IS 312 Final

Which of the following is a function of the transport layer?

breaking long messages into several smaller messages

Which of the following is not a property of a WAN:

connects a group of computers in a small geographic area such as room, floor, building or campus.

Which of the following is not true about ITU-T: It is based in Geneva, Switzerland Its membership is limited to U.S. telephone companies It is the International Telecommunications Union - Telecommunications Group Its membership is comprised of representatives from over 200 member countries It is the technical standards-setting organization of the United Nations International Telecommunications Union

Its membership is limited to U.S. telephone companies

Which of the following is not a function of the data link layer? a. deciding when to transmit messages over the media b. formatting the message by indicating where messages start and end, and which part is the address c. detecting and correcting any errors that have occurred in the transmission of the message d. specifying the type of connection, and the electrical signals, radio waves, or light pulses that pass through it e. controlling the physical layer by determining when to transmit

d. specifying the type of connection, and the electrical signals, radio waves, or light pulses that pass through it

Ethernet is an example of a network layer protocol.

false

The ____________ layer of the OSI model is responsible for data format translation.

presentation

The fourth layer of the OSI model is called the __________ layer.

transport

Which layer of the OSI model is responsible for ensuring flow control so that the destination station does not receive more packets that it can process at any given time?

transport

The _________ layer performs error checking which is redundant to some extent with the function of the _________ layer.

transport, data link

At the transport layer in the Internet model, TCP is responsible for breaking large files received from the application layer into smaller messages and opening a connection to a server for transferring them.

true

The network layer performs the same functions in both the OSI and Internet models and is responsible for routing messages from the source computer to the destination computer.

true

The specification stage of the de jure standardization process consists of developing nomenclature and identifying the problems to be addressed.

true