CS601-Data Communication

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FINAL TERM EXAMINATION

Spring 2011
Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose
The inversion of the level at 1 bit is called as __________
► NRZ-L
► NRZ-I Page 73
► RZ

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

In selective-reject ARQ, only the specific damaged or lost frame is_____________.
► Retransmitted (Page 200)
► Forwarded
► Selected
► Rejected

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

YMODEM has _________Byte of data unit.
► 1024 Page 205
► 256
► 128
► 512

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

Which of the following sublyer, resolves the contention for the shared media
► MAC (Page 219)
► LLC
► Physical

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose

Like 10 Base 5, 10 Base 2 is a _________ topology LAN
► Ring
► Mesh
► Star
► Bus (Page 227)
Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose
At the CRC generator, __________ added to the data unit after the division process
► 0s are (Page 176)
► 1s are
► The polynomial
► The CRC remainder is

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

Flow control is needed to prevent ___________.
► Bit errors
► Overflow of the sender buffer
► Overflow of the receiver buffer (Page 46)
► Collision between sender and receiver

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

In Y-MODEM Multiple files can be sent simultaneously
► True (Page 205)
► False

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

In 56K Modems Max Uploading speed is ______ bytes and downloading speed is
______ byte.
Ø 40K, 56K
Ø 33.6K, 56K (Page 117)
Ø 56K, 33.6K
Ø None of given

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

If db is amplified then attenuation is ------------------
Ø Positive (Page 142)
Ø Negative
Ø Zero
Ø None of the above

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

Amplifiers are used to __________the signal to heat.
Ø Amplify (Page 142)
Ø Rectify
Ø Testify
Ø Nullify

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose

_________requires the maximum number of I/O ports.
Ø Bus
Ø Star
Ø Mesh (Page 29)
 Ø Ring

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

There are ________ basic categories of multiplexing.
Ø 3 (Page 148)
Ø 4
Ø 2
Ø 5
Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose
In _____________ transmission, bits are transmitted over a single wire, one at a time.
Ø Asynchronous serial
Ø Synchronous serial
Ø Parallel (Page 98)
Ø Asynchronous & Synchronous serial

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose

In_____________ transmission, bits are transmitted over their own wires
Ø Asynchronous serial
Ø Synchronous serial
Ø Parallel
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Ø Asynchronous & Synchronous serial

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

EIA 232 allows for a maximum bit rate of __________Kbps.
Ø 40
Ø 30
Ø 20 (Page 104)
Ø 10

Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose

In CRC the quotient at the sender _____________
Ø Becomes the dividend at the receiver
Ø Becomes the divisor at the receiver
Ø Is discarded
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Ø Is the remainder

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

In line discipline after the data transmission, the sending system finishes with an
_____________ frame
Ø EOT (Page 189)
Ø EKT
Ø ENT
Ø ESP
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Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Encryption and encoding are the same terms.

► True
► False (Page 52)

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

Traditional modems are wide spread now to a data rate of __________.

► 56 Kbps (Page 115)

► 72 Kbps
► 42 Kbps
► 96 Kbps

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

Bi phase encoding is a type of bipolar encoding in which we use two voltage levels.

► True
► False (Page 73)

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

The _______________ layer changes bits into electromagnetic signals.

► physical http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Projects/CAL/networks/Physical_Layer.htm
► data link
► transport
► none of given

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which is not an element of protocol?

► Semantics
► Timing
► Communication service module (Page 19)

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

A telephone network is an example of a __________ network.

► Packet-switched
► Circuit-switched (Page 38)
 ► Message-switched
► none of the given

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

The bit rate always equals the baud rate in which type of signal?

► FSK (Page 86)

► QAM
► 4-PSK
► PSK

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

Secondary hub in a tree must be a passive hub.

► True
► False (Page 31)

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

In case of uploading at the switching station, data is converted to digital signal using ___________.

► TCP
► PCM (Page 116)
► ICP
► TDM

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

Category 5 UTP cable is used for data transmission of upto__________.

► 100 Mbps (Page 123)

► 200 Mbps
► 250 Mbps
► 400 Mbps

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

Which of the following primarily uses guided media?

► Cellular telephone system

► Local telephone system (Page 120)
► Satellite communications
► Radio broadcasting

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Ultra high-frequency waves always use __________ propagation.

► Ground
► Sky
 ► Line of Sight (Page 136)
► Space

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

Distortion occurs in a ___________ signal.

► Rectified
► Composite (Page 141)
► Amplified
► none of the given

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

Which of the following are not used to measure the performance of TX Media.

► Throughput
► Propagation Speed
► Propagation Time
► none of the given (Page 144)

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A portion of the path that carries TX b/w a given pair of devices is known as __________.

► Node
► Bridge
► Channel (Page 147)
► Gateway

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

_________ takes data from one high speed line and breaks it into portions.

► Multiplexing
► Inverse multiplexing (Page 158)
► Inverse subtraction
► Inverse addition

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

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

► physical
► data link
► network
► transport
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Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In primary-secondary communication ______________ is always the initiator of a session

► Primary (Page 189)

► Secondary
► Sender
► Receiver

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

YMODEM has _________Byte of data unit.

► 1024 (Page 205)

► 256
► 128
► 512

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

____________ coordinates the amount of data that can be sent before receiving acknowledgment

► flow control (Page 186)

► error control
► data control

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

If the ASCII character H is sent and the character I is received, what type of error is this?

► Single-bit (Page 169)

► Multiple-bit
► Burst
► Recoverable

Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In __________ ARQ, if a NAK is received, only the specific damaged or lost frame is retransmitted.

► Stop-and-wait
► Go-Back-N
► Selective reject (Page 200)
► Stop-and-wait & Go-back-N

Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Data link protocols can be divided into ______________ sub-groups.

► two (Page 202)

► three
► four
► five
Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
If odd parity is used for ASCII error detection, the number of 0s per 8-bit symbol is _________

► Even
► Odd (Page 173)
► Indeterminate
► 42

Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In Y-MODEM Multiple files can be sent simultaneously

► True (Page 205)

► False

Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The PDU has no flag fields, no CRC, and no station address

► TRUE (Page 220)

► FALSE

Question No: 27 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Check sum method is used for _______________ layers.

► Physical
► Application
► Transport
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Question No: 28 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Repeater is an amplifier, not a regenerator.

► True
► False (Page 240)

Question No: 29 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

RARP stands for Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
► True (Page 244)
► False

Question No: 30 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The BNC-T connector is a T-shaped device with _______ ports

► Three (Page 228)

► Two
► Four
► Five
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Spring 2010

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

When data are transmitted from device A to device B, the header from A’s layer 4 is read by B’s
__________ layer.

► physical
► transport
► application
► none of the given
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Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A periodic signal completes one cycle in 0.001 s. What is the frequency?

► 1 Hz
► 100 Hz
► 1 KHz (Page 61)
► 1 MHz

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

Zero crossing bandwidth is also called as equivalent noise bandwidth.

► True
► False (Page 67)

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

Amplitude in ASK is more resistive to EMI and Noise.

► True
► False (Page 87)

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

If FCC regulations are followed, the carrier frequencies of adjacent AM radio stations are ____________
apart.

► 5 KHz
► 10 KHz (Page 95)
► 200 KHz
► 530 KHz

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

There are _________________ types of serial transmission:
 ►1
► 2 (Page 99)
►3
►4

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

Synchronous transmission has _____________.

► a start bit
► a stop bit
► gaps between bytes
► none of the given (page 99)

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

Which of the following is an example of ITU-T modem standards?

► T-series
► X-series
► N-series
► V-series (Page 114)

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

The maximum data rate in the uploading direction is still ____________.

► 26.6 Kbps
► 33.6 Kbps (Page 117)
► 36.6 Kbps
► 46.6 Kbps

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

Category 5 UTP cable is used for data transmission of upto__________.

► 100 Mbps (Page 123)

► 200 Mbps
► 250 Mbps
► 400 Mbps

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

All of popular Fiber optic connectors are ___________ shaped.

► Conical
► Barrel (Page 131)
► Circular
► Rectangular
Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The VLF and LF bands use _________ propagation for communications.

► Ground
► Sky
► Line of sight (Page 134)
► Space

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

Multiplexing is the set of techniques that allows simultaneous TX of multiple signals across ___________
data link

► Single (Page 147)

► Multi
► Single and Multi
► none of the given

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

Need for Addressing makes Asynchronous TDM inefficient for bit or byte ___________.

► Interleaving (Page 158)

► Addition
► Subtraction
► None of the given

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

_________ takes data from one high speed line and breaks it into portions.

► Multiplexing
► Inverse multiplexing (Page 158)
► Inverse subtraction
► Inverse addition

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

A traditional telephone line has a bandwidth of __________.

► 3000Hz (Page 111)

► 4000 Hz
► 2000 MHz
► 4000 MHz

Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

If the ASCII character H is sent and the character I is received, what type of error is this?

► Single-bit (Page 169)

► Multiple-bit
 ► Burst
► Recoverable

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

At the CRC generator, __________ added to the data unit after the division process

► 0s are
► 1s are
► The polynomial
► The CRC remainder is
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Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Error control in the data link layer is based on ________________

► automatic repeat request (Page 196)

► automatic repeat acknowledgment
► automatic send acknowledgment

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

In line discipline the initiator first transmits a frame called an ________

► Enquiry (Page 189)

► Acknowledgment
► NAK
► Request

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Primary device uses ____________ to receive transmission from the secondary devices.

► ACK
► ENQ
► POLL (Page 191)

Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Flow control is needed to prevent ___________.

► Bit errors
► Overflow of the sender buffer
► Overflow of the receiver buffer (Page 46)
► Collision between sender and receiver

Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

For stop-and-wait ARQ, for N data packets sent, ___________ acknowledgments are needed.

►N
 ► 2N
► N-1
► N+1
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Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In Y-MODEM Multiple files can be sent simultaneously

► True (Page 205)

► False

Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

HDLC is an acronym for ______________.

► High-duplex line communication

► High-level data link control (Page 210)
► Half-duplex digital link combination
► Host double-level circuit

Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Token Bus has no commercial application in data communications

► True (Page 232)

► False

Question No: 27 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The BNC-T connector is a T-shaped device with _______ ports

► Three (Page 228)

► Two
► Four
► Five

Question No: 28 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Each station in the Token Ring regenerates the frame.

► True (Page 234)

► False

Question No: 29 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Repeater works on __________ layer.

► Data Link
► Physical
► Network (224)
► Application
Question No: 30 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Trunks are transmission media such as _________ that handle the telephone to the nearest end office.

► Satellite links
► Twisted-pair & Fiber-optic
► Twisted-pair
► Fiber-optic
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CS601- Data Communication

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

__________representation of links that connect nodes is called as physical topology.

► geometrical
► logical
► physical (page 44)

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

The internet model consists of _________ layers.

► three
► two
► five
► seven
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Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

Encryption and encoding are the same terms.

► True
► False (Page 52)

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

The amplitude of a digital signal depends upon the________ to represent a bit.

► phase
► voltage (Page 59)
► wavelength

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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

► NRZ-L
 ► NRZ-I (Page 73)
► RZ

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

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

► amplitude
► frequency
► phase
► all of the given

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

If FCC regulations are followed, the carrier frequencies of adjacent AM radio stations are ____________
apart.

► 5 KHz
► 10 KHz (Page 95)
► 200 KHz
► 530 KHz

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

Category 5 UTP cable is used for data transmission of upto__________.

► 100 Mbps (Page 123)

► 200 Mbps
► 250 Mbps
► 400 Mbps

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

The RG number gives us information about ________.

► Twisted pairs
► Coaxial cables (Page 125)
► Optical fibers
► all of the given

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

The inner core of an optical fiber is __________ in composition.

► Glass plastic (Page 130)

► Copper
► Bimetallic
► Liquid
Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
All of popular Fiber optic connectors are ___________ shaped.

► Conical
► Barrel (Page 131)
► Circular
► Rectangular

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The VLF and LF bands use _________ propagation for communications.

► Ground
► Sky
► Line of sight (Page 134)
► Space

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

Multiplexing is the set of techniques that allows simultaneous TX of multiple signals across ___________
data link

► Single (Page 147)

► Multi
► Single and Multi
► none of the given

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

A portion of the path that carries TX b/w a given pair of devices is known as __________.

► Node
► Bridge
► Channel (Page 147)
► Gateway

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which error detection method involves polynomials?

► Checksum
► Two-dimensional parity check
► CRC (Page 177)
► Simple parity check

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

If the ASCII character G is sent and the character D is received, what type of error is this?

► Single-bit
► Multiple-bit
 ► Burst
► Recoverable
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Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which error detection method involves the use of parity bits?

► Simple parity check & two dimensional parity check

► CRC
► Two-dimensional parity check
► Simple parity check
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Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which error detection method can detect a single-bit error?

► Simple parity check

► Two-dimensional parity check
► CRC
► All of the given
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Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The Hamming code is a method of __________

► Error detection
► Error correction (Page 181)
► Error encapsulation
► Error detection & Error encapsulation

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

Sliding window requires that data frames be transmitted _______________

► Sequentially (Page 199)

► Frequently
► Synchronously
► Asynchronously

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In selective-reject ARQ, only the specific damaged or lost frame is_____________.

► Retransmitted (Page 200)

► Forwarded
► Selected
► Rejected
Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following sub layer, resolves the contention for the shared media

► MAC (Page 219)

► LLC
► Physical

Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The PDU has no flag fields, no CRC, and no station address

► TRUE (Page 220)

► FALSE

Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

IEEE divides the base band category into ______ standards.

► 5 (Page 222)
►4
►3
►6

Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Like 10 Base 5, 10 Base 2 is a _________ topology LAN

► Ring
► Mesh
► Star
► Bus (Page 227)

Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Check sum method is used for _______________ layers.

► Physical
► Application
► Transport
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Question No: 27 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Repeater works on __________ layer.

► Data Link
► Physical
► Network (Page 224)
► Application
Question No: 28 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Trunks are transmission media such as _________ that handle the telephone to the nearest end office.

► Satellite links
► Twisted-pair & Fiber-optic
► Twisted-pair
► Fiber-optic
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Question No: 29 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following ___________ uses a series of filters to decompose multiplexed signal into its
constituent signals?

► MUX
► DEMUX (Page 150)
► Switch
► Bridge

Question No: 30 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In Fast Ethernet, data rate can be increased by _______________ collisions.

► Increasing
► Decreasing (Page 230)
► Keeping Constant
► None of the given

FINALTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2009

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

Which is not an element of protocol
► semantics
► timing
► communication service module (Page 19)

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

Layers 5, 6 and 7 also called as network support layers.

► True
► False (Page 42)

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

Fourier transform tells us that any digital signal can be decomposed into infinite number of periodic signals

► True
► False (Page 42)
Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Time domain plot show changes in signal phase with respect to time.

► True
► False (Page 63)

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Analog to digital conversion is also termed as modulating an analog signal.

► True
► False (Page 70)

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

DC component is also termed as Direct current component or a component with non-zero frequency.

► False (Page 72)

► True

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

Manchester is a type of ____________encoding.

► biphase (Page 75)

► polar
► biphase & polar
► none of the given

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

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

► NRZ-L
► NRZ-I (Page 73)
► RZ

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

PCM is the first process of PAM.

► True
► False (Page 80)

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

In 4PSK each phase change represents ______bits.

►3
►6
►2 (Page 91)
►4

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

In RS 422 Balanced mode two lines carry ________ signals which are not identical to each other.
► Same (Page 109)
► different
► digital
► analog

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A ______________ converts an analog signal into a digital signal.

► Demodulator (Page 110)

► Modulator
► Digital-to-analog converter

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

Which of the following is an example of ITU-T modem standards:

► T-series
► X-series
► N-series
► V-series (Page 114)

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

The maximum data rate in the uploading direction is still ____________.

► 26.6 Kbps
► 33.6 Kbps (Page 117)
► 36.6 Kbps
► 46.6 Kbps

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following primarily uses guided media

► Cellular telephone system

► Local telephone system (Page 120)
► Satellite communication
► Radio broadcasting

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

When a beam of light travels through media of two different densities, if the angle of incidence is greater than
the critical angle, ____________occurs.

► Reflection
► Refraction (Page 127)
► Incidence
► Criticism

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

When we talk about unguided media, usually we are referring to _________.

► Metallic wires
► Nonmetallic wires
► The air (Page 132)
► Water

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

Optical fibers are defined by the ratio of the ___________ of their core to the diameter of their cladding.

► Diameter (Page 130)

► Radius
► Length
► Width
Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
All of popular Fiber optic connectors are ___________ shaped.

► Conical
► Barrel (Page 131)
► Circular
► Rectangular

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

Radio wave transmission utilizes ___________ different types of propagation.

► Four
► Three
► Two
► Five (Page 132)

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

dB is ____________ if a signal is amplified.

► Negative
► Positive (Page 142)
► Null
► Zero

Question No: 22 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

A prism can deflect the light depending upon the angle of ____________ and the frequency.

► Deviation
► Incident (Page 151)
► Refraction (Page 127)
► Reflection

Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Asynchronous TDM is efficient only when the size of the time slot is kept relatively _______________

► Large (Page 158)

► Small
► Medium
► None of the given
Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The local loop has ___________ cable that connects the subscriber telephone to the nearest end office.

► Twisted-pair (Page 160)

► Coaxial
► Fiber-optic
► None of the given

Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Data from a computer are ____________; the local loop handles _________ signals.

► Analog; analog
► Analog; digital
► Digital; digital
► Digital; analog
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Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which error detection method uses ones complement arithmetic?

► Simple parity check

► Two-dimensional parity check
► CRC
► Checksum (Page 179)

Question No: 27 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Flow control is needed to prevent ____________

► Bit errors
► Overflow of the sender buffer
► Overflow of the receiver buffer (Page 46)
► Collision between sender and receiver

Question No: 28 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

____________ coordinates the amount of data that can be sent before receiving acknowledgment

► flow control (Page 186)

► error control
► data control

Question No: 29 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Error control is both error _________ and error ___________

► detection; correction (Page 186)

► detection; deletion
► detection; avoidance
► detection; forwarding

Question No: 30 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Addressing is not needed in _______________ configuration.
► Point to Point (Page 190)
► Multipoint
► Point to point and multipoint

Question No: 31 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In a Go-Back-N ARQ, if the window size is 63, what is the range of sequence number?

► 0 to 63
► 0 to 64
► 1 to 63
► 1 to 64
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Question No: 32 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A timer is set when ___________ is sent out.

► A data frame
► An ACK (Page 197)
► A NAK

Question No: 33 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Sliding window requires that data frames be transmitted _______________

► Sequentially (Page 199)

► Frequently
► Synchronously
► Asynchronously

Question No: 34 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In Y-MODEM Multiple files can be sent simultaneously

► True (Page 205)

► False

Question No: 35 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

BLAST stands for :

► Blocked asynchronous transmission (Page 205)

► Blocked synchronous transmission
► Barrel asynchronous transmission
► Below asynchronous transmission

Question No: 36 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

HDLC is an acronym for ______________.

► High-duplex line communication

► High-level data link control (Page 210)
► Half-duplex digital link combination
► Host double-level circuit
Question No: 37 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one
The HDLC ___________ field defines the beginning and end of a frame.

► Flag (Page 214)

► Address
► Control
► FCS

Question No: 38 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

_________ is the access protocol used by traditional Ethernet.

► CSMA/CD (Page 222)

► CSMA/CA
► Token Ring
► CSMA

Question No: 39 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

Bridges can divide a large ________ into smaller segments

► Network (Page 241)

► Packet
► Frame
► Address

Question No: 40 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

Like VRC, LRC and CRC, Checksum is also based on _______________.

► Redundancy (Page 179)

► Decimal Division
► Encryption
► Encoding

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

The information to be communicated in a data communications system is the

► Medium
► Protocol
► Message (Page 7)
► Transmission

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

A set of devices connected by communication links is called networking

► True (Page 12)

► False
Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one
Internet with small “i” specifies the world wide Network the actual internet.

► True
► False (Page 39)

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

Data chunk at data link layer is called________

► frame
► packet (Page 38)
► datagram

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

Data synchronization is a function related with ___________

► session layer (Page 51)

► presentation layer
► transport

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

When data are transmitted from device A to device B, the header from A’s layer 4 is read by B’s
__________ layer.

► physical
► transport
► application
► none of the given
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Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

Data must be converted into__________ before transmission.

► signal (Page 56 and 84)

► wave
► electric pulse

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

PCM is the first process of PAM.

► True
► False (Page 80)
Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one
In _____________ transmission, bits are transmitted over a single wire, one at a time.
 ► Asynchronous serial
► Synchronous serial
► Parallel (Page 98)
► Asynchronous & Synchronous serial

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

EIA 232 allows for a maximum bit rate of __________Kbps.

► 40
► 30
► 20 (Page 104)
► 10

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

When a beam of light travels through media of two different densities, if the angle of incidence is greater
than the critical angle, ____________occurs.

► Reflection
► Refraction (Page 127)
► Incidence
► Criticism

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

A parabolic dish antenna is a(n) ______________ antenna.

► Omnidirectional
► Bidirectional
► Unidirectional (Page 138)
► Horn

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

Ultra high-frequency waves always use __________ propagation.

► Ground
► Sky
► Line of Sight (Page 136)
► Space

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

Middle frequency waves having range 300 KHz-3 MHz always use __________ propagation.

► Ground
► Sky
► Line of Sight
► Space
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DB is ____________ if a signal is attenuated.

► Negative (Page 142)

► Positive
► Null
► Zero

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

Which multiplexing technique involves signals composed of light beams?

► FDM
► TDM
► WDM (Page 150)
► none of the given

Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

Multiplexing has long been used as an essential tool in the ____________.

► Electronic industry
► Telephone industry (Page 159)
► Space science
► VLAN
Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one
A telephone network is an example of a __________ network.

► Packet-switched
► Circuit-switched (Page 38)
► Message-switched
► none of the given

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

The local loop has ___________ cable that connects the subscriber telephone to the nearest end office.

► Twisted-pair (Page 160)

► Coaxial
► Fiber-optic
► None of the given

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

Which error detection method involves polynomials?

► Checksum
► Two-dimensional parity check
► CRC (Page 177)
► Simple parity check
Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one
In CRC there is no error if the remainder at the receiver is ____________

► Equal to the remainder at the sender

► Zero (Page 176)
► Nonzero
► The quotient at the sender

Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

In CRC the quotient at the sender _____________

► Becomes the dividend at the receiver

► Becomes the divisor at the receiver
► is discarded
► is the remainder
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Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

Which error detection method can detect a bust error?

► The parity check

► Two-dimensional parity check
► CRC
► Two-dimensional parity check and CRC
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Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

At the CRC checker, ________ means that the data unit is damaged

► A string of 0s
► A string of 1s
► A string of alternating 1s and 0s
► A nonzero remainder
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Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

Error control is both error _________ and error ___________

► detection; correction (Page 186)

► detection; deletion
► detection; avoidance
► detection; forwarding

Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

In line discipline the initiator first transmits a frame called an ________
 ► Enquiry (Page 189)
► Acknowledgment
► NAK
► Request

Question No: 27 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

In line discipline after the data transmission, the sending system finishes with an _____________ frame

► EOT (Page 189)

► EKT
► ENT
► ESP

Question No: 28 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

In primary-secondary communication ______________ is always the initiator of a session

► Primary (Page 189)

► Secondary
► Sender
► Receiver

Question No: 29 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

Primary device uses ____________ to receive transmission from the secondary devices.

► ACK
► ENQ
► POLL (Page 191)

Question No: 30 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

In a Go-Back-N ARQ, if the window size is 63, what is the range of sequence number?

► 0 to 63
► 0 to 64
► 1 to 63
► 1 to 64
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Question No: 31 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

Sliding window requires that data frames be transmitted _______________

► Sequentially (Page 199)

► Frequently
► Synchronously
► Asynchronously

Question No: 32 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

Data link protocols can be divided into ______________ sub-groups.

► two (Page 202)

► three
► four
► five

Question No: 33 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

XMODEM is a ______________ protocol designed for telephone-line communication b/w PCs.

► file transfer (Page 203)

► hardware
► software
► application exchange

Question No: 34 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

In Y-MODEM Multiple files can be sent simultaneously

► True (Page 205)

► False

Question No: 35 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

Which of the following combines features of the other two?

► ZMODEM (Page 205)

► YMODEM
► XMODEM
► None of given

Question No: 36 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

BLAST stands for :

► Blocked asynchronous transmission (Page 205)

► Blocked synchronous transmission
► Barrel asynchronous transmission
► Below asynchronous transmission

Question No: 37 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

Which one of the following uses full duplex operation with sliding window flow control.

► BLAST (Page 205)

► XMODEM
► YMODEM
► ZMODEM
Question No: 38 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one
HDLC is an acronym for ______________.

► High-duplex line communication

► High-level data link control (Page 210)
► Half-duplex digital link combination
► Host double-level circuit

Question No: 39 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

The DSAP and SSAP are addresses used by _________ to identify the protocol stacks.

► LLC (Page 220)

► MAC
► Network

Question No: 40 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

The PDU has no flag fields, no CRC, and no station address

► TRUE (Page 220)

► FALSE

Question No: 41 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

Which of the following is a bus topology LAN that uses base band signaling and has a max? segment length
of 500 meters

► 10 Base5 (Page 223)

► 10 Base2
► 100 Base2
► 100 Base5

Question No: 42 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

Token Bus has no commercial application in data communications

► True (Page 232)

► False

Question No: 43 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

The BNC-T connector is a T-shaped device with _______ ports

► Three (Page 228)

► Two
► Four
► Five

Question No: 44 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

_________ is the access protocol used by traditional Ethernet.
 ► CSMA/CD (Page 222)
► CSMA/CA
► Token Ring
► CSMA
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Question No: 45 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

When a collision is detected in a network using CSMA/CD. _________

► The frame is immediately resent

► A jam signal is sent by the station
► The backoff value is set to 0
► The backoff value is decremented by 1
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Question No: 46 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

Like VRC, LRC and CRC, Checksum is also based on _______________.

► Redundancy (Page 179)

► Decimal Division
► Encryption
► Encoding

Question No: 47 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

Check sum method is used for _______________ layers.

► Physical
► Application
► Transport
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Question No: 48 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

Repeater works on __________ layer.

► Data Link
► Physical
► Network (Page 224)
► Application

Question No: 49 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

When systems share a point to point link, then protocols used are called ___________ protocols.

► Direct (Page 21)

► Indirect
 ► Monolithic
► structured

Question No: 50 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

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► ASK
► PSK
► QAM
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CS601- Data Communication
Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one
An unauthorized user is a network ___________ issue.

► Performance
► Reliability
► Security (Page 15)
► All of the given

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

Which is not an element of protocol?

► semantics
► timing
► communication service module (Page 19)

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

_______ is a multipoint topology.

► Ring
► Mesh
► Tree
► Bus (Page 31)

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

Unidirectional traffic movement is overcome by dual ring technology.

► True (Page 33)

► False
Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one
Physical layer define characteristics of interface between device and _________

► transmission medium http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model

► another device
 ► another peer physical layer at other side
► modem

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

________ layer deals with syntax and semantics of information exchange.

► presentation (Page 51)

► session
► application
► physical

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

To allow access to network resources is the function of ___________

► application layer (Page 53)

► physical layer
► network layer

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

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

► True
► False (Page 63)

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

In 8QAM each signal shift or one baud represents ______.

► 4 bits
► 2 bits
► 5 bits
► 3 bits (Page 93)

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

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

► amplitude
► frequency
► phase
► all of the given (Page 62)

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

EIA 449 provides much better functionality than EIA ________

► 232 (Page 110)

► 223
 ► 262
► 222

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

Which of the following is an example of ITU-T modem standards:

► T-series
► X-series
► N-series
► V-series (Page 114)

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

Traditional modems are wide spread now to a data rate of __________.

► 56 Kbps (Page 115)

► 72 Kbps
► 42 Kbps
► 96 Kbps

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

In case of uploading at the switching station, data is converted to digital signal using ___________.

► TCP
► PCM (Page 116)
► ICP
► TDM

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

The RG number gives us information about ________.

► Twisted pairs
► Coaxial cables (Page 125)
► Optical fibers
► all of the given

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

The _________ is an association that sponsors the use of infrared waves.

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► EIA
► FCC
► PUD

Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

Optical fibers are defined by the ratio of the ___________ of their core to the diameter of their cladding.
 ► Diameter (Page 130)
► Radius
► Length
► Width

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

The section of EM spectrum defined as Radio Communication is divided into _____ ranges called BANDS.

►8 (Page 132)
► 10
►5
►6

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

Radio wave transmission utilizes ___________ different types of propagation.

► Four
► Three
► Two
► Five (Page 132)

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

The VLF and LF bands use _________ propagation for communications.

► Ground
► Sky
► Line of sight (Page 136)
► Space

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

In __________ propagation, low-frequency radio waves hug the earth.

► Ground
► Sky
► Line of Sight
► Space (Page 133)

Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

dB is ____________ if a signal is amplified.

► Negative
► Positive (Page 142)
► Null
► Zero
Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one
Distortion occurs in a ___________ signal.

► Rectified
► Composite (Page 141)
► Amplified
► none of the given

Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

There are ________ basic categories of multiplexing.

► 3 (Page 148)
►4
►2
►5

Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

In bit ____________, MUX adds extra bits to a device.

► Stuffing (Page 156)

► Adding
► Multiplication
► Exchanging

Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

The local loop has ___________ cable that connects the subscriber telephone to the nearest end office.

► Twisted-pair (Page 160)

► Coaxial
► Fiber-optic
► None of the given

Question No: 27 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

FTTC stands for _____________

► flexible to the curb

► fiber to the curb (Page 166)
► fiber to the cable
► fiber to the center

Question No: 28 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

If the ASCII character G is sent and the character D is received, what type of error is this?

► Single-bit
► Multiple-bit
► Burst
 ► Recoverable
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Question No: 29 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

Which error detection method can detect a single-bit error?

► Simple parity check

► Two-dimensional parity check
► CRC
► All of the given
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Question No: 30 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

Flow control is needed to prevent ____________

► Bit errors
► Overflow of the sender buffer
► Overflow of the receiver buffer (Page 46)
► Collision between sender and receiver

Question No: 31 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

In data link layer, communication requires at least ___________ devices working together

►3
► 2 (Page 185)
►4
►5

Question No: 32 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

Data link control is composed of ____________ important functions.

►2
► 3 (Page 185)
►4
►5

Question No: 33 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

____________ coordinates the amount of data that can be sent before receiving acknowledgment

► flow control (Page 186)

► error control
► data control

Question No: 34 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

Primary device uses ____________ to receive transmission from the secondary devices.
 ► ACK
► ENQ
► POLL (Page 191)

Question No: 35 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

In a Go-Back-N ARQ, if the window size is 63, what is the range of sequence number?

► 0 to 63
► 0 to 64
► 1 to 63
► 1 to 64
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Question No: 36 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

Data link protocols can be divided into ______________ sub-groups.

► two (Page 202)

► three
► four
► five

Question No: 37 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

XMODEM is a ______________ protocol designed for telephone-line communication b/w PCs.

► file transfer (Page 203)

► hardware
► software
► application exchange

Question No: 38 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

YMODEM uses ITU-T CRC-_____ for Error Checking

► 16 (Page 205)
► 32
►8
►4

Question No: 39 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

In Y-MODEM Multiple files can be sent simultaneously

► True (Page 205)

► False

Question No: 40 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

HDLC is an acronym for ______________.
 ► High-duplex line communication
► High-level data link control (Page 210)
► Half-duplex digital link combination
► Host double-level circuit

Question No: 41 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

What is present in all HDLC control fields?

► P/F bit (Page 215)

► N(R)
► N(S)
► Code bits

Question No: 42 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following sublyer, resolves the contention for the shared media

► MAC (Page 219)

► LLC
► Physical

Question No: 43 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Ethernet LANs can support data rates between _____________

► 1 and 100 Mbps (Page 223)

► 1 and 200 Mbps
► 1 and 500 Mbps
► 1 and 100 Gbps

Question No: 44 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In FDDI, Token Passing is used as Access method.

► True (Page 236)

► False

Question No: 45 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Bridges can divide a large ________ into smaller segments

► Network (Page 241)

► Packet
► Frame
► Address

Question No: 46 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Like VRC, LRC and CRC, Checksum is also based on _______________.
 ► Redundancy (Page 179)
► Decimal Division
► Encryption
► Encoding

Question No: 47 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Check sum method is used for _______________ layers.

► Physical
► Application
► Transport
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Question No: 48 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the
following ___________ uses a series of filters to decompose multiplexed signal into its constituent signals?

► Bridge
► MUX
► DEMUX (Page 150)
► Switch

Question No: 49 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

We need
____________ to decompose a composite signal into its components.

► Fourier transform (Page 64)

► nyquist theorem
► shannon capacity

Question No: 50 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Data from computer is in ____________ form and the local loop handles _________ signals.

► Analog; analog
► Analog; digital
► Digital; digital
► Digital; analog
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Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

There are how many factors on which the performance of a network depends?
 ► Three
► Five (Page 14)
► Four
► Two

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

_________requires the maximum number of I/O ports.

► Bus
► Star
► Mesh (Page 29)
► Ring

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

Headers are added at layers 1 and 7 of OSI model.

► True
► False (Page 41)

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

Trailer is only added at ________layer of OSI model.

► data link (Page 41)

► physical
► network
► application

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A sine wave must be an analog signal.

► True (Page 58)

► False

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

If there is __________in voltage then the frequency is infinite.

► instantaneous change (Page 61)

► continuous change
► no change

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

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

► NRZ-L
► NRZ-I (Page 73)
 ► RZ

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

The last process in PCM is _________ digital data into digital signal.

► encoding (Page 82)

► decoding
► modulating

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

Amplitude in ASK is more resistive to EMI and Noise.

► True
► False (Page 87)

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

If FCC regulations are followed, the carrier frequencies of adjacent AM radio stations are ____________
apart.

► 5 KHz
► 10 KHz (Page 95)
► 200 KHz
► 530 KHz

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

In _____________ transmission, a start bit and a stop bit frame a character byte.

► Asynchronous serial (Page 99)

► Synchronous serial
► Parallel
► Asynchronous & Synchronous serial

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Synchronous transmissions have _____________.

► a start bit
► a stop bit
► gaps between bytes
► none of the given (Page 99)

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

Transmission media are usually categorized as _____________

► Fixed or Unfixed
► Guided or Unguided (Page 119)
► Determinate or Indeterminate
 ► Metallic or Nonmetallic

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

The RG number gives us information about ________.

► Twisted pairs
► Coaxial cables (Page 125)
► Optical fibers
► all of the given

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Radio wave and microwave frequencies range from _________.

► 3 to 300 KHz
► 300 KHz to 300GHz (Page 132)
► 3 KHz to 300 GHz
► 3 KHz to 3000 GHz

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

All of popular Fiber optic connectors are ___________ shaped.

► Conical
► Barrel (Page 131)
► Circular
► Rectangular

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

In ______________ method a signal can be directed in a straight from Antenna to antenna.

► Line of sight (Page 134)

► Ground propagation
► Sky propagation
► Microwaves

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

Amplifiers are used to __________the signal to heat.

► Amplify (Page 142)

► Rectify
► Testify
► Nullify

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

There are ________ basic categories of multiplexing.

► 3 (Page 148)
 ►4
►2
►5

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

If a T-1 carries 8000 frames, the data rate is ___________

► 2.544 Mbps
► 1.544 Mbps (Page 165)
► 1.544 Kbps
► 1.544 Gbps

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

FTTC stands for _____________

► flexible to the curb

► fiber to the curb (Page 166)
► fiber to the cable
► fiber to the center

Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Optical signals are multiplexed using _________ at switching office to create wider BW optical signals

► WDM (Page 167)

► FDM
► TDM
► MUX

Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which error detection method consists of a parity bit for each unit as well as an entire data unit of parity
bits?

► Simple parity check

► Two-dimensional parity check
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► CRC
► Checksum

Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

If the ASCII character G is sent and the character D is received, what type of error is this?

► Single-bit
► Multiple-bit
► Burst
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► Recoverable

Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Flow control is needed to prevent ____________

► Bit errors
► Overflow of the sender buffer
► Overflow of the receiver buffer. (Page 46)
► Collision between sender and receiver

Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In data link layer, communication requires at least ___________ devices working together

►3
►2 (Page 185)
►4
►5

Question No: 27 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Data link control is composed of ____________ important functions.

►2
►3 (Page 185)
►4
►5

Question No: 28 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Error control is both error _________ and error ___________

► detection; correction (Page 186)

► detection; deletion
► detection; avoidance
► detection; forwarding

Question No: 29 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

ENQ/ACK stands for______________

► Enquiry/ Acknowledgment (Page 187)

► Enque/ Acknowledgment
► Enquist/ Acknowledgment
► none of the given

Question No: 30 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In __________ ARQ, if a NAK is received, only the specific damaged or lost frame is retransmitted.
 ► Stop-and-wait
► Go-Back-N
► Selective reject (Page 200)
► Stop-and-wait & Go-back-N

Question No: 31 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Sliding window requires that data frames be transmitted _______________

► Sequentially (Page 199)

► Frequently
► Synchronously
► Asynchronously

Question No: 32 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following combines features of the other two?

► ZMODEM (Page 205)

► YMODEM
► XMODEM
► None of given

Question No: 33 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

BLAST stands for :

► Blocked asynchronous transmission (Page 205)

► Blocked synchronous transmission
► Barrel asynchronous transmission
► Below asynchronous transmission

Question No: 34 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

HDLC is an acronym for ______________.

► High-duplex line communication

► High-level data link control (Page 210)
► Half-duplex digital link combination
► Host double-level circuit

Question No: 35 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one

The HDLC ___________ field defines the beginning and end of a frame.

► Flag (Page 214)

► Address
► Control
► FCS
Question No: 36 ( Marks: 1 ) – Please choose one
The shortest frame in HDLC protocol is usually the _________ frame.

► Information
► Supervisory (Page 213)
► Management
► None of the given

Question No: 37 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The PDU has no flag fields, no CRC, and no station address

► TRUE (Page 220)

► FALSE

Question No: 38 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

_________ is the access protocol used by traditional Ethernet.

► CSMA/CD (Page 222)

► CSMA/CA
► Token Ring
► CSMA
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Question No: 39 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Repeater is an amplifier, not a regenerator.

► True
► False (Page 240)

Question No: 40 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Bridges can divide a large ________ into smaller segments

► Network (Page 241)

► Packet
► Frame
► Address

CS601 Data Communication

Final Term Examination – Spring 2006
Question No. 1 Marks : 2
Which error detection method uses ones complement arithmetic?
Ø Simple parity check
Ø Two-dimensional parity check
Ø CRC
Ø Checksum (Page 179)
Question No. 2 Marks : 2
In a time-domain plot, the vertical axis is the measure of ________.
Ø Amplitude (Page 59)
Ø Frequency
Ø Phase
Ø Time

Question No. 4 Marks : 2

Which topology requires a multipoint connection?
Ø Mesh
Ø Star
Ø Bus (Page 31)
Ø Ring

Question No. 8 Marks : 2

A timer is set when ___________ is (are) sent out.
Ø A data frame
Ø An ACK (Page 197)
Ø A NAK
Ø An ARQ

Question No. 9 Marks : 2

If the data unit is 111111, the divisor 1010, and the remainder 110, what is the dividend at the
receiver?

Ø 111111011
Ø 111111110
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Ø 1010110
Ø 110111111

FINALTERM EXAMINATION
FALL 2006

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

OSI standard is practically implemented in the form of internet.
►TRUE
►FALSE

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

TCP/IP application layers combine the functions of OSI Application, Session and Transport layers.
►TRUE (Page 55)
►FALSE
Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Unipolar use one voltage levels.
►TRUE (Page 71)
►FALSE
Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The material of core and cladding in fiber optic cable is same.
►TRUE
►FALSE (Page 127)
Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Burst error is easily corrected then bit error.
►TRUE
►FALSE

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

Set of rules governing communication is known as
►OSI model
►Protocol (Page 08)
►Medium
Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
WDM(wave division multiplexing) deals with
► electric waves
►light waves (Page 150)
►both
Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
A Null modem is a
►traditional modem
►technique to connect two DTE (Page 106)
►both
Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Router work on
►data link layer
►physical layer
►network layer (Page 48)
Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Poll/Select is a technique related with
►line control
►line discipline (Page 187)
►error control

Final Term Examination – Spring 2005

Question No. 1 Marks : 02

In cyclic redundancy checking, what is the CRC?

►the divisor
►the quotient
►the dividend
►the remainder
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Question No. 2 Marks : 02

In fiber optics the signal source is ____________waves.

►Light (Page 126)

►Radio
►Very Low frequency
►Infrared
Question No. 3 Marks : 02
Each device has a dedicated point – to – point line configuration only with the two devices on either
side of it.

►Ring Topology (Page 33)

►Star Topology
►Mesh Topology
►Tree Topology
Question No. 6 Marks : 02
Measures the relative strengths of two signals

►Decibel (Page 141)

►Bandwidth
►Wavelength
►Phase
Question No. 7 Marks : 02
Which multiplexing technique shifts each signal to a different carrier frequency?

►FDM (Page 149)

►Synchronous TDM
►Asynchronous TDM
►None of the above
Question No. 8 Marks : 02
The _____________of a signal is the width of the frequency spectrum.

►Amplitude
►Bandwidth (Page 66)
►Bit interval
►Phase

Final Term Examination – Spring 2005

Question No. 1
In cyclic redundancy checking, what is the CRC? Marks : 02

►the divisor
►the quotient
►the dividend
►the remainder
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Question No. 2
In fiber optics the signal source is ____________waves. Marks : 02

►Light (Page 126)

►Radio
►Infrared
►Very Low frequency
Question No. 3 Marks : 02
Each device has a dedicated point – to – point line configuration only with the two devices on either
side of it.

►Ring Topology (Page 33)

►Mesh Topology
►Star Topology
►Tree Topology
Question No. 6
Measures the relative strengths of two signals Marks : 02
►Decibel (Page 141)
►Bandwidth
►Phase
►Wavelength
Question No. 7 Marks : 02
Which multiplexing technique shifts each signal to a different carrier frequency?

►FDM (Page 149)

►Synchronous TDM
►Asynchronous TDM
►None of the above
Question No. 8
The _____________of a signal is the width of the frequency spectrum. Marks : 02

►Amplitude
►Bandwidth (Page 66)
►Bit interval
►Phase