Pre-university Exam

Subject: Computer Networks Time Allowed: 2:30 hour

Q No.1: Attempt the following multiple options question and choose correct option from given options: (20*2=20 Marks)
1. Which of the following transmission directions listed is not a legitimate channel?
(a) Simplex (b) Half Duplex (c) full Duplex (d) Double Duplex

2. "Parity bits" are used for which of the following purposes?

(a) Encryption of data (b) To transmit faster (c) To detect errors (d) To identify the user
3. What kind of transmission medium is most appropriate to carry data in a computer network that is exposed to
electrical interferences?
(a) Unshielded twisted (b) Optical fiber (c) Coaxial cable (d) Microwave
pair
4.
The term HTTP stands for?
(a) Hyper terminal (b) Hypertext tracing (c) Hypertext transfer (d) Hypertext transfer program
tracing program protocol protocol
5.
Which software prevents the external access to a system?
(a) Firewall (b) gateway (c) Router (d) Virus checker

6. Which one of the following is the most common internet protocol?

(a) HTML (b) NetBEUI (c) TCP/IP (d) IPX/SPX
7. Which one of the following is not a network topology?
(a) Bus (b) Star (c) Ring (d) Peer to peer
8. The maximum length (in bytes) of an IPv4 datagram is?
(a) 32 (b) 1024 (c) 65535 (d) 512
9. The IP network 192.168.50.0 is to be divided into 10 equal sized subnets. Which of the following subnet masks
can be used for the above requirement?
(a) 255.243.240 (b) 255.255.0.0 (c) 255.255.0 (d) 255.255.255
10. Which of the following address belongs class A?
(a) 121.12.12.248 (b) 130.12.12.248 (c) 128.12.12.248 (d) 129.12.12.248
11. The term WAN stands for?
(a) Wide area net (b) Wide access (c) Wide area network (d) All of these
network
12. Which of the following cannot be used as a medium for 802.3 ethernet?
(a) A thin coaxial (b) Twisted pair cable (c) Optical fiber cable (d) A microwave link
cable
13. In specific, if the systems use separate protocols, which one of the following devices is used to link two systems?
(a) Repeater (b) Router (c) Bridge (d) hub
14. In which of the following switching methods, the message is divided into small packets?
(a) Message switching (b) Packet switching (c) Virtual switching (d) None of these
15. Which of the following switch methods creates a point-to-point physical connection between two or more
computers?
(a) Message switching (b) Packet switching (c) circuit switching (d) Virtual switching
16.
What is the maximum data transfer rate of the optical fiber wire?
(a) 50 kbps (b) 1000 kbps (c) 1000 mbps (d) None of these
17. Which of the following layers does the HTTP protocol work on?
(a) Physical layer (b) data-link layer (c) Application layer (d) All of the above
18. What is the size of the sender window in the Go Back N (ARQ) protocol?
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 10 (d) n
19. MAC address is also called ______.
(a) Physical address (b) Logical address (c) Source address (d Destination address
)
20. Which of the following protocols is the connection-less protocol?
(a) UDP (b) IP (c) TCP (d All of these
)
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Q No 2. Answer all the short Questions listed below: (10*2 = 20)
1. Define satellite communication?
2. What MAN?
3. Define token?
4. Define Ethernet?
5. What is token ring frame format?
6. What is malware?
7. What is thermal noise?
8. What is line coding? Mention types also.
9. What is meant by flow control?
10. Define quantization?

Q No 3. Discuss OSI reference model in detail (20)

Q No 4.what is network security? Factors involve and solutions to eradicate them. (20)
Q No 5. Explain the concept of data link control & also explain error control techniques (20)