STUDY PREP QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025-2026
What is the process of converting information into the proper form for transmission? -
ANS-Encoding
Which step of the communication process is concerned with properly identifying the
address of the sender and receiver? - ANS-Formatting
Which three are components of message timing? (Choose three.) - ANS-Flow control,
Access method, Response timeout
Which delivery method is used to transmit information to one or more end devices, but
not all devices on the network? - ANS-multicast
BGP and OSPF are examples of which type of protocol? - ANS-Routing
Which two protocols are service discovery protocols? (Choose two.) - ANS-DNS, DHCP
What is the purpose of the sequencing function in network communication? - ANS-to
uniquely label transmitted segments of data for proper reassembly by the receiver
This protocol is responsible for guaranteeing the reliable delivery of information. -
ANS-TCP
UDP and TCP belong to which layer of the TCP/IP protocol? - ANS-transport
, Which two protocols belong in the TCP/IP model application layer? - ANS-DNS, DHCP
Which protocol operates at the network access layer of the TCP/IP model? - ANS-
Ethernet
Which of the following are protocols that provide feedback from the destination host
to the source host regarding errors in packet delivery? (Choose two.) - ANS-ICMPv4,
ICMPv6
A device receives a data link frame with data and processes and removes the Ethernet
information. What information would be the next to be processed by the receiving
device? - ANS-IP at the internet layer
Which services are provided by the internet layer of the TCP/IP protocol suite? (Choose
three.) - ANS-Routing protocols, messaging, internet protocol
True or false. Standards organizations are usually vendor-neutral. - ANS-True
This standards organization is concerned with the Request for Comments (RFC)
documents that specify new protocols and update existing ones. - ANS-Internet
Engineering Task Force(IETF)
This standards organization is responsible for IP address allocation and domain name
management. - ANS-Internet Assigned Numbers Authority(IANA)
What types of standards are developed by the Electronics Industries Alliance (EIA)? -
ANS-Electric wiring and connectors
What is the process of dividing a large data stream into smaller pieces prior to
transmission? - ANS-segmentation
What is the PDU associated with the transport layer? - ANS-segment