WEEK-04

Chapter 13: Wired LANs - Ethernet

1. Which of the following is INCORRECT regarding IEEE Project 802?
[A] Project 802 does not seek to replace any part of the OSI model or TCP/IP
protocol suite, instead it is a way of specifying functions of the physical layer and
data link layer of major LAN protocols.
[B] The IEEE has subdivided the data-link layer into two sublayers: logical link control
(LLC) and media access control (MAC).
[C] IEEE Project 802 has created a sublayer called media access control that defines
the specific access method for each LAN.
[D] In IEEE Project 802, flow control, error control and part of framing duties
are collected into one sublayer called the media access control (MAC).
Correct Ans: D
Solution:
Actual Statement : In IEEE Project 802, flow control, error control and part of framing
duties are collected into one sublayer called the logical link control (LLC).
Time needed for sol: 1 min
Reference on Text book: Pg-363, 1st line of the 1st paragraph.

4. Which of the following fields in ethernet frame format contains error detection
information?
[A] Preamble
[B] CRC
[C] Destination Address
[D] Start Frame Delimiter
Correct Ans: B
Solution: It is direct question
Time needed for sol: 1 min
Reference on Text book: Pg-365, 6th paragraph under CRC

5. The ethernet address is ________ bytes, normally written in hexadecimal notation

with a colon between the bytes, whereas an ethernet frame needs to have minimum length
of __________ bytes.
[A] 6, 512
[B] 6, 64
[C] 46, 64
[D] 48, 64
Correct Ans: B
Solution: An Ethernet frame needs to have a minimum length of 512 bits or 64
bytes. The Ethernet address is 6 bytes (48 bits), normally written in hexadecimal
notation, with a colon between the bytes.
Time needed for sol: 1 min
Reference on Text book: Pg-366, 2nd paragraph

6. The following shows the Ethernet MAC address as:

4A:30:10:21:10:1A
Which of the following shows the correct format of transmitting the address bits?
[A] 01001010 00110000 00010000 00100001 00010000 00011010
[B] 01010010 00001100 00001000 10000100 00001000 01011000
[C] 01011000 00001000 10000100 00001000 00001100 01010010
[D] 10110101 11001111 11101111 11011110 11101111 11100101
Correct Ans: B
 Solution: The transmission is left to right, byte by byte; however, for each byte, the
least significant bit is sent first and the most significant bit is sent last.

4A(HEX) 01001010(BINARY)

30 00110000

10 00010000

21 00100001

10 00010000

1A 00011010

Time needed for sol: 2 min

Reference on Text book: Pg-366, Example-13.1 is the reference

7. Consider the following destination address:

(a) 10010100 00101001 01010010 00000101 10010101 00100101
(b) 01010101 10101000 01010110 01000101 01100100 00100001
The address shown in (a) and (b) is ________ and ___________ respectively
[A] Unicast address, Multicast address
[B] Multicast address, Multicast address
[C] Unicast address, Multicast address
[D] Unicast address, Unicast address
Correct Ans: A
Solution: If the least significant bit of the first byte in a destination address is 0, the
address is unicast; otherwise, it is multicast. .
Time needed for sol: 1 min
Reference on Text book: Pg-367, Example- 13.2 is reference

8. What is the hexadecimal equivalent of the following Ethernet address ?

01011010 00010001 01010101 00011000 10101010 00001111
[A] 5A : 11: 55: E7: AA : 02
[B] 4A: 12 : 34 : 77 : 2A : 12
[C] 5A : 11 : 55 : 18 : AA : 0F
[D] 4A : 21: 33 : 13 : A2 : F0
Correct Ans: C
Solution: It is a direct question
Time needed for sol: 1 min
Reference on Text book: Pg-385, P13-1 Direct question

9. An Ethernet MAC sublayer receives 42 bytes of data from the upper layer. How many
bits of padding must be added to the data?
[A] 4
[B] 32
[C] 16
[D] 8
Correct Ans: B
Solution: The minimum length of data from the upper layer is 64 − 18 = 46 bytes. If
the upper-layer packet is less than 46 bytes, padding is added to make up the
difference. So, extra 4 bytes is required for padding which is equivalent to 4 x 8 = 32
bits.
 Time needed for sol: 1 min
Reference on Text book: Pg-365, last paragraph

10. In the Standard Ethernet with the transmission rate of 10 Mbps, we assume that the
length of the medium is 1000 m and the size of the frame is 256 bits. The propagation speed
of a signal in a cable is normally 2 × 108 m/s. The efficiency of the ethernet is
[A] 41 %
[B] 42 %
[C] 43 %
[D] 44 %
Correct Ans: D
Solution: Propagation Delay = 5 microseconds.
Transmission delay = 25.6 microseconds
A = 0.195
Efficiency = 44.4%
Time needed for sol: 2 min
Reference on Text book: Pg-370, Example- 13.3