Multiple choice

Which of the following is incorrect about UDP protocol?

  1. UDP is a connectionless protocol that provides the basic transport layer functions.

  2. UDP is transaction based protocol.

  3. UDP reassembles the data in the order that it was received and forwards it to the application.

  4. UDP has more overhead than TCP protocol.

  5. UDP stands for User Datagram Protocol.
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Explanation

It is an incorrect statement. UDP has lower overhead than TCP since it is not connection oriented and does not provide the sophisticated retransmission, sequencing and flow control mechanisms.

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