Deck 5: Protocols and Network Software

Question 1

When using a sliding window, the receiving host can even accept packets out of order and reorganize them as it waits for more packets to arrive.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Users can be grouped into logical groups called domains.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A designator enables the network interface card (NIC) and the client's operating system to communicate.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The combination of an IP address and a port number is known as a socket and is separated by a colon, such as 198.146.118.20:80.

Question 5

A designator is designed to keep track of which drive letter is associated with which network device.

Question 6

With a Class A address, the first octet indicates the number of the network and the remaining three octets make up the number of the host.

Question 7

There can be over 2 million Class C network numbers, but each network can have only 254 hosts.

Question 8

A _____ protocol places the packets on the network and then assumes that they will arrive at the destination.

A) stateful
B) datagram
C) link
D) connectionless

Question 9

A directory service is a database stored on the client that contains information about users and network devices and their privileges to those devices.

Question 10

The job of the _____ layer of the OSI reference model is to send the signal to the network or receive the signal from the network.

A) Physical
B) Data Link
C) Network
D) Session

Question 11

The current version of the IP protocol is version 2, called IPv2.

Question 12

A combination of protocols is known as a(n) _____.

A) suite
B) collection
C) grouping
D) ING

Question 13

The first Class B network number can be from 128 to 191 , but the second network number and each of the host numbers can be from 1 to 254.

Question 14

The "flow" between layers in the OSI reference model goes _____ when data is being sent out to the network.

A) down
B) across
C) through
D) up

Question 15

Because TCP/IP is a connection-oriented protocol, it establishes a session (or link) between the devices known as a two-way handshake.

Question 16

A port number identifies what program or service on the receiving computer is being accessed.

Question 17

IPv6 uses a fixed packet header size of 24 bytes, so information always appears in the same place.

Question 18

The number of layers in the OSI reference model is _____.

A) five
B) six
C) seven
D) eight

Question 19

Before a user can print a document on a particular network printer, he or she must have been given permission to do so.

Question 20

In order for a NIC to communicate with the computer in which it is installed, special software known as a device driver must be installed.

Question 21

The "flow" between layers goes ____________________ when data is being received from the network.

Question 22

An IP address is made up of four _____.

A) bits
B) octets
C) binaries
D) hosts

Question 23

The range of IP addresses from 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 are used as _____ addresses.

A) experimental
B) private
C) public
D) loopback

Question 24

The protocol that is used to determine the MAC address if the IP address is known is called _____.

A) DHCP
B) TCP
C) ARP
D) DNS

Question 25

With a subnet mask, a 1 represents a(n) _____.

A) network
B) host
C) subnetwork
D) RPR

Question 26

Class E and Class _____ addresses are for special uses.

A) F
B) D
C) G
D) Z

Question 27

Each of the following is a protocol of TCP/IP except _____.

A) IP
B) ARP
C) TCP
D) SMSS

Question 28

The IP address is also called the _____ address.

A) TCP
B) logical
C) physical
D) static

Question 29

Each Class C network address can have _____ hosts.

A) 16
B) 32
C) 254
D) 512

Question 30

A single Class A network can have how many hosts?

A) 254
B) 65,535
C) 128,903
D) 16,000,000

Question 31

The ____________________ layer is responsible for dividing the data into packets.

Question 32

The International Standards Organization (ISO) created a model that shows what happens during each step on a network and called it the ______________________________ reference model.

Question 33

With a Class _____ address, the first octet indicates the number of the network and the remaining three octets is the number of the host.

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D

Question 34

The most common protocol suite used today for LANs as well as the Internet is _____.

A) DHS
B) TCP/IP
C) SMPT
D) UPD

Question 35

A TCP _____ number identifies what program or service on the receiving computer is being accessed.

A) host
B) network
C) port
D) socks

Question 36

A(n) _________________________ protocol requires the devices to first establish a connection between themselves before sending any packets.

Question 37

The first octet of a Class _____ address is from 128 to 191.

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D

Question 38

The reason for the popularity of TCP/IP for LANs is because it is the protocol used on the ____________________.

Question 39

The protocol that "leases" an IP address to a device is _____.

A) DHCP
B) RIP
C) TCP
D) IP

Question 40

IP addresses are broken down into groups called _____.

A) segments
B) hosts
C) pairs
D) classes

Question 41

Tell what private IP addresses are and how they are used.

Question 42

The IP address 198.146.118.20 is an example of ____________________ decimal notation.

Question 43

Another name for an IP address is a(n) ____________________ address.

Question 44

The ____________________ protocol is responsible for addressing the packets and sending them on the correct route to the destination.

Question 45

Explain subnet masking and how it is used.

Question 46

The _________________________ protocol is responsible for the reliable transmission of data from one device to another.

Question 47

An IP address is made up of four bytes called ____________________.

Question 48

How does Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) work?

Question 49

List and explain two ways in which IP addresses can be assigned to devices.

Question 50

Explain Class D multicast addresses.