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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Google Goes Public.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was AltaVista.com groundbreaking?
(a) It listed a description of each website next to the title.
(b) It used an advanced computer system to analyze keywords on a daily basis.
(c) It contained an index of all web pages at the time.
(d) It was the first search engine to remember specific data of Internet users.

2. Who becomes the first CEO of Google?
(a) Eric Schmidt.
(b) Larry Page.
(c) Sergey Brin.
(d) John Battelle.

3. What company eventually bought WebCrawler in 1995?
(a) Microsoft.
(b) Yahoo.
(c) AOL.
(d) Google.

4. What does Google do to offend Wall Street?
(a) It refuses to attend several stock market events.
(b) It sells its shares for less than market value.
(c) It sells its shares for twice the market value.
(d) It declares that it does not intend to become a conventional company.

5. One month after the new CEO is named, what important event occurs?
(a) Google becomes the most visited website on the Internet.
(b) Several key members of Google simultaneously resign from the company.
(c) Google reports its first profitable quarter.
(d) Another Internet company files a lawsuit against Google.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the A, B, C, D hiring model, which type of employees do "A grade" employees tend to hire?

2. What is an IP (Internet Protocol)?

3. How does Google try to be "less evil" than Overture?

4. What does Google add to the concept of parallel computing to make it even more beneficial?

5. What was the main problem with the way early Internet users were accessing files?

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