BECE ICT past questions – The Internet and World Wide Web

The people who provide internet connectivity services are called …………………………..

As a requisite for internet connectivity, which of the following is appropriate?

The pages on the internet that are designed and hosted by people is known as ………………………

To access web pages, this programme known as ………………………….. helps us.

The sign ‘@’ in an email address is called …………………………

The name of a website that follows the ‘www’ abbreviation is referred to as ……………………………..

The set of protocols used for the internet is …………………….

To access the web, a user must have a computer connected to the internet and appropriate ……………………………….

Which of the following do you need to surf the web?

Unwanted email messages received on the internet are called ……………………..

Which of the following identifies a specific web page and its computer on the web?

Which of the following terms applies to all the web pages for Amazon.com?

Software, such as Explorer and Firefox, are referred to as ……………………….

If you wanted to be part of an online community that creates an educational website that allows its members to add or change its information, what type of website would you need?

If you wanted to create a broadcast that could be downloaded from the internet, what would you create?

When data moves from one set of major connections to another on the Internet, we call these connections on the Internet …………………………

When Internet data leaves your computer, it normally goes to a(n) ………………………. before moving toward its destination.

What type of telecommunications hardware allows you to access the web?

The most commonly used feature on the internet is …………………………….

A telephone wire could be:

What sentence does not belong to a computer?

Media that carry or transport data communication messages is called ………………………………

Transmission of text, numeric, voice or video data from one machine to another is done through ………………………

The computer that sends a data transmission is the ………………………………….

Desktops and laptops ………………………

Most WANs are made up of several connected ……………………………..

Companys’ networks within their own organizations are called ……………………..

The largest network used as a communication tool is the ………………………………

Standard format for transferring data between two devices is through the ………………………….

I am the largest and fastest computer, capable of storing and processing tremendous volumes of data. What am I?

I connect one computer to other computers and peripheral devices. What am I?

How do you know if it is okay to open an email?

What kind of personal information should be kept secret when you are on the computer?

After signing up for Virtual Pisty, Lil started getting a lot of spam. What is spam?

Websites where you play games with products are really just …………………………..

What is a flame?

The Internet was first created for ……………………….

What might go wrong if you click on a bad link?

When disconnected from a computer communication system such as the internet, it is termed as ………………………….

The terminal with a high processing power, dedicated to strong programmes and resources to be shared among other computers on the network is called ………………………….

A process of sending information from your local computer to a remote computer is termed as …………………………………….

The process of compressing or condensing numerous related files together is known as ………………………….

The use of sound, video, audio or animation as well as static graphic and text is called …………………………..

the collection of information samples from visits of different users to various websites is called ……………………………

The act of copying information such as web pages and files from remote computer systems to a local computer is termed as …………………………..

The address that uniquely identifies every computer on a network or over the internet is termed as …………………………….

The information that is added to a document to transmit information about the document’s structure or presentation is called ……………………….

A collection of files, documents and graphics that is made available to others through the internet is termed as ……………………………

An electronic document written in a computer language called hypertext language is called ………………………….

A text file that contains the information the producer wants to publish and the appropriate mark-up instructions indicating how the browser should structure and present the information is called …………………………

The initial point of a website is known as ………………………

The part of the internet that makes use of graphical software known as browser and stores files as html is called …………………………….

Which of the following is not a feature of the browser window?

Many people disparage the use of the Internet despite all its usefulness because ……………………………..

The platform on the Internet where people meet and communicate together by exchanging an instant message on their computer is known as ………………………

All the following are examples of a web browser except ………………………………

The special software program used to search for information on the internet is …………………………….

The process of reading messages from newsgroups without contributing to them is termed as ……………………………..

The following is not a feature of a website address:

Which of the following is not a feature of a website address?

Anyone who pursues knowledge of a computer system or program illegally and successfully accesses the system or data it contains is referred to as ……………………………

The following are examples of educational software except ……………………………….

A global network connecting millions of computers is called ………………………………

The set of rules or conventions for sending information over a network is called …………………………….

Which one of the following is a feature of a website address?

Which of the following is not a technology used to access the internet?

All the following are features of a web browser except ……………………………

Which of the following is an advantage of using the electronic mail to distribute information rather than through human beings?

The movement from one page to another on the Internet, usually using a web browser is termed as …………………………

The process of sending information from your computer to a remote computer is termed as ………………………………..