EC-CouncilSOC Essentials
Domain 1Objective 1
TCP/IP and OSI Models SCE Practice Questions (Page 5)
Part of the Computer Network and Security Fundamentals domain, which makes up ~16% of our current practice bank. EC-Council does not publish an official question count, but from its 120-minute exam (~50–80 total, ~8–13 in this domain), expect 1–2 from this objective — we provide 34 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 21–25
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At which TCP/IP layer does the HTTP protocol operate?
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A network engineer is explaining to a new SOC analyst how a web request travels from a browser to a server. The engineer says, 'The browser sends an HTTP request, which is then handled by the transport layer, then the network layer, then the link layer.' Which TCP/IP layer is responsible for adding the source and destination port numbers?
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A network administrator is troubleshooting a connectivity issue and suspects that a router is dropping packets due to a mismatch in the maximum transmission unit (MTU) size. The administrator wants to identify which OSI layer is responsible for handling fragmentation and reassembly of IP packets. Which OSI layer is responsible for this function?
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A SOC analyst is examining a packet capture and sees that a device is sending frames with a destination MAC address of FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF. The analyst also sees that the payload contains an ARP request. At which OSI layer does this frame operate?
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A SOC analyst is analyzing a network attack. The analyst sees that the attacker is sending malformed packets that cause the target's TCP stack to crash. Which OSI layer is the attacker targeting?
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