Which of the following protocols provides fast, unreliable file transfer?

The correct answer is A. TFTP. TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) uses UDP as its transport, which is connectionless and provides no guarantee of delivery, ordering, or error recovery - making it 'unreliable' but fast. It is commonly used for transferring boot files, firmware images, and router configs in…

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ATFTP
BSFTP
CTelnet
DFTPS

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TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) uses UDP as its transport, which is connectionless and provides no guarantee of delivery, ordering, or error recovery - making it 'unreliable' but fast. It is commonly used for transferring boot files, firmware images, and router configs in environments where speed matters more than reliability. SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) runs over SSH and is reliable. FTPS is FTP over TLS/SSL - also reliable and encrypted. Telnet is a remote terminal protocol, not a file transfer protocol.

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