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Which Internet-related term best matches this description: a system that responds to HTTP/HTTPS requests for web resources?
A. Web server
B. SSH
C. Two-factor authentication
D. CDN
Correct Answer: A
Web server is a system that responds to HTTP/HTTPS requests for web resources.
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Which Internet-related term best matches this description: sharing one device's Internet connection with another device?
A. DNS
B. Session cookie
C. Modem
D. Tethering
Correct Answer: D
Tethering is sharing one device's Internet connection with another device.
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Which Internet-related term best matches this description: a location or device that provides Wi-Fi Internet access to nearby clients?
A. Packet switching
B. Hotspot
C. DNS
D. Wi-Fi
Correct Answer: B
Hotspot is a location or device that provides Wi-Fi Internet access to nearby clients.
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Which Internet-related term best matches this description: a family of IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN technologies?
A. Wi-Fi
B. Phishing
C. Web crawler
D. HTTP
Correct Answer: A
Wi-Fi is a family of IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN technologies.
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Which Internet-related term best matches this description: Internet access delivered over cellular networks such as 4G or 5G?
A. Private IP address
B. IMAP
C. Mobile broadband
D. Web server
Correct Answer: C
Mobile broadband is Internet access delivered over cellular networks such as 4G or 5G.
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Which Internet-related term best matches this description: broadband access delivered through a cable television network infrastructure?
A. VoIP
B. Cable Internet
C. Spam
D. SSH
Correct Answer: B
Cable Internet is broadband access delivered through a cable television network infrastructure.
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Which Internet-related term best matches this description: broadband Internet access delivered over telephone copper pairs using frequencies above voice service?
A. SSH
B. Packet switching
C. DSL
D. Streaming
Correct Answer: C
DSL is broadband Internet access delivered over telephone copper pairs using frequencies above voice service.
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Which Internet-related term best matches this description: Internet access that uses light transmitted through optical fiber?
A. Search engine
B. Top-level domain
C. Telnet
D. Fiber-optic Internet
Correct Answer: D
Fiber-optic Internet is Internet access that uses light transmitted through optical fiber.
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Which Internet-related term best matches this description: high-capacity always-on Internet access compared with older dial-up connections?
A. SMTP
B. Two-factor authentication
C. Web browser
D. Broadband
Correct Answer: D
Broadband is high-capacity always-on Internet access compared with older dial-up connections.
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Which Internet-related term best matches this description: a device or interface that adapts signals for a provider's access technology?
A. Broadband
B. Modem
C. Digital footprint
D. TLS
Correct Answer: B
Modem is a device or interface that adapts signals for a provider's access technology.
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Which Internet-related term best matches this description: a LAN device that forwards Ethernet frames primarily using MAC address information?
A. Top-level domain
B. SMTP
C. Switch
D. Hotspot
Correct Answer: C
Switch is a LAN device that forwards Ethernet frames primarily using MAC address information.
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Which Internet-related term best matches this description: a device that forwards packets between different IP networks?
A. Throughput
B. Internet
C. Router
D. Client-server model
Correct Answer: C
Router is a device that forwards packets between different IP networks.
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Which Internet-related term best matches this description: a diagnostic tool that discovers the sequence of routers or hops toward a destination?
A. Two-factor authentication
B. Latency
C. Traceroute
D. NAT
Correct Answer: C
Traceroute is a diagnostic tool that discovers the sequence of routers or hops toward a destination.
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Which Internet-related term best matches this description: a diagnostic utility that commonly uses ICMP echo messages to test reachability and round-trip time?
A. Ping
B. Digital certificate
C. Search index
D. DHCP
Correct Answer: A
Ping is a diagnostic utility that commonly uses ICMP echo messages to test reachability and round-trip time.
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Which Internet-related term best matches this description: the delay between sending data and receiving the corresponding response or delivery?
A. Digital certificate
B. Latency
C. Traceroute
D. Protocol
Correct Answer: B
Latency is the delay between sending data and receiving the corresponding response or delivery.
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Which Internet-related term best matches this description: the actual rate of useful data successfully delivered over a connection?
A. Cable Internet
B. HTTP
C. SSH
D. Throughput
Correct Answer: D
Throughput is the actual rate of useful data successfully delivered over a connection.
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Which Internet-related term best matches this description: the maximum data-transfer capacity of a communication link over a given time?
A. Digital footprint
B. Traceroute
C. Bandwidth
D. HTTPS
Correct Answer: C
Bandwidth is the maximum data-transfer capacity of a communication link over a given time.
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Which Internet-related term best matches this description: a communication method that divides data into packets routed independently through networks?
A. Packet switching
B. Public IP address
C. Intranet
D. Cloud computing
Correct Answer: A
Packet switching is a communication method that divides data into packets routed independently through networks.
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Which Internet-related term best matches this description: a formatted unit of data transmitted across a packet-switched network?
A. Public IP address
B. IP address
C. Packet
D. Web server
Correct Answer: C
Packet is a formatted unit of data transmitted across a packet-switched network.
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Which Internet-related term best matches this description: a connectionless transport protocol with low overhead and no built-in guarantee of delivery or ordering?
A. Web crawler
B. UDP
C. QR code
D. HTTP
Correct Answer: B
UDP is a connectionless transport protocol with low overhead and no built-in guarantee of delivery or ordering.