Data Communications 7.

A general term that describes the

interface equipment used at the
1. The process of transferring digital stations to adapt the digital signals
information between two or more from the computers and terminals to
points. a form more suitable for
a. Data communications
transmission.
b. Wireless communications
a. DTE
c. Wire communications
b. DCE
d. None of the above
c. Modem
Answer: A
d. Transmission medium
2. Information that has been processed and
Answer: A
organized.
a. Knowledge 8. It is called parallel-by-bit or serial-
b. Data by-character transmission.
c. Telegraph a. Parallel data transmission.
d. Telephone b. Serial data transmission.
Answer: B c. Both serial and parallel.
3. Invented the telegraph. d. None of the above..
a. Emile Baudot Answer: A
b. Samuel F.B. Morse 9. There is a single transmission line
c. Alexander Graham Bell used. Only one bit is transmitted at a
d. Thomas Edison time. It is often called serial-by-bit
Answer: B transmission. Used for long distance
4. A device which allowed signals from communications.
up to six different telegraph a. Parallel data transmission.
equipments. b. Serial data transmission.
a. Telephone set c. Both serial and parallel.
b. Equipment converter d. None of the above.
c. Telegraph multiplexer Answer: B
d. Add/Drop Multiplexer 10. This exchange of signals such as DA
Answer: C (Data is Available) and DU(Data is
5. The international organization for Unavailable) between the sender and
standardization. It creates the sets of the receiver is called a
rules and standards for graphics, a. Poll.
document exchange, and related b. Handshake
technologies. Responsible for c. Control.
endorsing and coordinating the work d. None of the above.
of the other standards organizations. Answer: B
a. ANSI 11. A general term that describes the
b. ISO equipment that converts digital
c. OSI signals to analog signals and
d. IEEE interfaces the DTE to the analog
Answer: B transmission medium
6. What is the transmission mode between a. DTE
the DCE and DTE? b. DCE
a. Parallel transmission c. Modem
b. Serial transmission d. Transmission medium
c. Both serial and parallel Answer: B
d. None of the above 12. Which is faster data transmission?
Answer: B a. Parallel transmission.
 b. Serial transmission. Answer: B
c. The same. 20. Recommended by CCITT as
d. None of the above. International Alphabet No. 5.
Answer: A a. ASCII.
13. The transmission in only one direction is b. EBCDIC.
called c. Baudot Code.
a. Simplex d. Morse Code.
b. Half-duplex. Answer: A
c. Full-duplex. 21. An 8-bit character code developed
d. Full/Full-duplex. by IBM and used extensively on
Answer: A IBM compatible equipments.
14. The transmit and receive signals a. ASCII.
must be in different frequency band. b. EBCDIC.
a. Two-wire operation. c. Baudot Code.
b. Four-wire operation. d. Morse Code.
c. Hybrid connection. Answer: B
d. None of the above. 22. The process of monitoring the
Answer: A received data and determining when
15. This refers to the way in which data a transmission error occurred.
is represented. a. Error control.
a. Character set. b. Error detection.
b. Character code. c. Error correction.
c. Data Communication code. d. None of the above.
d. All of the above. Answer: B
Answer: D 23. The transmission of each character or
16. Used to facilitate the orderly flow of each message multiple times until it is
data from a source to destination. properly received.
a. Data-link control character. a. CRC.
b. Graphic control character. b. LRC.
c. Alphanumeric character. c. VRC.
d. All of the above. d. Redundancy.
Answer: A Answer: D
17. The first data communication code. 24. An error detection where there is the
a. Morse code. same number of 1’s in each character.
b. Baudot code. a. Redundancy.
c. ASCII. b. Exact-count encoding.
d. EBCDIC. c. VRC.
Answer: A d. FEC.
18. Recommended by CCITT as Answer: B
International Alphabet No. 2. 25. A bit added to a data to force the number
a. Morse code. of 1 to be odd or even.
b. Baudot code. a. Hamming bit.
c. ASCII. b. BCC.
d. EBCDIC. c. Parity.
Answer: B d. CRC.
19. Also known as Telex code. Answer: C
a. Morse code. 26. Involves the process of error correction
b. Baudot code. and detection.
c. ASCII. a. Error control.
d. EBCDIC. b. Data link control.
 c. Network control. a. Asynchronous data format.
d. Session control. b. Synchronous data format.
Answer: A c. Both synchronous and asynchronous.
27. A code developed by Thomas Murray. d. None of the above.
a. Baudot code Answer: A
b. Murray code 34. The SYN character in ASCII.
c. Da Vinci code a. 16H.
d. None of the above b. 32H.
Answer: A c. 64H.
28. International Standard V.41 recommends d. 08H.
the use of Answer: A
a. VRC. 35. At the primary station serves as an
b. LRC interface between the host computer
c. CRC-16. and the circuits that it serves.?
d. CRC-41. a. Line control unit.
Answer: C b. USRT.
29. Designed to be used in a human c. UART.
environment where a human is d. USART.
present to analyze the received data Answer: A
and make decisions on its integrity. 36. Interface coordinates the flow of
a. Retransmission. data, control signals and timing
b. Symbol substitution. information between the DTE and
c. Forward error correction. the DCE.
d. All of the above. a. Parallel interface.
Answer: B b. Serial interface.
30. Detects and corrects transmission errors c. Both parallel and serial interface.
at the receive end without calling for d. None of the above.
retransmission. Answer: B
a. Retransmission. 37. The number of Hamming bits that
b. Symbol substitution.
must be added to a character is
c. Forward error correction.
d. All of the above.
determined by
a. 2n ≥ m + n + 1
Answer: C
b. 2n ≤ m + n + 1
31. The most reliable error detection scheme
c. 2n = m + n + 1
which detects almost 99.95% of all
d. 2n ≠ m + n + 1
transmission errors.
Answer: A
a. CRC.
b. VRC. 38. The terminal load capacitance of the
c. ARQ. RS-232C cable is specified as ____
d. VRC. which includes cable capacitance.
Answer: A a. 2500 pF.
32. The code used in forward error b. 2500 nF.
correction. c. 250 pF.
a. ASCII. d. 250 nF.
b. Baudot. Answer: A
c. Hamming code. 39. The output impedance of RS-232C must
d. EBCDIC. be greater than ____ ohms
Answer: C a. 200
33. Each character is framed between a b. 300
start and a stop bit. c. 400
d. 1000
 Answer: B 47. A set of rules which governs how
40. Maximum bit rate of RS-232C. data is sent from one point to
a. 20 kbps another.
b. 30 kbps a. Constitution.
c. 56 kbps b. Code.
d. 128 kbps c. Recommendation.
Answer: B d. Protocol.
41. Connecting a DTE to another DTE Answer: D
requires 48. A set of standards for
a. Serial interface.
communications among computers;
b. Parallel interface.
c. A null modem.
its primary purpose is to serve as a
d. All of the above. structural guideline for exchanging
Answer: C information between computers,
42. Updated version of RS-232C serial terminals, and networks.
interface. a. Cisco.
a. RS-232D. b. TCP/IP.
b. RS-449A. c. OSI.
c. X.21 interface. d. All of the above.
d. None of the above Answer: C
Answer: B 49. A device which operates on all seven
43. Minimum data rate of X.21 interface. OSI layers.
a. 56 kbps. a. Repeater.
b. 20 kbps. b. Bridge.
c. 64 kbps. c. Router.
d. 48 kbps. d. Gateway.
Answer: C Answer: D
44. This interfaces between the CSU and 50. A network device used in the data-link
the customers equipment, using layer.
a. Repeater
RS232 for low speeds up to 56Kbps,
b. Bridge
and V.35 (RS-422/499) for higher c. Router
speeds. d. Gateway
a. Modem. Answer: B
b. X.21 interface 51. A device operating in the network layer
c. Leased line is
d. Data Service Unit. a. Repeater
Answer: D b. Bridge.
45. T1 data rate is c. Router.
a. 1.544 Mbps. d. Gateway.
b. 2.048 Mbps. Answer: C
c. 512 kbps.
52. An OSI layer that determines which
d. None of the above.
Answer: A
network configuration (dial up,
46. Modem with speed of less than or equal leased, or packet) is most appropriate
to 2000 bps. for the function provided by the
a. Low-speed modem. network.
b. Medium-speed modem. a. Physical layer.
c. High-speed modem. b. Data-link layer.
d. Smart modem. c. Network later.
Answer: A d. Presentation layer.
 Answer: C c. Session layer.
53. Standards outlined in the physical layer. d. Presentation layer.
a. Functional Answer: D
b. Procedural 59. Addresses any code or syntax
c. Electrical conversion necessary to present the
d. All of the above. data to the network in a common
Answer: D format for communications.
54. An OSI layer which is responsible a. Session layer.
for communicating between primary b. Presentation layer.
and secondary nodes within the c. Application layer.
network. d. Network layer
a. Physical layer. Answer: B
b. Network layer. 60. It performs code and character set
c. Session layer translation and determines the
d. Data-link layer. display mechanism for messages.
Answer: D a. Session layer.
55. It defines the mechanism in which b. Presentation layer.
messages are broken into data c. Application layer.
packets and routed from a sending d. Network layer
node to a receiving node within a Answer: B
communication network. 61. Responsible for network availability
a. Presentation layer. (i.e., buffer storage and processor
b. Application layer. capacity).
c. Network layer. a. Physical layer.
d. Data-link layer. b. Network layer.
Answer: C c. Session layer.
56. What are the two sub-layers of the data- d. Presentation layer..
link? Answer: C
a. Logical Link Control and Media 62. It is a character-oriented protocol. It
Access Control. uses VRC as the only type of error
b. Media Access Control and Internet detection. Symbol substitution and
Protocol Control. ARQ (retransmission) are used for
c. Logical Link Control and Internet
error correction. The polling
Protocol Control
d. None of the above sequence usually encompasses
Answer: A sending one or two data link control
57. Controls the end-to-end integrity of characters, then a station polling
the message, which includes address.
message routing, segmenting and a. Asynchronous protocols
b. Synchronous protocols.
error recovery.
c. Bisync protocol.
a. Physical layer.
d. None of the above.
b. Network layer.
Answer: A
c. Session layer.
d. Presentation layer. 63. It controls the sequence of activities
Answer: D within an application and also the
58. It is the highest layer in terms of sequence of events between the
communications. computer application and the user of
a. Physical layer. another application. It communicates
b. Network layer.
 directly with the user’s application 70. Which of the following is used as a
program. Packet Assembler and Disassembler
a. Network layer. sequence?
b. Presentation layer. a. AAH
c. Session layer. b. 55H
d. Application layer. c. AAH or 55H.
Answer: D d. None of the above
64. The flag used with HDLC. Answer: C
a. 7EH. 71. The character language used in SDLC is
b. FFH. a. ASCII.
c. AAH. b. EBCDIC.
d. 55H. c. CRC.
Answer: A d. Baudot.
65. Its responsibilities include network Answer: B
log-on and log-off procedures and 72. A broadcast address used in
asynchronous protocols.
user authentication. It determines the
a. 7EH.
type of dialogue available (i.e., b. AAH.
simplex, half-duplex or full-duplex). c. FFH
a. Session layer. d. 55H.
b. Presentation layer. Answer: C
c. Application layer. 73. The null address which is used in testing
d. Network layer. LAN is
Answer: A a. 00H.
66. Bisync is an example of b. FFH.
a. Asynchronous protocol. c. AAH.
b. Synchronous protocol. d. 55H.
c. Character-oriented protocol. Answer: A
d. Sliding window protocol. 74. An idle stage is presumed with an SDLC
Answer: B after how many seconds of continuous
67. For a terminal operator to enter reception of 1’s?
information into his computer a. 10 seconds.
terminal, the terminal must be in the b. 15 seconds.
a. Transmit. c. 20 seconds.
b. Line monitoring mode. d. 30 seconds.
c. Local mode. Answer: B
d. Receive mode. 75. A SDLC frame which can be used for
Answer: C transmission of data or control
68. A group of devices is called commands.
a. Cells a. Information frame.
b. Cluster. b. Supervisory frame.
c. Poll. c. Unnumbered frame.
d. None of the above. d. None of the above.
Answer: B Answer: C
69. A negative acknowledgement in 76. Operational mode of HDLC in which
response to a poll. secondary stations are allowed to
a. /C. send unsolicited responses; to
b. Handshake. transmit, a secondary does not need
c. SYN
to have received a frame from the
d. PAD
Answer: B primary with the P bit set.
 a. ADM
b. ARM.
c. DIM.
d. RIM.
Answer: B
77. Identical to the normal disconnect
mode except that the secondary can
initiate a Disconnect Mode (DM) or
Request Initialization Mode (RIM)
response anytime.
a. ADM.
b. ARM.
c. SIM.
d. None of the above.
Answer: A
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