Quiz chapter 10/12

TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS:
1) Circuit switching is the basis for private networks built on leased lines and using on
site circuit switches. _________
2) Circuit switching is very efficient in handling digital data. _________
3) With circuit switching, switching and transmission resources within the network are
reserved for the exclusive use of the circuit for the duration of the connection. _________
4) Circuit switching connections do not appear to attached devices as direct connections.
_________
5) Each packet contains some portion of the user data plus control information needed for
proper functioning of the network. _________
6) Circuit switching and packet switching are traditional approaches to wide area network
design. _________
7) Circuit switching remains one of the few effective technologies for long distance
communications. _________
8) The packet switching network is a distributed collection of packet switching nodes.
Because the nodes are distributed, there is a time delay between a change in status in one
portion of the network and knowledge of that change elsewhere. _________
9) Analog data must be converted to digital before transmission for packet switching.
_________
10) The X.25 approach results in considerable overhead. _________
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTIONS:
1) __________ switching is used in public telephone networks.
2) With _________ virtual circuits a route is defined between two endpoints and all
packets for that virtual circuit follow the same route.
3) __________ switching was designed to provide a more efficient facility for bursty data
traffic. The attached stations must organize their data into packets for transmission.
4) A key distinguishing element of packet switching networks is whether the internal
operation is datagram or ___________ .

5) With internal _________ each packet is treated independently and packets intended for
the same destination may follow different routes.
6) The standard protocol for the interface between an end system and a packet switching
network is __________ .
7) Flexibility, resource sharing, robustness, and responsiveness are all advantages of
_________ switching.
8) Each station in a network connects to a node, and the collection of nodes is referred to
as a __________ network.
9) Communication via circuit switching involves three phases: circuit establishment, data
transfer and __________ .
10) The branches between exchanges are called __________ . They carry multiple voice
frequency circuits using either FDM or synchronous TDM.