WGU D276 Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Correct
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) - ANSWER-A protocol used to move files and folders
over a network or the Internet.
WWW (World Wide Web) - ANSWER-WWW or Worldwide Web, or simply "the web,"
developed by Tim Berners-Lee in the early 1990s.
Webpage - ANSWER-a document that is viewed in a web browser
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) - ANSWER-The standard markup language for
web documents.
Early 1990's - ANSWER-The period when the web was first developed.
Website - ANSWER-a collection of related webpages
Web Server - ANSWER-A program that serves webpages to browsers
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) - ANSWER-the protocol used for transmitting
web pages over the Internet
Browser - ANSWER-A program for viewing webpages.
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) - ANSWER-The main international standards
organization for the World Wide Web
WHATWG - ANSWER-Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group
(WHATWG) is an organization that develops a variety of web standards and whose
members include the major browser vendors.
HTML Living Standard - ANSWER-Produced by the WHATWG. A continually
evolving standard without version numbers that replaces HTML5.
1945 - ANSWER-The idea for generating links from within one document to other
documents is described.
1965 - ANSWER-The term hypertext was invented
1990 - ANSWER-The first web browser was created
1994 - ANSWER-The World Wide Consortium (W3C) was created.
1995 - ANSWER-HTML 2.0 standard published
, 2014 - ANSWER-HTML5 standard published.
2019 - ANSWER-WHATWG controls the HTML standard.
Separation of Duties - ANSWER-Over time, a move to separate document structure
(HTML), document presentation (CSS), and webpage interaction with the user
(JavaScript).
Packet - ANSWER-Information sent on the internet that contains TO and FROM IP
addresses, the information to communicate, and other configuration information.
IP address - ANSWER-Internet Protocol address, a computer's unique address on
the internet. A typical IP address is 32 bits, divided into 8-bit groups, often written as
a decimal number.
IPv4 - ANSWER-The original Internet Protocol, has 32-bit addresses, can represent
about 4 billion unique addresses.
IPv6 - ANSWER-A new protocol developed to replace IPv4, addressing the issue of
IP address exhaustion. Uses 128-bit addresses.
DNS - ANSWER-Domain name server, used to convert domain names to IP
addresses.
Root Servers - ANSWER-Thirteen main DNS servers that exist in the world.
Domain Name Registar - ANSWER-Services that allow anyone to register an unused
domain name.
Domain name - ANSWER-a name for an IP address, such as the name
wikipedia.org for IP address 198.35.26.96.
TLD (top-level domain) - ANSWER-The highest-level category used to distinguish
domain names-for example, .org, .com, and .net. A TLD is also known as the domain
suffix.
ccTLD (Country Code Top Level Domain) - ANSWER-domains that have two letters
to the right of the last period in a domain name. Example: co.uk, .jp, .ar, .ph
SLD (second level domain) - ANSWER-Second-Level Domain, such as 'wikipedia' in
wikipedia.org.
Third level domain - ANSWER-'www' in www.stanford.edu.
URL (Uniform Resource Locator) - ANSWER-A location or address identifying where
documents can be found on the Internet; a Web address
Answers 100% Correct
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) - ANSWER-A protocol used to move files and folders
over a network or the Internet.
WWW (World Wide Web) - ANSWER-WWW or Worldwide Web, or simply "the web,"
developed by Tim Berners-Lee in the early 1990s.
Webpage - ANSWER-a document that is viewed in a web browser
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) - ANSWER-The standard markup language for
web documents.
Early 1990's - ANSWER-The period when the web was first developed.
Website - ANSWER-a collection of related webpages
Web Server - ANSWER-A program that serves webpages to browsers
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) - ANSWER-the protocol used for transmitting
web pages over the Internet
Browser - ANSWER-A program for viewing webpages.
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) - ANSWER-The main international standards
organization for the World Wide Web
WHATWG - ANSWER-Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group
(WHATWG) is an organization that develops a variety of web standards and whose
members include the major browser vendors.
HTML Living Standard - ANSWER-Produced by the WHATWG. A continually
evolving standard without version numbers that replaces HTML5.
1945 - ANSWER-The idea for generating links from within one document to other
documents is described.
1965 - ANSWER-The term hypertext was invented
1990 - ANSWER-The first web browser was created
1994 - ANSWER-The World Wide Consortium (W3C) was created.
1995 - ANSWER-HTML 2.0 standard published
, 2014 - ANSWER-HTML5 standard published.
2019 - ANSWER-WHATWG controls the HTML standard.
Separation of Duties - ANSWER-Over time, a move to separate document structure
(HTML), document presentation (CSS), and webpage interaction with the user
(JavaScript).
Packet - ANSWER-Information sent on the internet that contains TO and FROM IP
addresses, the information to communicate, and other configuration information.
IP address - ANSWER-Internet Protocol address, a computer's unique address on
the internet. A typical IP address is 32 bits, divided into 8-bit groups, often written as
a decimal number.
IPv4 - ANSWER-The original Internet Protocol, has 32-bit addresses, can represent
about 4 billion unique addresses.
IPv6 - ANSWER-A new protocol developed to replace IPv4, addressing the issue of
IP address exhaustion. Uses 128-bit addresses.
DNS - ANSWER-Domain name server, used to convert domain names to IP
addresses.
Root Servers - ANSWER-Thirteen main DNS servers that exist in the world.
Domain Name Registar - ANSWER-Services that allow anyone to register an unused
domain name.
Domain name - ANSWER-a name for an IP address, such as the name
wikipedia.org for IP address 198.35.26.96.
TLD (top-level domain) - ANSWER-The highest-level category used to distinguish
domain names-for example, .org, .com, and .net. A TLD is also known as the domain
suffix.
ccTLD (Country Code Top Level Domain) - ANSWER-domains that have two letters
to the right of the last period in a domain name. Example: co.uk, .jp, .ar, .ph
SLD (second level domain) - ANSWER-Second-Level Domain, such as 'wikipedia' in
wikipedia.org.
Third level domain - ANSWER-'www' in www.stanford.edu.
URL (Uniform Resource Locator) - ANSWER-A location or address identifying where
documents can be found on the Internet; a Web address
