Name :___________________________ Matric No._____________________Practicum:_________

Exercise :

Chapter 3 Internet Technology

Evolution of the Internet

1. The Internet has its roots in a networking project started by the Pentagon’s ____, an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense. a. NSFnet c. MPEG b. ARPA d. VoIP

2. The Internet has its roots in ____, a network that became functional in 1969, linking scientific and

academic researchers across the United States. a. ARPANET c. LISTSERV b. NSFnet d. MPEG

3. ____ oversees research related to the Internet. a. ARPANET c. NASA b. NSFnet d. World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

4. ____ sets standards and guidelines for many areas of the Internet.

a. The NSF c. The W3C b. ARPA d. DARPA

Multiple Choice

5. In 1986, the National Science Foundation (NSF) connected its huge network of five supercomputer centers, called NSFnet, to ____. a. the Web c. the IPnet b. ARPANET d. DNS

6. The mission of ____ is to contribute to the growth of the Web.

a. the W3C c. the NSF b. ARPA d. ICANN

7. On the Internet, a user’s computer is a client that can access ____ on a variety of servers.

a. hardware c. data b. information d. services

8. One of the major reasons business, home, and other users purchase computers is for Internet

access.

(TRUE/FALSE)

9. No single person, company, institution, or government agency controls or owns the Internet.

(TRUE/FALSE)

10. Internet2 is a profit research dan development project to develop and test advanced network technology. (TRUE/FALSE)

_________/10 marks