Data Comms. Transport Layer Chapter 20

Chapter 20 Transport Layer
1. Provides an end-to-end data transfer service that shields

upper-layer protocols from the details of the intervening
network or networks.
a. Transport Layer
b. Physical Layer
c. TELLNET
d. OPNET
2. A _______________ provides for the establishment, maintenance,
and termination of a logical connection between TS users.
a. Connection-Oriented Service
b. Take-out Service
c. Datagram service
d. Dine-In service
3. States that if a segment is lost and then retransmitted, no
confusion will result.
a. Duplicate Detection
b. Host
c. Retransmission Timer
d. Acknowledgement
4. Longest delay allowed for data delivery before automatic
connection termination or error report; user specified.
a. Tme-out action
b. Time out
c. Procedure
d. Destination-Port
5. Security information for a connection, including security level,
compartment, handling restrictions, and transmission control
code; same parameter as defined for IP.
a. Security-range
b. Destination-Port
c. Security
d. Data
6. Indicates whether the connection is terminated or an error is
reported to the TCP user in the event of a timeout.
a. Tme-out action
b. Time out
c. Procedure
d. Destination-Port
7. Precedence level for a connection. Takes on values zero

(lowest) through seven (highest); same parameter as defined
for IP.
a. Tme-out action
b. Time out
c. Procedure
d. Destination-Port
8. A Remote TCP user
a. Tme-out action
b. Time out
c. Procedure
d. Destination-Port
9. Allowed ranges in compartment, handling restrictions,
transmission control codes, and security levels.
a. Security-range
b. Destination-Port
c. Security
d. Data
10.
In the case of the network, the ________ identifies an
attached network device.
a. Name
b. IP Address
c. Host
d. Socket
11.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Block of data sent by TCP user or delivered to a TCP user.

Security-range
Destination-Port
Security
Data
12.
Amount of data in octets permitted to be sent to remote
TCP entity.
a. Amount waiting receipt
b. Send window
c. Receive window
d. Amount waiting ACK
13.
Amount of previously transmitted data awaiting
acknowledgment.
b. Send window
c. Receive window
14.
Amount of data in octets buffered at local TCP entity
pending receipt by local TCP user.
b. Send window
c. Receive window
15.
Accept only segments that arrive in order; any segment
that arrives out of order is discarded.
a. In-order
b. Send window
c. Receive window
d. In- Window
16.
Accept all segments that are within the receive window
a. In-order
b. Send window
c. Receive window
d. In- Window
17.
Maintain one retransmission timer for the entire queue. If
an acknowledgment is received, remove the appropriate
segment or segments from the queue and reset the timer. If
the timer expires, retransmit the segment at the front of the
queue and reset the timer.
a. In-order
b. Batch
c. Individual
d. First-Only
18. A type of acknowledge policy where data are accepted,
immediately transmit an empty (no data) segment containing
the appropriate acknowledgment number.
a. Intermediate
b. Batch
c. Individual
d. Accumulative
19.
Amount of data in octets the local TCP entity is willing to
receive.
b. Send window
c. Receive window
20. Maintain one retransmission timer for the entire queue. if an

acknowledgment is received, remove the appropriate segment
or segments from the queue and reset the timer. If the timer
expires, retransmit all segments in the queue and reset the
timer.
a. In-order
b. Batch
c. Individual
d. First-Only
21.
Reports current status of connection.
a. Error
b. Closing
c. Status
d. Terminate
e.
22. Maintain one timer for each segment in the queue. If an
acknowledgment is received, remove the appropriate segment
or segments from the queue and destroy the corresponding
timer or timers. If any timer expires, retransmit the
corresponding segment individually and reset its timer.
a. In-order
b. Batch
c. Individual
d. First-Only
23. When data are accepted, record the need for acknowledgment,
but wait for an outbound segment with data on which to
piggyback the acknowledgment.
a. Intermediate
b. Batch
c. Individual
d. Cumulative
24.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Reports service-request or internal error.

Error
Status
Terminate
Closing
25.
Reports that remote TCP user has issued a close and that
all data sent by remote user has been delivered.
a. Error
b. Status
c. Terminate
d. Closing
26. Reports that the connection has been terminated; a

description of the reason for termination is provided.
a. Error
b. Status
c. Terminate
d. Closing
27.
Listen for connection attempt at specified security and
precedence from any remote destination.
a. Unspecified Passive Open
b. Active Open
c. Fully Specified Passive Open
d. Active Open with Data
28.
Listen for connection attempt at specified security and
precedence from specified destination.
b. Active Open
e.
29.
Request connection at a particular security and
precedence to a specified destination and transmit data with
the request..
b. Active Open with Data
c. Active Open
d. Fully Specified Passive Open
30.
Transfer data across named connection.
a. Send
b. Allocate
c. Close
d. Abort
31.
Issue incremental allocation for receive data to TCP.
a. Send
b. Allocate
c. Close
32.
Abort The still active side of a half-open connection can
close the connection using a _____________.
a. Retransmit Timer
b. Keep-alive timer.
c. Persist Timer
d. Retransmit SYN Timer
e.
33.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Close connection gracefully.

Send
Allocate
Close
Abort
Close connection abruptly.
Send
Allocate
Close
Abort
Abort connection when no segments are received
Retransmit Timer
Persist Timer
Retransmit SYN Timer
Keep-alive timer.
Time between attempts to open a connection
Retransmit Timer
Persist Timer
Keep-alive timer.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Maximum time between ACK/CREDIT segments

Retransmit Timer
Persist Timer
Keep-alive timer.
a.
b.
c.
d.
34.
a.
b.
c.
d.
35.
a.
b.
c.
d.
36.
37.
38. Retransmit an unacknowledged segment.

a. Retransmit Timer
b. Persist Timer
c. Retransmit SYN Timer
d. Keep-alive timer.
39.
Request connection at a particular security and
precedence to a specified destination..
b. Active Open
40.
In failure recovery, the affected connections become
____________ because the side that did not fail does not yet
realize the problem.
a. Half-open
b. Full-open
c. Partially Open
d. Closed
41.
In Connection Termination, Each TCP user must issue a
________ primitive. The transport entity sets the FIN bit on the
last segment that it sends out, which also contains the last of
the data to be sent on this connection.
a. Send
b. Allocate
c. Abort
d. Close
42.
43.
An abrupt termination occurs if the user issues an
_________ primitive.
a. Send
b. Allocate
c. Abort
d. Close
44.
The _________ flag is used to force the data so far
accumulated to be sent by the transmitter and passed on by
the receiver
a. Push
b. Send
c. Allocate
d. Close
45.
If, during data exchange, a segment arrives that is
apparently not meant for the current connection, the _________
flag is set on an outgoing segment.
a. Send
b. RST
c. Allocate
d. Close
46.
Involves the periodic active or passive sampling of data
sources, such as sensors, and automatic self-test reports from
security equipment or network components.
a. Real-Time Applications
b. Request-response
c. Outward data dissemination
d. Inward data collection.
47.
Such as voice and telemetry, involving a degree of
redundancy and/or a real-time transmission requirement.
b. Request-response
48.
Applications in which a transaction service is provided by
a common server to a number of distributed TS users, and for
which a single request-response sequence is typical.
b. Request-response
49.
Includes broadcast messages to network users, the
announcement of a new node or the change of address of a
service, and the distribution of real-time clock values.
b. Request-response
50.
Defined when a TCP entity retransmits a segment using
fast retransmit, it knows (or rather assumes) that a segment
was lost, even though it has not yet timed out on that
segment.
b. Fast Recovery
d. Slow Start
51.
The larger the send window used in TCP, the more
segments that a sending TCP entity can send before it must
wait for an acknowledgment
b. Fast Recovery
d. Slow Start

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Chapter 20 Transport Layer

1. Provides an end-to-end data transfer service that shields

7. Precedence level for a connection. Takes on values zero

Block of data sent by TCP user or delivered to a TCP user.

20. Maintain one retransmission timer for the entire queue. if an

Reports service-request or internal error.

26. Reports that the connection has been terminated; a

Close connection gracefully.

Maximum time between ACK/CREDIT segments

38. Retransmit an unacknowledged segment.

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