335 TCP/IP CHAPTER 1 QUIZ

Which TCP/IP Internet Layer protocol converts between numeric IP network addresses and MAC addresses on a specific cable segment?

ARP

Which layer of the OSI model manages point-to-point transmission across the networking medium?

Data Link layer

What term best describes a layer-specific label that is used to identify the PDU that it precedes?

Header

Which of the following was developed in 1978 and has been instrumental in the evolution of the Internet?

IPv4

Which version of IP uses a 32-bit address assigned to a device on a network?

IPv4

What group is responsible for drafting, testing, proposing, and maintaining official Internet Standards through the participation of multiple working groups under its purview?

Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

According to RFC 2026, an RFC passes through several phases while becoming a standard. A standard that has been formally adopted becomes which of the following?

Internet Standard

Combining the various sources of outgoing data into a single output data stream is called which of the following?

Multiplexing

Which of the following is considered to be the most important TCP/IP Network Access layer protocol?

PPP

The data portion of a PDU is known as which of the following?

Payload

As part of the OSI reference model, individual layers that work together on pairs of computer is known as which of the following?

Peer Layers

Transmission medium, such as cables or wireless media, would belong to which layer of the OSI model?

Physical layer

Which layer of the OSI model handles transforming data from generic, network-oriented forms of expression to more specific, platform-oriented forms of expression?

Presentation Layer

Which of the following uses Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to collect traffic data at a remote switch and send the data to another device?

Remote Monitoring

What name is used to describe the PDU used at the Transport layer?

Segment

What TCP/IP layer is also known as the Process layer because this is where the protocol stack interfaces with processes on a host machine?

TCP/IP Application layer

When two or more RFCs cover the same topic, they usually share the same title. How would a user be able to determine which RFC was the most current version?

The RFC with the highest number

Which of the following TCP/IP protocols operate at the TCP/IP Transport layer?

UDP

What term is used to describe the process used to help networks avoid being overrun when high levels of activity occur?

congestion control

An area of memory set aside on a protocol analyzer that holds packets that are copied off the network is known as which of the following?

trace buffer