New Perspectives on Computer Concepts 2018 Comprehensive 20th Edition – Test Bank

1. The Web is synonymous with the Internet.

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   True

POINTS:   1

REFERENCES:   WEB OVERVIEW

QUESTION TYPE:   True / False

HAS VARIABLES:   False

DATE CREATED:   8/1/2017 11:15 AM

DATE MODIFIED:   8/1/2017 11:17 AM

2. The ____________ is a collection of HTML (hypertext markup language) documents, images, videos, and sound files that can be linked to each other and accessed over the Internet using a protocol called HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol).

  a.  The Internet

  b.  WWW (World Wide Web)

  c.  ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network)

  d.  HTML

ANSWER:   b

POINTS:   1

REFERENCES:   WEB OVERVIEW

QUESTION TYPE:   Multiple Choice

HAS VARIABLES:   False

DATE CREATED:   8/1/2017 11:17 AM

DATE MODIFIED:   8/1/2017 11:19 AM

3. A Web _________ is client software that displays Web page elements and handles links between Web pages.

ANSWER:   browser

POINTS:   1

REFERENCES:   WEB OVERVIEW

QUESTION TYPE:   Completion

HAS VARIABLES:   False

DATE CREATED:   8/1/2017 11:24 AM

DATE MODIFIED:   8/1/2017 11:25 AM

4. HTTP is the markup language used to specify the contents of a Web page.

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   False

POINTS:   1

REFERENCES:   WEB OVERVIEW

QUESTION TYPE:   True / False

HAS VARIABLES:   False

DATE CREATED:   8/1/2017 11:25 AM

DATE MODIFIED:   8/1/2017 11:26 AM

5. What is the term that is used to describe a computer system that could store literary documents, link them according to logical relationships, and allow readers to comment and annotate what they read?

  a.  WWW

  b.  Internet

  c.  Cascading style sheets (CSS)

  d.  Hypertext

ANSWER:   d

POINTS:   1

REFERENCES:   EVOLUTION

QUESTION TYPE:   Multiple Choice

HAS VARIABLES:   False

DATE CREATED:   8/1/2017 11:27 AM

DATE MODIFIED:   8/1/2017 11:28 AM

6. Ted Nelson developed the specifications for URLs (Uniform Resource Locators), HTML, and HTTP.

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   False

POINTS:   1

REFERENCES:   EVOLUTION

QUESTION TYPE:   True / False

HAS VARIABLES:   False

DATE CREATED:   8/1/2017 11:48 AM

DATE MODIFIED:   8/1/2017 11:50 AM

7. Which early browser was the first to run on multiple computer platforms including Windows?

  a.  Mosaic

  b.  Internet Explorer

  c.  Safari

  d.  None of the above

ANSWER:   a

POINTS:   1

REFERENCES:   EVOLUTION

QUESTION TYPE:   Multiple Choice

HAS VARIABLES:   False

DATE CREATED:   8/1/2017 11:52 AM

DATE MODIFIED:   8/1/2017 11:54 AM

8. A Web _________ is an Internet-based computer that stores Web site content and accepts requests from browsers.

  a.  site

  b.  server

  c.  store

  d.  browser

ANSWER:   b

POINTS:   1

REFERENCES:   WEB SITES

QUESTION TYPE:   Multiple Choice

HAS VARIABLES:   False

DATE CREATED:   8/1/2017 11:54 AM

DATE MODIFIED:   8/1/2017 11:55 AM

9. The World Wide Web is a collection of HTML documents, images, videos, and sound files that can be linked to each other and accessed over the Internet using a protocol called _____.

  a.  HTTP

  b.  HTML

  c.  FTP (file transfer protocol)

  d.  IP

ANSWER:   a

POINTS:   1

REFERENCES:   WEB OVERVIEW

QUESTION TYPE:   Multiple Choice

HAS VARIABLES:   False

DATE CREATED:   8/1/2017 11:56 AM

DATE MODIFIED:   8/1/2017 11:57 AM

10. Web sites can be spread across multiple Web servers.

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   True

POINTS:   1

REFERENCES:   WEB SITES

QUESTION TYPE:   True / False

HAS VARIABLES:   False

DATE CREATED:   8/1/2017 11:57 AM

DATE MODIFIED:   8/1/2017 11:58 AM

11. A Web __________ is based on an HTML source document that is stored as a file on a Web server.

ANSWER:   page

POINTS:   1

REFERENCES:   WEB SITES

QUESTION TYPE:   Completion

HAS VARIABLES:   False

DATE CREATED:   8/1/2017 11:59 AM

DATE MODIFIED:   8/1/2017 12:00 PM