Computer Quiz

1. What is the term for unsolicited e-mail ?

(1) newsgroup

(2) Usenet

(3) backbone

(4) spam 

(5) flaming

2. The code for a Web page is written using ——

(1) a fifth generation language

(2) Hypertext Markup Language

(3) Win Zip        

(4) Perl

(5) URL 

3. Internet uses

(1) Telex switching

(2) Circuit switching

(3) Telephone switching

(4) Packet switching  

(5) None of these

4. When the pointer is positioned on a ______ , it is shaped like a hand.

(1) hyperlink

(2) grammar error

(3) screen tip

(4) spelling error

(5) formatting error 

5. Internet is

(1) a local computer network

(2) a world wide network of computers

(3) a world wide interconnected network of computers which use a common protocol to communicate with one another

(4) an interconnected network of computers

(5) None of these

6. Which facilities is/are available on the internet are 

(i) electronic mail

(ii) remote login

(iii) file transfer

(iv) word processing

(1) i,ii

(2) ii, iii and iv

(3) i.ii.iv 

(4) i, ii.iii 

(5) None of these

7.  Internet requires

(1) an international agreement to connect computers

(2) a commonly agreed set of rules to communicate between computers

(3) a local area network

(4) a LAN wire

(5) None of these

8.  Each computer connected to the internet must

(1) be an IBM PC

(2) be internet compatible

(3) have a unique IP address

(4) have a modem connection

(5) None of these

9.  IP address is currently

(1) None of these

(2) available in plenty

(3) 6 bytes long

(4) not assigned as it is all used up

(5) 4 bytes long

10. IP addresses are converted to

(1) a binary string

(2) a hierarchy of domain names

(3) alphanumeric string

(4) a hexadecimal string

(5) None of these

Answers

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2.   2
3.   4
4.   1
5.   3
6.   4
7.   2
8.   3
9.   5

10. 2