The Information Superhighway Quiz

Name:_____________________________

(20 Points)(2 POINTS EA)

T/F: Indicate True or False at the left of each question. tHEN JUSTIFY ON THE RIGHT WHAT IS WRONG IF THE QUESTION IS FALSE.( you may also be requested to email the answers)

1. The Internet is a network consisting of tens of thousands of interconnected computer networks including millions of host computers.

2. The Internet was first established in the mid 1980s.

3. The Internet is owned by a group of high-tech multinational corporations.

4. Messages sent on the Internet include an address code that enables any computer in the Internet to forward the message to its destination.

The heart of the Internet is a supercomputer located in McLean, Virginia.

6. Currently, the most common way for individuals to access the Internet is through a personal computer equipped with a modem.

7. Prior to the development of the World Wide Web, obtaining information on the Internet required the user to type complex codes representing the exact address of the site containing the desired information.

8. A key feature of the World Wide Web is the use of hypertext, which allows a person on the Web to go from one document to another anywhere else in the world by clicking on a word or picture.

9. The first graphical Web browser that allowed users to navigate by pointing and clicking was known as Carousel.

10. Every site on the World Wide Web has an address called a URL.