- What is the term used when sound files are downloaded while they are playing?
A. Musical Instrument Digital Interface
B. EBCDIC
C. video streaming
D. streaming audio (*)
- Which of the following would be an example of an important Layer 5 protocol?
A. OSPF
B. NFS (*)
C. IGRP
D. FTP
- If one system uses EBCDIC and a second system uses ASCII,
which layer provides the translation between the two different types of code?
A. Layer 6 (*)
B. Layer 5
C. Layer 4
D. Layer 3
- Which term refers to the amount of data that can be transmitted before receiving an acknowledgement?
A. window size (*)
B. closed connection
C. two way handshake
D. expectational acknowledgement
- What is the correct term for the orderly initiation, termination, and managing of communication?
A. dialogue separation (*)
B. dialogue control
C. segmentation
D. expectational acknowledgement
- What is ASCII and EBCDIC used to format?
A. graphics
B. text (*)
C. digitized music
D. video
- Which layer of the OSI model is responsible for presenting data in a form that the receiving device can understand?
A. transport
B. session
C. presentation (*)
D. application
- Since TCP reassembles segments into complete messages, what happens if a sequence number is missing in the series?
A. The segment is dropped.
B. The missing segment is re-transmitted. (*)
C. All segments are retransmitted from the beginning.
D. Sequence numbers are never checked when using TCP.
- Which of the following is a characteristic of TCP?
A. unreliable
B. connectionless
C. divides outgoing messages into segments (*)
D. provides no software checking for segments
- In a TCP segment, which field defines the number of octets a recipient is willing to accept?
A. flag
B. checksum
C. window (*)
D. HLEN
- What file format acts as a set of directions that tell a web browser how to display and manage documents?
A. HTML (*)
B. HTTP
C. MIDI
D. JPEG
- Which of the following would describe Transmission Control Protocol?
A. unreliable
B. connection-oriented (*)
C. connectionless
D. Layer 3
- Which ports are reserved by TCP and UDP for public applications?
A. numbers from 255 to 1023
B. numbers below 255 (*)
C. numbers above 1023
D. numbers from 0 to 1023
- Which layer of the OSI model has the primary duty of regulating the
flow of information from source to destination reliably and accurately?
A. presentation
B. session
C. transport (*)
D. network
- At which OSI layer does TCP operate?
A. Layer 4
B. Layer 5
C. Layer 6
D. Layer 7
- Which layer is responsible for data encryption?
A. Layer 7
B. Layer 6 (*)
C. Layer 5
D. Layer 4
- What is the correct term for the sequence that synchronizes a connection at both ends before any user data is exchanged?
A. closed connection
B. segment retransmission
C. three-way handshake (*)
D. sliding windows
- What type of communication avoids interrupts by taking turns?
A. two-way simultaneous
B. two-way symmetric
C. two-way alternate (*)
D. one-way continuous
- What is it called when the session layer decides whether to use two-way simultaneous or two-way alternate communication?
A. expectational acknowledgement
B. dialogue separation
C. resynchronization
D. dialogue control (*)
- The session layer establishes, manages, and terminates sessions between _____________.
A. networks
B. servers
C. applications (*)
D. media
- Which layer of the OSI model is responsible for the compression of files?
A. transport
B. session
C. presentation (*)
D. application
- What are two file formats used by the Internet applications to display still images?
A. WAV and HTML
B. PICT and MIDI
C. GIF and JPEG (*)
D. MPEG and TIFF
- What type of communication is used when two messages can cross during a conversation?
A. two-way simultaneous (*)
B. two-way continuous
C. two-way alternate
D. one-way alternate
- Which simple protocol exchanges datagrams, without acknowledgements or guaranteed delivery?
A. TCP
B. ASP
C. TCP/IP
D. UDP (*)
- Which of the following is a main function of the presentation layer?
A. dialogue control
B. managing applications
C. windowing
D. data compression (*)
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