GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst
Domain 1Objective 4
TCP GCIA Practice Questions (Page 6)
Part of the Network Fundamentals domain, which makes up ~35% of our current practice bank. GIAC (SANS) does not publish an official question count, but from its 240-minute exam (~95–160 total, ~33–56 in this domain), expect 7–11 from this objective — we provide 50 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 26–30
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What is the purpose of the TCP Maximum Segment Size (MSS) option?
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A network engineer is troubleshooting throughput issues on a high-latency WAN link. The TCP sessions use a window size of 64 KB, but the bandwidth-delay product requires a window of 1 MB to fully utilize the link. Which TCP option should be negotiated to allow the receiver to advertise a larger window?
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What is a key characteristic of UDP compared to TCP?
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A network engineer is troubleshooting a TCP throughput issue on a high-bandwidth, high-latency link. The connection is using a 64 KB window and standard cumulative ACKs. Which two TCP options would most directly improve throughput? (Select all that apply.)
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A network administrator is configuring a TCP connection for a backup system that transfers large amounts of data over a high-latency WAN link. The current window size is 64 KB, and the RTT is 150 ms. The administrator wants to achieve a throughput of at least 100 Mbps. What is the minimum window size required, assuming no packet loss?
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