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TCP/IP Protocol Suite, 3/e
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Chapter 8 Quiz



1

The ________ protocol is the transmission mechanism used by the TCP/IP suite.
A)ARP
B)IP
C)RARP
D)none of the above
2

IP is _________ datagram protocol.
A)unreliable
B)connectionless
C)both a and b
D)none of the above
3

The term ________ means that IP provides no error checking or tracking. IP assumes the unreliability of the underlying layers and does its best to get a transmission through to its destination, but with no guarantees.
A)reliable delivery
B)connection-oriented delivery
C)best-effort delivery
D)none of the above
4

A best-effort delivery service such as IP includes _______.
A)error checking
B)error correction
C)datagram acknowledgment
D)none of the above
5

An HLEN value of decimal 10 means _______.
A)there are 10 bytes of options
B)there are 40 bytes of options
C)there are 40 bytes in the header
D)none of the above
6

A datagram is fragmented into three smaller datagrams. Which of the following is true?
A)The do not fragment bit is set to 1 for all three datagrams.
B)The more fragment bit is set to 0 for all three datagrams.
C)The identification field is the same for all three datagrams.
D)none of the above
7

Which field or bit value unambiguously identifies the datagram as a fragment?
A)Do not fragment bit = 0
B)More Fragment bit = 0
C)Fragment offset = 1000
D)none of the above
8

If the fragment offset has a value of 100, it means that _______.
A)the datagram has not been fragmented
B)the datagram is 100 bytes in size
C)the first byte of the datagram is byte 800
D)none of the above
9

What is needed to determine the number of the last byte of a fragment?
A)offset number
B)total length
C)b and c
D)none of the above
10

The IP header size _______.
A)is 20 to 60 bytes long
B)is 20 bytes long
C)is 60 bytes long
D)none of the above
11

Packets in the IP layer are called _________ .
A)segments
B)datagrams
C)frames
D)none of the above
12

The total length field defines the total length of the datagram _________.
A)including the header
B)excluding the header
C)header and option length
D)none of the above
13

When a datagram is encapsulated in a frame, the total size of the datagram must be less than the _______.
A)MUT
B)MAT
C)MTU
D)none of the above
14

Which IP option is used if exactly four specific routers are to be visited by the datagram?
A)record route
B)strict source route
C)loose source route
D)none of the above
15

For the timestamp option, a flag value of _______ means that each visited router adds only the timestamp in the provided field.
A)0
B)1
C)2
D)none of the above
16

The IP header field formerly known as the service type field is now called the _______ field.
A)IETF
B)checksum
C)differentiated services
D)none of the above
17

The _______ module takes fragments of a message and puts them back in order.
A)processing
B)fragmentation
C)reassembly
D)none of the above
18

The _______ module sends out an IP packet, the next-hop address, and interface information.
A)processing
B)forwarding
C)fragmentation
D)none of the above
19

The _______ module discards datagrams with a TTL value of zero.
A)processing
B)forwarding
C)fragmentation
D)none of the above
20

The output of the _______ module is an IP packet destined for an upper-layer protocol.
A)processing
B)forwarding
C)reassembly
D)none of the above
21

The _______ module consults the MTU table to determine the packet size necessary for transmission.
A)processing
B)forwarding
C)fragmentation
D)none of the above
22

The value of the ________ subfield in an option controls the presence of the option in fragmentation.
A)copy
B)class
C)number
D)none of the above
23

The value of the ________ subfield defines the general purpose of an option.
A)copy
B)class
C)number
D)none of the above
24

The value of the ________ subfield defines the types of an option.
A)copy
B)class
C)number
D)none of the above
25

Only ______ end of option option can be used in a datagram.
A)two
B)three
C)one
D)none of the above