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Network Protocol Overview

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What is the main purpose of network protocols?

To enable devices to communicate over one or more networks (correct)
To provide authentication and data encryption
To exchange route information and compare path information
To ensure data flows at an efficient rate

Which function of protocols uniquely labels each transmitted segment of data?

Flow Control
Addressing
Sequencing (correct)
Reliability

What is the purpose of routing protocols?

To ensure data flows at an efficient rate
To guarantee delivery of data
To identify sender and receiver
To exchange route information and compare path information (correct)

Which type of communications do network protocols enable between network applications?

Process-to-process communications (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of flow control in protocols?

To ensure data flows at an efficient rate (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of service discovery protocols?

To enable automatic detection of devices or services (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which protocol governs the way a web server and a web client interact?

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which protocol provides guaranteed delivery and manages flow control?

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which protocol delivers messages globally from the sender to the receiver?

Internet Protocol (IP) (B) Signup and view all the answers

Which protocol delivers messages from one NIC to another NIC on the same Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN)?

Ethernet (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is a group of inter-related protocols necessary to perform a communication function known as?

Protocol suite (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which protocol suite is maintained by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)?

TCP/IP (C) Signup and view all the answers

What layer do TCP/IP protocols operate at?

Network access layer (D) Signup and view all the answers

What does TCP/IP stand for?

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (C) Signup and view all the answers

What does TCP/IP provide as an open standard protocol suite?

Freely available to the public and can be used by any vendor (B) Signup and view all the answers

What type of delivery does TCP provide?

Guaranteed delivery (C) Signup and view all the answers

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