CPSC353 Chapter 1

A router is involved in ____________ layers of the TCP/IP protocol suite. A) two B) three C) four D) five

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In the original ARPANET, _______ were directly connected to each other. A) interface message processors (IMPs). B) host computers C) networks D) routers

A) interface message processors (IMPs).

The Internet Protocol (IP) is ________ protocol. A) a reliable B) a connection-oriented C) a reliable and connection-oriented D) an unreliable

D) an unreliable

The largest geographic area a wide area network (WAN) can span is A) a town B) a state C) a country D) the world

The world

The TCP/IP protocol suite consists of _______ layers. A) two B) three C) five D) six

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The application layer in the TCP/IP protocol suite is usually considered to be the combination of ________ layers in the OSI model A) application, presentation, and session B) application, transport, and network C) application, data-link, and physical D) network, data-link, and physical

A) application, presentation, and session

In TCP/IP, a logical connection between an entity at the network layer can be made with another entity at the ________ layer. A) network B) transport C) data link D) physical

A) network

In TCP/IP, a message at the transport layer is encapsulated in a packet at the ________ layer. A) network B) transport C) data link D) physical

A) network

In TCP/IP, a message belonging to the transport layer is decapsulated from a packet at the ________ layer. A) network B) transport C) data link D) physical

A) network

In the TCP/IP protocol suite, a logical address is the identifier at the _______________. A) network layer B) transport layer C) data-link layer D) application layer

A) network layer

An RFC is labeled ________ if it must be implemented by all Internet systems. A) required B) elective C) recommended D) None of the choices are correct

A) required

_______ was formed to connect universities with no defense ties. A) ARPANET B) CSNET C) NSFNET D) ANSNET

B) CSNET

Currently _______ is responsible for the management of Internet domain names and addresses A) NIC B) ICANN C) ISOC D) IEFE

B) ICANN

In the TCP/IP protocol suite, the ______ layer is responsible for moving frames from one hop (node) to the next. A) physical B) data link C) transport D) network

B) data link

In TCP/IP, a message at the application layer is encapsulated in a packet at the ________ layer. A) network B) transport C) data link D) physical

B) transport

The _________ layer is responsible for the delivery of a message from one process to another. A) physical B) transport C) network D) application

B) transport

In the TCP/IP protocol suite, a port number is the identifier at the ____________. A) application layer B) transport layer C) network layer D) physical layer

B) transport layer

In the TCP/IP protocol suite, which of the following is a network layer protocol? A) The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) B) The Secure Shell (SSH) C) The Internet Protocol (IP) D) User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

C) The Internet Protocol (IP)

The transport-layer packet in the TCP/IP protocol suite is called A) a message B) a datagram C) a segment or a user datagram D) a frame

C) a segment or a user datagram

In TCP/IP, a logical connection between an entity at the data-link layer can be made with another entity at the ________ layer. A) network B) transport C) data link D) physical

C) data link

In TCP/IP, a message belonging to the network layer is decapsulated from a packet at the ________ layer. A) network B) transport C) data link D) physical

C) data link

A proposed standard is elevated to ________ standard status after at least two successful tries. A) informational B) historic C) draft D) None of the choices are correct

C) draft

In TCP/IP, a packet at the third layer carries data belonging to the ________ layer and the header belonging to the _________ layer. A) third; third B) third; fourth C) fourth; third D) fourth; fourth

C) fourth; third

In the TCP/IP protocol suite, which of the following is a transport layer protocol? A) The Internet Control Message protocol (ICMP) B) The Internet Protocol (IP) C) The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) D) The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

D) The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

In the TCP/IP protocol suite, the physical layer is concerned with the movement of _______ over the physical medium. A) programs B) dialogs C) protocols D) bits

D) bits

In the TCP/IP protocol suite, which of the following is an application layer protocol? A) The User Datagram Protocol (UDP) B) The Internet Protocol (IP) C) The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) D) the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

The File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

A local area network (LAN) is defined by _______________. A) the geometric size of the network B) the maximum number of hosts in the network C) the maximum number hosts in the network and/or the geometric size of the network D) the topology of the network

the geometric size of the network

A link-layer switch is involved in ______________ layers of the TCP/IP protocol suite. A) two B) three C) four D) five

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