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CHAPTER 2: PROTOCOL ARCHITECTURE, TCP/IP, AND

INTERNET-BASED APPLICATIONS

TRUE OR FALSE

T F 1. Each protocol provides a set of rules for the exchange of data

between systems.

T F 2. The OSI protocol architecture consists of five layers: physical,

network access, internet, transport and application.

T F 3. Procedures needed to allow data to traverse multiple

interconnected networks is found in the internet layer of the
TCP/IP protocol architecture.

T F 4. The primary function of a gateway is to relay data from one

network to the other on its route from the source to the destination
end system.

T F 5. For most applications running as part of the TCP/IP protocol

architecture, the transport layer protocol is TCP.

T F 6. VoIP, streaming audio, and streaming video are not considered

multimedia applications because each involves a single media type.

T F 7. The software used at the network access layer is not dependent on

the type of network used because circuit switching, packet
switching and local area networks all have the same standards.

T F 8. Traffic on a network or internet can be divided into two broad

categories: elastic and inelastic.

T F 9. FTP provides a basic electronic mail transport facility.

T F 10. Secure Shell (SSH) enables the user and the remote server to
authenticate each other.

T F 11. Distributed data communications can be said to involve three

agents: applications, computers, and networks.

T F 12. The driving force behind the development of IP was the need for
more addresses.
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T F 13. It is not necessary for each host on a subnet to have an unique

global internet address.

T F 14. TCP numbers the segments that it sends to a particular destination

port sequentially.

T F 15. In the application layer of TCP/IP, for each different type of

application, a separate module is needed that is peculiar to that
application.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. In a ________ the modules are arranged in a vertical stack. Each layer in the
stack performs a related subset of the functions required to communicate
with another system.

A) protocol architecture B) NSP

C) protocol data unit D) frame relay

2. Facsimile, computer aided design, publishing and medical imaging are all
________ based applications.

A) text B) image

C) video D) audio

3. The ________ layer contains the logic needed to support the various user
applications.

A) internet B) physical

C) transport D) application

4. The key features of a protocol are: syntax, semantics and ________.

A) presentation B) timing

C) network access D) peer layering

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5. The ________ protocol architecture is a result of protocol research and

development conducted on the experimental packet switched network
ARPANET.

A) internet B) physical

C) host-to-host D) network access

6. The ________ layer is concerned with the exchange of data between an end
system and the network to which it is attached.

A) internet B) physical

C) host-to-host D) network access

7. An example of ________ traffic is real time traffic such as voice and video.

A) delay variation B) elastic

C) multimedia information D) inelastic

8. Human-computer interaction involving text, graphics, voice and video is _____.

A) elastic traffic B) multimedia

C) information delivery D) media

9. The primitive issued by a service provider to either indicate that a procedure

has been invoked by the peer service user on the connection and to provide
the associated parameters or notify the service user of a provider initiated
action is ________.

A) request B) confirm

C) indication D) response

10. Information that can be entered via a keyboard and is directly readable and
printable is ________.

A) audio B) graphic

C) video D) text
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11. The header format for TCP is a minimum of ________ octets.

A) 16 B) 8

C) 20 D) 160

12. ________ provides a basic electronic mail transport facility.

A) TELNET B) SNMP

C) UDP D) SMTP

13. Electronic mail, remote logon, network management and Web access are
examples of ________ applications.

A) elastic B) real-time

C) file transfer D) transport

14. The communication task can be organized into three relatively independent
layers: network access layer, application layer, and ________ layer.

A) transport B) media

C) physical D) processing

15. Computer games, multiplayer network games, infotainment, and interactive

audio visual productions are examples of applications in the _________ domain
of multimedia systems.

A) information management B) information publishing

C) telecommunication D) entertainment

SHORT ANSWER

1. A ________ is the layered structure of hardware and software that supports the
exchange of data between systems and supports distributed applications such as
electronic mail and file transfer.
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2. The most widely used protocol architecture is the ________ protocol suite, which
consists of physical, network access, internet, transport, and application layers.

3. In the TCP/IP protocol architecture, the ________ layer is concerned with specifying
the characteristics of the transmission medium, the nature of the signals and the
data rate.

4. Traffic that can adjust to changes in delay and throughput across an internet and
still meet the needs of its applications is ________ traffic.

5. Databases, information kiosks, hypertexts, electronic books, and multimedia

expert systems are examples of multimedia ________ systems.

6. ________ provides a secure remote logon capability which enables a user at a

terminal or personal computer to logon to a remote computer function as if directly
connected to that computer.

7. The services between adjacent layers in a protocol architecture are expressed in

terms of ________ and parameters.

8. If the initiator receives confirmation that the requested service has had the
desired effect at the other end, it is referred to as a ________ service.

9. Each application on a computer has an address that is unique within that

computer known as ________ or ports that allow the transport layer to support
multiple applications at each computer.

10. The addiction of control information to data is referred to as ________.

11. In the TCP/IP architecture constituent networks are referred to as ________.

12. ________ is when the sending TCP includes a code that is a function of the contents
of the remainder of the segment. The receiving TCP performs the same calculation
and compares the result with the incoming code. A discrepancy results if there has
been some error in transmission.

13. The standard network management protocol for TCP/IP networks is ________.

14. The two commonly used transport level protocols used as part of the TCP/IP
protocol suite are TCP and ________.

15. IPv6 includes ________ bit source and destination address fields.