1. Networks of computers and the Internet that connects them to each other form the basic…

 

 

1. Networks of computers and the Internet that connects them to each other form the basic technological structure that underlies virtually all electronic commerce.

a. True

b. False

 

 

 

2. The USENET was the earliest of the networks that eventually combined to become what we now call the Internet.

a. True

b. False

 

 

 

3. E-mail was born in 1972 when a researcher wrote a program that could send and receive messages over the Defense Department network.

a. True

b. False

 

 

 

4. The first e-mail mailing lists appeared on military and education research networks.

a. True

b. False

 

 

 

5. A network of computers that are located in the same building is called a wide area network.

a. True

b. False

 

 

 

6. The Internet provides a high degree of security in its basic structure.

a. True

b. False

 

 

 

7. Extranets were used to save money and increase efficiency by replacing traditional communication tools such as fax, telephone, and overnight express document carriers.

a. True

b. False

 

 

 

8. An intranet extends beyond the organization that created it.

a. True

b. False

 

 

 

9. The word “virtual,” used as part of virtual private networks means that the network connection is permanent.

a. True

b. False

 

 

 

10. Virtual private network software must be installed on the computers at both ends of a transmission.

a. True

b. False