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Question 1:
In OSI network architecture, the dialogue control and token management are
responsibility of
a. session layer
b. network layer
c. transport layer
e. none of above
Question 2:
a. network layer
c. transport layer
d. session layer
e. none of above
Question 3:
a. fiber optics
b. satellite
c. coaxial cable
d. modem
Question 4:
The process of converting analog signals into digital signals so they can be processed by
a receiving computer is referred to as:
a. modulation
b. demodulation
c. synchronizing
d. digitizing
Question 5:
a. Two
b. Three
c. Seven
d. Six
e. None of above
Question 6:
a. physical layer
b. link layer
c. transport layer
d. network layer
e. none of above
Question 7:
c. DTE/DCE interface
e. none of above
Question 8:
Which of the following communication modes support two-way traffic but in only one
direction at a time?
a. simplex
b. half duplex
c. three-quarters duplex
Question 9:
c. controller
d. concentrator
Question 10:
What is the number of separate protocol layers at the serial interface gateway specified by
the X.25 standard?
a. 4
b. 2
c. 6
d. 3
Correct Answers:
1. a
2. a
3. d
4. d
5. b
6. a
7. c
8. b
9. e
10. d
Chapter 2:
Question 1:
The interactive transmission of data within a time sharing system may be best suited to
a. simplex lines
b. half-duplex lines
d. biflex-lines
Question 2:
b. Half duplex line is a communication line in which data can move in two directions, but
not at the same time.
Question 3:
a. coaxial cable
d. all of above
Question 4:
a. telephone lines
b. coaxial cables
c. modem
d. microwave systems
Question 5:
Which of the following does not allow multiple uses or devices to share one
communication line?
a. doubleplexer
b. multiplexer
c. concentrator
d. controller
Question 6:
a. VDR
b. RTS
c. CTS
d. DSR
Question 7:
a. Multiplexers are designed to accept data from several I/O devices and transmit a
unified stream of data on one communication line
c. RTS/CTS is the way the DTE indicates that it is ready to transmit data and the way the
DCW indicates that it is ready to accept data
Question 8:
d. all of above
Question 9:
b. protocol
c. communication hardware
Question 10:
a. Bipolar
b. NRZ
c. Manchester
d. Binary
Answers:
1. b
2. d
3. d
4. c
5. a
6. a
7. d
8. d
9. d
10. a
Chapter3:
Question 1:
Which data communication method is used to transmit the data over a serial
communication link?
a. simplex
b. half-duplex
c. full-duplex
d. b and c
e. None of above
Question 2:
What is the minimum number of wires needed to send data over a serial communication
link layer?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 4
d. 6
e. none of above
Question 3:
Question 4:
a. simplex lines
b. wideband channel
c. narrowband channel
d. dialed service
Question 5:
A communications device that combines transmissions from several I/O devices into one
line is a
a. concentrator
b. modifier
c. multiplexer
d. full-duplex line
Question 6:
How much power (roughly) a light emitting diode can couple into an optical fiber?
a. 100 microwatts
b. 440 microwatts
c. 100 picowatts
d. 10 miliwatts
Question 7:
The synchronous modems are more costly than the asynchronous modems because
e. none of above
Question 8:
Question 9:
a. equilizer
b. modulator
c. demodulator
d. terminal
e. none of aobve
Question 10:
b. simplex lines
Answers
1. c
2. b
3. c
4. c
5. c
6. a
7. b
8. c
9. a
10. c
CHAPTER 4:
Q2. Rank the following transmission media (optical fibre, coaxial cable and twisted
pair) according to their channel capacity from the highest to the lowest.
a) Optical Fibre, Coaxial Cable, Twisted Pair.
b) Optical Fibre, Twisted Pair, Coaxial cable.
c) Twisted Pair, Coaxial Cable, Optical Fibre.
d) Coaxial cable, Optic fibre, Twisted Pair.
e) None of the above
Q3 As a user’s message moves from the lowest layer to the top layer of the OSI Model,
a) Added
b) Removed
c) Rearranged
d) Modified
a) Attenuation
b) Delay Distortion
c) Crosstalk
d) Attenuation Distortion
Q5. What is the bandwidth of a signal that ranges from 35 kHz to 95 kHz?
a) 130 kHz
b) 60 kHz
c) 35 kHz
d) 95 kHz
a) Simplex
b) Half duplex
c) Full duplex
d) Automatic
1. In a Go-Back-N ARQ, if the window size is 63, what is the range of sequence
numbers?
A) 0 to 63
B) 0 to 64
C) 1 to 63
D) 1 to 64
A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
A) exactly 10
B) less than 10
C) more than 10
6. Data link control deals with the design and procedures for ______
communication.
A) node-to-node
B) host-to-host
C) process-to-process
7. _______ in the data link layer separates a message from one source to a
destination, or from other messages going from other sources to other destinations.
A) Digitizing
B) Controlling
C) Framing
B) variable-size
C) standard
A) fixed-size
B) variable-size
C) standard
A) Fixed-size
B) Variable-size
C) Standard
A) bit-oriented
B) character-oriented
A) byte-oriented
B) bit-oriented
14. Byte stuffing means adding a special byte to the data section of the frame when
there is a character with the same pattern as the ______.
A) header
B) trailer
C) flag
16. Bit stuffing means adding an extra 0 to the data section of the frame when there
is a sequence of bits with the same pattern as the ________.
A) header
B) trailer
C) flag
17. _______ control refers to a set of procedures used to restrict the amount of data
that the sender can send before waiting for acknowledgment.
A) Flow
B) Error
C) Transmission
A) Flow
B) Error
C) Transmission
19. The Simplest Protocol and the Stop-and-Wait Protocol are for ______ channels.
A) noisy
B) noiseless
20. The Stop-And-Wait ARQ, Go-Back-N ARQ, and the Selective Repeat ARQ are
for ______ channels.
A) noisy
B) noiseless
21. The ____ Protocol has neither flow nor error control.
A) Stop-and-Wait
B) Simplest
C) Go-Back-N ARQ
D) Selective-Repeat ARQ
22. The _______Protocol has flow control, but not error control.
A) Stop-and-Wait
B) Simplest
C) Go-Back-N ARQ
D) Selective-Repeat ARQ
23. The _______Protocol has both flow control and error control.
A) Stop-and-Wait
B) Go-Back-N ARQ
C) Selective-Repeat ARQ
Answers:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
A C B A B A C A B B B B A C C C A B B A B A D
Chapter 7 part2
1. In the _____ Protocol, the sender sends its frames one after another with no
regard to the receiver.
A) Stop-and-Wait
B) Simplest
C) Go-Back-N ARQ
D) Selective-Repeat ARQ
2. In the _____ Protocol, the sender sends one frame, stops until it receives
confirmation from the receiver, and then sends the next frame.
A) Stop-and-Wait
B) Simplest
C) Go-Back-N ARQ
D) Selective-Repeat ARQ
A) Stop-and-Wait ARQ
B) Go-Back-N ARQ
C) Selective-Repeat ARQ
A) Stop-and-Wait ARQ
B) Go-Back-N ARQ
C) Selective-Repeat ARQ
A) sliding frame
B) sliding window
C) sliding packet
7. In Go-Back-N ARQ, if 5 is the number of bits for the sequence number, then the
maximum size of the send window must be _____
A) 15
B) 16
C) 31
D) 1
8. In Go-Back-N ARQ, if 5 is the number of bits for the sequence number, then the
maximum size of the receive window must be _____
A) 15
B) 16
C) 31
D) 1
9. In Selective Repeat ARQ, if 5 is the number of bits for the sequence number,
then the maximum size of the send window must be _____
A) 15
B) 16
C) 31
D) 1
10. In Selective Repeat ARQ, if 5 is the number of bits for the sequence number,
then the maximum size of the receive window must be _____
A) 15
B) 16
C) 31
D) 1
A) bit-oriented
B) byte-oriented
C) character-oriented
12. The most common protocol for point-to-point access is the Point-to-Point
Protocol (PPP), which is a _________protocol.
A) bit-oriented
B) byte-oriented
C) character-oriented
13. _______ control refers to a set of procedures used to restrict the amount of data
that the sender can send before waiting for acknowledgment.
A) Flow
B) Error
C) Transmission
14. _________control in the data link layer is based on automatic repeat request,
which is the retransmission of data.
A) Flow
B) Error
C) Transmission
A) modulo-2
B) modulo-4
C) modulo-m
A) modulo-2
B) modulo-4
C) modulo-m
17. In the Go-Back-N Protocol, if the size of the sequence number field is 8, the
sequence numbers are in ________ arithmetic,
A) modulo-2
B) modulo- 8
C) modulo-256
18. Stop-and-Wait ARQ is a special case of Go-Back-N ARQ in which the size of
the send window is 1.
A) 2
B) 1
C) 8
A) ABM
B) NRM
C) ARM
D) NBM
A) ABM
B) NRM
C) ARM
D) NBM
A) NCP
B) LCP
C) CHAP
D) PAP
B) LCP
C) CHAP
D) PAP
A) NCP
B) LCP
C) CHAP
D) PAP
ANSWERS:
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B A A B C B C D B B A B A B A A C B B A B D C
Chapter 7 part3
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. Transmission media are usually categorized as
a. Fixed or unfixed
b, Guided or unguided
c. Determinate or indeterminate
d. Metallic or nonmetallic
2. Transmission media are closest to the ________ layer.
a. Physical
b. Network
c. Transport
d. Application
3. Category 1 UTP cable is most often used in _______ networks.
a. Fast Ethernet
b. Traditional Ethernet
c. Infrared
d. Telephone
4. BNC connectors are used by ________ cables.
a. UTP
b. STP
c. Coaxial
d. Fiber-optic
5. _______ cable consists of an inner copper core and a second conducting outer
sheath.
a. Twisted-pair
b Coaxial
c. Fiber-optic
d. Shielded twisted-pair
Dr. Gihan NAGUIB 2
6. In fiber optics, the signal source is ______waves.
a. Light
b. Radio
c. Infrared
d. Very low-frequency
7. Smoke signals are an example of communication through_____
a. A guided medium
b. An unguided medium
c. A refractive medium
d. A small or large medium
8. Which of the following primarily uses guided media?
a. Cellular telephone system
b. Local telephone system
c. Satellite communications
d. Radio broadcasting
9. Which of the following is not a guided medium?
a. Twisted-pair cable
b. Coaxial cable
c. Fiber-optic cable
d. Atmosphere
10. In an environment with many high-voltage devices, the best transmission medium
would be _________
a. Twisted-pair cable
b. Coaxial cable
c. Optical fiber
d. The atmosphere
11. What is the major factor that makes coaxial cable less susceptible to noise than
twisted-pair cable?
a. Inner conductor
b. Diameter of cable
c. Outer conductor
d. Insulating material
Dr. Gihan NAGUIB 3
12. The RG number gives us information about
a. Twisted pairs
b. Coaxial cables
c. Optical fibers
d. All the above
13. In an optical fiber, the inner core is ___________ the cladding.
a. Denser than
b. Less dense than
c. The same density as
d. Another name for
14. The inner core of an optical fiber is in composition.
a. Glass or plastic
b. Copper
c. Bimetallic
d. Liquid
15. Optical fibers, unlike wire media, are highly resistant to
a. High-frequency transmission
b. Low-frequency transmission
c. Electromagnetic interference
d. Refraction
16. When a beam of light travels through media of two different densities, if the angle
of incidence is greater than the critical angle, _____occurs.
a. Reflection
b. Refraction
c. Incidence
d. Criticism
17. When the angle of incidence is __________ the critical angle, the light beam
bends along the interface.
a. More than
b. Less than
c. Equal to
d. None of the above
Dr. Gihan NAGUIB 4
18. When we talk about unguided media, usually we are referring to _______
a. Metallic wires
b. Nonmetallic wires
c. The air
d, None of the above
19. Radio wave and microwave frequencies range from _________
a. 3 to 300KHz
b. 300 KHz to 3 GHz
c. 3 KHz to 300 GHz
d. 3KHz to 3000 GHz
20 In ________ propagation, low-frequency radio waves hug the earth.
a. Ground
b. Sky
c. Line of sight
d. Space
Exercises
21. A beam of light moves from one medium to another, less dense medium. The
critical angle is 60°. Draw the path of the light through both media when the angle of
incidence is
a. 40°
b. 50°
c. 60°
d.70°
e. 80°
Q1. Which OSI Model layer is the fourth layer above the physical layer?
a) Session
b) Transport
c) Application
d) Physical
A) error checking
B) error correction
C) datagram acknowledgment
3. In IPv4, what is the value of the total length field in bytes if the header is 28 bytes and
the data field is 400 bytes?
A) 428
B) 407
C) 107
D) 427
4. In IPv4, what is the length of the data field given an HLEN value of 12 and total length
value of 40,000?
A) 39,988
B) 40,012
C) 40,048
D) 39,952
5. An IPv4 datagram is fragmented into three smaller datagrams. Which of the following
is true?
6. In IPv4, if the fragment offset has a value of 100, it means that _______.
7. In IPv4, what is needed to determine the number of the last byte of a fragment?
A) Identification number
B) Offset number
C) Total length
A) is 20 to 60 bytes long
B) is always 20 bytes long
A) Base header
B) Extension header
10. In IPv6, the _______ field in the base header restricts the lifetime of a datagram.
A) version
B) next-header
C) hop limit
D) neighbor-advertisement
11. The ________ protocol is the transmission mechanism used by the TCP/IP suite.
A) ARP
B) IP
C) RARP
B) a connectionless
C) both a and b
13. The term ________ means that IP provides no error checking or tracking. IP assumes
the unreliability of the underlying layers and does its best to get a transmission through to
its destination, but with no guarantees.
A) reliable delivery
B) connection-oriented delivery
C) best-effort delivery
15. In IPv4, which field or bit value unambiguously identifies the datagram as a
fragment?
A) is 20 to 60 bytes long
B) is 20 bytes long
C) is 60 bytes long
17. In IPv4, when a datagram is encapsulated in a frame, the total size of the datagram
must be less than the _______.
A) MUT
B) MAT
C) MTU
18. The IPv4 header field formerly known as the service type field is now called the
_______ field.
A) IETF
B) checksum
C) differentiated services
19. In IPv6, options are inserted between the _________ and the ___________ data.
A) more
B) less
21. In IPv6, when a datagram needs to be discarded in a congested network, the decision
is based on the _______ field in the base header.
A) hop limit
B) priority
C) next header
22. In IPv6, the _______ field in the base header and the sender IP address combine to
indicate a unique path identifier for a specific flow of data.
A) flow label
B) next header
C) hop limit
D) destination IP address
ANSWERS:
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D D A D C D D A A C B C C C C A C C B A B A
Chapter 10 part2 (addressing)
A) 4
B) 8
C) 32
D) 64
2. In IPv4, class _______ has the greatest number of addresses in each block.
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
A) A
B) B
C) C
A) A
B) B
C) D
D) none of the above
A) A
B) B
C) C
A) 255
B) 15
C) 0
A) 255
B) 15
C) 0
A) 254
B) 14
C) 0
A) 192
B) 65
C) 64
A) 255.255.255.254
B) 255.255.224.0
C) 255.148.0.0
D) all are
A) 65,534
B) 16,777,216
C) 256
A) 65,536
B) 16,777,216
C) 256
A) 65,534
B) 16,777,216
C) 256
C) must be a power of 2
A) must be a power of 4
16. Which address could be the beginning address of a block of 32 classless addresses?
A) 2.4.6.5
B) 2.4.6.16
C) 2.4.6.64
17. Which address could be the beginning address of a block of 16 classless addresses?
A) 2.4.6.5
B) 2.4.6.15
C) 2.4.6.62
18. Which address could be the beginning address of a block of 256 classless addresses?
A) 2.4.6.5
B) 2.4.6.15
C) 2.4.6.0
19. What is the first address of a block of classless addresses if one of the addresses is
12.2.2.76/27?
A) 12.2.2.0
B) 12.2.2.32
C) 12.2.2.64
A) 12.0.0.0
B) 12.2.0.0
C) 12.2.2.2
21. What is the first address of a block of classless addresses if one of the addresses is
12.2.2.127/28?
A) 12.2.2.0
B) 12.2.2.96
C) 12.2.2.112
22. Find the number of addresses in a block of classless addresses if one of the addresses
is 12.2.2.7/24.
A) 32
B) 64
C) 256
23. Find the number of addresses in a block of classless addresses if one of the addresses
is 12.2.2.7/30.
A) 2
B) 4
C) 8
24. What is the last address of a block of classless addresses if one of the addresses is
12.2.2.127/28?
A) 12.2.2.16
B) 12.2.2.112
C) 12.2.2.127
25. What is the last address of a block of classless addresses if one of the addresses is
12.2.2.6/30?
A) 12.2.2.2
B) 12.2.2.6
C) 12.2.2.7
A) /20
B) /24
C) /25
A) 2
B) 4
C) 8
28. An organization is granted a block of classless addresses with the starting address
199.34.76.64/28. How many addresses are granted?
A) 8
B) 16
C) 32
29. An organization is granted a block of classless addresses with the starting address
199.34.76.128/29. How many addresses are granted?
A) 8
B) 16
C) 32
30. An organization is granted a block of classless addresses with the starting address
199.34.32.0/27. How many addresses are granted?
A) 8
B) 16
C) 32
A) /9
B) /8
C) /16
A) /9
B) /8
C) /16
A) /24
B) /8
C) /16
34. In classless addressing, the ______ is another name for the common part of the
address range.
A) suffix
B) prefix
C) netid
35. In classless addressing, the _______ is the varying part (similar to the hostid).
A) suffix
B) prefix
C) hostid
A) netid
B) hostid
C) mask
A) 255.255.255.0
B) 255.255.242.0
C) 255.255.0.0
B) 255.255.255.0
C) 255.255.255.128
A) /20
B) /28
C) /18
A) 32
B) 64
C) 128
A) 4
B) 8
C) 16
A) dotted decimal
B) hexadecimal colon
C) both a and b
43. In hexadecimal colon notation, a 128-bit address is divided into _______ sections,
each _____ hexadecimal digits in length.
A) 8: 2
B) 8: 3
C) 8: 4
A) 8
B) 7
C) 4
A) 16
B) 32
C) 8
A) a unicast
B) a multicast
C) an anycast
47. In IPv6, ____ address defines a group of computers with addresses that have the same
prefix.
A) a unicast
B) a multicast
C) an anycast
A) a unicast
B) a multicast
C) an anycast
49. In IPv6, the ________ prefix defines the purpose of the address.
A) type
B) purpose
C) both a and b
D) none of the above
A) provider-based unicast
B) link local
C) site local
A) link local
B) site local
C) mapped
A) link local
B) site local
C) mapped
53. In IPv6, a _______ address is used if a LAN uses the Internet protocols but is not
connected to the Internet for security reasons.
A) link local
B) site local
C) mapped
54. In IPv6, a ______address is used if a site with several networks uses the Internet
protocols but is not connected to the Internet for security reasons.
A) link local
B) site local
C) mapped
ANSWERS:
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C A A C B B C B C C C A B C B C D C C A C
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
C B C C B C B A C B C A B A C A A C C C B
43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
C B B A C B A A C D A B
Chapter 13:
A) Protocol
B) Medium
C) Signal
A) Medium
B) Protocol
C) Message
D) Transmission
3. Frequency of failure and network recovery time after a failure are measures of the
_______of a network.
A) Performance
B) Reliability
C) Security
D) Feasibility
A) Performance
B) Reliability
C) Security
A) Mesh
B) Star
C) Bus
D) Ring
6. Which topology requires a multipoint connection?
A) Mesh
B) Star
C) Bus
D) Ring
A) simplex
B) half-duplex
C) full-duplex
D) automatic
A) simplex
B) half-duplex
C) full-duplex
D) automatic
A) point-to-point
B) multipoint
C) primary
D) secondary
10. In a _______ connection, more than two devices can share a single link.
A) point-to-point
B) multipoint
C) primary
D) secondary
A) simplex
B) half-duplex
C) full-duplex
D) half-simplex
A) IMPs
B) host computers
C) networks
D) routers
A) CSNET
B) NSFNET
C) ANSNET
D) ARPANET
14. Which organization has authority over interstate and international commerce in
the communications field?
A) ITU-T
B) IEEE
C) FCC
D) ISOC
15. _______ are special-interest groups that quickly test, evaluate, and standardize
new technologies.
A) Forums
B) Regulatory agencies
C) Standards organizations
16. Which agency developed standards for physical connection interfaces and
electronic signaling specifications?
A) EIA
B) ITU-T
C) ANSI
D) ISO
A) TCP/IP
B) NCP
C) UNIX
D) ACM
18. _______ refers to the structure or format of the data, meaning the order in which they
are presented.
A) Semantics
B) Syntax
C) Timing
19. ________ defines how a particular pattern to be interpreted, and what action is to be
taken based on that interpretation.
A) Semantics
B) Syntax
C) Timing
20. _______ refers to two characteristics: when data should be sent and how fast it can
be sent.
A) Semantics
B) Syntax
C) Timing
A) simplex
B) half-duplex
C) full-duplex
22. In a ______ connection, two and only two devices are connected by a dedicated link.
A) multipoint
B) point-to-point
A) multipoint
B) point-to-point
A) Data flow
B) Mode of operation
C) Topology
A) mesh
B) ring
C) bus
A) MAN
B) LAN
C) WAN
27. A ______ is a data communication system spanning states, countries, or the whole
world.
A) MAN
B) LAN
C) WAN
A) A WAN
B) An internet
C) a LAN
A) local
B) regional
A) forum
B) protocol
C) standard
A) RCF
B) RFC
C) ID
Q9. In the “Go-Back-N” ARQ mechanism, the maximum window size for a k-bit
sequence number field in information frames is:
a) k
b) k+1
c) 2k
d) 2k-1
e) None of the above
b) Bus
c) Tree
d) Ring
Q11. Which of the following Ethernet standards does not utilize the CSMA/CD access
method?
d) 10 Mbps Ethernet
a) 127.0.0.0
b) 130.50.0.0
c) 197.65.10.0
d) 4.0.0.0
Q14. When installing an Ethernet 10BASE-T network, what type of cable is used?
a) Fiber Optic
b) Coaxial Cable
c) Twisted Pair
d) Wireless
e) None of the above
Q15. The key requirement/s for a routing function in packet-switching networks is/are:
a) Efficiency
b) Correctness, Simplicity and Fairness
c) Optimality, Robustness and Stability
d) All of the above
e) None of the above
Q16. In alternate routing scheme (circuit-switched networks), the responsibility to select the
appropriate route for each call rests on the:
a) End station
b) Routing station or switch at mid-point
c) Originating switch
d) End station and the originating switch
e) None of the above
Q17. In packet switched networks that use distributed routing:
a) The central node typically makes use of information obtained from all nodes for
the purpose of forwarding packets
b) Each node has the responsibility of selecting an output link for routing packets
as they arrive, based on a routing table
Q18. Which of the following sequences best describes the establishment, communication and
termination of a communication session using a packet switched network?
a) 4 kbps
b) 8 kbps
c) 64 kbps
d) 1.544 Mbps
e) None of the above
a) X.25
b) Frame Relay
c) ATM
d) TCP/IP
e) None of the above