Computer Knowledge

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

Directions: Fill blank (2) with the appropriate word from the given choices.

A bot is a software that ___ (1) ___ human behaviour on the internet. Bots can be used to create ___ (2) ___ accounts on social media, provide numerous likes on a particular page, send tweets or visit various websites without any human involvement. Bots already constitute a significant percentage of Non Human Traffic (NHT) online and have, according to some estimates, ___ (3) ___ human traffic. Malicious traffic, malware, hacking attempts, viruses slow down the internet and ___ (4) ___ legitimate traffic and services. Used to target systems, NHT generates fake clicks on advertisements to increase website statistics. One of the ___ (5) ___ of ignoring artificial web traffic is that it gets counted for real impressions for which clients end up paying.

  1. phony

  2. artificial

  3. genuine

  4. pseudo

  5. authentic
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Correct; the word describes how the tweets or likes are not done by real human beings, but by a software as the humans do.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill blank (4) with the appropriate word from the given choices.

A bot is a software that ___ (1) ___ human behaviour on the internet. Bots can be used to create ___ (2) ___ accounts on social media, provide numerous likes on a particular page, send tweets or visit various websites without any human involvement. Bots already constitute a significant percentage of Non Human Traffic (NHT) online and have, according to some estimates, ___ (3) ___ human traffic. Malicious traffic, malware, hacking attempts, viruses slow down the internet and ___ (4) ___ legitimate traffic and services. Used to target systems, NHT generates fake clicks on advertisements to increase website statistics. One of the ___ (5) ___ of ignoring artificial web traffic is that it gets counted for real impressions for which clients end up paying.

  1. advance

  2. restrain

  3. postpone

  4. accelerate

  5. delay
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Correct; a great number of accounts and tweets on the web delay the human traffic.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill blank (5) with the appropriate word from the given choices.

A bot is a software that ___ (1) ___ human behaviour on the internet. Bots can be used to create ___ (2) ___ accounts on social media, provide numerous likes on a particular page, send tweets or visit various websites without any human involvement. Bots already constitute a significant percentage of Non Human Traffic (NHT) online and have, according to some estimates, ___ (3) ___ human traffic. Malicious traffic, malware, hacking attempts, viruses slow down the internet and ___ (4) ___ legitimate traffic and services. Used to target systems, NHT generates fake clicks on advertisements to increase website statistics. One of the ___ (5) ___ of ignoring artificial web traffic is that it gets counted for real impressions for which clients end up paying.

  1. benefits

  2. perils

  3. travails

  4. probabilities

  5. blessings
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Correct; it is really difficult to distinguish between human traffic and artificial traffic for which the clients have to pay unnecessarily.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill blank (3) with the appropriate word from the given choices.

A bot is a software that ___ (1) ___ human behaviour on the internet. Bots can be used to create ___ (2) ___ accounts on social media, provide numerous likes on a particular page, send tweets or visit various websites without any human involvement. Bots already constitute a significant percentage of Non Human Traffic (NHT) online and have, according to some estimates, ___ (3) ___ human traffic. Malicious traffic, malware, hacking attempts, viruses slow down the internet and ___ (4) ___ legitimate traffic and services. Used to target systems, NHT generates fake clicks on advertisements to increase website statistics. One of the ___ (5) ___ of ignoring artificial web traffic is that it gets counted for real impressions for which clients end up paying.

  1. blocked

  2. encouraged

  3. regulated

  4. eclipsed

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

Correct; the artificial clicks and accounts by bots have surpassed the human traffic on the web.

Multiple choice

HTTP stands for ___________.

  1. Hyper Text Transport Protocol

  2. Hyper Text Transpaction Protocol

  3. Hyper Tune Transfer Protocol

  4. High Text Transfer Protocol

  5. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

HTTP stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.

Multiple choice

The means by which the browser and the applet communicates is

  1. AppletSkeleton interface

  2. AppletApplication interface

  3. AppletStub interface

  4. AppletWindow interface
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The AppletStub interface serves as the communication channel between an applet and its browser environment. It provides methods like getParameter(), getAppletContext(), and showStatus() that allow the applet to interact with the browser and retrieve contextual information.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is used to locate and describe web services?

  1. SOAP

  2. Web page

  3. WSDL

  4. UDDI
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

WSDL (Web Services Description Language) is an XML-based language that provides a standardized way to describe web services. It specifies the service's location, available operations, input/output parameters, and data types - essentially everything needed to interact with the service.

Multiple choice

Which domain name is being referred to in the URL http://www.pcwebopedia.com/index.html?

  1. www

  2. http

  3. index.html

  4. .com

  5. pcwebopedia.com
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Domain names are used to identify one or more IP addresses. For example, the domain name microsoft.com represents about a dozen IP addresses. Domain names are used in URLs to identify particular web pages. For example, in the URL http://www.pcwebopedia.com/index.html, the domain name is pcwebopedia.com.

Multiple choice

What is the program used to view HTML documents called?

  1. Photoshop

  2. Media player

  3. Web browser

  4. WordPad

  5. Search engine
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A web browser is a program used to view HTML documents. It is a software application used to enable computer users to locate and access web pages.

Multiple choice

What is the message given to a Web browser by a Web server called?

  1. Pop-up

  2. E-mail

  3. Cookie

  4. Usenet

  5. Gopher
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Cookie is a message given to a Web browser by a Web server. The browser stores the message in a text file. The message is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.