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Shelly Cashman Series Lab - Connecting to the Internet
Name ____________________________________
Course and Division _______________________
Date ___________________ Page 1 of 3
As you step through the Interactive Lab, answer the following
questions in the spaces provided. For multiple choice
questions, enter the appropriate letter on the blank line.
1. Describe the purpose of the Internet.
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
2. List the seven most common Internet services.
_________________ ___________________ ___________________
_________________ ___________________ ___________________
_________________
3. Using e-mail is just like _____________.
a. turning on the television
b. writing a letter
c. cooking in the microwave
d. driving a car
4. In an e-mail address, the _____________ is the location
where the user's account is set up.
a. username
b. type
c. domain
d. service
5. Given the following e-mail address: tbaker@xyz.edu
What is the domain? _________________
What is the type? _________________
What is the username? _________________
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6. FTP stands for _____________.
a. file transfer protocol
b. fixed telephone PC
c. flat triangular pins
d. full text pixels
7. Message areas where people can discuss a common area
of interest are called _____________ groups.
a. Telnet
b. FTP
c. Gopher
d. news
8. Gopher is a text viewer that can be used to follow
hyperlinks between different documents. True or False?
_____________
9. List two types of Web browsers.
___________________________ ____________________________
10. Describe the purpose of a modem.
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
11. With a(n) _____________ Internet connection, all
information is sent directly to your computer.
a. remote log-in
b. distant
c. SLIP
d. host
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12. Once a message arrives at the network, the
_____________ determines where the message should go.
a. network server
b. network router
c. computer workstation
d. modem
13. List four types of communication channels a router
may use to send a message.
___________________________ ____________________________
___________________________ ____________________________
14. A gateway is _____________.
a. software
b. a communications program
c. a computer
d. a modem