Internet and Social Media

1. What does "www" stand for?

• A. World Wide Web ✓
• B. World Web Window
• C. Wide World Web
• D. World Web Wireless

💡 WWW stands for World Wide Web — the system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the internet.

2. What is YouTube primarily used for?

• A. Sending emails
• B. Online shopping
• C. Sharing and watching videos ✓
• D. Playing games

💡 YouTube is a video-sharing platform owned by Google where users can upload, watch, and share videos.

3. What does "downloading" mean?

• A. Sending a file to another computer
• B. Deleting a file
• C. Transferring data from the internet to your device ✓
• D. Editing a file online

💡 Downloading transfers data or files from a remote server or the internet to your local device.

4. What is "cloud storage"?

• A. Storing data in the sky
• B. Storing data on your local hard drive
• C. Storing data on remote servers accessible via the internet ✓
• D. A type of USB storage

💡 Cloud storage saves data on remote servers (like Google Drive, Dropbox) accessible from any device via the internet.

5. Which platform is best known for short video content?

• A. LinkedIn
• B. Pinterest
• C. Twitter
• D. TikTok ✓

💡 TikTok is a social media platform known for short-form video content, wildly popular especially among younger users.

6. What is a "hashtag" used for on social media?

• A. To send a private message
• B. To tag a location
• C. To categorize content and make it searchable ✓
• D. To reply to a comment

💡 A hashtag (#) categorizes posts by topic, making them searchable and helping users discover related content.

7. Which company owns Instagram?

• A. Google
• B. Twitter
• C. Microsoft
• D. Meta (Facebook) ✓

💡 Instagram was acquired by Facebook (now Meta) in 2012 for approximately $1 billion.

8. Which social media platform uses tweets?

• A. Instagram
• B. Facebook
• C. Snapchat
• D. Twitter (X) ✓

💡 Twitter (now rebranded as X) uses short messages called tweets, limited to 280 characters.

9. What does "streaming" mean in technology?

• A. Downloading a file first
• B. Playing audio or video in real time without downloading the full file ✓
• C. Uploading a large file
• D. Saving a file offline

💡 Streaming delivers audio or video content in real time over the internet without requiring a full download first.

10. What is "email" short for?

• A. Electric mail
• B. Easy mail
• C. External mail
• D. Electronic mail ✓

💡 Email stands for Electronic mail — messages sent digitally over the internet between users.