Layer 4 (Transport)

Question 1

Transport Layer

Answer 1

Dividing line between the upper layers and the lower layers of the OSI model.

Question 2

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

Answer 2

Connectin-oriented protocol that is a reliable way to transport segments accross the network.

Question 3

User Diagram Protocol (UDP)

Answer 3

Connectionless protocol that is an unreliable way to transport segments accross the network.

Question 4

Windowing

Answer 4

Allows the clients to adjust the amount of data in each segment.

Question 5

Buffering

Answer 5

Occurs when devices allocate memory to store segments if bandwidth is not readily avaliable.