CHAPTER 15

COMPUTER NETWORKS
1) The full form of OSI is…………
a. Operating System interface
b. Optical System interconnection
c. Operating System Internet
d. Open system interconnection
2) What is a HUB?
a. Software
b. Computing device
c. Network device
d. Calculating device
3) What do a set of rules define?
a. SMTP
b. FTP
c. IMAP
d. Protocol
4) Identify among the following which is mainly used to host web site.
a. Mail server A web server is primarily used to host websites, serving the content
b. Webserver (such as HTML files, images, and other resources) to users through the internet.
c. Database server
d. None
5) Identify the full form of HTTP?
a. Hypertext Transfer Protocol
b. Hypertext Transfer Package
c. Hyper Transfer Text Package
d. Hyper Transfer Text Practice
6) Identify the protocol primarily used for browsing data.
a. FTP
It is the foundation of data communication on the World Wide Web,
b. TCP allowing browsers to request and receive web pages from servers.
c. TFTP
d. HTTP
7) Identify the first network which was based on TCP/IP protocol.
a. ARPANET
b. HUB
c. Ethernet Card
d. Router
8) What does TCP/IP stand for?
a. Telephone control protocol / Internet Protocol
b. Transmission control protocol/Internet protocol
c. Transmission control protocol/International protocol d. None
9) The collection of hyperlinked documents on the internet known as?
a. HTML
b. Email
c. WWW
d. Internet
10) The location of a resource on the internet given by
a. Email
b. IP
c. Protocol
d. URL
11) Identify the incorrect network topology,
a. Bus
b. Star
c. P2P
d. Ring
12) What is the protocol used when the main server sends mail to another mail server?
a. FTP
b. SMTP
c. TCP/IP
d. MIME
13)Identify among the following network device used to connect two dis-similar types of
networks.
a. Switch
b. Hub
c. Bridge
d. Gateway
14) Identify the device used to boost up a weak signal.
a. Modem
b. Repeater
c. Switch
d. Router
15)The arrangement where all data pass through a central computer is known as
a. Ring topology
b. Mesh topology
c. Star topology
d. Bus topology
16)The device used in the network layer?
a. Application gateway
A router operates at the network layer (Layer 3) of the OSI model. I
b. Switch t is responsible for forwarding data packets between different networks,
c. Router determining the best path for data to travel based on IP addresses,
and ensuring that data reaches its destination across interconnected
d. Repeaters networks.
 17) Which of the following topology arrangements is a point-to-point line configuration?
a. Ring
b. Mesh
c. Star
d. All the above
18)Identify the device which links two homogeneous packed broadcast local networks.
a. Hub
b. Router
c. Bridge
d. Gateway
19) What does LAN stand for?
a. Local Array Network
b. Local Area Network
c. Local Area Net
d. None
20) Identify the switching method in which the message is divided into small packets.
a. Virtual switching
In packet switching, a message is divided into smaller packets,
b. Packet switching each of which is sent separately across the network.
c. Message switching
d. None
21) Identify among the following servers which allow LAN users to share data.
a. Communication server
b. Point server
c. Data server
d. File server
22)The location of a resource on the internet is given by its ………….
a. Protocol
b. URL
c. E-mail address
d. ICQ

23) Which software prevents external access to a system

a. Firewall
b. Gateway
c. Router
d. Virus checker
24) Which one of the following is the most common internet protocol?
a. HTML
b. NetBEUI
c. TCP/IP
d. IPX/SPX
25) The term FTP stands for.
a. File transfer program
b. File transmission protocol
c. File transfer protocol
d. File transfer protection
26) Which one of the following is not a network topology?
a. Star
b. Ring
c. Bus
d. Peer to Peer
27) The term WAN stands for
a. Wide Area Net
b. Wide Access Network
c. Wide Area Network
d. Wide Access Net
28) The term MAN stands for.
a. Metropolitan Area Net
b. Metropolitan Area Network
c. Metropolitan Array Network
d. Metropolitan Array Net
29) Which of the through share the data of two computers?
a. Library
b. Network
c. Grouping
d. Integrated system
30) It is a computer program deliberately created to damage data and hamper the
performance of the computer
a. System software
b. Application software
c. Utility software
d. Virus
31) Virus spread very fast through network and infected
a. Mind
b. Pen drives
c. Keyboard
d. Mouse
32) It infects program files as these have simple format t which virus can be attached
a. Program virus
b. Boot virus
c. Multipartite virus
d. None of these
33) The virus that affects the boot sector of the hard disk and infects the operating system
which make the hard disk completely useless
a. Program virus A boot virus infects the boot sector of the hard disk, .
which is responsible for loading the operating system.
b. Boot virus When the boot sector is infected, the virus can prevent the
c. Stealth virus operating system from loading properly, potentially making the
hard disk unusable or causing system failure.
d. None of these
34) Which of these are harmful effects of virus
a. Damages data files
b. Increasing the size of files
c. Slowing down processing speed
d. All the above
35) Computer software used to identify and remove computer viruses
a. Anti-virus
b. Computer virus
c. Trojan horse
d. Worms
36) Quickheal, Norton, Smartdog, Mcaffee are the examples of
a. Computer Virus
b. Worms
c. Antivirus
d. Trojan horse
37) Abbreviation of SIM
a. Subscriber identity module
b. Supplier information management
c. Singular information management
d. Sources interlink media
38) How many forms are the twisted pair cable?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 3
d. None
39) The following are the types in twisted pair cable.
a. Shielded twisted pair
b. Unshielded twisted pair
c. Both a and b
d. Twisted pair cable
40) UTP stands for…
a. unshielded transport pair cable
` b. unshielded twisted pair cable
c. unshielded transmission pair cable
d. unshielded twisted pair control
40) STP stands for…
a. shielded twisted pair cable
b. shielded twisted pair connectors
c. shielded transport pair cable
d. shielded transport pair connectors
41) How many types of coaxial cable?
a. 2 Thin Coaxial Cable (RG-58): Also known as "thinnet",
Thick Coaxial Cable (RG-8): Also called "thicknet"
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
43) Which of the following are coaxial cable types?
a. thinnet
b. thicknet
c. copper
d. A and B both
44) Thicknet can carry signal for………meters.
a. 500m
b. 1000m
c. 100m
d. 200m
45) The maximum segment length of Thinnet coaxial cable is
a. 500 meters
b. 185 meters
c. 4 meters
d. None of the above
46) The main source in fiber optic communication?
a. light source
b. transmission medium
c. detector
d. all of the above
47) The core of an optical fiber is .
a. glass
b. plastic
c. metal
d. A and B
48) Which of the following isn’t a type of transmission mode?
a. physical
b. simplex
c. full duplex
d. half duplex
 49) In the……….transmission mode, communication is unidirectional
a. Simplex
b. half duplex
c. full duplex
d. semi-duplex
50) A transmission mode that can transmit data in both directions but only one direction at a
time.
a. simplex
b. half duplex
c. full duplex
d. semi-duplex

Two-marks questions:
1. Mention the advantages or goals of networking.
2. Mention the disadvantages of networks.
3. Mention the needs or service of networks.
4. Briefly explain HTTP.
5. Briefly explain FTP.
6. Write any two advantages of FTP.
7. Expand SLIP and PPP.
8. Differentiate between dedicated and non-dedicated server.
9. Write any two differences between LAN and WAN.
10. Explain ring topology.
11. Explain star topology.
12. Explain linear bus topology.
13. Mention the types of cables used in networking?
14. Mention two types of twisted pair cable.
15. Explain the types of coaxial cable.
16. Write the differences between unshielded twisted and shielded twisted pair.
17. Explain briefly about radio wave?
18. What is transmitter and receiver.
19. Name the different switching techniques.
20. Explain circuit switching.
21. Explain message switching.
22. Explain packet switching.
23. What is the difference between circuit and message switching?
24. Define the term repeaters, multiplexers.
25. How router functions?
26. Define Gateway.
27. Write the difference between gateway and router?
28. Define the term SIM and GSM.