KBC Questions and Quiz, Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

Question: Which one of the following is a search engine?

1. Macromedia Flash
   
2. Google
   
3. Netscape
   
4. Librarians’ Index to the Internet
   

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A search engine is a program that searches for Web documents with keyword (s) you specify. Yahoo!, Google, and AltaVista are just three examples of search engines that have been created to help you find information on the Web.

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Question: Which is the best search tool for finding Web sites that have been handpicked and recommended by someone else?

1. Subject directories
   
2. Search engines
   
3. Meta-search engines
   
4. Discussion groups
   

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Subject directories tend to house fewer—sometimes more relevant—sites than those found through search engines. Sites in a subject directory often have been handpicked by editorial teams or specialists in a particular field.

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Question: What is the World Wide Web?

1. A computer game
   
2. A software program
   
3. The part of the Internet that enables information-sharing via interconnected pages
   
4. Another name for the Internet
   

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The World Wide Web is a subset of the Internet. Specifically, the Web is a collection of documents and applications residing on Internet servers around the world.

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Question: Which of the following is not a part of the Internet?

1. World Wide Web
   
2. Email
   
3. CD-ROM
   
4. HTTP
   

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Question: The first graphical browser for the WWW was named:

1. Netscape
   
2. Veronica
   
3. Mosaic
   
4. Explorer
   

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Question: The first web server was built in:

1. 1990 in Geneva, Switzerland
   
2. 1985 in Berkeley, California
   
3. 1988 in Cambridge, Massachusetts
   
4. 1947 in Berningham, UK
   

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Question: The abbreviation URL stands for:

1. User Regulation Law
   
2. Unknown RAM Load
   
3. Uniform Resource Locator
   
4. Ultimate RAM Locator
   

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Question: ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, was developed by:

1. FAA
   
2. Department of Defence
   
3. NATO
   
4. UART
   

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Question: What does the abbreviation "http" stand for?

1. Hypertext Transfer Protocol
   
2. High Task Termination Procedure
   
3. Harvard Teletext Proof
   
4. Hindustan Times Technical Proffesionals
   

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Question: What is not always necessary for accessing the Web?

1. A Web browser
   
2. A connection to an Internet Access Provider
   
3. A computer
   
4. A modem
   

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You need a browser, online access and a computer to surf the Web, but if you're on a local area network (LAN) that's connected to the Internet, you don't need a modem to go online.

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