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The high bit of the flags indicates query or response.

dns.flags & 0x8000 == 0x0000

Flags: 0x0100 Standard query
    0... .... .... .... = Response: Message is a query
    .000 0... .... .... = Opcode: Standard query (0)
    .... ..0. .... .... = Truncated: Message is not truncated
    .... ...1 .... .... = Recursion desired: Do query recursively
    .... .... .0.. .... = Z: reserved (0)
    .... .... ...0 .... = Non-authenticated data: Unacceptable

dns.flags & 0x8000 == 0x8000

Flags: 0x8180 Standard query response, No error
    1... .... .... .... = Response: Message is a response
    .000 0... .... .... = Opcode: Standard query (0)
    .... .0.. .... .... = Authoritative: Server is not an authority for domain
    .... ..0. .... .... = Truncated: Message is not truncated
    .... ...1 .... .... = Recursion desired: Do query recursively
    .... .... 1... .... = Recursion available: Server can do recursive queries
    .... .... .0.. .... = Z: reserved (0)
    .... .... ..0. .... = Answer authenticated: Answer/authority portion was not authenticated by the server
    .... .... ...0 .... = Non-authenticated data: Unacceptable
    .... .... .... 0000 = Reply code: No error (0)