Deck 1: Introduction to TCP/IP Networking

Question 1

In the TCP/IP model, which layer defines the interface between software running on the computer and the network itself?

A) Transport
B) Internet
C) Application
D) Data link

Answer 1

Application

Question 2

Which layer of the TCP/IP model defines the rules for data packet recovery?

A) Transport
B) Internet
C) Application
D) Data link

Answer 2

Transport

Question 3

What are the two main services provided by the network layer of the TCP/IP model?

A) Compression
B) Addressing
C) Routing
D) Reliability
E) Encryption

Answer 3

Addressing
Routing

Question 4

The process of forwarding an IP packet from host to host is known as ________.

A) Delivery
B) Switching
C) Routing
D) Sending

Question 5

What name is given to the process of enclosing data with headers and trailers as the data is moved down the TCP/IP model?

A) Condensing
B) Inclosing
C) Encryption
D) Encapsulation

Question 6

Which layer of the OSI model defines how to start, control, and end conversations by grouping messages in a workflow?

A) Application layer
B) Presentation layer
C) Session layer
D) Transport layer
E) Network layer
F) Data link layer
G) Physical layer

Question 7

Which layer of the OSI model defines functions related to data delivery, error recovery, and flow control?

A) Application layer
B) Presentation layer
C) Session layer
D) Transport layer
E) Network layer
F) Data link layer
G) Physical layer

Question 8

Which layer of the OSI model provides an interface between the network and the software running on a host machine?

A) Application layer
B) Presentation layer
C) Session layer
D) Transport layer
E) Network layer
F) Data link layer
G) Physical layer

Question 9

In IT, what term refers to a small network that is used for business purposes, typically in the home of a business or employee?

A) Organizational network
B) Enterprise network
C) IT network
D) SOHO network
E) Cloud network

Question 10

At which of the OSI model layers are rules defined that determine how a device can send data over a particular medium?

A) Presentation
B) Application
C) Transport
D) Network
E) Data link

Question 11

Which of the OSI model layers has the main purpose of defining and negotiating data formatting?

A) Presentation
B) Application
C) Transport
D) Network
E) Data link

Question 12

Which of the following terms best describes the process of adding headers and possibly trailers to information for transit?

A) Encapsulation
B) Packets
C) Frames
D) Data Linking

Question 13

Which of the following layers in the OSI model corresponds to the Internet layer in the original TCP/IP model?

A) Application
B) Transport
C) Network
D) Physical

Question 14

In comparing the OSI model to the TCP/IP model, which of the following layers of the OSI model are equivalent to the Application layer in the TCP/IP model?

A) Application
B) Presentation
C) Session
D) Transport
E) Network
F) Data link
G) Physical

Question 15

Which layer of the OSI model includes the TCP and UDP protocols?

A) Application
B) Presentation
C) Session
D) Transport
E) Network
F) Data link
G) Physical

Question 16

Which OSI encapsulation term can be used instead of the term IP packet?

A) Layer 1 PDU
B) Layer 2 PDU
C) Layer 3 PDU
D) Layer 5 PDU
E) Layer 7 PDU

Question 17

Which protocol is an example of a TCP/IP application layer protocol?

A) HTTP
B) UDP
C) IP
D) Ethernet