Sample Exam Questions: The Internet (Chapter 3)

Choose the answer that best answers each question.

1. What was the original motivation or motivations for the creation of the Internet?
   1. To have a computer network that could still operate even in the event of disaster like a nuclear war.
   2. To allow different computers to communicate.
   3. To create new business opportunities.
   4. (a) & (b)
   5. All of the above.

2. When you click on a link on a web page, which of the following statements may apply?
   1. You need to have the url of the web page.
   2. Protocols such html may be involved.
   3. The IP of your computer may be identified.
   4. (a) & (b)
   5. All of the above

3. Which of the following is true of the Boolean expression (for a query made into a search engine)?
   1. James AND Tam would show pages that have either my first or last name in it.
   2. James OR Tam would only show pages that contain both my first as well as my last name.
   3. James AND Tam NOT Canada would show web pages that have both my names but exclude pages that have in it the name of my country.
   4. “James Tam” would show web pages that contain, in some form, my first name and last name.
   5. None of the above

Answers to the above questions