Q. Connection establishment in TCP is called __________ handshaking.

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Q. A SYN segment cannot carry data; it consumes _____ sequence number(s).

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Q. A SYN + ACK segment cannot carry data; it consumes _____ sequence number(s).

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Q. An ACK segment, if carrying no data, consumes ______ sequence number(s).

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Q. The connection establishment procedure in TCP is susceptible to a serious security problem called the _________ attack.

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Q. The SYN flooding attack belongs to a group of security attacks known as a _____ attack.

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Q. The FIN segment consumes ____ sequence numbers if it does not carry data.

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Q. The FIN + ACK segment consumes _____ sequence number(s) if it does not carry data.

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Q. In TCP, one end can stop sending data while still receiving data. This is called a ______.

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Q. A(n) _________ machine is a machine that goes through a limited number of states.

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Q. __________ control regulates the amount of data a source can send before receiving an acknowledgment from the destination.

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Q. To accomplish flow control, TCP uses a ___________ window protocol.

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Q. TCP sliding windows are __________ oriented.

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Q. ACK segments consume _______ sequence number(s) and _______ acknowledged.

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Q. TCP delivers _______ out-of-order segments to the process.

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Q. IP is responsible for _______ communication while TCP is responsible for _______ communication.

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Q. If a segment carries data along with an acknowledgment, this is called _______.

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Q. Multiply the header length field by _______ to find the total number of bytes in the TCP header.

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Q. Urgent data requires the urgent pointer field as well as the URG bit in the _______ field.

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Q. The options field of the TCP header ranges from 0 to _______ bytes.

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