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This document contains multiple choice questions and answers about data communication and networking topics such as Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), Internet Protocol (IP), Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP), and IPv6. There are 10 questions provided in two sets with answers for each question. The questions test understanding of concepts such as how IPv4 handles datagram delivery, IPv4 header field values, IPv4 fragmentation, and differences between IPv4 and IPv6 features.

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Networks

This document contains multiple choice questions and answers about data communication and networking topics such as Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), Internet Protocol (IP), Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP), and IPv6. There are 10 questions provided in two sets with answers for each question. The questions test understanding of concepts such as how IPv4 handles datagram delivery, IPv4 header field values, IPv4 fragmentation, and differences between IPv4 and IPv6 features.

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All the Multiple Choice Question and Answer (MCQs) have been
compiled from the books of Data Communication and Networking
by the
he well known author behrouz A forouzan.

This
his Data Communication and Networking – Network Layer:
Internet Protocol multiple choice Questions and Answers (MCQ)
PDF covers the below lists of topics.
topic

1. Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Multiple Choice


Question and Answer.
Answer
2. Internet Protocol Multiple Choice Question and Answer
Answer.
3. Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Multiple Choice
Question and Answer.
Answer
4. IPv6 Multiple Choice Question and Answer.
Answer

Practice now to sharpen your concept.

1. A best-effort delivery service such as IPv4 includes _______.


A. error checking
B. error correction
C. datagram acknowledgment
D. none of the above

2. In IPv4 header, an HLEN value of decimal 10 means _______


A. there are 10 bytes of options
B. there are 40 bytes of options
C. there are 10 bytes in the header
D. there are 40 bytes in the header

3. In IPv4, what is the value of the total length field in bytes if the
header is 28 bytes and the data field is 400 bytes?
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A. 428
B. 407
C. 107
D. 427

4. In IPv4, what is the length of the data field given an HLEN value
of 12 and total length value of 40,000?
A. 39,988
B. 40,012
C. 40,048
D. 39,952

5. An IPv4 datagram is fragmented into three smaller datagrams.


Which
of the following is true?
A. The do not fragment bit is set to 1 for all three datagrams.
B. The more fragment bit is set to 0 for all three datagrams
C. The identification field is the same for all three datagrams.
D. The offset field is the same for all three datagrams

6. In IPv4, if the fragment offset has a value of 100, it means that


_____
A. the datagram has not been fragmented
B. the datagram is 100 bytes in i size
C. the first byte of the datagram is byte 100
D. the first byte of the datagram is byte 800

7. In IPv4, what is needed to determine the number of the last byte


of a fragment?
A. Identification number
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B. Offset number
C. Total length
D. (b) and (c)

8. The IPv4 header size _______


A. is 20 to 60 bytes long
B. is always 20 bytes long
C. is always 60 bytes long
D. depends on the MTU

9. Which of the following is a necessary part of the IPv6 datagram?


A. Base header
B. Extension header
C. Data packet from the upper layer
D. (a) and (c)

10. In IPv6, the _______ field in the base header restricts the
lifetime of a datagram
A. version
B. next-header
C. hop limit
D. neighbor-advertisement
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Answer key for MCQ SET- 1


Q-1 Correct Answer :none of the above
Q-2 Correct Answer :there are 40 bytes in the header
Q-3 Correct Answer :428
Q-4 Correct Answer :39,952
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Q-5 Correct Answer :The identification field is the


same for all three datagrams.
Q-6 Correct Answer :the first byte of the datagram is
byte 800
Q-7 Correct Answer :(b) and (c)
Q-8 Correct Answer :is 20 to 60 bytes long
Q-9 Correct Answer :Base header
Q-10 Correct Answer :hop limit

Network Layer: Internet Protocol MCQ Set-2


Set

1. The ________ protocol is the transmission mechanism used by


the TCP/IP suite.
A. ARP
B. IP
C. RARP
D. none of the above

2. IP is _________ datagram protocol


A. an unreliable
B. a connectionless
C. both a and b
D. none of the above

3. The term ________ means that IP provides no error checking or


tracking. IP assumes the unreliability of the underlying layers and
does its best to get a transmission through to its destination, but
with no guarantees.
A. reliable delivery
B. connection-oriented
oriented delivery
C. best-effort
effort delivery
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D. none of the above

4. In IPv4, an HLEN value of decimal 10 means _______


A. there are 10 bytes of options
B. there are 40 bytes of options
C. there are 40 bytes in the header
D. none of the above

5. In IPv4, which field or bit value unambiguously identifies the


datagram as a fragment?
A. Do not fragment bit ? 0
B. More Fragment bit ? 0
C. Fragment offset = 1000
D. none of the above

6. The IPv4 header size _______


A. is 20 to 60 bytes long
B. is 20 bytes long
C. is 60 bytes long
D. none of the above

7. In IPv4, when a datagram is encapsulated in a frame, the total


size of the datagram must be less than the _______
A. MUT
B. MAT
C. MTU
D. none of the above
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8. The IPv4 header field formerly known as the service type field is
now called the _______ field
A. IETF
B. checksum
C. differentiated services
D. none of the above

9. In IPv6, options are inserted between the _________ and the


___________ data
A. base header; extension header
B. base header; upper-layer
upper data
C. base header; frame header
D. none of the above

10. IPv6 allows _________ security provisions than IPv4.


A. more
B. less
C. the same level
D. none of the above

Answer key for MCQ SET- 2


Q-1 Correct Answer :IP
Q-2 Correct Answer :both a and b
Q-3 Correct Answer :best-effort
:best delivery
Q-4 Correct Answer :there are 40 bytes in the header
Q-5 Correct Answer :Fragment offset = 1000
Q-6 Correct Answer :is 20 to 60 bytes long
Q-7 Correct Answer :MTU
Q-8 Correct Answer :differentiated services
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Q-9 Correct Answer :base header; upper-layer


upper layer data
Q-10 Correct Answer :more

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