Packet Switching

In which switching method can packets be routed around congestion?

• Packet switching

• Circuit switching

• Public switched networks

• frame switching

Which switching method offers a a dedicated transmission channel? 

• Packet switching
• Circuit switching 
• Virtual-circuit packet switching:
• Datagram packet switching:

Which of these is NOT part of the header?

• Packet Number

• Sender IP Address

• Receiver IP Address

• Name of File

What's the primary purpose of a router?

• Deliver packets to PC's on local segments.

• It controls the data flow of Layer 2 addresses.

• It provides Layer 2 address data segmentation.

• Deliver packets to different networks using the best available path.

In packet switching each packet will follow the same route

• True

• False

Which of these is NOT correct of packet switching?

• Messages cannot be easily intercepted

• Establishes a route on which to send data packets

• Packets need to be re-ordered

• Maximises the use of the network

A router reads the...

• IP address

• MAC address

A network that covers large geographical areas is called...

• local area network.

• intranet

• peer-to-peer network.

• wide area network.

What does the TCP do?

• Divides the data into packets and reassembles them on the receiving end.

• Sets out the route packets take.

• Attaches the IP address of the recipient to the packets.

• reassembles the packets on the receiving end

How does the router determine the next router to send the packet to?

• The fastest the Packet will arrive at the router

• The shortest distance

• The lowest latency

• Randomly