16 questions
Ports 1024-49151 are known as ______ ports.
System
Registered
Destination
Source
The instantiation of an endpoint in a potential TCP connection is known as a ______.
Socket
Port
Sequence Number
TCP segment
The sequence of SYN, SYN/ACK, and ACK packets is known as the _________.
Three-way handshake
Four-way handshake
Two-way handshake
High five
Ports that are generally used to establish outbound connections are known as ______ ports.
System
Reserved
Ephemeral
Registered
The concept of taking traffic that’s all aimed at the same node and delivering it to the proper receiving service is known as _________.
Multiplexing
De-multiplexing
Routing
Encapsulation
A user requests an unencrypted webpage from a web server running on a computer, listening on the Internet Protocol address 10.1.1.150. What will be the socket address?
10.1.1.150:21
10.1.1.150:80
10.1.1.150.21
10.1.1.150:443
What port does the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) typically listen on?
80
25
21
3389
Which field in a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) header provides the next expected segment?
Sequence number
Acknowledgment number
Checksum
Data offset
A communication between two devices is over the maximum limit of an ethernet frame size. The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) splits up the data into segments. Which field in the header helps keep track of the many segments?
Urgent pointer
Acknowledgment number
Sequence number
Checksum
How many bits are in the checksum field in a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) header?
8
16
4
12
When is using the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) most appropriate?
When you’re listening to the radio
When you make a phone call
When you stream a video
When you visit a news website
What does a value of one in an ACK control flag represent?
The acknowledgement number field should be examined.
There is one more packet to be transmitted.
It is the first transmission.
There is one packet to deliver.
A device involved in a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection is ready to close the connection. The other device in the connection agrees. What has occurred?
Three-way handshake
Two-way handshake
Four-way handshake
Handshake
What ordering of TCP flags makes up the Three-way Handshake?
FIN, FIN/ACK, ACK
SYN, ACK, FIN
SYN, SYN/ACK, ACK
SYN, ACK, SYN, ACK
Please select all valid TCP control flags.
CLOSE
WAIT
RST
URG
ACK
A device that blocks traffic that meets certain criteria is know as a ________.
Router
Switch
Firewall
Hub