HW5

True/False Questions
1. TCP/IP is a data link protocol that is used on the Internet.
2. The transport layer process running on the destination computer, reassembles the fragmented
application message before passing it up to the application layer
3. IP is responsible for error-free delivery of packets on a TCP/IP network.
4. The source port identifier in the TCP header tells the TCP software on the destination computer,
which application on the destination it should pass the packet to.
5. Because there is a limit on the length of a frame that the data link layer can transmit from node to
node, the transport layer breaks up the message from the application layer into several smaller
segments.
6. An example of an application layer address is www.indiana.edu.
7. Subnet masks tell computers what part of an IP address is to be used to determine whether a
destination is in the same subnet or in a different subnet.
8. Translating an application layer address to a network layer address and finally to a data link layer
address is called address resolution.
9. The Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol is an interior routing protocol originally developed
by Cisco.
10. Connections on a router, to the Internet and other routers for example, are called applications.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The ____________ layer links the application layer with the network layer is responsible for end-toend delivery of messages.
a. physical
b. transport
c. session
d. presentation
e. data link
2. _______ is the dominant network protocol today and is in use in virtually every LAN and WAN in the
world.
a. SDLC
b. SNA
c. IPX/SPX
d. TCP/IP
e. X.25
3. The older version of IP has a ________ header of control information.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

128-bit
192-bit
1024-bit
120-bit
320-bit

4. The newer form of IP, version 6 (IPv6):

a. Is running out of address space to support the growth of the Internet

b. has a 20 byte header
c. has an increased address size from 32 bits to 128 bits
d. does not include version number in its header
e. does not include hop limit in its header
5. A TCP three-way handshake is used to establish a ___________ messaging method.
a. asynchronous
b. connection-oriented
c. frequency division
d. application net
e. connectionless
6. UDP is not commonly used for:
a. network management control messages
b. RIP messages
c. DHCP addressing messages
d. HTTP requests
e. DNS requests
7. ICANN:
a. developed the IPX/SPX network layer protocol
b. assigns data link layer addresses
c. approves which network layer addresses (usually, approved or assigned in groups or classes) can
be used by an organization for its computers that will connect to the Internet
d. developed X.25 network layer protocol
e. refers to Interchange Computer Addressing Networks and Nodes
8. A subnet mask of ___________ means that all computers with only the same first two bytes in their
IPv4 addresses are on the same subnet.
a. 11111111.0.0.0
b. 255.255.255.0
c. 255.0.0.0
d. 255.255.0.0
e. 255.255.255.255
9. When TCP/IP translates an application layer address into an IP address, it sends a special __________
to the nearest DNS server.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

broadcast message
DNS request packet
SNA packet
IPX message
X.25 packet

10. IPv4 provides ___________ IP addresses.

a. a. 4.3 billion
b. b. 144 million
c. c. 64 billion

d. d. 3.14 billion
e. e. 1 million
Essay and Short answer Questions
1. What does the network layer do? Where does it sit in relationship to the other four layers of our
simplified network model?
2. What is a subnet and why do networks need them? What is a subnet mask?
3. Compare and contrast unicast, broadcast, and multicast messages. Explain how multicasting works.
4. What is a routing table? What is the simplest form of a routing table?
5. What is DHCP and why would network managers want to use it?