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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
  1. shared data, processed data, form data

  2. shared data, pre-session data and temporary data

  3. shared data, post-session data and temporary data

  4. shared data, pre-session data and permanent data

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Web services typically maintain three categories of data: shared data (accessible across all users/sessions), pre-session data (initialized before a session begins), and temporary data (exists only during a specific session or transaction).

Multiple choice
  1. XML and SOAP

  2. XML and HTTP

  3. WSDL and UDDI

  4. eb-XML and WSDL

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Web services fundamentally combine XML for structured data representation with HTTP as the underlying transport protocol. While SOAP is commonly used with XML and HTTP, the core combination that makes web services work is XML (for message formatting) and HTTP (for message transport).

Multiple choice
  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
  1. Object

  2. Window

  3. Panel

  4. Component

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In Java AWT, the Applet class directly extends Panel, making Panel its immediate superclass. The class hierarchy is: Applet -> Panel -> Container -> Component -> Object.

Multiple choice
  1. Font class

  2. Regular class

  3. FontMetrics class

  4. Graphics class

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

FontMetrics is a specialized class that provides font measurement data like ascent (distance from baseline to top of characters) and descent (distance from baseline to bottom). The Font class itself represents the font but doesn't provide these detailed metrics.

Multiple choice
  1. XML and UDDI respectively

  2. XML and SOAP respectively

  3. HTML and HTTP respectively

  4. HTML and SOAP respectively

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

XML is the standard format for encoding and decoding data in web services, providing a structured way to represent information. SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is the protocol used to transport this XML data between applications over networks. Together, they form the core of web service communication.

Multiple choice
  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
  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
  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.