections are called ____________________.

Question 56

The ____ is the part of the TCP/IP rules that defines the formats used to transfer files between TCP/IP-connected computers.

A)URL
B)FPT
C)FTP
D)ASCII

Question 57

____ programs calculate and display the number of hops between computers and the time it takes to traverse the entire one-way path between machines.

A)Route-tracing
B)Connectivity verification
C)Benchmarking
D)Link checker

Question 58

____ is a program that allows a person using one computer to access files and run programs on a second computer that is connected to the Internet.

A)Telnet
B)Ping
C)Finger
D)Tracert

Question 59

A(n)____________________ is any computer used to provide files or make programs available to other computers connected to it through a network.

Question 60

Client/____________________ architectures are used in LANs, WANs, and the Web.

Question 61

____________________ servers are made up of small server computers on a single computer board with many of those boards installed into a rack-mounted frame.

Question 62

Describe some of the drawbacks of e-mail.

Question 63

____________________ revision is a statistical technique in which additional knowledge is used to revise earlier estimates of probabilities.

Question 64

Telnet programs use a set of rules called the ____________________.

Question 65

Explain the difference between a dynamic Web page and a static Web page.

Question 66

A(n)____________________ link checker checks on sites with which a company has entered a link exchange program and ensures that link exchange partners are fulfilling their obligation to include a link back to the company's Web site.

Question 67

The job of a Web server is to process and respond to Web ____________________ requests that are sent using HTTP.

Question 68

What is the purpose of the Ping utility?

Question 69

A computer must have a(n)____________________ to run programs.

Question 70

A(n)____________________, when clicked, displays an error message rather than a Web page.

Question 71

Describe the difference between throughput and response time.

Question 72

A(n)____________________ utility program examines each page on a Web site and reports on any URLs that are broken, seem broken, or are in some way incorrect.

Question 73

A(n)_________________________ is a piece of network hardware that monitors the workloads of servers attached to it and assigns incoming traffic to the server that has the most available capacity at that instant in time.

Question 74

A large collection of servers is called a(n)____________________.

Question 75

Describe the major components of a typical request message from a client to a server.

Question 76

_____________________________________________ comes bundled with current versions of Microsoft Windows Server operating systems and is used on many corporate intranets because many companies have adopted Microsoft products as their standard products.

Question 77

____________________ tasks include running programs and allocating computer resources such as memory and disk space to programs.

Question 78

A(n)____________________ is a feature that maintains more than one server on one machine.

Question 79

A(n)____________________ architecture approach requires the use of a few very large and fast computers.

Question 80

____________________ are messages rejected by a white list spam filter that should not have been.