Fluency With Information Technology 6th Edition By Lawrence Snyder - Test Bank
Fluency with Information Technology, 6e
(Snyder)
Chapter 3 The
Basics of Networking: Making the Connection
3.1 True/False Questions
1)
In the mid-1990s, the Internet, long available to researchers, became generally
available to the public.
Answer: TRUE
2)
Asynchronous communication requires that both the sender and the receiver are
active at the same time.
Answer: FALSE
3)
Multicasting and point-to-point communication are equivalent terms.
Answer: FALSE
4)
The Internet is not fast enough to mimic synchronous communication.
Answer: FALSE
5)
Most interactions over the Internet use a protocol known as client/server
interaction.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: The Internet has a wide range of
communications options. You can even use it as a phone.
6)
When files are placed on a server, the process is known as uploading.
Answer: TRUE
7)
The DNS translates your human-readable address into an IP number.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: The readable address works well for people,
but to work effectively on the Internet, it is translated into a series of
numbers.
8)
Internet communications are sent strictly through telephone lines.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: There are many different methods of
transmitting Internet communications. Some are phone lines; others are
dedicated fiber optic lines. Some are wireless.
9)
Home computers typically link to the Internet via an ISP.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: Most homes use an Internet service provider.
The ISP serves as a link between the user's computer and the Internet.
10)
The World Wide Web and the Internet are the same.
Answer: FALSE
11) When a
computer is connected to the Internet via ISP for the first time, it is
assigned an IP that it keeps for the life of the computer.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: A different IP is generally assigned every
time you connect to the Internet.
12)
The WWW is larger than the Internet.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: The WWW is a subset of the Internet.
13)
Client/server relationships drive the WWW.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: The Web runs via a series of client/server
connections.
14)
Once connected to a Web server, the connection remains in place until the
client requests a page from another server.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: The client connects to the Web server only as
long as it takes to process the request for a Web page. Once it's completed,
the connection is ended.
15)
Each computer connected to the Internet is given its own unique Internet
Protocol address.
Answer: TRUE
16)
The Internet supports point-to-point asynchronous communication.
Answer: TRUE
17)
URLs are always case sensitive.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: The domain is not case sensitive, but the
pathname can be case sensitive.
18)
The term "www" must be included when typing all Web addresses.
Answer: FALSE
19)
Intranet refers to a network that supports communication within an
organization.
Answer: TRUE
20)
There is no direct connection between a client and a server structure.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: There is a transmission for requests, but
there's no connection.
21)
To describe how a Web page should look, many pages use Hypertext Markup
Language (HTML).
Answer: TRUE
22)
Each client request to a server is discrete.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: Each time a client requests a page, it is a
separate and distinct event.
23)
An example of a top-level domain is .edu.
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