Question bank for midterm-I exam 2019-20

Course: Principles of computer communication and networking

Course code: EC621OE

Multiple choice questions

Unit-I

1 Computer Network is
A. Collection of hardware components and computers
B. Interconnected by communication channels
C. Sharing of resources and information
D. All of the Above

Ans:D

2. Two devices are in network if

A. a process in one device is able to exchange information with a process in another device
B. a process is running on both devices
C. PIDs of the processes running of different devices are same
D. none of the mentioned

Ans:A

3. what is a Firewall in Computer Network?

A. The physical boundary of Network
B. An operating System of Computer Network
C. A system designed to prevent unauthorized access
D. A web browsing Software

Ans:C

4. Which data communication method is used to transmit the data over a serial
communication link?
A. Simplex
B. Half-duplex
C. Full duplex
D. All of above

Ans:C

5. Each IP packet must contain

A. Only Source address
B. Only Destination address
C. Source and Destination address
D. Source or Destination address

Ans:C

6. Which of the following is not the possible ways of data exchange?

A. Simplex
B. Multiplex
C. Half-duplex
D. Full-duplex

Ans:B

7. Which of the following protocol is/are defined in Transport layer?

A. FTP
B. TCP
C. UDP
D. B & C

Ans:D

8. What is the size of MAC Address?

A. 16-bits
B. 32-bits
C. 48-bits
D. 64-bits

Ans:C

9. Repeater operates in which layer of the OSI model?

A. Physical layer
B. Data link layer
C. Network layer
D. Transport layer

Ans:A

10. Which of the following layer of OSI model also called end-to-end layer?
A. Presentation layer
B. Network layer
C. Session layer
D. Transport layer

Ans:D

11. Router operates in which layer of OSI Reference Model?

A. Layer 1 (Physical Layer)
B. Layer 3 (Network Layer)
C. Layer 4 (Transport Layer)
D. Layer 7 (Application Layer)
Ans:B

12. How many layers does OSI Reference Model has?

A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7

Ans:7

13.What is the benefit of the networking

A.File Sharing

B Easier access to resources

C Easier Backups

D All of the above

Ans:D

14.Which of the following is not the networking devices

A.Gate ways

B.Linux

C.Routers

D.Firewalls

Ans:B

15. What is the address size of IPv6

A 32-bit

B 64-bit

C 128-bit

D 256 bits

Ans:C

16 What do you mean by broadcasting in networking?

A It means addressing a packet to all Machine

B It means addressing a packet to some Machine

C It means addressing a packet to a particular Machine

D It means addressing a packet to except a particular Machine

Ans:A

17 A set of rules that govern all aspects of information communication is called

A.Server

B.Internet

C.Protocol

D.OSI Model

Ans:C

18.Network Congestion occurs

A.In case of traffic overload

B.When a system terminates

C.When connection between two nodes terminates

D.None of the mentioned

Ans:A

19.What is the meaning of Bandwidth in Network ?

A.Transmission capacity of a communication channels

B.Connected computers in the network

C Class of IP used in Network

D.None of above

Ans:A
20: Which of the following represents the fastest data transmission speed?

A) Bandwidth B) bps C) gbps D) kbps E) mbps

.Ans:C

Fill in the blanks Questions

1) A modem is a ------------- device.

Bidirectional

2). -----------is a way of sending several channels over a single line.

Multiplexing

3)IETF stands for------

Ans: Internet Engineering Task Force

4)ISO stands for ------

Ans :International standards organisation

5)A network of networks is known as ----------.

Ans:Internet

6)ASCII stands for -------------.

Ans:American standard code for information interchange

7)----------------is a transmission of data and information between computers using a

communication link such as a standard telephone line.

Ans:Telecommunication

8)The network of computer within the room, building or campus is----

Ans: LAN.

9)The computer network of any two countries is---

Ans:WAN

10)------switching uses the entire capacity of a dedicated link

Ans:Packet

11)------Protocol in transport layer is connectionless

UDP

12) Communication between a computer and a keyboard involves ______________

transmission.

Ans:simplex
13)A _______ is the physical path over which a message travels.

Ans:medium

14).A __________ is a device that forwards packets between networks by processing the
routing information included in the packet.

Ans:Router

15) ------- protocol is used to support electronic mail

Ans: SMTP

16)--- topology covers security, robust and eliminating traffic factor.

Ans:Mesh

17) --- is the size of source and destination IP address in IP header

Ans.32-bits

18)----is the compatibility among the hardware and software of different vendors

Interoperability

19)---- is the protection of data from unauthorised access

Ans: Security

20)------is physical address of the node

Ans:MAC address

UNIT-II

1. FTP stands for

A)File transfer protocol

B) File transmission protocol
C) Form transfer protocol
D) Form transmission protocol

Ans:A

2. Which of the following are the network services?

A) File service
B) Print service
 C) Database service
D) All of the above

Ans:D

3. FDDI stands for

A) Fiber Distributed Data Interface
B) Fiber Data Distributed Interface
C) Fiber Dual Distributed Interface
D) Fiber Distributed Data Interface

Ans:A

4. Which of the following is an application layer service?

A) Network virtual terminal
B) File transfer, access and management
C) Mail service
D) All of the above

Ans:D

5. Limitations of centralized systems

a) Easy to physically secure
b) Dedicated resources
c) Quick updates are possible
d) Bottlenecks can appear when the traffic spikes
Ans:D

6. TCP/IP …………….. layer corresponds to the OSI models to three layers.

A) Application B) Presentation

C) Session D) Transport

Ans:D

7.Devices on one network can communicate with devices on another network via a …….
A) File Server B) Utility Server

C) Printer Server D) Gateway

Ans:D

8. A communication device that combines transmissions from several I/O devices into
one line is a
A) Concentration B) Modifier

C) Multiplexer D) Full duplex file

Ans:C

9. Which layers of the OSI determines the interface often system with the user?
A) Network B) Application

C) Data link D) Session

Ans:B

10. In which OSI layers does the FDDI protocol operate?

A) Physical B) Data link

C) Network D) A and B

Ans:A

11. In mesh topology, relationship between one device and another is …………..
A) Primary to peer
B) Peer to primary
C) Primary to secondary
D) Peer to Peer

Ans:D

12. Which of the following is not a likely configuration of a Client-Server System?

(a) Single Client- Single Server

(b) Single Client- Multiple Server System
(c) Multiple Clients- Multiple Servers System
(d) Multiple Clients- Single Server System
Ans:b
13. ____________ networks may experience significant slowdowns if more than ten (10)
users are on the network.
A. Wide area
B. Peer-to-peer
C. Server-based
D. Metropolitan area
Ans:b

14. The Internet is most accurately categorized as a:

A. LAN.
B. PAN.
C. WAN.
D. MAN.
Ans:c

15.In long didtsance transmission system,the most preferable mode of communications

is
 a) parallel transmission
b) serial transmission
c) serial and parallel transmission
d) none of the above
Ans: b

16. Sharing of medium and its path is known as

a) encoding

b) decoding

c)multiplexing

d)line discipline

ans:c

17.Optical transmission mainly uses

a) WDMA

B)FDMA

C)TDMA

D)CDMA

ANS:C

18. Throughput is a_________________

a) theritical capacity of communicational channel

b) actual data transmission rate

c)electrical noise

d)intermodulation noise

Ans:b

19. According to shannons channel limit is given by____________

a)bandwidth of the channel

b) S/N ratio

c)both A and B

d) none of the above

Ans:c

20)in ______________switching a dedicated physical circuit must be established between the

source and destination nodes before ant data transmission can takes place.

a)circuit switching

b)packet switching

c)hybrid switching

d) none of the above

Ans:a

Fill in the blanks objective questions

1.In __________________environment, users maintain their own systems, and there is no

electrionic exchange of resources of information among these separate system.

Ans:decentralized systems

2.in_________ environment , a single computer houses all the dat of organization, and users have
access to these data via terminals.

Ans:centralized system

3.in_____________data transmission method,data transmitted bit by bit in sequence.

Ans: serial communication

4.in _____________data transmission method,data transmitted group of bits at a time

Ans:parallel communication

5.Example of full duplex transmission is ________________

Ans:mobile communication
6.example of simplex transmissions__________________

Ans:radio transmission

7.the ____________________ refers to any method of communication based on analog principle

Ans:analog communications

8. the ____________________ refers to any method of communication based on digital

principle

Ans:digital communications

9._____________ refers to the total capacity of a communication channel

Ans: bandwidth

10.Throughput is the real time speed of data transmission ( Y/N)

Ans:Yes

11. Ambient noise also known as____________________

Ans: thermalnoise

12.maximum data rate(MDR)=_________________________

Ans:MDR=Hlog2(1+S/N)

13._________________technique used to place multiple signals on a signal communication

channel

Ans:multiplexing

14.PSTN(public switched telephone network )example of______________switching.

Ans:circuit switching

15.______________layer in OSI layers provides error control

Ans:data link layer

16.packet formatting is done at _______________layer of OSI protocolset

Ans:network layer

17. ______________layer in OSI layers provides flow control

Ans:data link layer

18.______________layer in OSI layers provides data compression and encryption

Ans:presentation layer

19. ______________layer in OSI layers provides coordination between communication

processes between nodes

Ans: session layer

20. ______________layer in OSI layers provides error free delivery of data

Ans:transport layer

UNIT-III

Multiple choice questions

1)The process of converting the analog sample into discrete form is called
a. Modulation
b. Multiplexing
c. Quantization
d. Sampling
ANSWER:(c) Quantization

2) The sequence of operations in which PCM is done is

a. Sampling, quantizing, encoding
b. Quantizing, encoding, sampling
c. Quantizing, sampling, encoding
d. None of the above
ANSWER:(a) Sampling, quantizing, encoding

3)The maximum data transmission rate in T1 carrier system is

a. 2.6 megabits per second
b. 1000 megabits per second
c. 1.544 megabits per second
d. 5.6 megabits per second
ANSWER: (c) 1.544 megabits per second

4) The maximum bandwidth is occupied by

a. ASK
b. BPSK
c. FSK
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (c) FSK
5) ASK modulated signal has the bandwidth
a. Same as the bandwidth of baseband signal
b. Half the bandwidth of baseband signal
c. Double the bandwidth of baseband signal
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (a) Same as the bandwidth of baseband signal

6)Two binary values are represented by two different frequencies in

a)Frequency shift keying

b)Phase shift keying

c)Amplitude shift keying

d)None of these above

Ans: a)Frequency shift keying

7)Modulation is used to

a)Separate differing transmission

b)Ensure that information may be transmitted over long distances

c)Reduce the bandwidth

d)allow the practicable antenna

Ans:b)Ensure that information may be transmitted over long distances

8)ASK is rarely used in modem because

a)It is highly susceptible to noise

b)it takes care of amplitude only

c)It shifts only between ON and OFF states only

d)None of the above

Ans: a)It is highly susceptible to noise

9)Which quantization level results in a more faithful reproduction of the signal

a)2

b)8
c)16

d)32

Ans: d)32

10)Determine the channel capacity of a 4 kHz channel with S/N = 10 dB.

a. 8.02 kbps
b. 4.17 kbps
c. 13.74 kbps
d. 26.58 kbps

Ans:c. 13.74 kbps

Fill in the blanks

1)------voice frequency range

Ans:300Hz to 3330Hz

2)Sinusoidal waveform has three attributes such as ----,frequency and phase

Ans:Amplitude

3)According to sampling theorem the analog signal is sampled ---highest frequency of the
signal

Ans:Twice

4)PCM stands for-------

Ans: Pulse code modulation

5)The data rate some time called----rate

Ans:bit

6)ASK, PSK, FSK, and QAM are examples of _________ encoding.

Ans:Digital to Analog

7)AM and FM are examples of ________ encoding.

Ans: Analog-to –analog

8) In _________ transmission, bits are transmitted simultaneously, each across its own
channel .
 Ans. Parallel

9) The signal between two modems is always ----

Ans. Analog

10) The phase modulation combined with amplitude modulation is called --------

Ans:Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

Question bank for midterm-I exam 2019-20

Course: Principles of computer communication and networking

Course code: EC621OE

UNIT-I

Sl.No Questions Marks CO BL PI

1 What is computer 2 C324.1 Remember 4.1.1
communication system?
2 List out the uses of computer 2 C324.1 Remember 4.1.1
in communication.
3 What are the types of 2 C324.1 Remember 4.1.1
computer Networks, explain
its significance
4 How the routing can be done 2 C324.1 Understand 2.1.1
in computer Network
5 What are the Network 2 C324.1 Remember 4.1.1
standards.
6 Write the issues with 3 C324.1 Understand 2.4.4
computer network , explain
briefly
7 Distinguish between circuit 3 C324.1 Remember 2.2.4
switching and Packet
switching
8 Explain about point to point 3 C324.1 Remember 4.1.1
and broad cast
communication
9 Distinguish between 3 C324.1 Remember 2.2.4
telecommunication and data
communication
10 Explain the reliability with 3 C324.1 Understand 2.4.4
example
11 Explain the broad cast 5 C324.1 Understand 2.4.4
networks with neat sketches
12 Explain significance of the 5 C324.1 Understand 2.4.4
addressing in computer
 networks
13 What are the steps involved 5 C324.1 Understand 2.4.4
standardisation process.
Explain each briefly
14 How the interoperability and 5 C324.1 Understand 2.1.1
security will help the network
and what is impact of these
on the networks
15 What are different network 5 C324.1 Remember 4.1.1
standards, explain each
briefly

UNIT-II

Sl.No Questions Marks CO BL PI

1 List out the computer 2 C324.2 Remember 4.1.1
network applications with
examples
2 Classify the computer 2 C324.2 Remember 4.1.1
networks and give the
example for each
3 Distinguish between serial 2 C324.2 Understand 2.2.4
and parallel communication
4 How the bandwidth of 2 C324.2 Understand 2.4.4
transmission channel will
impact over data transmission
rate.
5 Define multiplexing ,what are 2 C324.2 Understand 2.4.4
the different multiplexing
techniques in computer
networks
6 What are advantages of 3 C324.2 Remember 4.1.1
centralised computer system
7 Distinguish between 3 C324.2 Understand 2.2.4
synchronous, Asynchronous
and Isochronous
communication
8 Explain three different 3 C324.2 Understand 4.1.1
transmission modes
9 define the maximum data rate 3 C324.2 Apply 4.1.1
,what are the parameters will
impact on maximum data
rate.
10 Explain the connection 3 C324.2 Apply 4.1.1
oriented service in computer
networks
11 Explain web based model 5 C324.2 Understand 2.4.4
12 Write about the Frequency 5 C324.2 Understand 2.4.4
division multiplexing
13 Explain the OSI layers and 5 C324.3 Understand 2.4.4
functions
14 Explain client server model 5 C324.3 Apply
15 Write about Time division 5 C324.2 Understand 2.4.4
multiplexing

UNIT-III

Sl.No Questions Marks CO BL PI

1 How the Analog data to 2 C324.3 Understand 2.1.1
Analog signal conversion will
takeplace ?
2 How the conversion of 2 C324.3 Understand 2.1.1
digital data to analog signal
done?
3 Define modem? 2 C324.3 Remember
4 Explain about analog 3 C324.3 Understand 2.4.4
communication
5 Explain about Frequency 3 C324.3 Apply
shift keying modulation
6 Explain about PCM 3 C324.3 Understand 2.4.4
modulation
7 Explain about the 5 C324.3 Understand 2.4.4
Manchester encoding
8 Explain how A typical 5 C324.3 Remember 4.1.1
analog dialup connection
between two nodes
9 Explain about Nyquist 5 C324.3 Analyse 4.1.1
theorem