Transport Layer Multiple Choice Questions & Answers

1. Transmission control protocol ___________

a) is a connection-oriented protocol

b) uses a three way handshake to establish a connection

c) receives data from application as a single stream

d) all of the mentioned

Answer: all of the mentioned

2. Socket-style API for windows is called ____________

a) wsock

b) winsock

c) wins

d) sockwi

Answer: winsock

3. Transport layer aggregates data from different applications into a single stream before passing it to ____________

a) network layer

b) data link layer

c) application layer

d) physical layer

Answer: network layer

4. Transport layer protocols deals with ____________

a) application to application communication

b) process to process communication

c) node to node communication

d) man to man communication

Answer: process to process communication

5. User datagram protocol is called connectionless because _____________

a) all UDP packets are treated independently by transport layer

b) it sends data as a stream of related packets

c) it is received in the same order as sent order

d) it sends data very quickly

Answer: all UDP packets are treated independently by transport layer

6. An endpoint of an inter-process communication flow across a computer network is called __________

a) socket

b) pipe

c) port

d) machine

Answer: socket

7. A _____ is a TCP name for a transport service access point.

a) port

b) pipe

c) node

d) protocol

Answer: port

8. Which of the following is a transport layer protocol?

a) stream control transmission protocol

b) internet control message protocol

c) neighbor discovery protocol

d) dynamic host configuration protocol

Answer: stream control transmission protocol

9. Which one of the following is a version of UDP with congestion control?

a) datagram congestion control protocol

b) stream control transmission protocol

c) structured stream transport

d) user congestion control protocol

Answer: datagram congestion control protocol

10. Which of the following are transport layer protocols used in networking?

a) TCP and FTP

b) UDP and HTTP

c) TCP and UDP

d) HTTP and FTP

Answer: TCP and UDP