Knowledge checks


Layers in the Internet protocol stack.



Match the function of a layer in the Internet protocol stack to its its name in the pulldown menu.



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  1. Application Layer

  2. Physical layer

  3. Network layer

  4. Transport layer

  5. Link layer


 

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What’s a “packet” really called?



Match the name of an Internet layer with unit of data that is exchanged among protocol entities at that layer, using the pulldown menu.



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  1. Bit

  2. Message

  3. Frame

  4. Datagram

  5. Segment


 

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Protocol headers.



Consider the figure below, showing a link-layer frame heading from a host to a router.  There are three header fields shown.  Match the name of a header with a header label shown in the figure.



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Answer List:
  1. Transport layer

  2. Physical layer

  3. Link layer

  4. Network Layer

  5. Application layer


 

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What is "encapsulation"?



Which of the definitions below describe what is meant by the term "encapsulation"?




 

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