The Internet and Web Browsers MCQs

Question 1

Which is an example of an OSP?

Accepted Answer

YouTube

Answer

PTCL broadband

Answer

a DSL modem

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a fibre cable

Question 2

The search operator site:hec.gov.pk restricts results to:

Accepted Answer

pages from that website only

Answer

PDF files only

Answer

news older than one year

Answer

images only

Question 3

Buying products online from Daraz is an example of:

Accepted Answer

e-commerce

Answer

e-government

Answer

e-learning

Answer

VoIP

Question 4

The first ARPANET message was sent from UCLA to:

Accepted Answer

Stanford Research Institute (SRI)

Answer

Harvard

Answer

MIT

Answer

Oxford

Question 5

Software used to access and display web pages is a:

Accepted Answer

web browser

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web server

Answer

search engine

Answer

ISP

Question 6

The padlock icon in the address bar indicates that the site uses:

Accepted Answer

HTTPS (secure connection)

Answer

a virus

Answer

a search engine

Answer

FTP

Question 7

ARPA stands for:

Accepted Answer

Advanced Research Projects Agency

Answer

Applied Research Programming Area

Answer

Automatic Routing Packet Architecture

Answer

American Radio Protocol Association

Question 8

ARPANET adopted TCP/IP on:

Accepted Answer

1 January 1983

Answer

2000

Answer

1991

Answer

1 January 1969

Question 9

ARPANET introduced the technique of sending data in small pieces called:

Accepted Answer

packets (packet switching)

Answer

frames of film

Answer

sectors

Answer

pixels

Question 10

The difference between the Internet and the WWW is that:

Accepted Answer

the Internet is the network infrastructure while the WWW is a service on it

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they are exactly the same

Answer

the WWW is older than the Internet

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the Internet runs on the WWW

Question 11

A company that provides online content and services such as email, video or social networking is a(n):

Accepted Answer

Online Service Provider (OSP)

Answer

ISP only

Answer

hardware manufacturer

Answer

modem

Question 12

Coursera and Khan Academy are examples of:

Accepted Answer

e-learning services

Answer

ISPs

Answer

browsers

Answer

protocols

Question 13

Programs that automatically visit web pages and follow links for search engines are called:

Accepted Answer

crawlers (spiders/bots)

Answer

browsers

Answer

firewalls

Answer

cookies

Question 14

Sending messages with attachments over the Internet is:

Accepted Answer

email

Answer

FTP only

Answer

crawling

Answer

browsing

Question 15

Which order shows how a search engine works?

Accepted Answer

Crawling → Indexing → Ranking

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Browsing → Bookmarking → Printing

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Ranking → Crawling → Indexing

Answer

Indexing → Ranking → Crawling

Question 16

Which of the following is an Internet Service Provider in Pakistan?

Accepted Answer

Nayatel

Answer

Google

Answer

Netflix

Answer

Facebook

Question 17

The Internet is best described as:

Accepted Answer

a global network of networks

Answer

a web browser

Answer

a search engine

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a single computer in the USA

Question 18

"Google Chrome" and "Google Search" are respectively a:

Accepted Answer

browser and search engine

Answer

ISP and OSP

Answer

server and protocol

Answer

search engine and browser

Question 19

ARPANET was funded by the:

Accepted Answer

US Department of Defense

Answer

United Nations

Answer

CERN

Answer

Microsoft

Question 20

The first popular graphical web browser (1993) was:

Accepted Answer

Mosaic

Answer

Chrome

Answer

Edge

Answer

Firefox

Question 21

Who are known as the "Fathers of the Internet" for designing TCP/IP?

Accepted Answer

Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn

Answer

Bill Gates and Paul Allen

Answer

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

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Larry Page and Sergey Brin

Question 22

The list of web pages you visited recently is stored in the browser's:

Accepted Answer

history

Answer

downloads only

Answer

bookmarks bar

Answer

address bar

Question 23

Google was founded in:

Accepted Answer

1998

Answer

2010

Answer

1969

Answer

1983

Question 24

Mobile companies such as Jazz and Zong act as ISPs when they provide:

Accepted Answer

mobile data Internet access

Answer

web browsers

Answer

search engines

Answer

operating systems

Question 25

Making voice calls over the Internet is called:

Accepted Answer

VoIP

Answer

FTP

Answer

HTML

Answer

DNS

The Internet and Web Browsers MCQs — Computer Science

1. Which is an example of an OSP?

2. The search operator site:hec.gov.pk restricts results to:

3. Buying products online from Daraz is an example of:

4. The first ARPANET message was sent from UCLA to:

5. Software used to access and display web pages is a:

6. The padlock icon in the address bar indicates that the site uses:

7. ARPA stands for:

8. ARPANET adopted TCP/IP on:

9. ARPANET introduced the technique of sending data in small pieces called:

10. The difference between the Internet and the WWW is that:

11. A company that provides online content and services such as email, video or social networking is a(n):

12. Coursera and Khan Academy are examples of:

13. Programs that automatically visit web pages and follow links for search engines are called:

14. Sending messages with attachments over the Internet is:

15. Which order shows how a search engine works?

16. Which of the following is an Internet Service Provider in Pakistan?

17. The Internet is best described as:

18. "Google Chrome" and "Google Search" are respectively a:

19. ARPANET was funded by the:

20. The first popular graphical web browser (1993) was:

21. Who are known as the "Fathers of the Internet" for designing TCP/IP?

22. The list of web pages you visited recently is stored in the browser's:

23. Google was founded in:

24. Mobile companies such as Jazz and Zong act as ISPs when they provide:

25. Making voice calls over the Internet is called:

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