Exam 5: Making Networks Work

In the OSI reference model, the ____ layer is layer 5.

The PDU at the Transport layer is called a ____.

A packet is the basic unit for network traffic as it travels across the medium.

In the OSI reference model, the ____ layer is layer 4.

In some cases, special frames called ____ frames are created for all computers on a network.

What is the role of the Session layer of the OSI reference model?

What kinds of problems can occur at the Transport layer of the OSI reference model?

In the OSI reference model, the ____ layer is layer 7.

In the OSI reference model, the ____ layer is layer 1.

What is the role of the Application layer of the OSI reference model?

The IEEE standard ____ sets standards for wireless networking for many different broadcast frequencies and techniques.

Domain Name System (DNS)and NetBIOS name resolution both work in part at the ____ layer.

What does a frame trailer contain?

MAC stands for ____________________.

Access control is handled at the ____ layer during the routing process; the router consults a list of rules before forwarding an incoming packet to determine whether a packet meeting certain criteria (such as source and destination address)should be permitted to reach the intended destination.

What is the role of the MAC sublayer?

____ frames are created for any computers on a network that "listen" to a shared network address.

The PDU at the Network layer is called a ____.

____ is the process whereby a device receives a packet destined for another network, determines the best way to get the packet to its destination, and then forwards the packet out of one of its other network interfaces.

PDU stands for ____________________.