System Administrator 2026
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) has been designed to compensate _________
  • A. Error-reporting
  • B. Error-correction
  • C. Host and management queries
  • D. All of the mentioned
Header size of the ICMP message is _________
  • A. 8-bytes
  • B. 8-bits
  • C. 16-bytes
  • D. 16-bits
During error reporting, ICMP always reports error messages to ________
  • A. Destination
  • B. Source
  • C. Next router
  • D. Previous router
Which of these is not a type of error-reporting message?
  • A. Destination unreachable
  • B. Source quench
  • C. Router error
  • D. Time exceeded
The source-quench message in ICMP was designed to add a kind of ____________ to the IP.
  • A. Error control
  • B. Flow control
  • C. Router control
  • D. Switch control
In case of time exceeded error, when the datagram visits a router, the value of time to live field is _________
  • A. Remains constant
  • B. Decremented by 2
  • C. Incremented by 1
  • D. Decremented by 1
Two machines can use the timestamp request and timestamp replay messages to determine the ___________ needed for an IP datagram to travel between them.
  • A. Half-trip time
  • B. Round-trip time
  • C. Travel time for the next router
  • D. Time to reach the destination/source