TCP/IP networking technical interview question

16.

Which of the following are TCP/IP protocols used at the Application layer of the OSI model?

IP
TCP
Telnet
FTP
TFTP

A.     1 and 3
B.     1, 3 and 5
C.     3, 4 and 5
D.     All of the above
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Telnet, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), and Trivial FTP (TFTP) are all Application layer protocols. IP is a Network layer protocol. Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is a Transport layer protocol.
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17.

What protocol is used to find the hardware address of a local device?
A.     RARP    B.     ARP
C.     IP    D.     ICMP
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is used to find the hardware address from a known IP address.
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18.

Which of the following protocols uses both TCP and UDP?
A.     FTP    B.     SMTP
C.     Telnet    D.     DNS
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

DNS uses TCP for zone exchanges between servers and UDP when a client is trying to resolve a hostname to an IP address.
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19.

What is the address range of a Class B network address in binary?
A.     01xxxxxx
B.     0xxxxxxx
C.     10xxxxxx
D.     110xxxxx
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The range of a Class B network address is 128-191. This makes our binary range 10xxxxxx.