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- After reading the question, write down the letter of your answer choice on scrap paper. Check your answers by using the answer key at the end of the quiz.1. This is a place to store the files for Web pages that are frequently requested (or that have been recently requested) to speed up page delivery and reduce network traffic.
a. buffer
b. capacitor
c. cache
d. incubator
2. This term means dividing the amount of work that a computer has to do between two or more computers so that more work gets done in the same amount of time and, in general, all users get served faster.
a. shared hosting
b. routing
c. load balancing
d. colocation
3. This is a program that serves the files that form Web pages to Web users. Every computer on the Internet that contains a Web site must have one of these.
a. Web server
b. autoresponder
c. application server
d. dynamic DNS service
4. This locates a specific page on the World Wide Web.
a. domain name
b. URL
c. path
d. IP address
5. This is programming that protects the resources of a private network from users from other networks.
a. cybernetics
b. firewall
c. server-side include
d. intranet
6. This is the set of markup symbols or codes inserted in a file intended for display on a World Wide Web browser page.
a. HTML
b. ASP
c. Java
d. GIF89a
7. This is a company that provides individuals and other companies access to the Internet and other related services such as Web site building and virtual hosting.
a. ISP
b. ASP
c. SAP
d. OSP
8. This is an application program that provides a way to look at and interact with all the information on the World Wide Web.
a. link checker
b. browser
c. access provider
d. avatar
9. In the Web hosting business, this refers to the rental and exclusive use of a computer that includes a Web server, related software, and connection to the Internet, housed in the Web hosting company's premises.
a. colocation
b. reseller hosting
c. virtual hosting
d. dedicated hosting
10. Using a World Wide Web browser, this is a saved link to a Web page that has been added to a list of saved links.
a. blog
b. bookmark
c. bookmark portal
d. bogie
Scroll down for answer key Be sure to take:
Quiz #1: Help Desk Basics
Quiz #2: Security Basics
Quiz #3: Data Storage
Quiz #4: Networking Hardware
Quiz #5: Getting Your Message Across the Network
Quiz #6: Servers
Quiz #7: Protocols
Quiz #8: Database Basics
Quiz #9: Wireless
Quiz #10: TCP/IP
Quiz #11: Ego-Booster
Quiz #12: Database II
Quiz # 13: AS/400
Quiz #14: Peripherals
Quiz #15: HP
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