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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 – Process-toto-Process
Delivery: UDP, TCP, and SCTP multiple choice Questions and
Answers (MCQ) PDF cover the below lists of topics.
topic

1. Average data rate, peak data rate, maximum burst size, and
effective band-width
width Multiple
ple Choice Question and Answer
Answer.
2. Congestion control Multiple Choice Question and Answer
Answer.
3. Open-loop
loop congestion control Multiple Choice Question and
Answer.
4. Quality of service (QoS), Scheduling, traffic shaping,
resource reservation, and admission control techniques
Multiple Choice Question and Answer.
Answer
5. Scheduling techniques ,FIFO queuing, priority queuing, and
weighted fair queuing Multiple Choice Question and Answer.
6. traffic shaping techniques ,Leaky bucket and token
bucket Multiple Choice Question and Answer
7. Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP)-
(RSVP) a signaling
protocol Multiple Choice Question and Answer
8. Differential Services – a class-based QoS model Multiple
Choice Question and Answer
9. Attributes to control traffic in Frame Relay,Access rate,
committed burst size, committed information rate, and
excess burst size Multiple Choice Question and Answer
Answer.

Practice now to sharpen your concept.

1. One of the responsibilities of the transport layer protocol is to

create a ______ communication.
A. host-to-host
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B. process-to-process
process
C. node-to-node
D. none of the above

2. UDP is called a ________________transport protocol.

A. connectionless, reliable
B. connection-oriented,
oriented, unreliable
C. connectionless, unreliable
D. none of the above

3. UDP does not add anything to the services of IP except for

providing _______ communication
A. node-to-node
B. process-to-process
process
C. host-to-host
D. none of the above

4. UDP is an acronym for _______

A. User Delivery Protocol
B. User Datagram Procedure
C. User Datagram Protocol
D. none of the above

5. Although there are several ways to achieve process-to--process

communication, the most common is through the __________
paradigm
A. client-server
B. client-client
C. server-server
D. none of the above
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6. The local host and the remote host are defined using IP
addresses. To define the processes, we need second identifiers called
____________
A. UDP addresses
B. transport addresses
C. port addresses
D. none of the above

7. The ports ranging from 49,152 to 65,535 can be used as

temporary or
private port numbers. They are called the ________ ports
A. well-known
B. registered
C. dynamic
D. none of the above

8. In the sending computer, UDP receives a data unit from the

_______ layer.
A. application
B. transport
C. IP
D. none of the above

9. In the sending computer, UDP sends a data unit to the _______

layer
A. application
B. transport
C. IP
D. none of the above
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10. UDP and TCP are both _______ layer protocols

A. data link
B. network
C. transport
D. none of the above

Answer key for MCQ SET- 1

Q-1 Correct Answer :process-to-process
:process
Q-2 Correct Answer :connectionless, unreliable
Q-3 Correct Answer :process-to-process
:process
Q-4 Correct Answer :User Datagram Protocol
Q-5 Correct Answer :client-server
:client
Q-6 Correct Answer :port addresses
Q-7 Correct Answer :dynamic
Q-8 Correct Answer :application
Q-9 Correct Answer :IP
Q-10 Correct Answer :transport

Process-to-Process
Process Delivery: UDP, TCP, and SCTP multiple choice
questions and answers MCQ Set-2
Set

1. Which of the following functions does UDP perform?

A. process-to-process
process communication
B. host-to-host
host communication
C. end-to-end
end reliable data delivery
D. none of the above
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2. When the IP layer of a receiving host receives a datagram,

_______
A. delivery is complete
B. a transport layer protocol takes over
C. a header is added
D. none of the above

3. UDP needs the _______ address to deliver the user datagram to

the correct application process
A. port
B. application
C. internet
D. none of the above

4. A port address in UDP is _______bits long.

A. 8
B. 16
C. 32
D. any of the above

5. Which of the following does UDP guarantee?

A. flow control
B. connection-oriented
oriented delivery
C. flow control
D. none of the above

6. The source port address on the UDP user datagram header

defines _______
A. the sending computer
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B. the receiving computer

C. the process running on the sending computer
D. none of the above

7. The combination of an IP address and a port number is called a

____________
A. transport address
B. network address
C. socket address
D. none of the above

8. To use the services of UDP, we need ________ socket addresses

A. four
B. two
C. three
D. none of the above

9. UDP packets are called __________

A. user datagrams
B. segments
C. frames
D. none of the above

10. UDP packets have a fixed-size header of _______ bytes

A. 6
B. 8
C. 40
D. none of the above
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Answer key for MCQ SET- 2

Q-1 Correct Answer :process-to-process
:process
communication
Q-2 Correct Answer :a transport layer protocol takes
over
Q-3 Correct Answer :port
Q-4 Correct Answer :16
Q-5 Correct Answer :none of the above
Q-6 Correct Answer :the process running on the
sending computer
Q-7 Correct Answer :socket address
Q-8 Correct Answer :two
Q-9 Correct Answer :user datagrams
Q-10 Correct Answer :8

Process-to-Process
Process Delivery: UDP, TCP, and SCTP multiple choice
questions and answers MCQ Set-3
Set

1. UDP packets are encapsulated in ___________

A. an Ethernet frame
B. an TCP segment
C. an IP datagram
D. none of the above

2. UDP uses ________ to handle outgoing user datagrams from

multiple processes on one host
A. flow control
B. multiplexing
C. demultiplexing
D. none of the above
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3. UDP uses _______ to handle incoming user datagrams that go to

different processes on the same host.
A. flow control
B. multiplexing
C. demultiplexing
D. none of the above

4. TCP is a __________protocol
A. stream-oriented
B. message-oriented
oriented
C. block-oriented
D. none of the above

5. TCP allows the sending process to deliver data as a _______of

bytes and allows the receiving process to obtain data as a _________
of bytes
A. message; message
B. stream; stream
C. block; block
D. none of the above

6. Because the sending and the receiving processes may not write or
read data at the same speed, TCP ________
A. speeds up the slower process
B. slows down the faster process
C. uses buffers
D. none of the above
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7. TCP groups a number of bytes together into a packet called a

___________
A. user datagram
B. segment
C. datagram
D. none of the above

8. TCP is a ___________ protocol.

A. connection-oriented
oriented
B. connectionless
C. both a and b
D. none of the above

9. TCP is a(n) _______ transport protocol

A. unreliable
B. best-effort
effort delivery
C. reliable
D. none of the above

10. TCP uses _________________ to check the safe and sound

arrival of data.
A. an acknowledgment mechanism
B. out-of-band
band signalling
C. the services of another protocol
D. none of the above

Answer key for MCQ SET- 3

Q-1 Correct Answer :an IP datagram
Q-2 Correct Answer :multiplexing
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Q-3 Correct Answer :demultiplexing

Q-4 Correct Answer :stream-oriented
:stream
Q-5 Correct Answer :stream; stream
Q-6 Correct Answer :uses buffers
Q-7 Correct Answer :segment
Q-8 Correct Answer :connection-oriented
:connection
Q-9 Correct Answer :reliable
Q-10 Correct Answer :an acknowledgment
mechanism

Process-to-Process
Process Delivery: UDP, TCP, and SCTP multiple choice
questions and answers MCQ Set-4
Set

1. The bytes of data being transferred in each connection are

numbered by TCP. The numbering starts with a
__________________
A. 0
B. 1
C. randomly generated number
D. none of the above

2. TCP assigns a sequence number to each segment that is being

sent. The sequence number for each segment is the number of the
_______ byte carried in that segment.
A. first
B. last
C. middle
D. none of the above
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3. Communication in TCP is ___________

A. simplex
B. half-duplex
C. full-duplex
D. none of the above

4. The value of the acknowledgment field in a segment defines the

number of the ______byte a party expects to receive
A. first
B. last
C. next
D. none of the above

5. The acknowledgment number is ________

A. independent
B. randomly generated
C. cumulative
D. none of the above

6. The value of the window size is determined by _________

A. the sender
B. the receiver
C. both the sender and receiver
D. none of the above

7. The inclusion of the checksum in the TCP segment is ________

A. optional
B. mandatory
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C. at the discretion of the application program

D. none of the above

8. A TCP segment is encapsulated in __________

A. an IP datagram
B. an Ethernet frame
C. a UDP user datagram
D. none of the above

9. Connection establishment in TCP is called __________

handshaking
A. two-way
B. four-way
C. one-way
D. none of the above

10. A SYN segment cannot carry data; it consumes _____ sequence

number(s).
A. no
B. one
C. two
D. none of the above

Answer key for MCQ SET- 4

Q-1 Correct Answer :randomly generated number
Q-2 Correct Answer :first
Q-3 Correct Answer :full-duplex
:full
Q-4 Correct Answer :next
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Q-5 Correct Answer :cumulative

Q-6 Correct Answer :the receiver
Q-7 Correct Answer :mandatory
Q-8 Correct Answer :an IP datagram
Q-9 Correct Answer :none of the above
Q-10 Correct Answer :One

Process-to-Process
Process Delivery: UDP, TCP, and SCTP multiple choice
questions and answers MCQ Set-5
Set

1. A SYN + ACK segment cannot carry data; it consumes _____

sequence number(s).
A. no
B. three
C. two
D. none of the above

2. An ACK segment, if carrying no data, consumes ______ sequence

number(s).
A. no
B. one
C. two
D. none of the above

3. The connection establishment procedure in TCP is susceptible to

a serious security problem called the _________ attack.
A. ACK flooding
B. FIN flooding
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C. SYN flooding
D. none of the above

4. The SYN flooding attack belongs to a group of security attacks

known as a _____ attack
A. denial of service
B. replay
C. man-in-the
the middle
D. none of the above

5. The FIN segment consumes ____ sequence numbers if it does not

carry data.
A. two
B. three
C. no
D. none of the above

6. The FIN + ACK segment consumes _____ sequence number(s) if

it does not carry data
A. two
B. three
C. one
D. none of the above

7. In TCP, one end can stop sending data while still receiving data.
This is called a ______.
A. half-close
B. half-open
C. one-way
way termination
D. none of the above
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8. A(n) _________ machine is a machine that goes through a limited

number of states.
A. infinite state
B. finite state
C. both a and b
D. none of the above

9. _____ control regulates the amount of data a source can send

before receiving an acknowledgment from the destination.
A. Error
B. Flow
C. Congestion
D. none of the above

10. To accomplish flow control, TCP uses a ___________ window

protocol
A. limited-size
B. sliding
C. fixed-size
D. none of the above

Answer key for MCQ SET- 5

Q-1 Correct Answer :none of the above
Q-2 Correct Answer :no
Q-3 Correct Answer :SYN flooding
Q-4 Correct Answer :denial of service
Q-5 Correct Answer :none of the above
Q-6 Correct Answer :one
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Q-7 Correct Answer :half-close

:half
Q-8 Correct Answer :finite state
Q-9 Correct Answer :Flow
Q-10 Correct Answer :sliding

Process-to-Process
Process Delivery: UDP, TCP, and SCTP multiple choice
questions and answers MCQ Set-6
Set

1. TCP sliding windows are __________ oriented

A. packet
B. segment
C. byte
D. none of the above

2. ACK segments consume _______ sequence number(s) and

_______ acknowledged
A. no; are not
B. one; are not
C. no; are
D. none of the above

3. TCP delivers _______ out-of-order segments to the process

A. all
B. no
C. some
D. none of the above
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4. IP is responsible for _______ communication while TCP is

responsible for _______ communication
A. host-to-host;
host; process-to-process
process
B. process-to-process;
process; host-to-host
host
C. process-to-process;
process; network-to-network
network
D. none of the above

5. If a segment carries data along with an acknowledgment, this is

called _______
A. backpacking
B. piggybacking
C. piggypacking
D. none of the above

6. Multiply the header length field by _______ to find the total

number of bytes in the TCP header
A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
D. none of the above

7. Urgent data requires the urgent pointer field as well as the URG
bit in the _______ field
A. control
B. offset
C. sequence number
D. none of the above

8. The options field of the TCP header ranges from 0 to _______

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A. 10
B. 20
C. 40
D. none of the above

9. If the ACK value is 200, then byte _______ has been received
successfully
A. 199
B. 200
C. 201
D. none of the above

10. Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is a new

_____________protocol.
A. reliable, character-oriented
character
B. reliable, message-oriented
message
C. unreliable, message-oriented
message
D. none of the above

Answer key for MCQ SET- 6

Q-1 Correct Answer :byte
Q-2 Correct Answer :no; are not
Q-3 Correct Answer :no
Q-4 Correct Answer :host-to-host;
:host process--to-
process
Q-5 Correct Answer :piggybacking
Q-6 Correct Answer :4
Q-7 Correct Answer :control
Q-8 Correct Answer :40
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Q-9 Correct Answer :199

Q-10 Correct Answer :reliable, message-oriented
message oriented

Process-to-Process
Process Delivery: UDP, TCP, and SCTP multiple choice
questions and answers MCQ Set-7
Set

1. SCTP allows __________ service in each association

A. single stream
B. multistream
C. double stream
D. none of the above

2. SCTP association allows _____________ for each end

A. only one IP address
B. multiple IP addresses
C. only two IP address
D. none of the above

3. In SCTP, a data chunk is numbered using ________

A. a TSN
B. an SI
C. an SSN
D. none of the above

4. To distinguish between different streams, SCTP uses

___________
A. a TSN
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B. an SI
C. an SSN
D. none of the above

5. To distinguish between different data chunks belonging to the

same stream, SCTP uses ___________
A. TSNs
B. SIs
C. SSNs
D. none of the above

6. TCP has ____________; SCTP has ____________

A. packets; segments
B. segments; packets
C. segments; frames
D. none of the above

7. The control information in SCTP is included in the ________

A. header control field
B. control chunks
C. data chunks
D. none of the above

8. An SCTP packet can carry __________

A. only one data chunk
B. several data chunks
C. no data chunks
D. none of the above
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9. In SCTP, the acknowledgment number and window size are part

of each ________
A. data chunk
B. control chunk
C. a or b
D. none of the above

10. There is no need for a header length field in SCTP because

________________
A. there are no options in the general header
B. the size of the header is fixed
C. both a and b
D. none of the above

Answer key for MCQ SET- 7

Q-1 Correct Answer :multistream
Q-2 Correct Answer :multiple IP addresses
Q-3 Correct Answer :a TSN
Q-4 Correct Answer :an SI
Q-5 Correct Answer :SSNs
Q-6 Correct Answer :segments; packets
Q-7 Correct Answer :control chunks
Q-8 Correct Answer :several data chunks
Q-9 Correct Answer :control chunk
Q-10 Correct Answer :both a and b
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Process-to-Process
Process Delivery: UDP, TCP, and SCTP multiple choice
questions and answers MCQ Set-8
Set

1. The checksum in SCTP is ________ bits.

A. 16
B. 32
C. 64
D. none of the above

2. The association identifier in SCTP is __________________

A. a unique verification tag
B. a combination of logical and port addresses
C. either a or b
D. none of the above

3. In SCTP, control information and data information are carried

in _______ chunks.
A. the same chunk
B. different chunks
C. either a or b
D. none of the above

4. In SCTP, acknowledgment numbers are used to acknowledge

_____________
A. both data chunks and control chunks
B. only control chunks
C. only data chunks
D. none of the above
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5. In an SCTP packet, control chunks come ___________ data

chunks
A. after
B. before
C. a or b
D. none of the above

6. In SCTP, ___________ can be carried in a packet that carries an

INIT chunk
A. only data chunks
B. only control chunks
C. no other chunk
D. none of the above

7. A connection in SCTP is called an ____________

A. negotiation
B. association
C. transmission
D. none of the above

Answer key for MCQ SET- 8

Q-1 Correct Answer :32
Q-2 Correct Answer :a unique verification tag
Q-3 Correct Answer :different chunks
Q-4 Correct Answer :only data chunks
Q-5 Correct Answer :before
Q-6 Correct Answer :no other chunk
Q-7 Correct Answer :association
Q-8
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Q-9
Q-10