COMPUTER NETWORKS

1. Consider different activities related to email. ml: 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? [GATE-2023: 1M]

m1 : HTTP m2 : SMTP m3 : POP

m1 : SMTP m2 : FTP m3 : HTTP

m1 : SMTP m2 : POP m3 : HTTP

m1 : POP m2 : SMTP m3 : IMAP

Answer: m1 : HTTP m2 : SMTP m3 : POP

Explanation:

2. The protocol Data Unit (PDU) for the application layer in the Internet stack is [GATE-2012: 1M]

Segment

Datagram

Message

Frame

Answer: Message

Explanation:

3. Which one of the following is not a client server application? [GATE-2010: 1M]

Internet chat

Web browsing

E-mail

Ping

Answer: Ping

Explanation:

4. In one of the pairs of protocols given below, both the protocols can use multiple TCP connections between the same client and the server. Which one is that? [GATE-2015: 1M]

HTTP, FTP

HTTP, TELNET

FTP, SMTP

HTTP, SMTP

Answer: HTTP, FTP

Explanation:

5. Which of the following protocol pairs can be used to send and retrieve e-mails (in that order)? [GATE-2019: 1M]

IMAP, SMTP

SMTP, MIME

IMAP, POP3

SMTP, POP3

Answer: SMTP, POP3

Explanation:

6. Which of the following is/are example(s) of stateful application layer protocols? [GATE-2016(set-1): 1M]

(i) and (ii) only

(ii) and (iii) only

(ii) and (iv) only

(iv) only

Answer: (ii) and (iv) only

Explanation:

7. Which of the following transport layer protocols is used to support electronic mail? [GATE-2012: 1M]

SMTP

IP

TCP

UDP

Answer: TCP

Explanation:

8. Which one of the following protocols is NOT used to resolve one form of address to another one? [GATE-2016: 1M]

DNS

ARP

DHCP

RARP

Answer: DHCP

Explanation:

9. Identify the correct sequence in which the following packets are transmitted on the network by a host when a browser requests a webpage from a remote server, assuming that the host has just been restarted. [GATE-2016: 1M]

HTTP GET request, DNS query, TCP SYN

DNS query, HTTP GET request, TCP SYN

DNS query, TCP SYN, HTTP GET request

TCP SYN, DNS query, HTTP GET request

Answer: DNS query, TCP SYN, HTTP GET request

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