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What determines how much information can be sent and the speed at which it can be delivered?
What is the term for when more than one device sends traffic at the same time and the messages become corrupt?
What type of communication is used in one-to-one communication?
What is the primary function of network protocols?
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What is the term for sending a message to multiple devices, but not all devices on the network?
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In which type of networks are broadcasts not an option?
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What is the primary function of the presentation layer?
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What is the purpose of checkpoints in the session layer?
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Which layer is responsible for reassembling data segments into usable data?
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What is the primary function of the session layer?
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What happens to the data when it is transferred from the application layer?
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What is the purpose of the transport layer?
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What is the final form of data after being processed at each layer?
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What is the primary function of the network layer source and destination addresses?
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What do the two IP addresses in an IP packet represent?
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What is the purpose of the network portion of an IP address?
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What is the equivalent of the host portion in IPv4 in IPv6?
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What is unique for each device on a network?
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What is changed in each segment of the data transmission process?
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What type of address remains the same throughout the transmission process?
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What is the primary function of a MAC address?
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How long are Ethernet MAC addresses?
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What organization controls MAC addresses?
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What is another term for a MAC address?
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What is the primary function of the transport layer?
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Which layer is responsible for addressing packets with an IP address?
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What is the term used to describe the IP address of the receiving host?
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What is the primary function of the data link layer?
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What is the term used to describe the process of breaking up packets into smaller units for transmission?
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What is the term used to describe the process of reassembling packets from frames received over a network?
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