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TSN2201 COMPUTER NETWORK

MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The ______________________ is the physical path over which a message travels.
a. protocol
c. signal
b. medium
d. path
2. In ______________ transmission, the channel capacity is equally shared by both sending and
receiving devices at all times on a circuit.
a. Simplex
c. Full-duplex
b. Half-duplex
d. Half-simplex
3. The organization that is a multi-national body whose membership is composed of standards
organization's members and committees from various countries throughout the world is:
a. FCC
c. ITU-T
b. IEEE
d. ISO
4. The information to be communicated in a data communication system is the ________________.
a. medium
c. message
b. protocol
d. transmission
5. _______________ is the division of one task among multiple computers.
a. Distributed processing
c. Distributed telephony
b. Distributed messaging
d. Electronic messaging
6. Frequency of failure and network recovery time after a failure are measures of the _________ of
a network.
a. performance
c. security
b. reliability
d. feasibility
7. The process-to-process delivery of the entire message is the responsibility of the ___________
layer.
a. network
c. data link
b. transport
d. physical
8. The ____________________ layer is closest to the transmission medium.
a. network
c. data link
b. physical
d. transport
9. Mail services are available to network users through the _______________ layer.
a. application
c. data link
b. session
d. physical

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10. The main difference(s) between the Internet and OSI models is/are:
a. the Internet model was designed by the
c. the Internet model probably best describes
Department of Defense (DoD) and the
WANs and the OSI model probably best
OSI model was designed by the
describes LANs.
International Organization for
Standardization (ISO)
b. the Internet model is a five layer model
d. All of the above.
and the OSI model is a seven layer model
11. When independent networks or links are connected to create an internetwork, the connecting
devices:
a. always reformat the encapsulated
c. route or switch the packets to their final
message.
destination.
b. immediately forward all incoming
d. None of the above.
messages along to the destination address
without reading the destination address.
12. The information contained in the data link layer allow for:
a. framing or dividing the stream of bits into c. Flow control ensuring that the data rate
data units called frames.
timing between sender and receiver is
maintained.
b. physical addressing providing node to
d. All of the above.
node information.
13. The physical layer defines the:
a. characteristics of the interface between the c. acceptance of encoded electrical or optical
devices and the transmission media.
signals.
b. type of transmission medium.
d. All of the above.
14. The ______________ layer lies between the network layer and the application layer.
a. data link
c. transport
b. physical
d. None of the above.
15. The _______________ layer changes streams of bits into electromagnetic signals.
a. physical
c. network
b. data link
d. transport
16. When data are transmitted from computing device A to computing device B,. the header from A's
layer 4 is read by B's ____________ layer.
a. session
c. physical
b. transport
d. application
17. On the incoming side of the internetwork, as the data packet moves from the lower to the upper
layers, headers are _______________.
a. added
c. rearranged
b. subtracted
d. modified

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18. Protocols are:

a. the rules that govern data transmissions
within and between networks.
b. required for successful network to
network transmission.

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c. designed so network devices and software

can interoperate with other network
devices and their software.
d. All of the above.

SHORT ANSWER

1. Match the following to one of the Internet layers

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Reliable process-to-process data transportation

Network selection
Routing
Provides user services such as email and file transfer
Transmission of bit stream across physical medium.

2. The following questions related to physical address.

a. What command can be used to obtain the physical address of your PC?
b. Write down your PCs physical address
c. Which OSI layer is responsible for physical address?

3. Use Internet to find the port numbers for the following protocols.
a.
b.
c.
d.

http
https
imap
bgp