ITF - Quiz 9.3 - Internet Protocol

What is the primary protocol responsible for the forwarding function?

• TCP

• IP

• UDP

• HTTP

What does IP provide between hosts on a local network or within an unreliable and connectionless internetwork?

• Guaranteed delivery

• Best-effort delivery

• Seamless connection

• Error-free transmission

Which field in the IP packet structure identifies the sender of the datagram?

• Source IP address

• Destination IP address

• Protocol

• Checksum

What does the Protocol field in the IP packet structure indicate?

• Whether the data should be passed to UDP

• Whether the data should be passed to TCP

• Whether the data should be passed to HTTP

• Whether the data should be passed to FTP

What does the Checksum field in the IP packet structure verify?

• The packet's integrity upon arrival

• The packet's sequence number

• The packet's payload size

• The packet's time to live

What is the purpose of the Time to Live field in the IP packet structure?

• To determine the packet's destination

• To determine the packet's source

• To determine the packet's payload

• To prevent packets from endlessly looping around a network

How is an IP address expressed in dotted decimal notation?

• As a 32-bit binary value

• As a hexadecimal value

• As four decimal numbers separated by periods

• As a subnet mask

What is the length of an IPv6 address?

• 32 bits

• 64 bits

• 128 bits

• 256 bits

What does the network prefix length or subnet mask determine?

• The network number

• The host number

• The IP address

• The transport layer

What does the network prefix in an IP address contain?

• Binary ones for the network ID

• Binary zeros for the network ID

• Binary ones for the host ID

• Binary zeros for the host ID