FTP Interview/Exam Question-Answer

Q.1 Expansion of FTP is __________.

       A. Fine Transfer Protocol

       B. File Transfer Protocol

       C. File Transfer Protocol

       D. Fast Transfer Protocol

Ans : File Transfer Protocol


Q.2 Find the FTP wrong reply.

       A. 331 – Username OK, password required

       B. 425 – Can’t open data connection

       A. 452 – Error writing file

       B. 452 – Can’t open data connection

Ans : 452 – Can’t open data connection


Q.3 FTP uses transmission mode parallel TCP connections to transfer a file.

       A. True

       B. False

Ans : True


Q.4 FTP uses _________ parallel TCP connections to transfer a file.

       A. 2

       B. 4

       C. 3

       D. 1

Ans : 2


Q.5 FTP uses _________ parallel TCP connections to transfer a file.

       A. Stateless connection. Non Persistent TCP connection

       B. Persistent TCP connection. Non Persistent TCP connection

       C. Non Persistent TCP connection. Persistent TCP connection

       D. FTP is the connectionless protocol

Ans : Persistent TCP connection. Non Persistent TCP connection


Q.6 FTP is built on _____ architecture.

       A. Client-server

       B. P2P

       A. Data centric

       B. Service oriented

Ans : Client-server


Q.7 If in the same session, from server A to client B  5 files are transferred. Between A and B Total number of TCP connections are _______.

       A. 2

       B. 5

       C. 6

       D. 10

Ans : 6


Q.8 FTP Stands for?

       A. File Transfer Protocol

       B. File Transport Protocol

       C. File Transfer Prototype

       D. Folder Transfer Protocol

Ans : File Transfer Protocol


Q.9 Which Statement is incorrect about FTP?.

       A. FTP is nothing but File Transfer Protocol

       B. FTP uses two parallel TCP connections

       C. FTP sends its control information in-band

       D. FTP sends exactly one file over the data connection

Ans : FTP sends its control information in-band


Q.10 The commands, from client to server, and replies, from server to client, are sent across the control connection in ________ bit ASCII format.

       A. 3

       B. 5

       C. 7

       D. 8

Ans : 7


Q.11 FTP server _____________.

       A. Maintains state information

       B. Is stateless

       C. Has single TCP connection for a file transfer

       D. Has UDP connection for file transfer

Ans : Maintains state information


Q.12 The data transfer mode of FTP, in which all the fragmenting has to be done by TCP is ________.

       A. Block mode

       B. Stream mode

       A. Compressed mode

       B. Message mode

Ans : Stream mode


Q.13 The password is sent to the server using ________ command.

       A. PASSWD

       B. PASS

       B. PASSWORD

       B. PWORD

Ans : PASS


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