Why UDP is faster than TCP in Computer Networks - Test Your Understanding

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the sentence to explain why UDP is faster than TCP.

Computer Networks

UDP is faster than TCP because it does not perform [1] before sending data.

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Ahandshaking

Bcompression

Cencryption

Derror checking

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Common Mistakes

Confusing error checking with connection setup.

Thinking UDP performs handshaking like TCP.

UDP skips the handshaking process that TCP uses to establish a connection, which reduces delay and makes UDP faster.

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medium

Complete the sentence to describe a feature UDP lacks compared to TCP.

Computer Networks

Unlike TCP, UDP does not guarantee [1] of data packets.

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Aencryption

Bdelivery

Ccompression

Drouting

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Common Mistakes

Assuming UDP guarantees delivery like TCP.

Confusing delivery with encryption or routing.

UDP does not guarantee that data packets will be delivered, which makes it faster but less reliable than TCP.

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hard

Fix the error in the sentence explaining UDP's speed advantage.

Computer Networks

UDP is faster because it does not [1] packets to confirm receipt.

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Aacknowledge

Bencrypt

Ccompress

Droute

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Choosing encryption or compression instead of acknowledgment.

Confusing routing with packet confirmation.

UDP does not wait for acknowledgments of packet receipt, which reduces delay and increases speed.

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hard

Fill both blanks to complete the explanation of UDP's speed.

Computer Networks

UDP is faster because it does not [1] connections and does not [2] lost packets.

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Aestablish

Bretransmit

Cencrypt

Dcompress

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Confusing encryption or compression with connection or retransmission.

Assuming UDP retransmits lost packets like TCP.

UDP does not establish connections before sending data and does not retransmit lost packets, which reduces overhead and speeds up transmission.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to explain why UDP is faster than TCP.

Computer Networks

UDP is faster because it [1] connection setup, does not [2] packets, and has less [3] overhead.

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Askips

Bretransmit

Cprotocol

Dencrypt

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Choosing encrypt instead of protocol for overhead.

Thinking UDP retransmits lost packets.

UDP skips connection setup, does not retransmit lost packets, and has less protocol overhead, making it faster than TCP.