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Write a 10-question quiz on the basics of how the internet works (DNS, HTTP, IP addresses, TCP, browsers). Mix 6 multiple-choice and 4 short-answer questions, ordered from easy to hard. After all questions, give an answer key with a one-line explanation for each answer. Keep the whole quiz under 600 words.
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Internet Basics Quiz
Part A: Multiple Choice
1. What does DNS stand for? a) Digital Network Service b) Domain Name System c) Data Transfer Navigation Standard d) Dynamic Node Server
2. Which protocol do web browsers typically use to request web pages? a) FTP b) SMTP c) HTTP d) SSH
3. What is an IP address? a) A unique password for a website b) A numerical label assigned to a device on a network c) The name of a web browser d) A type of encryption key
4. Which part of the internet translates a domain name like example.com into an IP address? a) HTTP server b) TCP handshake c) DNS resolver d) Web browser cache
5. What is the main purpose of TCP? a) Encrypting data between two devices b) Reliably delivering data in order between two endpoints c) Assigning domain names to IP addresses d) Rendering HTML on a screen
6. Which HTTP status code indicates that a requested page was not found? a) 200 b) 301 c) 404 d) 500
Part B: Short Answer
7. Briefly describe the three steps of the TCP three-way handshake.
8. What is the difference between a browser's rendering engine and its networking stack? Give one example of each task.
9. Explain why a website might load its HTML page but fail to load images, even though DNS and TCP succeeded. Name one likely cause.
10. Trace what happens, in order, from the moment you type "example.com" into a browser's address bar until the page begins to display. Name at least five steps.
Answer Key
- b) DNS maps human-readable domain names to IP addresses.
- c) HTTP (or HTTPS) is the application protocol browsers use to request and receive web resources.
- b) An IP address is a numerical identifier that locates a device on a network.
- c) A DNS resolver performs the lookup that converts a domain name into an IP address.
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