Computer Networks Reviewer True or False Quiz

The purpose of the OSI model is to show how to facilitate communication between different systems without requiring changes to the logic of the underlying hardware and software.

Communication at the network layer is end to end while the communication at the other two layers are node to node.

Subnetting is a method for getting the most out of the limited 32-bit IP addressing space.

The presentation layer is the network dialog controller. It establishes, maintains, and synchronizes the interaction among communicating systems.

The layers in the TCP/IP protocol suite do not match exactly with those in the OSI Model.

An ISO standard that covers all aspects of network communication is the Open Systems Interconnection model.

The application layer is concerned with the syntax and semantics of the information exchanged between two systems.

A crossover is used to connect two ethernet devices without a hub or for connecting two hubs.

TCP/IP can also be used as a communication protocol in a private computer network.

The application layer in TCP/IP is equivalent to the combined session, presentation, and application layers in the OSI model.