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Which of these protocols is based on a hierarchical model and holds container objects and leaf objects?

A) SMB

B) DHCP

C) LDAP

D) AFP

E) NetBIOS

F) Ha. You said hierarchical.


The answer: C) LDAP

LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is used to read and write directories of records over a network.

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