Computer Networks Questions & Answers – Access Networks

This set of Computer Networks Questions & Answers focuses on “Access Networks”.

1) Which of this is not a constituent of residential telephone line?

a) A high-speed downstream channel
b) A medium-speed downstream channel
c) A low-speed downstream channel
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: The third part is ordinary two way telephone channel.

2) In DSL telco provides these services

a) Wired phone access
b) ISP
c) All of the mentioned
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: The same company which provides phone connection is also its ISP in DSL.

3) The function of DSLAM is

a) Convert analog signals into digital signals
b) Convert digital signals into analog signals
c) Amplify digital signals
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: The DSLAM located in telco’s Central Office does this function.

4) The following term is not associted with DSL

a) DSLAM
b) CO
c) Splitter
d) CMTS
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Answer: d
Explanation: Cable modem termination system is used in cable internet access.
5) HFC contains
a) Fibre cable
b) Coaxial cable
c) Both of the mentioned
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: None.

6) Choose the statement which is not applicable for cable internet access
a) It is a shared broadcast medium
b) It includes HFCs
c) Cable modem connects home PC to Ethernet port
d) Analog signal is converted to digital signal in DSLAM
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Answer: d
Explanation: In cable access analog signal is converted to digital signal by CMTS.

7) Among the optical-distribution architectures that is essentially switched ehternet is

a) AON
b) PON
c) NON
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer:a
Explanation: Active optical networks are essentially switched ehternets.

8) StarBand provides
a) FTTH internet access
b) Cable access
c) Telephone access
d) Satellite access
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: None.

9) Home Access is provided by

a) DSL
b) FTTP
c) Cable
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: None.

10) ONT is connected to splitter using

a) High speed fibre cable
b) HFC
c) Optical cable
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: None.

11) These factors affect transmission rate in DSL

a) The gauge of the twisted-pair line
b) Degree of electrical interfernece
c) Shadow fading
d) Both a and b
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Answer: d
Explanation: Because DSL is made of twisted wire copper pair.

Computer Networks Questions & Answers – Physical Layer

This section of our 1000+ Computer Networks MCQs focuses on physical layer.

1. The physical layer concerns with

a) bit-by-bit delivery
p) process to process delivery
c) application to application delivery
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer:a
Explanation:None.

2. Which transmission media has the highest transmission speed in a network?

a) coaxial cable
b) twisted pair cable
c) optical fiber
d) electrical cable
View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation:None.

3. Bits can be send over guided and unguided media as analog signal by
a) digital modulation
b) amplitude modulation
c) frequency modulation
d) phase modulation
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Answer:a
Explanation:None.

4. The portion of physical layer that interfaces with the media access control sublayer is called
a) physical signalling sublayer
b) physical data sublayer
c) physical address sublayer
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer:a
Explanation:None.

5. physical layer provides

a) mechanical specifications of electrical connectors and cables
b) electrical specification of transmission line signal level
c) specification for IR over optical fiber
d) all of the mentioned
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Answer:d
Explanation:None.

6. In asynchronous serial communication the physical layer provides

a) start and stop signalling
b) flow control
c) both (a) and (b)
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer:c
Explanation:None.

7. The physical layer is responsible for

a) line coding
b) channel coding
c) modulation
d) all of the mentioned
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Answer:d
Explanation:None.

8. The physical layer translates logical communication requests from the ______ into hardware specific
operations.
a) data link layer
b) network layer
c) trasnport layer
d) application layer
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Answer:a
Explanation:None.

9. A single channel is shared by multiple signals by

a) analog modulation
b) digital modulation
c) multiplexing
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer:c
Explanation:None.

10. Wireless transmission can be done via

a) radio waves
b) microwaves
c) infrared
d) all of the mentioned
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Answer:d
Explanation:None.

Computer Networks Questions & Answers – Network Layer

This section of our 1000+ Computer Networks MCQs focuses on network layer.

1. The network layer concerns with

a) bits
b) frames
c) packets
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer:c
Explanation:None.

2. Which one of the following is not a function of network layer?

a) routing
b) inter-networking
c) congestion control
d) none of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:d
Explanation:None.

3. The 4 byte IP address consists of

a) network address
b) host address
c) both (a) and (b)
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer:c
Explanation:None.

4. In virtual circuit network each packet contains

a) full source and destination address
b) a short VC number
c) both (a) and (b)
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer:b
Explanation:None.

5. Which one of the following routing algorithm can be used for network layer design?
a) shortest path algorithm
b) distance vector routing
c) link state routing
d) all of the mentioned
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Answer:d
Explanation:None.

6. Multidestination routing
a) is same as broadcast routing
b) contains the list of all destinations
c) data is not sent by packets
d) none of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation:None.

7. A subset of a network that includes all the routers but contains no loops is called
a) spanning tree
b) spider structure
c) spider tree
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer:a
Explanation:None.

8. Which one of the following algorithm is not used for congestion control?
a) traffic aware routing
b) admission control
c) load shedding
d) none of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:d
Explanation:None.
9. The network layer protocol of internet is
a) ethernet
b) internet protocol
c) hypertext transfer protocol
d) none of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:b
Explanation:None.

10. ICMP is primarily used for

a) error and diagnostic functions
b) addressing
c) forwarding
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer:a
Explanation:None.

Computer Networks Questions & Answers – Transport Layer

This section of our 1000+ Computer Networks MCQs focuses transport layer.

1. Transport layer aggregates data from different applications into a single stream before passing it to
a) network layer
b) data link layer
c) application layer
d) physical layer
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Answer:a
Explanation:None.

2. Which one of the following is a transport layer protocol used in internet?

a) TCP
b) UDP
c) both (a) and (b)
d) none of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation:None.
3. User datagram protocol is called connectionless because
a) all UDP packets are treated independently by transport layer
b) it sends data as a stream of related packets
c) both (a) and (b)
d) none of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:None.

4. Transmission control protocol is

a) connection oriented protocol
b) uses a three way handshake to establish a connection
c) recievs data from application as a single stream
d) all of the mentioned
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Answer:d
Explanation:None.

5. An endpoint of an inter-process communication flow across a computer network is called

a) socket
b) pipe
c) port
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer:a
Explanation:None.

6. Socket-style API for windows is called

a) wsock
b) winsock
c) wins
d) none of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:b
Explanation:None.

7. Which one of the following is a version of UDP with congestion control?

a) datagram congestion control protocol
b) stream control transmission protocol
c) structured stream transport
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer:a
Explanation:None.

8. A _____ is a TCP name for a transport service access point.

a) port
b) pipe
c) node
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer:a
Explanation:None.

9. Transport layer protocols deals with

a) application to application communication
b) process to process communication
c) node to node communication
d) none of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:b
Explanation:None.

10. Which one of the following is a transport layer protocol?

a) stream control transmission protocol
b) internet control message protocol
c) neighbor discovery protocol
d) dynamic host configuration protocol
View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:None.

Computer Networks Questions & Answers – Application Layer

This section of our 1000+ Computer Networks MCQs focuses on application layer.

1. The ____ translates internet domain and host names to IP address.

a) domain name system
b) routing information protocol
c) network time protocol
d) internet relay chat
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Answer:a
Explanation:None.

2. Which one of the following allows a user at one site to establish a connection to another site and then pass
keystrokes from local host to remote host?
a) HTTP
b) FTP
c) telnet
d) none of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation:None.

3. Application layer protocol defines

a) types of messages exchanged
b) message format, syntax and semantics
c) rules for when and how processes send and respond to messages
d) all of the mentioned
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Answer:d
Explanation:None.

4. Which one of the following protocol delivers/stores mail to reciever server?

a) simple mail transfer protocol
b) post office protocol
c) internet mail access protocol
d) hypertext transfer protocol
View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:None.

5. The ASCII encoding of binary data is called

a) base 64 encoding
b) base 32 encoding
c) base 16 encoding