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a) binary phase shift keying modulation b)
1. WiMAX stands for ___________
a) wireless maximum communication b)
worldwide interoperability for microwave access
c) worldwide international standard for
microwave access
d) wireless internet maximum communication
Answer: b
Explanation: WiMAX or worldwide
interoperability for microwave access is a set of
wireless communication standards. It provides
support for multiple physical layer (PHY) and
Media Access Control (MAC) options. It is based
on IEEE 802.16 standards.
2. WiMAX provides ________
a) simplex communication
b) half duplex communication
c) full duplex communication
d) no communication
Answer: c
Explanation: WiMax was developed to provide
wireless broadband access to buildings. It can
also be used to connect WLAN hotspots to the
Internet. It is based on IEEE 802.16 standards.
3. WiMAX uses the _________
a) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing b)
time division multiplexing
c) space division multiplexing
d) channel division multiplexing
Answer: a
Explanation: WiMAX physical layer uses
orthogonal frequency division multiplexing as it
provides simplified reception in multipath and
allows WiMAX to operate in NLOS conditions.
4. Which of the following modulation schemes is
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supported by WiMAX?
quadrature phase shift keying modulation c)
quadrature amplitude modulation d) all of the
mentioned
Answer: d
Explanation: WiMAX supports a variety of
modulation schemes such as binary phase shift
keying modulation, quadrature phase shift
keying modulation, and quadrature amplitude
modulation and allows for the scheme to change
on a burst-by-burst basis per link, depending on
channel conditions.
5. WiMAX MAC layer provides an interface
between ___________
a) higher transport layers and physical layer b)
application layer and network layer c) data link
layer and network layer d) session layer and
application layer
Answer: a
Explanation: WiMAX provides support for
multiple physical layer (PHY) on the physical
layer and Media Access Control (MAC) options
for higher layers to provide wireless broadband
access to buildings.
6. For encryption, WiMAX supports _______ a)
advanced encryption standard
b) triple data encryption standard
c) advanced encryption standard and triple data
encryption standard
d) double data encryption standard
Answer: c
Explanation: Both advanced encryption
standard and triple data encryption standard
are block cipher techniques and are popularly
used in WiMAX and other applications for
secure encryption.
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7. WiMAX provides _______
a) VoIP services
b) IPTV services
c) Both VoIP and IPTV services
d) no IPTV services
Answer: c
Explanation: IPTV can be transmitted over
WiMAX, and relies on packet-switching to offer
reliable delivery. VoIP can be operated over a
WiMax network with no special hardware or
software.
8. Devices that provide the connectivity to a
WiMAX network are known as _________ a)
subscriber stations
b) base stations
c) gateway
d) switch stations
Answer: a
Explanation: Subscriber stations in WiMAX are
transceivers (transmitter and
receivers). They are used to convert radio
signals into digital signals that can be routed to
and from communication devices. There is a
variety of types of WiMAX subscriber stations
like portable PCMCIA cards and fixed stations
that provide service to multiple users.
9. WiMAX is mostly used for __________
a) local area network
b) metropolitan area network
c) personal area network
d) wide area network
Answer: b
Explanation: WiMAX provides Wi-Fi
connectivity within the home or business for
computers and smartphones. WiMAX network
operators typically provide a WiMAX
Subscriber Unit to do so. The subscriber unit
is used to connect to the metropolitan WiMAX
network.
10. Which of the following frequencies is not used
in WiMAX for communication? a) 2.3 GHz
b) 2.4 GHz
c) 2.5 GHz
d) 3.5 GHz
Answer: b
Explanation: The 2.4GHz ISM frequency band
is used for personal area network technologies
such as Bluetooth and hence is not suitable for
WiMAX which is mostly used for Metropolitan
Area Networks.
11. An interconnected collection of piconet is
called ___________
a) scatternet
b) micronet
c) mininet
d) multinet
Answer: a
Explanation: Piconet is the basic unit of a
bluetooth system having a master node and
upto seven active slave nodes. A collection of
piconets is called scatternet and a slave node of
a piconet may act as a master in a piconet that
is part of the scatternet.
12. In a piconet, there can be up to ________
parked nodes in the network.
a) 63
b) 127
c) 255
d) 511
Answer: c
Explanation: A slave node in a piconet can be
instructed by the master node to go into parked
mode. Then the slave node enters the parked
mode in which the node is not disconnected
from the network but is inactive unless the
master wakes it up.
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13. Bluetooth is the wireless technology for
__________
a) local area network
b) personal area network
c) metropolitan area network
d) wide area network
Answer: b
Explanation: Bluetooth is a wireless technology
used to create a wireless personal area network
for data transfer up to a distance of 10 meters.
It operates on 2.45 GHz frequency band for
transmission.
14. Bluetooth uses __________
a) frequency hopping spread spectrum b)
orthogonal frequency division multiplexing c) time
division multiplexing
d) channel division multiplexing
Answer: a
Explanation: Frequency hopping spread
spectrum is a method of transmitting radio
signals by rapidly changing the carrier frequency
and is controlled by the codes known to the
sender and receiver only.
15. Unauthorised access of information from a
wireless device through a bluetooth connection is
called _________
a) bluemaking
b) bluesnarfing
c) bluestring
d) bluescoping
Answer: b
Explanation: Unauthorised access of information
from a wireless device through a bluetooth
connection is called
Bluesnarfing. It is done through exploiting the
vulnerabilities of the Bluetooth device to steal
the transmitted information.
16. What is A2DP (advanced audio distribution
profile)?
a) a bluetooth profile for streaming audio b) a
bluetooth profile for streaming video c) a
bluetooth profile for security
d) a bluetooth profile for file management
Answer: a
Explanation: A2DP stands for Advanced Audio
Distribution Profile is a transfer standard use to
transmit high definition audio through
Bluetooth. It is mainly used in Bluetooth
speakers and wireless headphones.
17. In a piconet, one master device ________ a)
can not be slave
b) can be slave in another piconet
c) can be slave in the same piconet d)
can be master in another piconet
Answer: b
Explanation: In a scatternet, a slave node of one
piconet may act as a master in a piconet that is
part of the scatternet. The scatternet uses this
property to connect many piconets together to
create a larger network.
18. Bluetooth transceiver devices operate in
______ band.
a) 2.4 GHz ISM
b) 2.5 GHz ISM
c) 2.6 GHz ISM
d) 2.7 GHz ISM
Answer: a
Explanation: Bluetooth operates on 2.45 GHz
frequency ISM band for transmission. It is used to
create a wireless personal area network for data
transfer up to a distance of 10 meters.
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19. Bluetooth supports _______
a) point-to-point connections
b) point-to-multipoint connection
c) both point-to-point connections and point
to-multipoint connection
d) multipoint to point connection
Answer: c
Explanation: In Bluetooth, each slave node
communicates with the master of the piconet
independently i.e. each master slave connection
is independent. The slave is not allowed to
communicate with other slaves directly.
20. A scatternet can have maximum
__________
a) 10 piconets
b) 20 piconets
c) 30 piconets
d) 40 piconets
Answer: a
Explanation: A scatternet can have maximum of
10 piconets and minimum of 2 piconets. To
connect these piconets, a slave node of one
piconet may act as a master in a piconet that is
part of the scatternet.
21. What is the access point (AP) in a wireless
LAN?
a) device that allows wireless devices to
connect to a wired network
b) wireless devices itself
c) both device that allows wireless devices to
connect to a wired network and wireless devices
itself
d) all the nodes in the network
Answer: a
Explanation: Access point in a wireless
network is any device that will allow the
wireless devices to a wired network. A router
is the best example of an Access Point.
22. In wireless ad-hoc network _________ a)
access point is not required
b) access point is must
c) nodes are not required
d) all nodes are access points
Answer: a
Explanation: An ad-hoc wireless network is a
decentralized kind of a wireless network. An
access point is usually a central device and it
would go against the rules of the ad
hoc network to use one. Hence it is not
required.
23. Which multiple access technique is used by
IEEE 802.11 standard for wireless LAN? a) CDMA
b) CSMA/CA
c) ALOHA
d) CSMA/CD
Answer: b
Explanation: CSMA/CA stands for Carrier sense
multiple access/collision avoidance. It is a
multiple access protocol used by IEEE 802.11
standard for wireless LAN. It’s based on the
principle of collision avoidance by using different
algorithms to avoid collisions between channels.
24. In wireless distribution system __________ a)
multiple access point are inter-connected with
each other
b) there is no access point
c) only one access point exists
d) access points are not required
Answer: a
Explanation: A Wireless Distribution System
allows the connection of multiple access points
together. It is used to expand a wireless network
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25. A wireless network interface controller can work
in _______
a) infrastructure mode
b) ad-hoc mode
c) both infrastructure mode and ad-hoc mode d)
WDS mode
Answer: c
Explanation: A wireless network interface
controller works on the physical layer and the
data link layer of the OSI model. Infrastructure
mode WNIC needs access point but in ad-hoc
mode access point is not required.
26. In wireless network an extended service set
is a set of ________
a) connected basic service sets
b) all stations
c) all access points
d) connected access points
Answer: a
Explanation: The extended service set is a part
of the IEEE 802.11 WLAN architecture and is
used to expand the range of the basic service
set by allowing connection of multiple basic
service sets.
27. Mostly ________ is used in wireless LAN. a)
time division multiplexing
b) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing c)
space division multiplexing
d) channel division multiplexing
Answer: b
Explanation: In orthogonal frequency division
multiplexing, digital data is encoded on multiple
carrier frequencies. It is also used in digital
television and audio broadcasting in addition to
Wireless LANs.
28. Which one of the following event is not
possible in wireless LAN?
a) collision detection
b) acknowledgement of data frames c)
multi-mode data transmission
d) connection to wired networks
Answer: a
Explanation: Collision detection is not possible in
wireless LAN with no extensions. Collision
detection techniques for multiple access like
CSMA/CD are used to detect collisions in
Wireless LANs.
29. What is Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)? a)
security algorithm for ethernet
b) security algorithm for wireless networks c)
security algorithm for usb communication d)
security algorithm for emails
Answer: b
Explanation: WEP is a security algorithm for
wireless network which intended to provide data
confidentiality comparable to that of traditional
wired networks. It was
introduced in 1997.
30. What is WPA?
a) wi-fi protected access
b) wired protected access
c) wired process access
d) wi-fi process access
Answer: a
Explanation: WPA or WiFi Protected Access is a
security protocol used to provide users and firms
with strong data security and protection for their
wireless networks (WiFi) to give them confidence
that only
authorized users can access their network.
 a) Wide Local Area Network
b) Wireless Local Area Network
31. What is the full form of WLAN?

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c) Wireless Land Access Network

d) Wireless Local Area Node 34. Which of the following specifies a set of media
access control (MAC) and physical layer
Answer: b
Explanation: WLAN stands for Wireless Local
Area Network. Wireless networks is increasingly specifications for implementing WLANs? a)
used as a replacement for wires within homes, IEEE 802.16
buildings, and office settings through the b) IEEE 802.3
deployment of wireless local area networks c) IEEE 802.11
(WLANs). d) IEEE 802.15

Answer: c
32. WLANs use high power levels and generally Explanation: IEEE 802.11 is a set of media
require a license for spectrum use. a) True access control and physical layer
b) False specification for implementing WLAN computer
communication. It was founded in 1987 to begin
Answer: b standardization of spread spectrum WLANs for
Explanation: WLANs use low power and use in the ISM bands.
generally do not require a license for spectrum.
They provide ad hoc high data transmission rate
connections deployed by individuals. In the late 35. Which of the following is not a standard of
1980s, FCC provided licence free bands for low WLAN?
power spread spectrum devices in ISM band, a) HIPER-LAN
which is used by WLAN. b) HIPERLAN/2
c) IEEE 802.11b
d) AMPS
33. What is the name of 300 MHz of unlicensed
spectrum allocated by FCC in ISM band? Answer: d
a) UNII Explanation: AMPS is a standard of first
b) Unlicensed PCS generation network. HIPERLAN is a WLAN
c) Millimetre wave standard developed in Europe in mid 1990s.
d) Bluetooth HIPERLAN/2 is also developed in Europe that
provides upto 54 Mbps of user data.
Answer: a
Explanation: FCC allocated 300 MHz of
unlicensed spectrum in the ISM bands. This 36. Which of the following is the 802.11 High Rate
allocation is called the Unlicensed National Standard?
Information Infrastructure (UNII) band. It was a) IEEE 802.15
allocated for the express purpose of supporting b) IEEE 802.15.4
low power license free spread spectrum data c) IEEE 802.11g
communication. d) IEEE 802.11b

Answer: d
Explanation: IEEE 802.11b was a high rate
 standard approved in 1999. It provided new data
rate capabilities of 11 Mbps, 5.5 Mbps
in addition to the original 2 Mbps and 1
Mbps user rates of IEEE 802.11.
37. Which of the following spread spectrum
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b) THSS and FHSS
c) THSS and DSSS
d) Hybrid technique
Answer: a
Explanation: Original IEEE 802.11 used both the
approaches of FHSS (Frequency Hopping
Spread Spectrum) and DSSS (Direct Sequence
Spread Spectrum). But from late 2001s, only
DSSS modems are used within IEEE 802.11.
38. Which of the following WLAN standard has
been named Wi-Fi?
a) IEEE 802.6
b) IEEE 802.15.4
c) DSSS IEEE 802.11b
d) IEEE 802.11g
Answer: c
Explanation: The DSSS IEEE 802.11b standard
has been named Wi-Fi by the Wireless Ethernet
Compatibility Alliance. It is a group that promotes
adoption of 802.11 DSSS WLAN.
39. Which of the following is developing CCK
OFDM?
a) IEEE 802.11a
b) IEEE 802.11b
c) IEEE 802.15.4
d) IEEE 802.11g
Answer: d
Explanation: IEEE 802.11g is developing
CCK-OFDM (Complementary Code Keying
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing)
standards. It will support roaming
capabilities and dual band use for public
WLAN networks. It also has backward
techniques were used in the original IEEE 802.11
standard?
a) FHSS and DSSS
compatibility with 802.11b technologies.
40. What is the data rate of HomeRF 2.0? a)
10 Mbps
b) 54 Mbps
c) 200 Mbps
d) 1 Mbps
Answer: a
Explanation: HomeRF 2.0 has data rate of the
order of 10 Mbps. The FHSS proponents of IEEE
802.11 have formed the HomeRF standard that
supports the frequency hopping equipment. In
2001, HomeRF developed a 10 Mbps FHSS
standard called HomeRF 2.0.
41. HIPER-LAN stands for ____________ a)
High Precision Radio Local Area Network b)
High Performance Radio Local Area Network
c) High Precision Radio Land Area Network d)
Huge Performance Radio Link Access Node
Answer: b
Explanation: HIPER-LAN stands for High
Performance Radio Local Area Network. It was
developed in Europe in mid 1990s. It was
intended to provide individual wireless LANs for
computer communication.
42. What is the range of asynchronous user data
rates provided by HIPER-LAN?
a) 1-100 Mbps
b) 50-100 Mbps
c) 1-20 Mbps
d) 500 Mbps to 1 Gbps
Answer: c
 Explanation: HIPER-LAN provides standard that provides user data rate upto 54
asynchronous user data rates of between 1 to 20 Mbps?
Mbps, as well as time bounded messaging of a) UNII
rates of 64 kbps to 2.048 Mbps. It uses 5.2 GHz b) WISP
and 17.1 GHz frequency bands. c) MMAC

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Network d) HIPERLAN/2 461. Which of the following is not an open

standard?
Answer: d a) Bluetooth
Explanation: HIPERLAN/2 has emerged as the b) WWW
next generation European WLAN standard. It c) HTML
provides upto 54 Mbps of user data to a variety d) VPN
of networks. The networks includes the ATM
backbone, IP based networks and the UMTS
network. Answer: d
Explanation: An open standard is a standard
that is publicly available. It has various rights
44. What is WISP? to use associated with it. Bluetooth is an open
a) Wideband Internet Service Protocol b) standard that has been embraced by over
Wireless Internet Service Provider c) Wireless thousand manufacturers of electronic
Instantaneous Source Provider d) Wideband appliances. VPN (Virtual Private Network) is a
Internet Source Protocol private network.

Answer: b
Explanation: WISP is wireless Internet Service 47. What is the nominal range of Bluetooth? a) 1
Provider used to explore public LANs (publican). Km
It builds a nationwide infrastructure of WLAN b) 10 m
access points in selected hotels, restaurants or c) 1 m
airports. It then charges a monthly subscription d) 10 Km
fee to users who wish to have always on
Internet access in those selected locations. Answer: b
Explanation: The power of the transmitter
governs the range over which a Bluetooth
45. The price of WLAN hardware is more than 3G device can operate. Generally, Bluetooth
telephones and fixed wireless equipment. a) True devices are said to fall into one of three
classes. The most common kind is class 2, and
b) False
it operates in 10 m range.
Answer: b
Explanation: As, WLAN could be used to
provide access for the last 100 meters into 48. Bluetooth standard is named after
homes and businesses. Therefore, the price of ___________
WLAN hardware is far below 3G telephones and a) King Ronaldo Bluetooth
fixed wireless equipment b) Pope Vincent Bluetooth
c) King Herald Bluetooth
d) Pope Francis Bluetooth
 Answer: c
Explanation: Bluetooth standard is named after 49. Bluetooth operates in which band? a)
King Harald Bluetooth. He was the 10th century Ka Band
Viking who united Denmark and Norway. The b) L Band
Bluetooth standard aims to unify the c) Ku Band
connectivity chores of appliances within the d) 2.4 GHz ISM Band
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Answer: d 52. Which modulation scheme is used by

Explanation: Bluetooth is a radio Bluetooth?
technology operating in 2.4 GHz frequency a) DQPSK
band. Bluetooth is best suited for low bandwidth b) MSK
applications like transferring sound data with c) GFSK
telephones (i.e. with a Bluetooth headset) or d) BPSK
byte data with hand held computers (transferring
files) or keyboard.
Answer: c
Explanation: Bluetooth uses GFSK
50. Which of the following scheme is used by (Gaussian Frequency Shift Keying). When GFSK
Bluetooth? is used for Bluetooth modulation, the frequency
a) Frequency hopping TDD scheme b) of the carrier is shifted to carry the modulation.
Frequency hopping FDD scheme c) By doing this the Bluetooth modulation achieves
DSSS TDD scheme a bandwidth of 1 MHz with stringent filter
d) DSSS FDD scheme requirements to prevent interference on other
channels.
Answer: a
Explanation: Frequency hopping TDD (Time
Division Duplexing) scheme is used by 53. What is the channel symbol rate in
Bluetooth. Frequency hopping provides a form of Bluetooth for each user?
multiple access among co-located devices in a) 270.833 Kbps
different piconets. b) 1 Gbps
c) 100 Mbps
d) 1 Mbps
51. What is the range of time slot in
Bluetooth? Answer: d
a) 120 milliseconds Explanation: Each user in Bluetooth uses a
b) 625 microseconds radio channel symbol rate of 1 Mbps using
c) 577 microseconds GFSK modulation. The frequency hopping
d) 5.7 seconds scheme of each Bluetooth user is
determined from a cyclic code with a length of
Answer: b 1027-1.
Explanation: Bluetooth uses a timeslot of 625
54. What is the raw channel bit error rate of
microseconds. A data channel hops randomly
Bluetooth?
1600 times per second between 79 RF
a) 10-3
channels. Thus, each channel is divided into
b) 10-10
time slots 625 microseconds.
c) 103
 d) 10-1 Personal Area Networks (PAN)?
a) IEEE 802.11b
Answer: a b) IEEE 802.15
Explanation: Bluetooth has a bit error rate (BER) c) IEEE 802.11g
of 10-3. Bluetooth uses a number of forward d) IEEE 802.16
error control (FEC) coding and automatic repeat
request (ARR) schemes to achieve this bit rate. Answer: b
Explanation: IEEE 802.15 standards
55. Which of the following standard committee is formed to provide an
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C.FDMA
international forum for developing D.none of the above
Bluetooth and other PANs. PANs are used to
interconnect pocket PCs, personal digital 60. IEEE 802.11a, has a data rate of
_________Mbps.
assistants (PDAs), cell phones, light projectors
and other appliances. A.1

B.2
56. A Bluetooth network consists of _________
C.6
primary device(s) and up to _________ secondary
devices.

A.one; five D.none of the above

B.five; three 61. IEEE 802.11b, has a data rate of _________

Mbps.
C.two; six
A.1
D.one; seven
B.2
57. A Bluetooth network is called a _________.
C.5.5
A.piconet
D.none of the above
B.scatternet

C.bluenet
62. IEEE 802.11g, has a data rate of _________
D.none of the above Mbps.
58. Bluetooth is a _________ technology that A.1
connects devices (called gadgets) in a small area.
B.2
A.wired LAN
C.11
B.wireless LAN
D.22
C.VLAN
63. IEEE has defined the specifications for a
D.none of the above wireless LAN, called _________, which covers the
59. Bluetooth uses _________ method in the physical and data link layers.
physical layer to avoid interference from other A.IEEE 802.3
devices or other networks.
B.IEEE 802.5
A.DSSS
C.IEEE 802.11
B.FHSS
D.IEEE 802.2
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