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| The Internet consists of thousands of computers all over the world interwoven together through long-distance, high-speed, fiber-optic networks. What are these called? |
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| The Internet was designed to survive failures. What model does it use to achieve this? |
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| What provides the basic software structure for communication on the Internet? |
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| What service provides the structure for the World Wide Web? |
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| The main Internet tier is called Tier 1. How many companies are considered Tier 1 providers? |
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| Tier 1 and Tier 2 providers lease their Internet connections to ____. |
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| What is the near side of the router often called that is used to connect to the Internet? |
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| What device converts analog signals to digital and vice versa, enabling computers to talk to each other via standard commercial telephone lines. |
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| Which of the following transfers data via analog signals? |
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| What type of signal does a computer use to communicate? |
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| Computers, being binary by nature, use only two states of voltage. Positive volts are one state. What is the other state? |
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| What kind of communication transmits data as a series of individual ones and zeroes? |
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| What component in the computer converts individual serial bits of data into 8-bit parallel data that the PC can understand? |
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| What type of modems convert analog signals to digital signals, and vice versa, but must rely on serial ports to convert between serial and parallel data? |
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| What is the unit of measurement, also known as one cycle per second, that expresses the speed of phone lines? |
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| Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) sends telephone transmissions across what type of lines? |
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| Almost all ____ modems connect to a PCI or PCI Express expansion bus slot inside the PC. |
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| Connecting to the Internet via an ISP requires two things: hardware and ____. |
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| Dial-up links to the Internet use PPP. What is PPP? |
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| How many lines does the Basic Rate Interface (BRI) setup use? |
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| What kind of cable does broadband cable use to provide high-speed Internet access? |
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| Broadband cable typically offers speeds of 384 Kbps for upload. What is the typical speed for download? |
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| You are setting up a broadband connection for your home computer. A UTP cable is used to connect to the cable modem. What does the other end of the UTP cable connect to? |
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| Network Interface Card (NIC) |
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| How do most businesses connect their internal local area network (LANs) to an ISP? |
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| What is the most widely used standard for e-mail? |
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| What tool enables multiple computers to use the Internet connection provided by one computer on the network? |
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| PCs that connect via a LAN to an ICS host computer are called ____. |
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| What tool tracks when the user initiates two-way communication with other machines over the Internet? |
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| Which servers provide Web sites and Web pages that users can access? |
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| You want to allow ActiveX controls to run when you visit a Web site. What would you configure? |
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| Security Settings of your web browser |
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| Which software enables multiple connections to the Internet to go through one protected PC? |
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| What should you check if your Web browser refuses to run a Java program? |
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| What can you use to access a newsgroup? |
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