Ecommerce All About the Web 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What does the acronym 'URL' stand for?
- Uniform Resource Locator (Correct answer)
- Universal Reference Link
- Unified Routing Layer
- User Registered Location
Correct answer: Uniform Resource Locator
URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator, the address used to access a web resource.
Question 2: Which protocol secures data transmitted between a browser and a web server?
- HTTPS (Correct answer)
- FTP
- SMTP
- Telnet
Correct answer: HTTPS
HTTPS encrypts traffic using TLS, protecting data in transit between browser and server.
Question 3: What is the primary purpose of a web browser's cookie?
- To store small pieces of data such as session or preference information (Correct answer)
- To speed up the CPU
- To compress images
- To block all advertisements
Correct answer: To store small pieces of data such as session or preference information
Cookies store small data items like session IDs and preferences to maintain state across requests.
Question 4: Which company developed the first widely used graphical web browser, Mosaic?
- NCSA (Correct answer)
- Microsoft
- Apple
- Oracle
Correct answer: NCSA
Mosaic was developed at NCSA (National Center for Supercomputing Applications) in 1993.
Question 5: What does 'DNS' translate?
- Domain names into IP addresses (Correct answer)
- IP addresses into MAC addresses
- URLs into cookies
- HTML into JavaScript
Correct answer: Domain names into IP addresses
DNS (Domain Name System) resolves human-readable domain names into numeric IP addresses.
Question 6: Which language is primarily used to structure content on web pages?
- HTML (Correct answer)
- Python
- SQL
- C++
Correct answer: HTML
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) defines the structure and content of web pages.
Question 7: What is the top-level domain in the address 'www.example.com'?
- .com (Correct answer)
- www
- example
- http
Correct answer: .com
The top-level domain (TLD) is the rightmost portion, '.com' in this case.
Ecommerce All About the Web 2
What does the acronym 'URL' stand for?