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Networking and Connecting to theInternet
Which organization manages domain names and Internet Protocol (IP) addresses on the Internet? -
correct answer ✔✔the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
The Internet is a global network of interconnected networks that uses what? - correct answer
✔✔Hardware such as servers and routers.
Software, specifically the Transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP) suite of Internet
protocols.
Transmission media such as fiber optic cable and satellite (microwave) signals.
Information is transferred over the Internet in small data groupings called ___ - correct answer
✔✔Packets
Paul Baran developed packet ___ in hopes of making Semi-automatic ground environment (SAGE) less
vulnerable - correct answer ✔✔Switching
ARPA (now called DARPA) stands for the ___ - correct answer ✔✔Advanced Research Projects Agency
The central controlling agency of the Internet is: - correct answer ✔✔Trick question - the Internet has no
central controlling agency
What is true about the development of the Internet? - correct answer ✔✔One of ARPAnet's challenges
was to ensure that if individual computers or networks failed, the overall network would continue to
operate.
Paul Baran developed packet switching.
For a network to connect to the Internet, it must use the ___ suite of protocols - correct answer
✔✔transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP)
,SAGE was developed during the ___ War - correct answer ✔✔Cold
Data on the Internet is usually stored on specialized computers called ___ - correct answer ✔✔Servers
Telephones were connected using circuit switching while the Internet uses ___ switching - correct
answer ✔✔Packet
The redundancy of Internet connectivity is based on a technology called ___ - correct answer ✔✔Packet
switching
What is true regarding how circuit switching works when you make a traditional land line based phone
call? - correct answer ✔✔When you pick up the receiver it creates an open connection to the local
telephone switch.
When you dial a number, then the switch connects to other switches along the public switched
telephone network (PSTN). This forms a physical path between your phone and the person you are
calling.
When the call is received a circuit is established and will remain open for the entire length of your call.
As long as the circuit remains open, no one else can use the telephone line.
The protocols that led to the development of the Internet were first used in a network called ARPAnet.
ARPA (now called DARPA) stands for ___ - correct answer ✔✔Advanced Research Projects Agency
The forerunner of today's Internet was the DoD's (Department of Defense) - correct answer ✔✔ARPAnet
What is true regarding the history of the Internet? - correct answer ✔✔Packet switching allows a
message to be divided into many packets rather than traveling on one phone circuit.
ARPA hired MIT Professor J.C.R. Licklider to connect computer networks of four universities.
ARPAnet was built to ensure that if individual networks or computers fail, ARPAnet would still be
functional.
By ensuring that transmissions can be sent even when several sites are not working, ___ technology
made the Internet possible - correct answer ✔✔Packet switching
, SAGE was developed by the U.S. Department of ___ - correct answer ✔✔Defense
ISP stands for: - correct answer ✔✔Internet Service Provider
Packet-switched networks break information into units called ___ - correct answer ✔✔Packets
Which might be a possible choice for Internet service in your area? - correct answer ✔✔Cable internet
The concept that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) permit data to be transmitted and accessed without
regard to the data's content or amount of bandwidth required to transmit the data is known as net ___ -
correct answer ✔✔Neutrality
The Internet was based on a Department of Defense computer network called ___ - correct answer
✔✔ARPAnet
What are commonly used Internet transmission media? - correct answer ✔✔Coaxial (TV) cable,
telephone wire, and Wi-Fi radio waves
The specific means by which your Internet signal is carried is called its ___ media - correct answer
✔✔Transmission
Digital subscriber line (DSL) Internet service providers use ___ lines to bring you Internet service - correct
answer ✔✔Phone
The amount of data that a transmission media can carry in a given amount of time is called the media's
___ - correct answer ✔✔Bandwidth
Although it sounds ironic, searching the ___ - correct answer ✔✔Internet is usually an efficient way to
find an ISP in your area
Broadband is usually measured in __ - correct answer ✔✔Mbps
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