Lesson 12: DNS and WWW

Question 1

In 2009, Sir Tim co-founded the ____________________ with ______________________.

Answer 1

World Wide Web Foundation, Rosemary Leith

Question 2

It consists of over
1000 individual machines (known as root server “instances”), which hold DNS root data.

Answer 2

Root Server System

Question 3

A European research organization (1954) that operates the largest
particle physics laboratory in the world.

Answer 3

CERN - Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire

Question 4

ACRONYM: HTML

Answer 4

Hypertext Markup Language

Question 5

Google Public DNS operates recursive name servers for public use at
the two following IP addresses:
_______________ and _______________, for IPv6 access.

Answer 5

2001:4860:4860::8888 and 2001:4860:4860::8844

Question 6

The 13 root services respond to the queries being queried has not been delegated, a message that indicates the name does not exist.

Answer 6

Top Level Domains (TLD)

Question 7

It is an architectural framework for accessing linked
documents spread out over millions of machines all over the Internet.

Answer 7

World Wide Web (WWW)

Question 8

Seven generic top-level domains

Answer 8

gov, edu, com, mil, org, net, and int

Question 9

ACRONYM: W3C

Answer 9

World Wide Web Consortium

Question 10

They are a network of hundreds of servers in many
countries around the world.

Answer 10

Root Servers

Question 11

It represents an Internet Protocol (IP) resource,
such as a personal computer used to access the Internet,

Answer 11

Domain name

Question 12

The WWW was invented by British Scientist ___________________ in 1989 while working at CERN.

Answer 12

Tim Berners-Lee

Question 13

ACRONYM: IANA

Answer 13

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

Question 14

ACRONYM: gTLD

Answer 14

Generic top-level domains

Question 15

URI or Uniform Resource Identifier is also commonly called a?

Answer 15

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

Question 16

An Internet service that translates domain names into IP addresses.

Answer 16

Domain Name System (or Service or Server)

Question 17

The idea of having one page point to another is called?

Answer 17

Hypertext

Question 18

The 13 root services respond to the queries the functions are operated by?

Answer 18

Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Question 19

ACRONYM: DNS

Answer 19

Domain Name System

Question 20

A unique address for a web page located on a specific web server

Answer 20

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

Question 21

ACRONYM: ccTLD

Answer 21

Country Code top-level domains

Question 22

They are configured in the DNS root zone as how many
named authorities?

Answer 22

13

Question 23

The markup (formatting) language for the
web.

Answer 23

HTML: Hypertext Markup Language

Question 24

Google Public DNS operates recursive name servers for public use at
the two following IP addresses: ___________ and __________ for IPv4 service,

Answer 24

8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4

Question 25

It operates recursive name servers for public use

Answer 25

Google Public DNS

Question 26

ACRONYM: MIT

Answer 26

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Question 27

Tim moved from CERN to the ______________________ in 1994

Answer 27

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Question 28

An international community devoted to developing open web standards.

Answer 28

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

Question 29

They contain the information that makes up the root zone, which is the global list of top level domains.

Answer 29

Root servers

Question 30

Manager of this IP Address: 192.33.4.12, 2001:500:2::c

Answer 30

Cogent Communications

Question 31

ACRONYM: TLD

Answer 31

Top Level Domains

Question 32

The Web (also known as WWW) began in ______________ at _______________________, the European center for nuclear research.

Answer 32

1989, European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN - "Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire")

Question 33

Manager of this IP Address: 193.0.14.129, 2001:7fd::1

Answer 33

RIPE NCC

Question 34

It is a non-profit private organization (1998 in California, USA) responsible for the technical coordination of the Internet's domain name system (DNS) ensuring the network's stable and secure operation.

Answer 34

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Question 35

ACRONYM: ICANN

Answer 35

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

Question 36

The 13 root services respond to the queries they receive either with information found in the root zone as it is managed by the?

Answer 36

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)

Question 37

ACRONYM: HTTP

Answer 37

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

Question 38

ACRONYM: CERN

Answer 38

Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire

Question 39

Tim also wrote the first web page editor/browser ____________ and the first web server _____________.

Answer 39

WorldWideWeb.app, httpd

Question 40

ACRONYM: URI

Answer 40

Uniform Resource Identifier

Question 41

Manager of this IP Address: 199.7.83.42, 2001:500:9f::42

Answer 41

ICANN

Question 42

A kind of “address” that is unique and used to identify to each resource on the web.

Answer 42

URI: Uniform Resource Identifier

Question 43

It is a standards organization (1998) that oversees the global IP addresses allocation, autonomous system number allocation, root zone management in DNS, media types, and other Internet Protocol-related symbols and numbers.

Answer 43

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)

Question 44

ACRONYM: URL

Answer 44

Uniform Resource Locator

Question 45

Most common hostname?

Answer 45

root-servers.net

Question 46

Allows for the retrieval of linked resources from across the web.

Answer 46

HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol