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Internet and Web

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The Internet and Web encompass global networks, web portals, browsers, and online communication tools. This hub provides questions on basic internet concepts, email structures, and web terminology. Strong knowledge here is vital for scoring well in computer awareness sections.

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Internet and Web Questions

Multiple choice technology security

A cookie is a way to

  1. Track a user's e-mail

  2. Add statefulness to the originally stateless HTTP

  3. Disclose a user's identity

  4. Add history information to the originally stateless HTTP
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

HTTP is inherently stateless, meaning each request is processed independently without memory of previous interactions. Cookies solve this by storing small pieces of data on the client side that are sent back with subsequent requests, allowing the server to maintain session state and track user activity across multiple page views. This enables features like shopping carts, login persistence, and personalized content.

Multiple choice technology security

What is a an Evercookie?

  1. Evercookie is a javascript API available that produces extremely persistent cookies in a browser

  2. Evercookie is a cookie anonymysing tool

  3. Evercookie is a FireFox Plugin

  4. Evercookie is a cookie pollution tool
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

An Evercookie is a JavaScript-based API that produces extremely persistent cookies in a browser. It achieves this by storing cookie data in several redundant storage mechanisms (such as Local Storage, IndexedDB, Flash Cookies, Silverlight, and browser cache) and recreating deleted cookies from surviving copies.

Multiple choice

Where is the map-definition file generally stored?

  1. CGI - Bin

  2. Recycle Bin

  3. Bin

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

CGI - BINThe map-definition file is generally stored in CGI - BIN, while designing a web page which is by default a directory to store map definition file whereas, Recycle Bin and Bin are the directories having different functionality, so treated as wrong options.

Multiple choice

What is the correct HTML for creating a hyperlink?

  1. <a url = "http:www.company.com"> company.com </a>

  2. <a> http://www.company.com </a>

  3. <a href = “http://www.company.com&lt;span class="MsoHyperlink">”> Company </a>

  4. <a name = http://www.company.com? Company.com<(a)>
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

<a href = http://www.company.com> company </a> the format is only correct to create a hyperlink. Because we use <a href = “Link”> link name</a> URL to be displayed on browser. Standard tag to make the text as hyperlink, whereas < a url > and <a> and <a name> are invalid tags.

Multiple choice

What is the path info?

  1. It gives extra path information that follows the name of the CGI program on the URL.

  2. It gives extra path information that follows the name of the CGI program.

  3. It gives the username as defined in the fRFC 931.

  4. It is the virtual path to the CGI program being executed.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In CGI programming, PATH_INFO is the extra path information that follows the script name in a URL. For example, in '/cgi-bin/script.py/extra/path', the '/extra/path' portion is the PATH_INFO data available to the CGI program.

Multiple choice

Web pages start with _______ tab.

  1. <HTML>

  2. <form>

  3. <start>

  4. <title>
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

HTML documents must begin with the tag as the root element that contains all other elements. The tag is for creating forms, is not a valid HTML tag, and sets the page title but appears inside , not at the document start.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is a small piece of data sent from a web server of a website to a user's web browser when the user is browsing the website?

  1. e-mail

  2. http cookie

  3. html

  4. proxy

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The http cookie or web cookie or browser cookie means the same. These are sent from web server of the website to users's browser and are stored in the user's browser. These help in tracking user's previous browsing info and sessions, etc. This is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is not a browser?

  1. Firefox

  2. Chrome

  3. Opera

  4. Outlook

  5. Explorer
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Firefox, Chrome, Opera, and Internet Explorer are web browsers. Outlook is an email client (part of Microsoft Office) for managing emails, contacts, and calendars, not a web browser. Browsers are specifically designed for accessing and displaying web pages, while Outlook handles email communication.