Connections and Protocols
The Cloud
Internet and IP
Computer Terminology
Networks
100

What provides continuous access to the Internet through permanent network connections?


Direct Internet connections

100

What is the main purpose of a file server?

To store shared data

100

A worldwide network of interconnected networks

Internet

100

A group of two or more computers connected so they can communicate, share resources and exchange information with one another.

A network 

100

How are wide area networks (WANs) created?

By connecting LANs to one another via public carriers


200

What connection type provides the fastest direct connection speed?

Fiber-optic cable

200

What is the name of the problem-solving model in which a task that cannot be performed by one person is outsourced to a large group or community in order to obtain and analyze large amounts of data?

Crowdsourcing
200

What is the term for a collection of related HTML documents located on a host computer on the Internet?

Website

200

What is the term for a server at the highest level of the Domain Name System (DNS)?

Root-level server
200

What is the term for a device that determines the best path for data to take across a network?

Router

300

Which device connects a wireless local area network to a wireless phone network at broadband speeds?

4G mobile hotspot

300

Hosted applications and services offered by a third party and run almost entirely from one or more servers that reside on the Internet


Cloud Computing

300

A series of numbers divided into four segments that identifies a unique resource on the Internet.


Dotted quad

300

A device that converts digital data to analog signal and vice versa, is called a:

Modem

300

A group of computers connected within a confined geographic area is a ...

local area network (LAN)

400

What type of server are you accessing when you download software programs and documents from Websites?

A File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server

400

What server is used solely to resolve human-readable domain names into their computer-readable IP addresses?

Domain name servers

400

Dedicated digital telephone lines used in North America


T carriers

400

Which wireless mode type uses a centralized access point known as a wireless access point (AP)?

Infrastructure 

500

A LAN can be connected to the Internet by a router, provided that the LAN uses:

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).

500

Which of the top-level domains would generally refer to an Internet Service Provider (ISP)?

net

500

 If another location in the same Webpage or another Webpage appears, what did you click?


hypertext link

500

Two or more local area networks (LANs) that span a wide geographic area


wide area network (WAN)
600

What enables dissimilar systems connected to the Internet to communicate with one another?

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)


600

In an IP address such as 192.241.187.8, the last number in the address (on the far right) identifies:

A specific computer
600

The right-side component of a domain name, which categorizes domains into groups by common type or geography

Domain Name System (DNS) 
600

To act as a central repository of programs and data to which all users connected to the network have access is the primary function of what?

a network server