Domain Name System (DNS) Practice Test

12th Standard Computer Applications — Domain Name System (DNS): Online Practice Test

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Which of the following is used to maintain all the directories of domain names?

A.Domain name system B.Domain name space C.Name space D.IP address

Which of the following notation is used to denote IPv4 addresses?

A.Binary B.Dotted-decimal C.Hexadecimal D.a and b

How many bits are used in the IPv6 addresses?

A.32 B.64 C.128 D.16

Expansion of URL is

A.Uniform Resource Location B.Universal Resource Location C.Uniform Resource Locator D.Universal Resource Locator

How many types are available in URL?

A.2 B.3 C.4 D.5

Maximum characters used in the label of a node?

A.255 B.128 C.63 D.32

In the domain name, the sequence of labels is separated by

A.semicolon (;) B.dot (.) C.colon (:) D.NULL

Which of the following initiates the mapping of domain name to IP address?

A.Zone B.Domain C.Resolver D.Name servers

Which is the contiguous area up to which the server has access?

A.Zone B.Domain C.Resolver D.Name servers

Q10

Root Name servers are maintained by

A.IANA B.ICANN C.WHOIS D.DNS

Q11

Who invented the Domain Name System (DNS) along with Jon Postel?

A.Tim Berners-Lee B.Paul V. Mockapetris C.Vint Cerf D.Bob Metcalfe

Q12

Which administrator of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) was famously known as the "God of the Internet"?

A.Paul V. Mockapetris B.Jon Postel C.Vint Cerf D.Robert E. Kahn

Q13

Internet Protocol (IP) address is the logical address of which network layer?

A.Application Layer B.Transport Layer C.Network Layer D.Physical Layer

Q14

If a protocol uses 'n' bits for addressing, what is the total address space of that protocol?

A.n^2 B.2 * n C.2^n D.n^2 - 1

Q15

What is the total number of unique addresses that can be formed using the 32-bit IPv4 protocol?

A.2^64 B.2^128 C.2^32 D.2^16

Q16

In an IPv6 address, the 128 bits are divided into how many 16-bit blocks?

A.Four B.Six C.Eight D.Ten

Q17

A standard Uniform Resource Locator (URL) consists of how many fundamental parts?

A.Two B.Three C.Four D.Five

Q18

What is the major disadvantage of using a flat namespace in large network systems?

A.It cannot support alphabetical characters. B.It must be controlled centrally to avoid ambiguity and redundancy. C.It requires more bits than a hierarchical namespace. D.It cannot map names to IP addresses.

Q19

The hierarchical domain name space tree structure can have a maximum of how many levels starting from the root?

A.63 levels B.128 levels C.253 levels D.256 levels

Q20

What level number represents the root element in the Domain Name Space tree structure?

A.Level 0 B.Level 1 C.Level 127 D.Level 128

Q21

According to the basic rules of domain names, the entire domain name can be at most how many characters long?

A.63 characters B.128 characters C.253 characters D.255 characters

Q22

Which of the following symbols is permitted in a domain name according to DNS rules?

A.Underscore (_) B.Hyphen (-) C.Dollar sign ($) D.Exclamation mark (!)

Q23

Country top-level domain names (cTLD) use how many characters to represent a country's abbreviation?

A.Two characters B.Three characters C.Four characters D.Variable length

Q24

In Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD), what is the specific usage associated with the ".info" domain extension?

A.Networking organizations B.Information service providers C.Military groups D.Commercial organizations

Q25

Which type of name server contains a zone's resource records that are directly updatable by the domain name holders?

A.Root Name Server B.Secondary Name Server C.Primary Name Server D.Local Name Server

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