UNIT 1

PHYSICAL LAYER

1) How many OSI layers are there?

A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 8

Ans: C

2) At which layer do router devices operate?

A) Physical layer
B) Network Layer
C) Data Link Layer
D) Transport Layer

Ans: B

3) Which layer manages the reliable transfer of data from host to host (or end to end)?

A) Transport Layer
B) Session Layer
C) Data Link Layer
D) Network Layer

Ans: A

4) Encapsulation occurs at all of the layers. True or False?

A) True

B) False

Ans: B

5) The Session layer communicates with which other layers?

A) Transport, Presentation and Network

B) Transport and Presentation

C) Transport and Network

D) Application and Transport

Ans: B

6) Network Layer is in OSI’s:

A) 7th layer

B) 4th Layer

C) 1st layer

D) 3rd Layer

Ans: D

7) What does the acronym OSI stand for?

A) only some interest

B) open system interconnection

C) one small internet

D) one safe internet

Ans: B

8) Which layer of the OSI model contains the LLC sublayer and the MAC sublayer?

A) Transport Layer

B) Physical Layer

C) Data Link Layer

D) Session Layer

Ans: C

9) TCP/IP is composed of _______ number of layers.

A) 5

B) 4

C) 7

D) 3
 Ans: B

10) Which 2 protocols are used in the Transport layer of the TCP/IP model?

A) UDP and HTTP

B) TCP and UDP

C) HTTP and TCP

D) ICMP and HTTP

Ans: B

11) Which of the following is not the layer of TCP/IP protocol.

A) Physical layer

B) link layer

C) network layer

D) transport layer.

Ans: A

12) TCP groups a number of bytes together into a packet called a ….

A) user datagram

B) segment

C) datagram

D) packet

Ans: B

13) UDP and TCP are both ……… layer protocols.

A) data link

B) network

C) transport

D) interface

Ans: C
14) A port address in TCP/IP is ………bits long.

A) 32

B) 48

C) 16

D) 64

Ans: C

15) ………. is responsible for converting the higher-level protocol address (IP addresses) to physical
network addresses.

A) Internet Protocol(IP)

B) Internet Control Message Protocol(ICMP)

C) Address Resolution Protocol(ARP)

D) Bootstrap Protocol(BOOTP)

Ans: C

16) TCP/IP is extensively used model for the World Wide Web for providing network communications
which are composed of 4 layers that work together.

A) True

B) False

Ans: A

17) What layer in the TCP/IP stack is equivalent to the Transport layer of the OSI model?

A) Application

B) Host-to-Host

C) Internet

D) Network Access

Ans: B

18) Which protocol deals with emails

A) FTP
 B) SMTP

C) LPD

D) X window

Ans: B

19) A topology that is responsible for describing the geometric arrangement of components that make
up the LAN.

A) Complex

B) Physical

C) Logical

D) Incremental

Ans: B

20) A term that refers to the way in which the nodes of a network are linked together.

A) Network

B) Topology

C) Connection

D) Interconnectivity

Ans: B

21) In ------- topology if the computer cable is broken,networks get down

A) bus

B) star

C) mesh

D) ring

Ans: A

22) In mesh topology, devices are connected via

A) Multipoint link

B) Point to point link

C) No Link

D) None of the above

Ans: B

23) In which topology there is a central controller or hub?

A) Star

B) Mesh

C) Ring

D) Bus

Ans: A

24) A bus topology has a ----- line configuration

A) point-to-point

B) multipoint

C) passive

D) none of the above

Ans: B

25) In a ---- topology drop lines and taps are used to connect device to backbone

A) bus

B) star

C) mesh

D) ring

Ans: A

26) A network comprising of multiple topologies.

A) Complex

B) Hybrid

C) Bus
D) Star

Ans: B

27) Bus, ring and star topologies are mostly used in the

A) LAN

B) MAN

C) WAN

D) Internetwork

Ans: A

28) A topology that involves Tokens.

A) Star

B) Ring

C) Bus

D) Daisy Chaining

Ans: B

29) Transmission Media are usually categorized as

A) fixed or unfixed

B) guided or unguided

C) determinate or inderterminate

D) metallic or nonmetallic

Ans: B

30) Transmission media lie below the

A) physical layer

B) network

C) transport

D) application
Ans: A

31) In fiber optics signal is ------ waves

A) radio

B) infrared

C) light

D) very low frequency

Ans: C

32) the inner core of an optical fiber is ------ in composition

A) glass or optic

B) copper

C) bimetallic

D) liquid

Ans:A

33) Signals with a frequency below 2MHZ use ----- propagation

A) ground

B) sky

C) line-of-sight

D) none of above

Ans: A

34) Signals with a frequency above 30 MHZ use ----- propagation

A) ground

B) sky

C) line-of-sight

D) none of above

Ans: C
35) Radio Waves are

A) unidirectional

B) omnidirectional

C) bidirectional

D) none of the above

Ans: B

36) Which transmission media has the highest transmission speed in a network?

A) coaxial cable

B) twisted pair cable

C) optical fiber

D) electrical cable

Ans: C

37) ________ are used for short-range communications such as those between a PC and a peripheral
device.

A) Radio waves

B) Infrared waves

C) Microwaves

D) none of the above

Ans: B

38) _________ media transport electromagnetic waves without the use of a physical conductor.

A) Guided

B) Unguided

C) Either (a) or (b)

D) None of the above

Ans: B

39) A device which is used to boost the signal between two cable segments or wireless access points is
A) Booster

B) Repeater

C) Switch

D) Router

Ans: B

40) A device that provides a central connection point for cables is –

A) Switch

B) Hub

C) Gateway

D) Proxy Server

Ans: B

41) A device that helps prevent congestion and data collisions –

A) Switch

B) Hub

C) Gateway

D) Proxy Server

Ans: A

42) A device that connects networks with different protocols –

A) Switch

B) Hub

C) Gateway

D) All of these

Ans: C

43) What is the use of Bridge in Network?

A) to connect LAN
B) to separate LANs

C) to control Network Speed

D) All of the above

Ans: A

44) Router operates in which layer of OSI Reference Model

A) Layer 1 (Physical Layer)

B) Layer 3 (Network Layer)

C) Layer4 (Transport Layer)

D) Layer 7 (ApplicationLayer)

Ans: B

45) The central connection point of a star network?

A) Hub

B) Bridge

C) Ethernet

D) Modem

Ans:A

46) A repeater is connecting device that operates in the ---- layer of internet model

A) Physical

B) Data Link

C) Network

D) Transport

Ans: A

47) A ------ is a connecting device that operates in the physical and data link layers of internet model

A) repeater

B) bridge
C) router

D) none of the above

Ans: B

48) A three layer switch is a kind of

A) bridge

B) switch

C) Router

D) Gateway

Ans: C

49) The technique that uses M different carrier frequencies that are modulated by the source signal is
called

A) Multiplexing

B) Spreading

C) FHSS

D) DSSS

Ans: C

50) DSSS technique expands the bandwidth of a signal by replacing each data bit with

A) n+1 bits

B) n-1 bits

C) n bits

D) none of the above

Ans: C

51) _______ is designed to be used in wireless applications in which stations must be able to share the
medium without interception by an eavesdropper and without being subject to jamming from a
malicious intruder.

A) Multiplexing

B) Spread spectrum
C) Modulation

D) None of the above.

Ans: B

52) ________ can be achieved by using multiplexing; ______ can be achieved by using spreading.

A) Privacy and antijamming; efficiency

B) Privacy and efficiency; antijamming

C) Efficiency; privacy and antijamming

D) Efficiency and antijamming; privacy

Ans: C