At which layer of the OSI and TCP/IP model would HTTP and FTP be found?

The correct answer is A. Application. HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) and FTP (File Transfer Protocol) are application-layer protocols. In the OSI model that is Layer 7; in the TCP/IP model it is also called the Application layer (which consolidates OSI Layers 5, 6, and 7). These protocols define how specific…

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AApplication
BNetwork
CSession
DData Link

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HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) and FTP (File Transfer Protocol) are application-layer protocols. In the OSI model that is Layer 7; in the TCP/IP model it is also called the Application layer (which consolidates OSI Layers 5, 6, and 7). These protocols define how specific user-facing services (web browsing, file transfer) communicate - they rely on Transport-layer protocols (TCP) below them to handle reliable delivery. Network (Layer 3) handles IP routing, Session (Layer 5) manages connections, and Data Link (Layer 2) handles frame delivery on a local segment.

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