OSI/TCP/IP Related Flashcards

1
Q

What devices operate at layer 1 of the OSI model?

A

Cabling and Hubs

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

What is the associated PDU at layer 1?

Bit
Segment
Datagram
Packet
Frame

A

Bit

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

How long is a MAC address?

48 bits
48 bytes
12 hexadecimal characters
56 megabytes

A

Both 48 bits and 12 hexadecimal characters

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

What is encapsulation?

A

Putting a “wrapper” around data for easier transmission

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

What does FCS stand for?

A

Frame Check Sequence

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

What pieces encompass a frame?

Destination MAC address
Source MAC address
Destination IP
Source IP
Port
FCS

A

Destination MAC address
Source MAC address
FCS

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

How does the FCS verify that the receiving NIC received the data intact?

A

Cyclic redundancy check

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What is the maximum size of a traditional frame?

A

1500 bytes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

What devices operate at layer 2 of the OSI model?

A

NIC
Switch

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

What are the two major “jobs” of a NIC?

A

LLC
MAC

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

What does the LLC do in a NIC?

A

Handles flow control
Talks to the operating system (via drivers)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

What is the PDU at layer 3 of the OSI model?

A

Packets

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

What is the PDU used at layer 4 of the OSI model?

A

Segment

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

What are the primary functions of the Transport Layer?

A

Segmentation/reassembly

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

What is included in a TCP Segment?

A

Source Port
Destination Port
Sequence Number
Acknowledgement Number

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

What is the range of available ports?

A

1-65,536

17
Q

What is included in a UDP datagram?

A

Source Port
Destination Port
Length
Checksum

18
Q

What does layer 5 of the OSI model do?

A

Session tracking/naming

19
Q

What happens at layer 6 of the OSI model?

A

Data conversion
Defines how two devices should encode, encrypt, and compress data.

20
Q

What are the layers of the TCP/IP Model?

A

Application
Transport
Network
Network Access