Practice Quiz in Congestion Control and Quality of Service Part 1

Question 1. In the ________ algorithm of TCP, the size of the congestion window increases exponentially until it reaches a threshold.

Question 2. In __________, there is no communication between the congested node or nodes and the source. The source guesses that there is a congestion somewhere in the network from other symptoms.

Question 3. The _______ defines the maximum data rate of the traffic.

Question 4. A _________ traffic model has a data rate that does not change.

Question 5. In the __________ method, the signal is included in the packets that carry data.

Question 6. _________ is a characteristic that a flow needs. Lack of it means losing a packet or acknowledgment, which entails retransmission.

Question 7. In the ______ traffic model, the data rate changes suddenly in a very short time.

Question 8. Traditionally, ________types of characteristics are attributed to a flow.

Question 9. A ___________ is a packet sent by a node to the source to inform it of congestion.

Question 10. Traffic ______ are qualitative values that represent a data flow.