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1. The Internet connects many different types of computers that are running different types of operating system software.
a.
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b.
False
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2. When people use Web browser software to become part of the Web, their computers become Web client computers on
a worldwide client/server network.
a.
True
b.
False
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3. The computers that perform the server function usually have more memory and larger, faster disk drives than the client
computers they serve.
a.
True
b.
False
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4. The three main elements of a Web server are the hardware, operating system software, and Web server software.
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False
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5. Platform neutrality was a critical factor in the rapid spread and widespread acceptance of the Web.
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True
b.
False
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6. In client-side scripting, changes are generated within the browser using software such as JavaScript.
a.
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b.
False
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7. In dynamic page-generation technologies, server-side scripts and HTML-tagged text are used independently to create
the dynamic Web page.
a.
True
b.
False
False
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8. Computers that are connected to the Internet and make some of their contents publicly available using the HTTP
protocol are called Web servers.
a.
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b.
False
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9. A two-tier client/server architecture is sufficient for delivering dynamic content and processing transactions.
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False
False
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10. A single client request always results in dozens or even hundreds of separate server responses to locate and deliver
information.
a.
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b.
False
False
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11. The basic Web client/server model is a three-tier model.
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False
False
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12. The entity body of a response message returns the HTML page requested by the client machine.
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b.
False
True
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13. Software applications that generate information are located in the first tier of n-tier architectures.
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b.
False
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14. Linux is a closed-source operating system software.
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False
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15. The two most commonly used Web server programs are Apache HTTP Server and Microsoft Internet Information
Server, IIS.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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16. A black list spam filter cannot be implemented at the individual level.
a.
True
b.
False
False
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17. The rejected e-mails in a white list spam filter are deleted.
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True
b.
False
False
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18. The challenge-response content-filtering technique uses a black list as the basis for a confirmation procedure.
a.
True
b.
False
False
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19. With remote server administration software, a Web site administrator can control a Web site from any Internet-
connected computer.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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20. Very small companies can run Web sites on desktop PCs.
a.
True
b.
False
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21. One element that affects overall server performance is the server hardware.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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22. A drawback of decentralized architecture is that if one of the few servers becomes inoperable, a large portion of the
site’s capacity is lost.
a.
True
b.
False
False
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23. The smaller servers used in the decentralized architecture are more expensive than the large servers used in the
centralized approach.
a.
True
b.
False
False
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24. A centralized architecture spreads failure risk over a large number of servers.
a.
True
b.
False
False
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25. Few large centralized sites use load-balancing systems, at an additional expense, to assign the workload efficiently.
a.
True
b.
False
False
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26. In _____, software operates on the browser to change what is displayed on the Web page in response to a user’s
actions.
client-side scripting
b.
server-side scripting
basic content filtering
d.
static content generation
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27. Customized pages provided by Web servers in response to specific queries from site visitors are called _____.
dynamic content
b.
Active Server Pages
static pages
d.
unchanged content
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28. _____ lets programmers create Web pages that will update asynchronously while the rest of the Web page continues
to be displayed in the browser.
ASP
b.
CGI
AJAX
d.
C++
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29. A _____ page is an unchanging page retrieved from a file on a Web server.
static
b.
customized
personalized
d.
dynamic
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30. _____ is a standard way of interfacing external applications with Web servers.
Common Gateway Interface
b.
Graphical User Interface
Server-side scripting
d.
Client-side scripting
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31. In _____, a program running on a Web server creates a Web page in response to a request for specific information
from a Web client.
client-side scripting
b.
server-level filtering
server-side scripting
d.
client-level filtering
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32. In a client/server architecture, the _____ contains a command, the name of the target resource, and the protocol name
and version number.
request header
b.
request line
entity body
d.
response header
b
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33. In a client/server architecture, an optional _____ is sometimes used to pass bulk information to the server.
request line
b.
request message
entity body
d.
request header
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34. A(n) _____ indicates the HTTP version used by the server, the status of the response, and an explanation of the status
information.
response header field
b.
request header message
optional entity body
d.
response header line
d
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35. FreeBSD is a(n) _____-based operating system.
Apple
b.
UNIX
Linux
d.
Windows 2000 Server
b
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36. _____ continually conducts surveys to tally the number of Web sites in existence and track which Web server
software each uses.
BBC
b.
Microsoft
Netcraft
d.
CNN
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37. _____ Server has dominated the Web since 1996 because it is free and performs very efficiently.
Apache HTTP
b.
Microsoft IIS
UNIX
d.
Linux
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38. A(n) _____ is a program that attaches itself to another program and can cause damage when the host program is
activated.
e-mail filter
b.
debugging code
computer virus
d.
dead link
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39. A _____ is an unsolicited commercial e-mail.
spam
b.
program
virus
d.
filter
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40. A _____ spam filter examines From addresses and compares them to a list of known good sender addresses.
black list
b.
full-privilege
tracert
d.
white list
d
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41. A content-filtering technique where the software that performs the filtering task is placed on individual users’
computers is called _____.
server-side scripting
b.
client-side scripting
client-level filtering
d.
server-level filtering
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42. A _____ program sends data packets to every computer on the path between one computer and another and clocks the
packets’ round-trip times.
Telnet
b.
Tracert
Ping
d.
Finger
b
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43. _____ programs calculate and display the number of hops between computers and the time it takes to traverse the
entire one-way path between machines.
Route-tracing
b.
Indexing
Benchmarking
d.
Link checker
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44. _____ is a program that allows a person using one computer to access files and run programs on a second computer
that is connected to the Internet.
Telnet
b.
Ping
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d.
Tracert
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45. The _____ is the part of the TCP/IP rules that defines the formats used to transfer files between TCP/IP-connected
computers.
black list spam filter
b.
white list spam filter
File Transfer Protocol
d.
Microsoft Internet Information Server
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46. A _____, when clicked, displays an error message rather than a Web page.
link checker
b.
computer virus
filter
d.
dead link
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47. A(n) _____ file is a file on a Web server that is not linked to any page.
lost
b.
index
orphan
d.
independent
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48. Efforts to reduce the environmental impact of large computing installations are called _____ computing.
efficient
b.
green
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d.
e-wise
b
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49. In the context of Web server performance evaluation, _____ is testing that is used to compare the performance of
hardware and software.
response timing
b.
monitoring
benchmarking
d.
filtering
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50. _____ is the number of HTTP requests that a particular hardware and software combination can process in a unit of
time.
Protocol
b.
Throughput
Filter capacity
d.
Tracert capacity
b
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51. _____ architectures are used in LANs, WANs, and the Web.
Client/server
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52. _____ in the form of programs called Java servlets, is a technology which is used to create dynamic Web pages.
JavaServerPages (JSP)
53. The practice of launching a return attack by sending e-mail messages back to a computer that originated a suspected
spam is referred to as _____.
54. The server computer on which database management software runs is often called a(n) _____.
55. _____ is a development framework used to create interactive Web sites that look like applications running in a
Web browser.
56. In the context of multiple meanings of the term server, the server computer that handles incoming and outgoing e-mail
is usually called a(n) _____.
57. The computer on which a company runs its accounting and inventory management software is sometimes called a(n)
_____.
58. A(n) _____ is any computer used to provide files or make programs available to other computers connected to it
through a network.
59. The Web client/server model in which messages are created and read only by the client and the server computers is
called a(n) _____.
60. The message that a Web client sends to request a file or files from a Web server is called a(n) _____.
61. _____ tasks include running programs and allocating computer resources such as memory and disk space to programs.
62. _____ is the UNIX-based operating system of Oracle.
63. _____ comes bundled with current versions of Microsoft Windows Server operating systems and is used on many
corporate intranets because many companies have adopted Microsoft products as their standard products.
64. _____ are messages rejected by a white list spam filter that should not have been rejected.
65. _____ is a statistical technique in which additional knowledge is used to revise earlier estimates of probabilities.
66. Visitor information captured by Web servers are placed into a Web _____ for data analysis.
67. A(n) _____ utility program examines each page on a Web site and reports any URLs that no longer exist.
68. A popular server configuration which involves putting small server computers on a single computer board and then
installing many of those boards into a rack-mounted frame. These servers-on-a-card are called _____.
69. In the context of designing a large Website’s operations, in a(n) _____ , a few very large and fast computers are used.
70. _____ is the amount of time a server requires to process one HTTP request.
71. The ability of a network to connect devices that use different operating systems is called _____.
72. A(n) _____ returns information describing a server’s attributes.
73. A large collection of servers is called a(n) _____.
74. The various ways that servers can be connected to each other and to related hardware, such as routers and switches,
are called _____.
75. A(n) _____ is a piece of network hardware that monitors the workloads of servers attached to it and assigns incoming
Web traffic to the server that has the most available capacity at that instant in time.
76. Explain the difference between a dynamic Web page and a static Web page.
77. Describe the major components of a typical request message from a client to a server.
78. Describe some of the drawbacks of e-mail.
79. Explain the roles of indexing and searching utility programs.
80. Explain the factors required to measure a server’s Web page delivery capability.