1. This country has more Internet Service Providers than any other non-English speaking country.
a) Romania
b)Russia
c) Brazil
d) Czech republic
The correct answer is d) Czech republic
2. Development of a global computer network was first proposed in this year, by J.C.R. Licklider.
a) 1952
b) 1972
c) 1982
d) 1962
The correct answer is d) 1962
3. This was the first popular WWW browser. Microsoft's Internet Explorer is also based on it.
a) Netscape Navigator
b) NCSA Mosaic
c) Opera
d) lynx
The correct answer is b) NCSA Mosaic
4. Cables are essential for the transfer of data. The first cable to transfer instantaneous communications across the ocean was laid in this year.
a) 1908
b) 1858
c) 1924
d) 1950
The correct answer is b) 1858
5. It was the Internet's progenitor and the first large geographically separated network.
a) UUCP
b) NSFNET
c) CSNET
d) ARPANET
The correct answer is d) ARPANET
6. The first e-mail message was sent in this year by Ray Tomlinson.
a) 1983
b) 1979
c) 1971
d) 1964
The correct answer is c) 1971
7. This person wrote HTTP, the language in which browsers and web servers communicate.
a) Steve Jobs
b) Tim Berners-Lee
c) Douglas Engelbart
d) Bill Gates
The correct answer is b) Tim Berners-Lee
8. This is how long it took the Internet to attract 50 million users.
a) 10 years
b) 5 years
c) 20 years
d) 4 years
The correct answer is d) 4 years
9. This program pretends to be useful, while executing malicious code.
a) Trojan horse
b) Virus
c) Logic bomb
d) Worm
The correct answer is a) Trojan horse
10. In 1995, this famous American computer outlaw was caught while stealing electronic mail and software. In 1996 he released the book "Takedown: The Pursuit and Capture of America's Most Wanted Computer Outlaw -- By The Man".
a) Kevin Mitnick
b) Tsutomu Shimomura
c) Robert Morris
d) Vladimir Levin
The correct answer is a) Kevin Mitnick
General Awareness: Internet and Networking Quiz
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