Quiz1

A local area network (LAN) is defined by _______________.

• the geometric size of the network

• the maximum number of hosts in the network

• the maximum number hosts in the network and/or the geometric size of the network

• the topology of the network

The largest geographic area a wide area network (WAN) can span is

• a town

• a state

• a country

• the world

The TCP/IP protocol suite consists of _______ layers.

• two

• three

• five

• six

A router is involved in ____________ layers of the TCP/IP protocol suite.

• two

• three

• four

• five

A link-layer switch is involved in ______________ layers of the TCP/IP protocol suite.

• two

• three

• four

• five

In the TCP/IP protocol suite, which of the following is an application layer protocol?

• The User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

• The Internet Protocol (IP)

• The File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

• the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

In the TCP/IP protocol suite, which of the following is a transport layer protocol?

• The Internet Control Message protocol (ICMP)

• The Internet Protocol (IP)

• The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)

• The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

In the TCP/IP protocol suite, which of the following is a network layer protocol?

• The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)

• The Secure Shell (SSH)

• The Internet Protocol (IP)

• User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

The transport-layer packet in the TCP/IP protocol suite is called

• a message

• a datagram

• a segment or a user datagram

• a frame

In the TCP/IP protocol suite, the ______ layer is responsible for moving frames from one hop (node) to the next.

• physical

• data link

• transport

• network