| Question |
Answer |
| At what layers do gateways function at? |
the Transport layer and above |
| What layer provides network access for applications? |
the Application layer |
| What layer provides flow control? |
the Application layer |
| What layer establishes the availability of other computers on the network? |
the Application layer |
| What layer determines if sufficient resources exist for communication to occur between two computers? |
the Application layer |
| What layer does SMTP function at? |
the Application layer |
| What layer does FTP function at? |
the Application layer |
| What layer does SNMP function at? |
the Application layer |
| What layer does Telnet function at? |
the Application layer |
| what layer does Appletalk function at? |
the Application layer |
| What layer performs protocol conversion? |
the Presentation layer |
| What layer performs encryption? |
the Presentation layer |
| What layer performs compression? |
the Presentation layer |
| What layer synchronizes computers involved in a communication? |
the Session layer |
| What layer handles connection establishment |
data transfer |
| What layer does NetBIOS function at? |
the Session layer |
| What layer repackages messages into smaller formats? |
the Transport layer |
| What layer provides error-free delivery and error handling functions? |
the Transport layer |
| What layers does NetBEUI function at? |
the Transport and Network layers |
| What layer does TCP function at? |
the Transport layer |
| What layer does SPX function at? |
the Transport layer |
| What layers does NWLink function at? |
the Transport and Network layers |
| What layer handles logical addressing? |
the Network layer |
| What layer handles routing? |
the Network layer |
| What layer handles traffic management? |
the Network layer |
| What layer does IP function at? |
the Network layer |
| What layer does IPX function at? |
the Network layer |
| What devices function at the Network layer? |
rounters and brouters |
| What layer packages raw bits into frames? |
the Data Link layer |
| What is the purpose of packaging raw bits into frames? |
they are transmittable across a network |
| What layer includes a Cyclical Redundancy Check (CRC)? |
the Data Link layer |
| What are the two sublayers of the Data Link layer? |
the Logical Link Control (LLC) and the MAC sublayers |
| What does the LLC sublayer use to create links for the MAC sublayer? |
Destination Service Access Points and Source Service Access Points |
| What devices function at the Data Link layer? |
switches |
| What devices function at the Physical layer? |
multiplexers and repeaters |
| How many bits are in a MAC address? |
48 bits |
| What protocol is used to map MAC addresses to IP addresses? |
ARP |