WGU D276 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM STUDY
GUIDE COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
●● WWW or Worldwide Web, or simply "the web," developed by Tim
Berners-Lee in the early 1990s.
Answer: WWW (World Wide Web)
●● a document that is viewed in a web browser
Answer: Webpage
●● The standard markup language for web documents.
Answer: HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
●● The period when the web was first developed.
Answer: Early 1990's
●● a collection of related webpages
Answer: Website
●● A program that serves webpages to browsers
Answer: Web Server
,●● the protocol used for transmitting web pages over the Internet
Answer: HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
●● A program for viewing webpages.
Answer: Browser
●● The main international standards organization for the World Wide
Web
Answer: W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)
●● 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.
Answer: WHATWG
●● Produced by the WHATWG. A continually evolving standard
without version numbers that replaces HTML5.
Answer: HTML Living Standard
●● The idea for generating links from within one document to other
documents is described.
Answer: 1945
,●● The term hypertext was invented
Answer: 1965
●● The first web browser was created
Answer: 1990
●● The World Wide Consortium (W3C) was created.
Answer: 1994
●● HTML 2.0 standard published
Answer: 1995
●● HTML5 standard published.
Answer: 2014
●● WHATWG controls the HTML standard.
Answer: 2019
●● Over time, a move to separate document structure (HTML),
document presentation (CSS), and webpage interaction with the user
(JavaScript).
Answer: Separation of Duties
, ●● Information sent on the internet that contains TO and FROM IP
addresses, the information to communicate, and other configuration
information.
Answer: Packet
●● 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.
Answer: IP address
●● The original Internet Protocol, has 32-bit addresses, can represent
about 4 billion unique addresses.
Answer: IPv4
●● A new protocol developed to replace IPv4, addressing the issue of IP
address exhaustion. Uses 128-bit addresses.
Answer: IPv6
●● Domain name server, used to convert domain names to IP addresses.
Answer: DNS
●● Thirteen main DNS servers that exist in the world.
Answer: Root Servers
GUIDE COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
●● WWW or Worldwide Web, or simply "the web," developed by Tim
Berners-Lee in the early 1990s.
Answer: WWW (World Wide Web)
●● a document that is viewed in a web browser
Answer: Webpage
●● The standard markup language for web documents.
Answer: HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
●● The period when the web was first developed.
Answer: Early 1990's
●● a collection of related webpages
Answer: Website
●● A program that serves webpages to browsers
Answer: Web Server
,●● the protocol used for transmitting web pages over the Internet
Answer: HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
●● A program for viewing webpages.
Answer: Browser
●● The main international standards organization for the World Wide
Web
Answer: W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)
●● 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.
Answer: WHATWG
●● Produced by the WHATWG. A continually evolving standard
without version numbers that replaces HTML5.
Answer: HTML Living Standard
●● The idea for generating links from within one document to other
documents is described.
Answer: 1945
,●● The term hypertext was invented
Answer: 1965
●● The first web browser was created
Answer: 1990
●● The World Wide Consortium (W3C) was created.
Answer: 1994
●● HTML 2.0 standard published
Answer: 1995
●● HTML5 standard published.
Answer: 2014
●● WHATWG controls the HTML standard.
Answer: 2019
●● Over time, a move to separate document structure (HTML),
document presentation (CSS), and webpage interaction with the user
(JavaScript).
Answer: Separation of Duties
, ●● Information sent on the internet that contains TO and FROM IP
addresses, the information to communicate, and other configuration
information.
Answer: Packet
●● 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.
Answer: IP address
●● The original Internet Protocol, has 32-bit addresses, can represent
about 4 billion unique addresses.
Answer: IPv4
●● A new protocol developed to replace IPv4, addressing the issue of IP
address exhaustion. Uses 128-bit addresses.
Answer: IPv6
●● Domain name server, used to convert domain names to IP addresses.
Answer: DNS
●● Thirteen main DNS servers that exist in the world.
Answer: Root Servers
