Email protocol feature matching
2025-familiarisation-se-q03 · Choice Matrix · 2 marks
Source: NESA 2025 HSC Software Engineering Familiarisation Q3
Question
Match each of the features to the relevant protocol(s).
Choices
| POP3 | SMTP | IMAP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commonly used for sending email | |||
| Commonly used for receiving email | |||
| Allows email to synchronise across devices | |||
| Server deletes messages when they are downloaded and opened |
Reveal answer
| Row | Answer |
|---|---|
| Commonly used for sending email | SMTP |
| Commonly used for receiving email | POP3, IMAP |
| Allows email to synchronise across devices | IMAP |
| Server deletes messages when they are downloaded and opened | POP3 |
Marking rubric
| Marks | Description |
|---|---|
| 2 | Correctly matches all protocol features. |
| 1 | Correctly matches some protocol features. |
Explanation
SMTP sends email. POP3 and IMAP receive email, but IMAP synchronises mail across devices while POP3 commonly downloads messages from the server.
Metadata
- Submitter
- Seed data
- Created
- 2026-05-02
- Status
- published
- Syllabus
- y12-web-protocols-and-ports
- Tags
- email protocols POP3 SMTP IMAP