Business Data Communication and Networks test bank
A) packetizing B) error and flow control
C) medium access control
The data link layer is responsible for _______ delivery.
C) hop-to-hop The data packet at the data link layer is usually called a _______.
A) frame The protocol for obtaining the physical address of a node when the IP address is known is called _______.
C)
ARP
A signal can lose energy due to the resistance of the medium. This is called _______.
D) attenuation _______ can cause errors during data transmission.
A)
White noise
B)
Impulse noise
C)
Echo
Which of the following best describes a single-bit error?
B)
A single bit is inverted per data unit.
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A)
Network
When data are transmitted from device A to device B, the header from A's layer 4 is read by B's _______ layer.
B)
Transport
The _______ layer changes bits into electromagnetic signals.
A)
Physical
Which of the following is an application layer service?
A)
Remote log-in
B)
File transfer and access
C)
Mail service
Why was the OSI model developed?
C)
Standards were needed to allow any two systems to communicate
The _______ model shows how the network functions of a computer ought to be organized.
B)
OSI
The physical layer is concerned with the movement of _______ over the physical medium.
D) bits The OSI model consists of _______ layers.
C) seven In the OSI model, as a data packet moves from the lower to the upper layers, headers are _______.
B) removed In the OSI model, when data is transmitted from device A to device B, the header from A's layer 5 is read by B's _______ layer.
C) session In the OSI model, what is the main function of the transport layer?
B) process-to-process message delivery
In the OSI model, encryption and decryption are functions of the ________ layer.
C) presentation When a host on network A sends a message to a host on network B, which address does the router look at?
B) logical To deliver a message to the correct application program running on a host, the _______ address must be consulted.
A) port IPv6 has _______ -bit addresses.
C)
128
ICMPv6 includes _______.
A)
IGMP
B)
ARP
The ______ layer is