Multiple choice

Which of the following is true about Negative ACK in Error Control mechanism?

  1. As soon as the receiver receives a correct frame, it should acknowledge it.

  2. In this, the sender and receiver either both or any, must ascertain that there’s been some error on transit.

  3. In case, the receiver receives a duplicate frame, it sends a NACK back to the sender and the sender must retransmit the correct frame.

  4. The sender checks the acknowledgement of a data-frame previously transmitted does not arrive in the timeout period, the sender retransmit the frame.

  5. None of the above

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C Correct answer
Explanation

This is called 'Negative ACK' in Error Control mechanism.