Question

In Active mode FTP, the client initiates both the control and data connections.

(a) True

(b) False

The question was asked by my college director while I was bunking the class.

This interesting question is from Ports in chapter Networking of Computer Network

Answer 1

Correct option is (b) False

Explanation: In Passive mode of FTP, the client initiates both data and control connections, while in Active mode, the client initiates the control connection and then the server initiates the data connection.