Deck 7: How the Internet Works

Question 1

Layered protocol schemes are also referred to as protocol architectures.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

A program implementing a Layer-2 protocol will package each of your frames into packets.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

To send a segment to RH,the IP layer program on your computer first packages each segment into a packet.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The Internet Engineering Task Force developed a five layer protocol architecture known as TCP/IP-OSI.

Question 5

Not every layer has a protocol associated with it.

Question 6

Reliability is provided by the TCP protocol.

Question 7

File Transfer Protocol is an application-layer protocol.

Question 8

A protocol is a standardized means for coordinating an activity between two or more entities.

Question 9

In most cases,when you plug your computer into a network,a program in the operating system will search that network for a DHCP server.

Question 10

The data link layer governs the transmission of frames.

Question 11

The TCP program breaks messages down into packets.

Question 12

The physical layer governs transmission standards between adjacent devices connected by a transmission medium.

Question 13

SMTP and HTTP are examples of Layer-2 protocols.

Question 14

The Internet has adopted the TCP/IP-OSI architecture.

Question 15

The ISO developed TCP/IP layered protocol.

Question 16

The Internet layer deals with end-to-end communications between two hosts.

Question 17

Every NIC is given a MAC address at the factory.

Question 18

A program is a specific computer product that implements a protocol.

Question 19

IP addresses are also called physical addresses.

Question 20

IP addresses are not permanently associated with a given hardware device.

Question 21

MAC address are used on the Internet.

Question 22

The DNS converts IP addresses into user-friendly domain names.

Question 23

Which of the following is true of IP addresses?

A)They are written as a series of continuous integers.
B)IP addresses are not permanently associated with a given hardware device.
C)They cannot be reassigned to another computer,router,or other device.
D)IP addresses are based on the MAC address of the NIC device on the server.

Question 24

The Internet is based on a packet-switching protocol called ________.

A)TCP/IP
B)FTP
C)SMTP
D)NAT

Question 25

In the various layers of a network architecture,a ________ is a set of rules that accomplish the tasks assigned to that layer.

A)protocol
B)privilege
C)logic
D)permission

Question 26

Each NIC's MAC address is also called its ________.

A)URL
B)physical address
C)serial number
D)identifier

Question 27

IPTV is the protocol used to transmit television and other video signals over the Internet.

Question 28

To transfer files between two computers you would use the ________ protocol.

A)OSI
B)SMTP
C)HTTP
D)FTP

Question 29

IP addresses are also called ________ addresses.

A)logical
B)physical
C)MAC
D)network

Question 30

_____ licenses other agencies to register unique domain names and their associated IP addresses.

A)DNS
B)IETF
C)DSL
D)ICANN

Question 31

Information sent over the Internet is broken down into pieces,called ________.

A)packets
B)chunks
C)bits
D)bytes

Question 32

A service that provides temporary private IP addresses to computer users is called ________.

A)DNS
B)DHCP
C)TCP/IP
D)HTTP

Question 33

________ is a standard email protocol.

A)TCP/IP
B)FTP
C)SMTP
D)HTTP

Question 34

The process of changing public IP addresses into private IP addresses is called Network Address Translation.

Question 35

The ________ protocol is used for the processing of Web pages.

A)TCP/IP
B)FTP
C)HTTP
D)OSI

Question 36

In a private network,administrators cannot manually assign IP addresses.

Question 37

Switches employ a table to tell it where to direct traffic.

Question 38

Universal resource allocation is the process of converting a domain name into a public IP address.

Question 39

A(n)________ program examines your email and attachments and breaks a lengthy message into pieces called ________.

A)TCP;segments
B)FTP;packets
C)SMTP;chunks
D)OSI;bytes

Question 40

A program implementing a Layer-2 protocol will package each of your packets into ________.

A)segments
B)packets
C)frames
D)bytes

Question 41

Public IP addresses are converted to private ones and vice versa using ________.

A)PSDN
B)ATM
C)MAC
D)NAT

Question 42

What are the main Layer-5 protocols?

Question 43

What is role of DHCP?

Question 44

________ administers domain name registration.

A)ICANN
B)TLD
C)URL
D)DNR

Question 45

To send television transmissions over the Internet you would use ________.

A)SMTP
B)FTP
C)VoIP
D)IPTV

Question 46

________ is the process of converting a domain name into a public IP address.

A)Domain name resolution
B)Universal resource location
C)Hypertexting
D)Metatagging

Question 47

To send voice transmissions over the Internet you would use ________.

A)SMTP
B)FTP
C)VoIP
D)IPTV

Question 48

Briefly explain the data transmission protocol at the TCP/IP-OSI Layer-3.

Question 49

Routers provide the service of ________.

A)programming support
B)query support
C)traffic maintenance
D)URL registration

Question 50

Switches work with ________ at Layer 2.

A)frames
B)packets
C)segments
D)MAC addresses

Question 51

208.77.188.103 is an example of a(n)________.

A)domain name
B)IP address
C)MAC address
D)DNS

Question 52

ICANN manages thirteen ________ that maintain a list of IP addresses of servers that resolve each type of TLD.

A)root servers
B)DNS servers
C)URL servers
D)cache servers

Question 53

Explain domain name resolution.

Question 54

What are the two kinds of IP addresses?

Question 55

The last letters in any domain name are referred to as the ________.

A)DNS name
B)Web address
C)URL
D)top-level domain

Question 56

A ________ resolves domain names into IP addresses.

A)DNS
B)DHCP
C)TCP/IP
D)LAN IP

Question 57

The process of changing a name into its IP address is called ________.

A)address verification
B)URL submission
C)resolving the domain name
D)unique identification

Question 58

A document's address on the Web is its ________.

A)DNS
B)TLD
C)URL
D)DNR