Week 7 Summary

Question 1

In ______________ congestion control, congestion is detected based on delayed and/or dropped packets.

Answer 1

host-inferred

Question 2

The Internet Protocol (IP) header may be 28 bytes long.

Answer 2

TRUE

Question 3

The Internet Protocol (IP) implements flow control.

Answer 3

FALSE

Question 4

A network with a connectionless network layer is called a

Answer 4

datagram network

Question 5

In a subnet, the reserved addresses are the ___a____ (with a lowest subnet IP address) and the ___b_____ (with a highest subnet IP address).

Answer 5

subnet address

broadcast address

Question 6

The process of determining a path through the internet is handled by the

Answer 6

routing algorithm

Question 7

In addition to a “default” entry, routing tables in an internet store…

Answer 7

the “first hop” in a path to each of the networks known to the router

Question 8

The process of determining a path through the internet is called routing .

Answer 8

TRUE

Question 9

In a datagram network, the responsibilities of the network layer include:

Answer 9

packet routing, packet forwarding, host-to-host communication