Vint Cerf — Questions and answers

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What foundational idea did Vint Cerf learn about at UCLA that helped him later with the internet?

Choices

  1. How to build fast cars.
  2. How to make phone calls to space.
  3. How to break data into small 'packets' for efficient routing. ✓
  4. How to send messages using smoke signals.

Answer: How to break data into small 'packets' for efficient routing.

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Where did Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn come up with the idea for an 'internet' or 'network of networks'?

Choices

  1. In a bustling city library.
  2. On a busy highway.
  3. In the garden of a Palo Alto hotel. ✓
  4. At a school playground.

Answer: In the garden of a Palo Alto hotel.

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What important set of rules did Cerf and Kahn create that still helps the internet work today?

Choices

  1. The rules for playing hide-and-seek.
  2. The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP). ✓
  3. The instructions for building a treehouse.
  4. The recipe for a delicious cake.

Answer: The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP).

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What was important about the early tests and successes with TCP/IP, like the one in 1975?

Choices

  1. They showed that the ideas for connecting networks could really work in practice. ✓
  2. They proved that sending letters by mail was faster.
  3. They helped scientists discover new planets.
  4. They taught people how to use a new type of telephone.

Answer: They showed that the ideas for connecting networks could really work in practice.

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Why did Vint Cerf travel around and talk to many different groups about TCP/IP?

Choices

  1. He wanted to show off his new car.
  2. He was selling tickets to a concert.
  3. He needed everyone to agree to use TCP/IP as the main way to connect networks. ✓
  4. He was looking for new friends.

Answer: He needed everyone to agree to use TCP/IP as the main way to connect networks.

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What happened on 'Flag Day,' January 1, 1983, that was very important for the internet?

Choices

  1. Everyone celebrated with flags and parades.
  2. All computers on the ARPANET had to start using TCP/IP. ✓
  3. A new kind of flag was invented.
  4. People learned how to send messages without any computers.

Answer: All computers on the ARPANET had to start using TCP/IP.

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After TCP/IP was established, what did Vint Cerf do that helped make the internet available for everyone, not just academics and the military?

Choices

  1. He started a new school for learning about flags.
  2. He helped create things like commercial email and global internet organizations. ✓
  3. He invented a new way to bake cookies.
  4. He wrote a book about ancient history.

Answer: He helped create things like commercial email and global internet organizations.

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What kind of challenges did Vint Cerf continue to work on as the internet grew bigger?

Choices

  1. How to build taller buildings.
  2. How to make toys that fly.
  3. Making sure everyone could access the internet, keeping it safe, and dealing with privacy. ✓
  4. Finding new types of food.

Answer: Making sure everyone could access the internet, keeping it safe, and dealing with privacy.

From page 9

What title has Vint Cerf earned because of his huge contributions to the internet?

Choices

  1. The 'King of Computers.'
  2. The 'Inventor of Telephones.'
  3. The 'Father of the Internet.' ✓
  4. The 'Master of Games.'

Answer: The 'Father of the Internet.'

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