Deck 23: The Internet

Question 1

How many physical lines does the Basic Rate Interface (BRI) setup use?

A)One
B)Two
C)Three
D)Four

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What service runs from the provider straight to a home or office, using fiber the whole way?

A)FTTP
B)FTP
C)SFTP
D)FTTN

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What device turns digital data into an analog signal for sending it over the telephone line, and then turns it back into digital data when it reaches the other end of the connection?

A)Modem
B)Server
C)Telephone
D)Terminal

Answer 3

A

Question 4

What protocol uses port numbers 67 and 68?

A)DHCP
B)DNS
C)HTTP
D)FTP

Question 5

Tier 1 providers own long-distance, high-speed fiber-optic networks called ______________.

A)backbones
B)connectors
C)root servers
D)telephones

Question 6

All Web browsers use the _______________.

A)Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
B)Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
C)Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
D)Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3)

Question 7

What is another term for primary rate interface (PRI) ISDN lines?

A)T1
B)T3
C)Fiber-optic
D)Telephone lines

Question 8

Marketed as and now generally accepted as a true 4G technology, LTE networks feature theoretical speeds of up to ______________ download and 75 Mbps upload?

A)75 Mbps
B)150 Mbps
C)300 Mbps
D)350 Mbps

Question 9

What tool provides the basic software structure for communication on the Internet?

A)Chat
B)TCP/IP
C)Telnet
D)Ethernet

Question 10

What port number is used by HTTPS?

A)43
B)143
C)443
D)343

Question 11

Which high-speed Internet technology uses line-of-sight?

A)ISDN
B)Satellite
C)GSM
D)LTE

Question 12

The Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) sends telephone transmissions across what type of lines?

A)Analog
B)Digital
C)Integrated
D)Steel

Question 13

Every Tier 1 and Tier 2 provider leases connections to the Internet to companies called ______________.

A)Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
B)Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
C)Internet service providers (ISPs)
D)World Wide Web (WWW)

Question 14

With most ISPs, a(n) ______________ server will provide your computer with the proper TCP/IP information.

A)SMTP
B)WWW
C)Telnet
D)DHCP

Question 15

What type of signal does a computer use to communicate?

A)Analog
B)Digital
C)Encrypted
D)Wave

Question 16

Which servers provide Web sites you access by using the HTTP protocol on port 80?

A)File
B)Mail
C)Network
D)Web

Question 17

______________ connections to ISPs use a standard telephone line with special equipment on each end to create always-on Internet connections at speeds much greater than dial-up.

A)FTTN
B)ISDN
C)DSL
D)Broadband cable

Question 18

Phone lines have a speed based on a unit called a ______________, which is one cycle per second.

A)baud
B)byte
C)digit
D)flux

Question 19

Which tool transfers data via analog signals?

A)Connector
B)ISP
C)Modem
D)Telephone wire

Question 20

Many computers can share a smaller pool of routable IP addresses with _______________.

A)DNAT
B)IMAP4
C)Port 80
D)Remote Desktop

Question 21

What is a very common IRC chat program?

A)vChat
B)vIRC
C)mChat
D)mIRC

Question 22

Internet backbones span the major cities of the earth and interconnect at special locations called ______________.

Question 23

Modems enable computers to talk to each other via standard commercial ______________ lines by converting analog signals to digital signals, and vice versa.

Question 24

The oldest family of chat programs is based on the ______________ protocol.

A)Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
B)Internet Resume Chat (IRC)
C)Internet Radio Chat (IRC)
D)Internet Relationship Chat (IRC)

Question 25

Telephone wires transfer data via analog signals that continuously change ______________ on a wire.

Question 26

Which protocol is nothing more than FTP running through an SSH tunnel?

A)SFTP
B)FTPS
C)SSHT
D)SNMP

Question 27

The router to which you connect at the ISP is often referred to as the ______________.

Question 28

What allows you to give anyone control of your desktop through an e-mail invitation?

A)Secure Shell
B)SMTP
C)Proxy
D)Remote Assistance

Question 29

What allows you to make voice calls over a computer network?

A)Satellites
B)Tunneling
C)Encryption
D)VoIP

Question 30

What port numbers are used by FTP?

A)443 and 444
B)20 and 21
C)23 and 25
D)80 and 110

Question 31

What ports does the Service Location Protocol (SLP) use?

A)UDP and TCP port 423
B)UDP and TCP port 427
C)UDP and TCP port 430
D)UDP and TCP port 435

Question 32

Which software enables multiple connections to the Internet to go through one protected computer?

A)Firewall
B)Mail server
C)Network
D)Proxy server

Question 33

Which protocol enables operating systems and applications to access directories?

A)SNMP
B)SAMBA
C)SMB
D)LDAP

Question 34

Which protocol do Internet games employ to send information using ports reserved by the game?

A)FTP
B)TCP/IP
C)SMTP
D)Telnet

Question 35

What is the most widely used standard for receiving e-mail?

A)SMTP
B)HTTP
C)IMAP4
D)POP3

Question 36

What port number is used for sending e-mail?

A)23
B)25
C)110
D)144

Question 37

What is the most common VoIP application protocol?

A)SSH
B)SIP
C)SSL
D)SFTP

Question 38

What term refers to the amount of time a packet takes to get to its destination?

A)Latency
B)Handshaking
C)TTL
D)PTS

Question 39

TCP/IP provides the basic ______________ structure for communication on the Internet.

Question 40

What term refers to encrypted tunnels that create private networks through the Internet?

A)NATs
B)Emulated terminals
C)VPNs
D)PPTPs

Question 41

Almost all ______________ modems connect to a PCI or PCI Express (PCIe) expansion bus slot inside the computer.

Question 42

A wireless ______________ is a device that connects via cellular and enables other devices to access the Internet.

Question 43

______________ is a terminal emulation program for TCP/IP networks that uses port 23 and enables you to connect to a server or fancy router and run commands on that machine as if you were sitting in front of it.

Question 44

Most open wireless hotspots do not provide any level of ______________.

Question 45

Remote Desktop Connection provides control over a remote server with a fully _______________ interface.

Question 46

The server that handles outgoing e-mail is called the ______________ server.

Question 47

The process of sending telephone transmission across fully digital lines end-to-end is called ______________ service.

Question 48

One popular ______________ service is AT&T's U-verse, which generally offers download speeds from 1 to 75 Mbps and upload speeds from 384 Kbps to 8 Mbps.

Question 49

______________ service consists of two types of channels: Bearer (B) channels and Delta (D) channels.

Question 50

If you want to surf the Web, you need an application called a Web ______________, such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, or Microsoft Edge.

Question 51

______________ has replaced Telnet in most cases because it uses an encrypted connection.

Question 52

Windows offers an alternative to VNC in current Windows systems called ______________.

Question 53

POP3 is an abbreviation for ______________.

Question 54

______________ uses ports 20 and 21.

Question 55

Satellite connections to the Internet get the data beamed to a(n) ______________ on a house or an office.

Question 56

Dial-up links to the Internet have their own special hardware protocol called ______________.

Question 57

All home routers use a technology called ______________ to present an entire LAN of computers to the Internet as a single machine.

Question 58

Contemporary external modems connect to the computer through an available ______________ port.

Question 59

You can use ______________ to make voice calls over your computer?network.

Question 60

The most common method of encrypting personal information sent over the Web ______________.

Question 61

Describe Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology.

Question 62

Describe the two most common forms of DSL.

Question 63

What is the Internet?

Question 64

How is phone line speed measured and what is the fastest rate a phone line can achieve?

Question 65

The command prompt utility ______________ shows all the connections between your computer and any other computer.

Question 66

How do satellite connections to the Internet exchange data?

Question 67

What two pieces does a dial-up connection to the Internet require to work?

Question 68

What is the bandwidth of channels in an ISDN service?

Question 69

______________ enables you to give anyone control of your desktop or take control of anyone else's desktop.

Question 70

Like Microsoft and SMB, Apple developed the ______________ in the late 1980s to support file sharing between Macintosh computers on early LANs.

Question 71

What is a terminal adapter (TA)?

Question 72

What is TCP/IP?

Question 73

What is a primary rate interface (PRI)?

Question 74

What are backbone routers?

Question 75

Briefly describe universal plug and play (UPnP).

Question 76

What are the two requirements for connecting to an ISP?

Question 77

How are FTTN connections implemented?

Question 78

The oldest family of chat programs is based on the ______________ protocol.

Question 79

What was the key reason for interweaving the backbones of the Internet servers?

Question 80

The ______________ protocol is Windows' network file and print sharing protocol.