E-Mail and FTP: Question Bank

Fill in the blanks:

1. E-mail is the process of sending and receiving messages over  ________ .             

Ans. Internet

2. _________ elements help to express emotions or feelings in E-mail or text messages.

Ans. Emoticon

3. The symbol ___ is used in every email address before the domain name

Ans. @

4. A ________ is a set of rules that are needed for communication.                                                          

Ans. protocol

5. _________ enables the actual sending and receiving of messages between servers

Ans. SMTP

6. ________ protocol is used for downloading files from computer network.

Ans. FTP

7. ________ E-Mail format allows formatting to be done for e-Mails                                     

Ans. RTF (Rich Text Format)

8. ________ protocol downloads e-mails in one shot to minimize internet usage                 

Ans. POP3

9. __________ occurs when the email message header is designed to make the message appear to come from a known or trusted source                                                          

Ans. Email Spoofing

10. Filezilla is an example of __________ program                             

Ans. FTP

State whether the following statements are true or false:

1. You can use email to send messages but not files across Internet. (T/F)

Ans. False

2. FTP utilizes TCP/IP protocol suite.

Ans. True          

3. IMAP POP3 are some of the email protocols

Ans. True          

4. In an e-mail address the portion on the right side of @ identifies the domain name for the host server.

Ans. True          

5. Plain text (txt) E-mail messages can be read by any type of E-mail application.

Ans. True          

6. Thunderbird and Outlook are examples of e-mail clients

Ans. True          

7. Bcc recipient can see the To and Cc list.

Ans. True          

Multiple Choice Questions:

1. Out of the following which one is the most used feature of Internet:
   1. E-mail
   2. FTP
   3. Telnet
   4. Usenet

Ans. 1

2. Electronic mail cannot be used for
   1. Sending documents
   2. Setting Remote connection
   3. Sending attachments
   4. Sending messages

Ans. 2

3. Bcc field contains the list of recipients. Bcc stands for   
   1. Bold carbon copy
   2. Blind carbon copy
   3. Blind client copy
   4. Buyer client copy

Ans. 2

4. A software that helps you in sending and receiving an E-mail
   1. Google
   2. Bing
   3. MS-Outlook
   4. None of these

Ans. 3

5. _______ field allows to send same message to multiple recipients without getting them know about other recipients.      
   1. cc
   2. To
   3. Bcc
   4. Message

Ans. 3

6. An email can be sent via –
   1. PC
   2. Tablet
   3. Smart phone
   4. All the above              

Ans. 4

7. In an email address, the characters following ‘@’ character represent
   1. ISP name
   2. E-mail Recipient
   3. Domain name
   4. None of these

Ans. 3

8. In the email address “abc@google.com”, what is the domain name
   1. the whole email address
   2. .com
   3. com
   4. abc

Ans. 3

9. FTP is referred to as
   1. Far Transfer Protocol
   2. File Transport Protocol
   3. File Transfer Part
   4. File Transfer Protocol

Ans. 4

10. Which of the following would you use to transfer files over the Internet?
    1. FTP
    2. E-mail
    3. HTTP
    4. Browser

Ans. 1