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MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2010
Question No: 1
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Effective network mean that the network has fast delivery, timeliness and
high bandwidth
duplex transmission
accurate transmission (P6)
low bandwidth
Question No: 2
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A set of devices connected by communication links is called networking
True (P12)
False
Question No: 3
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Which one best describes the given statement:
"To allow multiple users to share total capacity of a transmission medium"
congestion control
exchange management
multiplexing (P17)
Question No: 4
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Line configuration refers to the way two or more devices attach to a

Link (P25)
Circuit
Route
Node

Question No: 5
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requires the maximum number of I/O ports.
Bus
Star

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Ring

(P29)

Question No: 6
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is used to define the direction of the signal flow between the linked devices.
transmission mode
(P34)
transmission method
transmission impairments
Question No: 7
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Unidirectional traffic movement is overcome by dual ring technology.
True (P33)
False
Question No: 8
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layer of OSI model.
Trailer is only added at

Data link (P41)

Physical
Network
Application

Question No: 9
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Data link layer deals with mechanical and electrical specifications of transmission medium and
interface
True
False

(P44)

Question No: 10
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A signal that repeats a pattern over a regular interval of time is called
periodic signal
analog signal
composite signal
Question No: 11
If there is

(P58)

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in voltage then the frequency is infinite.

instantaneous change
continuous change (P61)
no change
Question No: 12

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In a time-domain plot, the horizontal axis is measure of

signal amplitude
frequency
phase
time
(P63)

Question No: 13
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DC component is also termed as Direct current component or a component with non-zero
frequency.
False
True

(P72)

Question No: 14
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Quantization means measuring amplitudes of signal at equal intervals.
True
False

(P80)

Question No: 15
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Amplitude in ASK is more resistive to EMI and Noise.
True (P87)
False
Question No: 16
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ASK, PSK, FSK and QAM are examples of

modulation.

digital-to-digital
digital-to-analog (P85)
analog-to-analog
analog-to-digital

Question No: 17
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The bit rate always equals the baud rate in which type of signal?

FSK (P86)
QAM
4-PSK
PSK

Question No: 18
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Asynchronous transmission is

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costly
non-effective
fast

Question No: 19
A

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converts an analog signal into a digital signal.

Demodulator (P110)
Modulator
Digital-to-analog converter
Question No: 20
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If a station does not receive its signal up to a specified time that system issues an alarm to

another node (P188)

network manager
switch
network analyzer

MIDTERM EXAMINATION
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Question No: 1
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The information to be communicated in a data communications system is the
Medium
Protocol
Message

(P 7)

Transmission

Question No: 2
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Which is not an element of protocol
semantics
timing
communication service module (P19)

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Question No: 3
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Line configuration refers to the way two or more devices attach to a ______.
Link

(P 25)

Circuit
Route
Node

Question No: 4
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_________requires the maximum number of I/O ports.
Bus
Star
Mesh

(P29)

Ring

Question No: 5
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Which topology requires a central controller or hub?
Mesh
Star

(P 30)

Bus
Ring

Question No: 6
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Layers 5, 6 and 7 also called as network support layers.
True
False (P 42)

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Question No: 7
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Internet with small i specifies the world wide Network the actual internet.
True
False

(P 39)

Question No: 8
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Data link layer deals with mechanical and electrical specifications of transmission medium and interface
True (P 44)
False

Question No: 9
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Data synchronization is a function related with ___________
session layer

(P 51)

presentation layer
transport

Question No: 10
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OSI model was developed prior to TCP/IP model.
True (P 54)
False

Question No: 11
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Fourier transform tells us that any digital signal can be decomposed into infinite number of periodic signals
True
False (P58)

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Question No: 12
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A signal that repeats a pattern over a regular interval of time is called_______.
periodic signal (P58)
analog signal
composite signal

Question No: 13
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Frequency band in which 99% of the total power resides is called_______
power bandwidth (P 67)
half power bandwidth
3dB bandwidth
F.M.

Question No: 14
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In differential Manchester we require two transition or signal changes to represent binary_____
zero
one (P76)
both zero and one

Question No: 15
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In Alternate mark inversion the term mark comes from_________
telegraphy (P77)
telephony
digital telephony

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Question No: 16
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A 56k modem can download at a rate of __________ Kbps and upload at a rate of __________ Kbps.
33.6: 33.6
33.6: 56.6
56.6: 33.6
56.6: 56.6

Question No: 17
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The bit rate always equals the baud rate in which type of signal?
FSK (P 86)
QAM
4-PSK
PSK

Question No: 18
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Asynchronous transmission is ___________
slow (P 99)
costly
non-effective
fast

Question No: 19

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At the ______________layer, a DCE takes data generated by a DTE.

physical (P 101)
transport
data link
application

Question No: 20
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_________ requires more bandwidth.
FSK
ASK (P 112)
PSK
QAM

MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2010
Question No: 1
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Which topology requires a central controller or hub?
Mesh
Star (P 30)
Bus
Ring

Question No: 2
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Unidirectional traffic movement is overcome by dual ring technology.
True (P33)
False

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Question No: 3
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Which one best describes the given statement:
"To allow multiple users to share total capacity of a transmission medium"
congestion control
exchange management
multiplexing

(P17)

Question No: 4
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Which one is not among standard creation committee.
internet society and IETF (P 24)
ITU-T
IEEE

Question No: 5
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Set of rules that govern communication is called
OSI model
Protocol (P 8)
TCP/IP model
Datagram

Question No: 6
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Frequency of a failure and network recovery time after a failure is measures of the ____________ of a
network.
Performance (P 14)
Reliability
Security
Feasibility

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Question No: 7
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3dB is also called as power bandwidth.
True
False (P66)

Question No: 8
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ASK, PSK, FSK and QAM are examples of ____________ modulation.
digital-to-digital
digital-to-analog

(P85)

analog-to-analog
analog-to-digital

Question No: 9
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Packet switching is a connection oriented service.
True
False (P38)

Question No: 10
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Data synchronization is a function related with ___________
session layer

(P51)

presentation layer
transport

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Question No: 11
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Fourier transform tells us that any digital signal can be decomposed into infinite number of periodic signals
True
False (P 58)

Question No: 12
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The internet model consists of _________ layers.
three (P239)
two
five
seven

Question No: 13
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Analog to digital conversion is also termed as modulating an analog signal.
True
False (P 77)

Question No: 14
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PCM is the first process of PAM.
True
False (P80)

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Question No: 15
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A modulator converts a(n) ____________ signal to a(n) ____________ signal.
FSK: PSK
Digital: analog (P 110)
Analog: digital
PSK: FSK

Question No: 16
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The _______________ layer changes bits into electromagnetic signals.
physical
data link
transport
none of given
http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Projects/CAL/networks/Physical_Layer.htm

Question No: 17
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We need ____________ to decompose a composite signal into its components.
fourier transform (P 64)
nyquist theorem
shannon capacity

Question No: 18
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The bit rate always equals the baud rate in which type of signal?
FSK (P 86)
QAM

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 4-PSK
PSK

Question No: 19
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There are _____ possible variations of 16 QAM.
five
two
three (P93)
four

Question No: 20
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Number of signal units per second that are required to represent a bit is called bit rate.
True
False (P 68)

MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2010

Please choose one ( Marks: 1 )

Effective network mean that the network has fast delivery, timeliness and
high bandwidth
duplex transmission
accurate transmission (P6)
low bandwidth

Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A set of devices connected by communication links is called networking
True (P12)
False

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Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

_______ is a multipoint topology.
Ring
Mesh
Tree

Bus
Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
_________requires the maximum number of I/O ports.
Bus
Star
(P29)
Mesh
Ring
Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Unidirectional traffic movement is overcome by dual ring technology.
True
(P33)
False
Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
As the data packet moves from the lower to the upper layers, headers are
__________.
added

subtracted

rearranged
modified

Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Data chunk at data link layer is called________
frame

packet (P38)

datagram

Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The _________ layer is the layer closest to the transmission medium.

Physical (P45)

data link
network
transport

Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Data synchronization is a function related with ___________
session layer
(P 51)
presentation layer
transport

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Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which layer is responsible for source to destination delivery of entire message?

transport layer (P59)

network layer
session layer
application layer

Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Encryption and encoding are the same terms.
True

False (P52)
Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
TCP/IP model Application layer incorporate OSI Application and presentation
layers
True
False
Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
A sine wave must be an analog signal.

True (P58)

False

Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A periodic signal can always be decomposed into _____________

exactly an odd number of sine waves
a set of sine waves
set of sine waves, one of the which must have a phase of 00

none of the given (P58)

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Manchester is a type of ____________encoding.

Biphase (P75)

polar
biphase & polar
none of the given

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The powerful carrier signal is called as the___________

carrier frequency (P86)

base signal
carrier frequency and base signal
none of given

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Modulation of an analog signal can be accomplished through changing the ___________ of the carrier signal.
amplitude
frequency
phase

all of the given (P58)

Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In _____________ transmission, bits are transmitted over a single wire, one at a time.
Asynchronous serial
Synchronous serial

Parallel (P99)

Asynchronous & Synchronous serial

Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In RS 422 Balanced mode two lines carry ________ signals which are not identical to each other.

Same (P109)

different
digital
analog

Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A ______________ converts an analog signal into a digital signal.

Demodulator (P110)

Modulator
Digital-to-analog converter

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signals which are not identical to each other.
In RS 422 Balanced mode two lines carry
same (P109)
different
digital
analog
Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The
generates the data and passes it along with any control information to a
.
DTE; DCE (P 101)
DCE; DTE
DCE; node
DTE; application

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transmission, a start bit and a stop bit frame a character byte.
In
Asynchronous serial (P99)
Synchronous serial (P99)
Parallel
Asynchronous & Synchronous serial
Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
transmission, bits are transmitted simultaneously, each across its own wire.
In
Asynchronous serial
Synchronous serial
Parallel
Asynchronous & Synchronous serial
Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 )
Asynchronous transmission is
slow (P99)

- Please choose one

costly
non-effective
fast

Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

transmission the timing of the signal is unimportant.
In
Asynchronous (P99)
Synchronous
Polar
Bi-polar
Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In 8QAM each signal shift or one baud represents __________
4 bits
2 bits
5 bits
3 bits (P93)
Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
PCM is the first process of PAM.
True
False
Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Bi phase encoding is a type of bipolar encoding in which we use two voltage levels.
True (P73)
False

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to represent a bit.
The amplitude of a digital signal depends upon the
phase
voltage
wavelength
Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Time domain plot show changes in signal phase with respect to time.
True
False (P63)
Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
OSI model was developed prior to TCP/IP model.
True
False(P54)

Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

layer is the layer closest to the transmission medium.
Physical (P45)
Data link
Network
Transport

Question No: 14 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Data chunk at data link layer is called
frame
packet (P38)
datagram

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 )

The internet model consists of
Three (P239)

- Please choose one

layers.

Two
Five
Seven

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

representation of links that connect nodes is called as physical topology.
geometrical (P28)
logical
physical

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is a multipoint topology.
Ring
Mesh
Tree
Bus (P31)
Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In mesh topology, if there are five nodes then there will be
5
10(P10)
15
20

links.

Question No: 19 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Non proprietary standard is also termed as de facto standard.
True (P23)
False
Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Effective network mean that the network has fast delivery, timeliness and
high bandwidth
duplex transmission
accurate transmission (P6)
low bandwidth

MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2009

Question No: 1 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Frequency of a failure and network recovery time after a failure is measures of the ____________ of a
network.
Performance (P 14)
Reliability
Security
Feasibility

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Question No: 2 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Secondary hub in a tree must be a passive hub.

True (P31)

False

Question No: 3 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

In mesh topology, if there are five nodes then there will be _______ links.
5

10 (P29)

15
20

Question No: 4 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Internet with small i specifies the world wide Network the actual internet.
True

False (P39)
Question No: 5 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one
Data link layer deals with mechanical and electrical specifications of transmission
medium and interface
True (P 44)
False
Question No: 6 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one
When data are transmitted from device A to device B, the header from As layer 4
is read by Bs __________ layer.
physical

transport

application
none of the given

Question No: 7 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Time domain plot show changes in signal phase with respect to time.
True

False (63)
Question No: 8 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one
Frequency band in which 99% of the total power resides is called_______

power bandwidth (P67)

half power bandwidth

F.M.

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The inversion of the level at 1 bit is called as __________
NRZ-L

NRZ-I (P73)

RZ

Question No: 10 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Which of the encoding schemes have bandwidth problems?
Differential Manchester

AMI (P77)

RZ

Question No: 11 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Bi phase and bipolar are same terms.
True

False (P78)
Question No: 12 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one
Quantization means measuring amplitudes of signal at equal intervals.
True

False (P80)
Question No: 13 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one
The last process in PCM is _________ digital data into digital signal.

Encoding (P70)

decoding
modulating

Question No: 14 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Which modulation technique involves tribits, eight different phase shifts, and one mplitude?
FSK
8-PSK
ASK
4-PSK
Question No: 15 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one
Asynchronous transmission is ___________

slow (P99)

costly
non-effective
fast

Question No: 16 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Synchronous transmission have _____________.
a start bit
a stop bit
gaps between bytes

none of the given (P99)

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Question No: 17 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one Asynchronous transmission

The __________ generates the data and passes it along with any control
information to a ___________.

DTE; DCE (P101)

DCE; DTE
DCE; node
DTE; application

Question No: 18 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

A human brain is considered as a ___________
driver
machine

DTE (P101)

DCE

Question No: 19 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

The last modified version of EIA-232 standard is ______________

EIA-232 D (P102)

EIA-232 A
EIA-232 B
EIA-232 C

Question No: 20 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

A ______________ converts an analog signal into a digital signal.

Demodulator (P110)

Modulator
Digital-to-analog converter

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