Chapter 6 Test Answers
Chapter 6 Test Answers
Chapter 6 Test Answers
Which type of server would most likely be used first by a network client in a corporate
environment?
DNS
DHCP
e-mail
FTP
Telnet
web
Which of the following are layers of the TCP/IP model? (Choose three.)
Application
Physical
Internet
Network Access
Presentation
You are creating a network-based video game. What influences your decision about
which transport protocol to use for the application?
UDP will not disrupt the game to retransmit dropped packets.
TCP provides extra acknowledgements that will ensure smooth video delivery.
Both TCP and UDP can be used simultaneously to ensure speed and guaranteed
delivery.
Both TCP and UDP may slow transmission and disrupt game operation, so no
transport protocol should be used.
Whenever e-mail clients send letters, what device is used to translate the domain
names into their associated IP addresses?
Uniform Resource Locator
Network redirector server
SNMP server
DNS server
What client software enables logged in users to communicate with other logged in users
in real time?
blog
e-mail
web mail
instant messaging
An Internet server is running both FTP and HTTP services. How does the server know
which of these applications should handle an incoming segment?
The packet header identifies it as an HTTP or FTP packet.
The data in the segment is specially formatted for either HTTP or FTP.
The segment destination port number identifies the application that should handle it.
The source port number is associated with one of these well known server
applications.
What term is used to describe how TCP/IP protocols are layered and interact to format,
address, and transmit information across a network?
protocol hierarchy
protocol modeling
protocol stack
protocol layering
What information is contained in an IP header?
source and destination IP addresses
source and destination MAC addresses
only destination IP and MAC addresses
both source and destination IP and MAC addresses
A device receives an Ethernet frame and recognizes the MAC address as its own. What
does the device do to the message to get to the encapsulated data?
removes the IP header
removes the TCP header
passes data to the application layer
removes the Ethernet header and trailer
A client has decoded a frame and started the de-encapsulation process. In which order
does the de-encapsulation process occur?
1) remove IP header
2) remove Ethernet header and trailer
3) remove TCP header
4) pass data to the application
What is the correct order of the layers of the OSI reference model, starting at the lowest
layer and working up the model?
data link, physical, transport, network, presentation, session, application
physical, data link, network, session, transport, presentation, application
physical, data link, network, transport, presentation, session, application
physical, data link, network, transport, session, presentation, application
application, session, presentation, transport, data link, network, physical
What three items are contained in an Ethernet header and trailer? (Choose three.)
source IP address
source MAC address
destination IP address
destination MAC address
error-checking information