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Internet

Internet
1. What was the first version of the Internet?

Bitnet
Usenet
ARPAnet
WWWnet

2. What is the most popular use of the Internet?

Making web sites.
Using email
Reading newsgroups
Reading mailing lists

3. What are newsgroups?

They are group for the news media
They are discussion group about the news.
They are discussion forums that are openly accessible over the Internet.
They are redistribution networks for all mailing lists.

4. The WWW is a multimedia resource that is based on _________.

hypertext
point and click
links
web pages

5. Which of the following would be considered spam?

Cross posting to several newsgroups.
Sending duplicate messages to various mailing lists.
Sending mass mailings of unsolicited materials
Posting the same message on BBS of more than one web site.

6. Which of the following applications provide synchronous communication?

newsgroups
mailing list
bulliten boards
Internet relay chat

7. What options are available for reading messages from a mailing list?

Digest
Index
E-mail
All the above

8. What protocol is used to access academic databases?

http
ftp
ERIC
CELIA

9. MOOs are meeting places on the Internet that have evolved from _____________.

Adventure games and role playing simulations
Multi object oreintation programs
Text based learning environments
Educational areas for ESL

10. Which of the following satements are NOT true.

The Internet started as a program for the United States defence department.
The Internet and the WWW are the same thing.
Distance education can be successfully accomplished using videoconferencing.
Queen Elizabeth II sent her first emial message in 1976.








 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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