Chapter Review Questions

You can find the answers to the following questions in Appendix A, "Answers to Chapter Review Questions."

1:	Describe in general terms the benefits of using standards.
2:	What were two of the early and popular proprietary networking models?
3:	Define the term "networking model," and compare and contrast it with the term "networking standard."
4:	List the two public networking models covered in this chapter, including the words represented by their acronyms.
5:	List the names of the four layers in the TCP/IP networking model, in order, with the highest layer first.
6:	List the names of the seven layers in the OSI networking model, in order, with the highest layer first.
7:	List the two standards bodies that define LAN and WAN standards, as referenced by TCP/IP. Which one defines LAN standards?
8:	What term refers to where a router stores the information that tells it how to forward packets?
9:	Networkers use OSI terminology to describe networking protocols in general. List two OSI terms that might describe the IP protocol.
10:	Define the term "packet."
11:	This chapter uses the terms "standard" and "protocol," but it suggests one typical difference between a protocol and a standard. What is that difference?
12:	What term refers to bits that are added to end user data, for the purpose of allowing a protocol to have a place to keep information important to how the protocol does its function?