CCOA practice question 22 of 25

Which of the following Is a control message associated with the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)?

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Answer options
A: Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol version Is unsupported.
B: Destination is unreachable. Correct answer
C: 404 is not found.
D: Webserver Is available.
Correct Answer:
B. Destination is unreachable.
Explanation

The Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) is a network layer protocol used by network devices to send error messages and operational information. "Destination is unreachable" is a fundamental ICMP Type 3 error message. It is generated by a router or host to inform the source host that the destination for a datagram is unreachable for some reason (e.g., network unreachable, host unreachable, port unreachable).

Why Incorrect

A. TLS version incompatibility is an alert message handled at the Transport Layer (Layer 4) or above, not an ICMP (Layer 3) message.
C. "404 Not Found" is an HTTP status code, which operates at the Application Layer (Layer 7) to indicate a requested resource is not available on a server.
D. Webserver availability is typically inferred from a successful HTTP response (e.g., 200 OK), not a specific ICMP control message.

References

1. Postel, J. (1981). RFC 792: Internet Control Message Protocol. Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). The section "Destination Unreachable Message" defines Type 3 messages.

2. Kurose, J. F., & Ross, K. W. (2017). Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (7th ed.). Pearson. Chapter 4, Section 4.4.2, describes ICMP and lists "destination network unreachable" as a primary example of an error-reporting message.

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