Torrenting

Question 1

What is BitTorrent?

Answer 1

A system that allows users to share data with each other.

Question 2

What is a .torrent file?

Answer 2

A file that holds information about the data you want to download.

Question 3

Who are peers in BitTorrent?

Answer 3

Other users who have added the same .torrent file in their torrent client.

Question 4

What does leeching refer to in BitTorrent?

Answer 4

Downloading data from other peers.

Question 5

What does seeding mean?

Answer 5

Making yourself available to upload downloaded data to other peers.

Question 6

Do you gain upload credit just by seeding torrents?

Answer 6

No, you gain upload credit only when another peer leeches from you.

Question 7

Can you seed and leech at the same time?

Answer 7

Yes, because BitTorrent clients download chunks of data.

Question 8

What is a BitTorrent client?

Answer 8

A program that allows you to connect to the BitTorrent system.

Question 9

What does a whitelist for BitTorrent clients mean?

Answer 9

Only approved clients can connect to peers and download data.

Question 10

How is a ratio defined in the context of BitTorrent?

Answer 10

A comparison between your downloaded and uploaded data.

Question 11

What does a ratio of 1.0 signify?

Answer 11

You have downloaded as much data as you have uploaded.

Question 12

What happens if your ratio is significantly under 1.0?

Answer 12

It is considered unhealthy as you are not contributing much to the community.

Question 13

What is a required ratio?

Answer 13

The ratio you must maintain to keep downloading torrents.

Question 14

What is the consequence of falling below your required ratio?

Answer 14

You will be put on ratio watch for two weeks.

Question 15

What is freeleech in BitTorrent?

Answer 15

A condition where only uploaded data is recorded in your ratio.

Question 16

What is neutral leech?

Answer 16

A condition where none of the uploaded or downloaded data is counted.

Question 17

What are freeleech tokens?

Answer 17

Tokens that allow you to mark a torrent as personal freeleech.

Question 18

What does port forwarding do?

Answer 18

Allows computers on the public internet to connect directly to your computer.

Question 19

What is a partial seeder?

Answer 19

A peer who has downloaded and is seeding part of a torrent.

Question 20

Why should you mark torrents as private?

Answer 20

To keep non-members out of the peer list for security.

Question 21

Fill in the blank: A ratio is calculated by dividing the amount of data you have _______ by the amount of data you have downloaded.

Answer 21

[uploaded]

Question 22

True or False: You can download a torrent twice and it will only count once towards your statistics.

Answer 22

False

Question 23

What is the effect of seeding 100% of your torrents for at least 72 hours each week?

Answer 23

Your required ratio is much lower.

Question 24

What should you avoid uploading while on ratio watch?

Answer 24

Torrents that are against the rules, like transcodes or duplicates.

Question 25

What tool can you use to test your port forward?

Answer 25

Can You See Me

Question 26

What is the maximum size for torrents that can use freeleech tokens?

Answer 26

2GB or less.