Benefits of Layered Models in Networking
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What are the benefits of using a layered model in networking?

  • Creating language barriers in networking functions and capabilities
  • Limiting the compatibility of products from different vendors
  • Reducing the need for protocol design
  • Fostering competition and preventing technology changes from affecting other layers (correct)
  • In the OSI model, which layer contains protocols used for process-to-process communications?

  • Application layer (correct)
  • Session layer
  • Transport layer
  • Presentation layer
  • What does the presentation layer provide in the OSI model?

  • Services to segment, transfer, and reassemble data
  • Services to the session layer
  • Process-to-process communications
  • Common representation of transferred data (correct)
  • Which reference models describe network operations in complex concepts?

    <p>TCP/IP Reference Model</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main purpose of the transport layer in the OSI model?

    <p>To define services to segment, transfer, and reassemble data for individual communications</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why do layered models assist in protocol design?

    <p>Because they create a defined interface to the layers above and below</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the context of data communication, which layer of the TCP/IP model determines the best path through the network?

    <p>Internet</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the OSI model, which layers discuss the necessary procedures to access the media and the physical means to send data over a network?

    <p>Data Link and Physical</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary benefit of segmenting messages in data communication?

    <p>Increases speed and efficiency</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process of numbering the segments so that a message may be reassembled at the destination?

    <p>Sequencing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which protocol is responsible for sequencing the individual segments in data communication?

    <p>TCP</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process where protocols add their information to the data in data communication?

    <p>Encapsulation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a PDU called when it is in the form of segmented data according to the TCP/IP suite?

    <p>Packet</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In data encapsulation, what is the process of breaking up messages into smaller units?

    <p>Segmenting</p> Signup and view all the answers

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