Questions

Try these questions to test your knowledge on this chapter:

1. What is a socket?
2. What is a connectionless protocol? What is a connection-oriented protocol?
3. Is UDP a connectionless or connection-oriented protocol?
4. Is TCP a connectionless or connection-oriented protocol?
5. What types of applications generally benefit from using the UDP protocol?
6. What types of applications generally benefit from using the TCP protocol?
7. Does TCP guarantee that data will be transmitted successfully?
8. What are some of the main differences between Berkeley sockets and Winsock sockets?
9. What does the bind() function do?
10. What does the accept() function do?
11. In a TCP connection, does the client or the server send application data first?

Answers are in Appendix A, Answers to Questions.