Which of the given options best describes the truthfulness of the following…

2023

Which of the given options best describes the truthfulness of the following statements? i) Service Set Identification (SSID) is human readable text string with a maximum length of 2000 bytes. ii) Service Set Identification (SSID) acts as a single shared identifier between the access points and clients.

Answer: B. i-False, ii-TrueConcept: Under IEEE 802.11, a Service Set Identifier (SSID) is an octet string of length 0–32 bytes that names a wireless LAN. An access point advertises it…

  1. A.

    i-True, ii-True

  2. B.

    i-False, ii-True

  3. C.

    i-True, ii-False

  4. D.

    i-False, ii-False

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Correct answer: B

Concept: Under IEEE 802.11, a Service Set Identifier (SSID) is an octet string of length 0–32 bytes that names a wireless LAN. An access point advertises it in its beacon and probe-response frames, and a client device matches on that same value to identify and associate with that specific network — so the SSID functions as one identifier shared between the access point and its clients (distinct from the BSSID, the MAC address that identifies a specific access point's radio).

Applying this to the two statements:

  • Statement i is false: while the SSID is typically a human-readable value, IEEE 802.11 caps its length at 32 bytes (octets), not 2000.

  • Statement ii is true: the SSID is exactly the common network name broadcast by an access point and matched by client devices, so it is shared between them; several access points can even advertise the same SSID to form one extended network.

Cross-check against the other pairings:

  • ‘i-True, ii-True’ overstates the SSID length limit by roughly 60x (2000 bytes instead of 32).

  • ‘i-True, ii-False’ repeats that same length overstatement and additionally denies the SSID's shared-identifier role.

  • ‘i-False, ii-False’ correctly rejects the 2000-byte claim but wrongly denies that the SSID is shared between an access point and its clients.

Result: statement i is false and statement ii is true.

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