Unit- ARP and RARP MCQ Test

1. What does ARP stand for?

• A) Address Request Protocol

• B) Address Resolution Protocol

• C) Automatic Routing Protocol

• D) Address Retransmission Protocol

2. What is the primary function of ARP?

• A) To resolve IP addresses to MAC addresses

• B) To resolve MAC addresses to IP addresses

• C) To route data between networks

• D) To encrypt network communication

3. What is the purpose of RARP?

• A) To resolve an IP address to a MAC address

• B) To resolve a MAC address to an IP address

• C) To assign IP addresses dynamically

• D) To encrypt network communication

4. What type of message does an ARP request use?

• A) Unicast

• B) Broadcast

• C) Multicast

• D) Anycast

5. What type of message does an ARP reply use?

• A) Unicast

• B) Broadcast

• C) Multicast

• D) Anycast

6. How does ARP work when a device wants to send data but doesn’t know the destination MAC address?

• A) It sends a broadcast message asking for the MAC address

• B) It guesses the MAC address based on past data

• C) It sends the data to a default gateway

• D) It stores the packet until it learns the address

7. What is the primary difference between ARP and RARP?

• A) ARP maps IP addresses to MAC addresses, while RARP maps MAC addresses to IP addresses

• B) ARP is used in IPv6, while RARP is used in IPv4

• C) ARP is faster than RARP

• D) ARP is used for security, while RARP is used for communication