0
0
Intro to Computingfundamentals~10 mins

How web browsers request pages in Intro to Computing - Interactive Practice

Choose your learning style9 modes available
LearnWhyDeepFlowTryChallengeDrawRecallReal
Practice - 5 Tasks
Answer the questions below
1fill in blank
easy

Complete the code to show the first step a browser takes to request a web page.

Intro to Computing
browser sends a [1] to the server to ask for the page
Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'
Aerror
Bresponse
Crequest
Dcache
Attempts:
3 left
💡 Hint
Common Mistakes
Choosing 'response' because it sounds like an answer, but the browser sends a request first.
Choosing 'cache' which is stored data, not the message sent.
2fill in blank
medium

Complete the sentence describing what the server sends back after receiving a request.

Intro to Computing
The server sends a [1] containing the web page data back to the browser.
Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'
Aresponse
Bcache
Crequest
Derror
Attempts:
3 left
💡 Hint
Common Mistakes
Choosing 'request' which is what the browser sends, not the server.
Choosing 'cache' which is stored data, not the message sent.
3fill in blank
hard

Fix the error in the description of the HTTP method used by browsers to request pages.

Intro to Computing
The browser uses the [1] method to ask the server for a web page.
Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'
APOST
BGET
CPUT
DDELETE
Attempts:
3 left
💡 Hint
Common Mistakes
Choosing 'POST' which is used to send data to the server, not to request pages.
Choosing 'PUT' or 'DELETE' which are for updating or removing data.
4fill in blank
hard

Fill both blanks to complete the flow of how a browser requests and receives a page.

Intro to Computing
browser sends a [1] to the server and server replies with a [2]
Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'
Arequest
Bresponse
Cerror
Dcache
Attempts:
3 left
💡 Hint
Common Mistakes
Mixing up request and response.
Choosing 'error' or 'cache' which are not part of the normal request-response flow.
5fill in blank
hard

Fill all three blanks to complete the description of the web page request process.

Intro to Computing
browser sends a [1] using the [2] method and receives a [3] from the server
Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'
Arequest
BGET
Cresponse
DPOST
Attempts:
3 left
💡 Hint
Common Mistakes
Using 'POST' instead of 'GET' for requesting pages.
Confusing 'request' and 'response' roles.