A client process P needs to make a TCP connection to a server process S. Consider the following situation: the server process S executes a socket( ), a bind( ) and a listen( ) system call in that order, following which it is preempted. Subsequently, the client process P executes a socket( ) system call followed by connect( ) system call to connect to the server process S. The server process has not executed any accept( ) system call. Which one of the following events could take place?

Which of the following system calls results in the sending of SYN packets?

What is the maximum size of data that the application layer can pass on to the TCP layer below?

If a class B network on the Internet has a subnet mask of 255.255.248.0, what is the maximum number of hosts per subnet?