Question

In the transfer of file between server and client, if the transmission rates along the path is 10Mbps, 20Mbps, 30Mbps, 40Mbps. The throughput is usually ___________

(a) 20Mbps

(b) 10Mbps

(c) 40Mbps

(d) 50Mbps

I got this question by my college professor while I was bunking the class.

My doubt stems from Delays and Loss topic in division Security & Physical Layer of Computer Network

Answer 1

The correct answer is (b) 10Mbps

To elaborate: The throughput is generally the transmission rate of bottleneck link.