Which of the following is not true about CSMA/CD?

a. The acronym refers to Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
b. It is used in token ring protocol LANs
c. It is a contention-based media access control technique
d. When a collision has occurred, the computers that wish to transmit wait a random amount of time after a colliding message before attempting to retransmit
e. Computers on the circuit 'listen' before transmitting


Answer: b. It is used in token ring protocol LANs

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