Remote Logging, Electronic Mail and File Transfer MCQs

In this section of Data Communication and Networking – Remote Logging, Electronic Mail, and File Transfer MCQ (Multiple Choice) Based Questions and Answers,it cover the below lists of topics.All the Multiple Choice Questions and Answers (MCQs) have been compiled from the book of Data Communication and Networking by The well known author behrouz forouzan.

This Section covers below lists of topics.

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) MCQs.
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) MCQs.
Post Office Protocol, version 3 (POP3) and Internet Mail Access Protocol, version 4 (IMAP4) MCQs.
File transfer protocol (FTP) – a TCP/IP client-server application MCQs.

PRACTICE IT NOW TO SHARPEN YOUR CONCEPT AND KNOWLEDGE

1. If the sender wants an option enabled by the receiver, it sends a _______ command

WILL
DO
WONT
none of the above

2. _______ is the standard mechanism provided by TCP/IP for copying a file from one host to another

TELNET
SMTP
TFTP
none of the above

3. FTP uses the services of ________

UDP
IP
TCP
none of the above

4. In FTP, the well-known port is used for the control connection and the well-known port ____ for the data connection

21; 22
21; 20
20; 21
none of the above

5. In FTP, _______ is the service type used by the IP protocol because this is an interactive connection between a user (human) and a server

maximize throughput
minimize delay
minimize error
none of the above

6. For the control connection, FTP uses the __________ character set

regular ASCII
EBCDIC
NVT ASCII
none of the above

7. During an FTP session the control connection is opened _______

exactly once
exactly twice
as many times as necessary
none of the above

8. During an FTP session the data connection is opened _______

exactly once
exactly twice
as many times as necessary
none of the above

9. In FTP, a file can be organized into records, pages, or a stream of bytes. These are types of an attribute called _______

file types
data structures
transmission modes
none of the above

10. In FTP, there are three types of _______: stream, block, and compressed

file types
data structures
transmission modes
none of the above

11. In FTP, ASCII, EBCDIC, and image define an attribute called _______

file type
data structure
transmission mode
none of the above

12. In FTP, when we _______, it is copied from the server to the client.

retrieve a file
retrieve a list
a and c
none of the above

13. In FTP, when we _______, it is copied from the client to the server.

retrieve a file
store a file
retrieve a list
none of the above

14. ________ is part of a local hard drive, a special file with permission restrictions

A message
A response
An agent
None of the above

15. When the sender and the receiver of an email are on the same system, we need only ___________

one UA
two UAs
one UA and one MTA
none of the above

16. When the sender and the receiver of an email are on different systems, we need only _____________

one MTA
two UAs
two UAs and one pair of MTAs
none of the above

17. When the sender is connected to the mail server via a LAN or a WAN, we need ______________

two MTA
two UAs and two pairs of MTAs
two UAs and a pair of MTAs
none of the above

18. When both sender and receiver are connected to a mail server via a LAN or a WAN, we need ___________________

two UAs, two pairs of MTAs, and a pair of MAAs
two UAs, and two pairs of MTAs
two UAs, two pairs of MTAs, and two pairs of MAAs
none of the above

19. ________ provides service to the user to make the process of sending and receiving a message easier

An MTA
An MAA
A UA
none of the above

20. Which of the following services is not provided by a UA?

composing messages
reading messages
replying messages
all are

21. There are two types of user agents: _ and ___

command-driven; data-driven
command-driven; GUI-based
command-based and data-based
none of the above

22. The ________ usually contains the sender address, the receiver address, and other information

message
envelope
both a and b
none of the above

23. The message contains the and the __

header; envelop
header; body
envelop; body
none of the above

24. In the Internet, the email address consists of two parts: a _ and a _

local part; domain name
global part; domain name
label; domain name
none of the above

25. _________ is a supplementary protocol that allows non-ASCII data to be sent through email.

JPEG
MPEG
MIME
none of the above

26. The actual mail transfer is done through ____________

UAs
MTAs
MAAs
none of the above

27. The formal protocol that defines the MTA client and server in the Internet is called ___________

SMTP
SNMP
TELNET
none of the above

28. The process of transferring a mail message occurs in ________ phases

two
four
five
none of the above

29. SMTP is a __________protocol

pull
push
both a and b
none of the above

30. The third stage in an email transfer needs a ________ protocol

pull
push
both a and b
none of the above

31. The third stage in an email transfer uses a(n) ________ protocol

UA
MTA
MAA
none of the above

32. Currently two message access protocols are available: _ and ___

POP3; IMAP2
POP4; IMAP1
POP3; IMAP4
none of the above

33. TELNET is an abbreviation for ____________.

terminal network
telephone network
telecommunication network
none of the above

34. TELNET is a ________ client-server application program.

specific-purpose
general-purpose
both a and b
none of the above

35. When a user logs into a local time-sharing system, it is called ________ login.

local
remote
temporary
none of the above

36. When a user wants to access an application program or utility located on a remote machine, he or she performs ___________ login.

local
remote
temporary
none of the above

37. NVT uses two sets of characters, one for _and one for ______

sending; receiving
request; reply
data; control
none of the above

38. For data, NVT uses US ASCII characters with the highest order bit set to ______

1
0
a or b
none of the above

39. For control, NVT uses US ASCII characters with the highest order bit set to ______.

1
0
a or b
none of the above

40. TELNET uses only one TCP connection. The server uses port and the client uses port

a well-known; another well-known
an ephemeral; another ephemeral
a well-known; an ephemeral
none of the above

41. To distinguish data from control characters, each sequence of control characters is preceded by a special control character called ________.

ICA
IAC
AIC
none of the above

42. In the _______ mode, the echoing is done by the client.

default
character
line
none of the above

43. In the _______ mode, each character typed is sent by the client to the server.

default
character
line
none of the above

44. In the ____ mode, line editing (echoing, character erasing, line erasing, and so on) is done by the client

default
character
line
none of the above

45. The _______ is software residing on the remote system that allows the remote system to receive characters from a TELNET server

terminal driver
pseudoterminal driver
TELNET client
none of the above

46. The _______ translates local characters into NVT form

terminal driver
TELNET client
TELNET server
none of the above

47. The _______ translates NVT characters into a form acceptable by the remote operating system.

terminal driver
TELNET client
TELNET server
none of the above

48. If the sender wants to disable an option, it sends a _______ command.

WILL
DO
WONT
none of the above

49. If the sender wants to enable an option, it sends a _______ command

WILL
DO
WONT
none of the above

50. If the sender wants an option disabled by the receiver, it sends a _______ command

WILL
DO
DONT
none of the above

Data Communication and Networking – Remote Logging, Electronic Mail and File Transfer MCQs