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Assignment- 2
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ/MSQ
Number of questions​: 10 Total mark: 10 X 1 = 10

Question 1
DNS servers translate domain names to

A. IP addresses

B. MAC address

C. None of these

Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution: ​DNS servers translate domain names to IP addresses.

Question 2
Which one of the following is not a client server application?

A. Internet chat

B. Web browsing

C. E-mail

D. Ping

Correct Answer: d
Detailed Solution: ​Ping is not a client server application. Ping is a computer network
administration utility used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol (IP). In ping,
there is no server that provides a service.
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Question 3

A layer-4 firewall (a device that can look at all protocol headers up to the transport layer) cannot

A. block entire HTTP traffic during 9:00PM and 5:00AM

B. block all ICMP traffic

C. stop incoming traffic from a specific IP address but allow outgoing traffic to the same IP
address

D. block TCP traffic from a specific user on a multi-user system during 9:00PM and
5:00AM

Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution: ​Since it is a layer 4 firewall it cannot block application layer protocol like
HTTP.

Question 4
Consider different activities related to email.
m1: Send an email from a mail client to a mail server
m2: Download an email from mailbox server to a mail client
m3: Checking email in a web browser

Which is the application level protocol used in each activity?

A. m1:HTTP m2:SMTP m3:POP

B. m1:SMTP m2:FTP m3:HTTP

C. m1: SMTP m2: POP m3: HTTP

D. m1: POP m2: SMTP m3:IMAP

Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution: ​Sending an email will be done through user agent and message transfer agent
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by SMTP, downloading an email from mailbox is done through POP, checking email in a web
browser is done through HTTP.

Question 5
Which of the following transport layer protocols is used to support electronic mail?

A. SMTP

B. IP

C. TCP

D. UDP

Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution: ​Electronic mail uses SMTP, application layer protocol which intern uses
TCP transport layer protocol.

Question 6
The protocol data unit (PDU) for the application layer in the Internet stack is

A. Segment

B. Datagram

C. Message

D. Frame

Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution:
The protocol data unit (PDU) for the application layer in the Internet stack is message.

Question 7
FTP data connection is established on server port
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A. 20

B. 21

C. 22

D. 23

Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution: ​FTP data connection is established on server port 20.

Question 8
TFTP has no provisions for user authentication; in that respect, it is an insecure protocol.

A. True
B. False

Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution: ​TFTP has no provisions for user authentication; in that respect, it is an
insecure protocol.

Question 9
Which of the following FTP commands is used to create a new directory?

A. PWD

B. MKD

C. RMD

D. CWD

Correct Answer: b
Detailed Solution: ​MKD command is used to create a new directory in FTP.

Question 10
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Which of the following HTTP methods requests information about a document but not the
document itself?

A. GET

B. HEAD

C. POST

D. PUT

Correct Answer: b
Detailed Solution: ​The HEAD HTTP method requests information about a document but not the
document itself.