How much do you know about the web and digital technology?
Test your knowledge of technology and the web by taking our short 12-question quiz. When you finish, you will be able to compare your “Web IQ” with the average online American based on the results of our nationally representative survey of 1,066 adult internet users conducted September 12-18. You can also see how your results compare to online Americans based on age, gender and education.
Question 1 of 12
The Internet and the World Wide Web are the same thing
True
False
Question 2 of 12
Twitter limits the number of characters per tweet to 140
True
False
Question 3 of 12
Moore’s Law relates to how many transistors can be put on a computer chip
True
False
Question 4 of 12
When a company posts a privacy policy, it ensures that the company keeps confidential all the information it collects on users
True
False
Question 5 of 12
The first widely popular graphical Web browser, released in 1993, was:
Netscape Navigator
Internet Explorer
Mosaic
Opera
Question 6 of 12
Who is this technology leader?
Steve Jobs of Apple Computer
Sergei Brin of Google
Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook
Bill Gates of Microsoft
Question 7 of 12
Who is this internet leader?
Marissa Mayer of Yahoo!
Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook
Meg Whitman of Hewlett Packard
Arianna Huffington of Huffington Post
Question 8 of 12
The Apple iPhone was first released in what year?
2005
2007
2009
2011
Question 9 of 12
Choose the bigger amount of information:
A kilobyte
A megabyte
Question 10 of 12
“Net Neutrality” refers to:
The postings on websites that are nonpartisan
A promise by users of some websites that they will not make critical comments
The way Wikipedia editors are instructed to handle new entries on their site
Equal treatment of digital content by internet service companies
Question 11 of 12
Equal treatment of digital content by internet service companies
Harvard
Stanford
MIT
Univ. of Illinois
Question 12 of 12
What does “URL” stand for?
Ultra Reliable Linkage
User Responsibility Liability
Unique Rate Limit
Uniform Resource Locator
You answered out of 12 questions correctly.
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