Quiz 2 - Networking and the Internet

The software used to access web pages is called ......

• an internet loader

• a web viewer

• a web browser

When a user wants to load a website, their computer needs to connect to it using an address written as a series of numbers. This is called ........

• a postal address

• a MAC address

• an IP address

Because these addresses are hard to remember, people prefer to use memorable names to identify websites. These are called .......

• domain names

• location names

• property names

The system used to match the addresses to the memorable names is called the ....... or DNS for short.

• dual name system

• disaster name server

• domain name system

True or false? Web browsers use the IP address of a website to establish a connection behind the scenes.

• True

• False

True or false? Websites only load if the user types an IP address directly into the web browser.

• True

• False

True or false? Most people prefer to type IP addresses into their web browser rather than a domain name because an IP address is easier to remember.

• True

• False

True or false? People usually access websites using hyperlinks or addresses that use a domain name rather than an IP address.

• True

• False

In the website address bing.com/images, the domain name is ......

• bing

• bing.com

• images

Domain names usually ...... with something like .com, .org or co.uk.

• end

• begin