Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
The flag in PPP is a byte that needs to be ________ whenever it appears in the data section of the frame.
The level of signal is always positive in NRZ encoding.
Analog refers to something that is continuous in ___________.
A ________ modem is used to connect two DTEs directly.
Which one of the following is not a Channelization Protocol?
In selective-reject ARQ, only the specific damaged or lost frame is ________.
There are __________types of guided media.
In analog transmission, the base signal is called the________.
________ is correct formula to determine the total number of ports needed for one system connected in a mesh network.
Radio is an example of _______ signal conversion.
Central Hub in a Tree is an ___________.
Error correction is more ________ than the error detection.
Which error detection method uses one's complement arithmetic.
The inversion of the level represents a 1 bit in ______ encoding
If we need to correct a single error in an 8-bit data unit, we need to consider ________ possible error locations.
Which one of the following is a correct-access method?
________ is/are un-reliable protocol(s).
The logical connection between the peer layers is ________ connection.
Is there any difference between Data communication and telecommunication are network?
Sampling means measuring ____________ of signal at equal intervals
In which controlled-access method all data exchanges must be made through primary device even when the ultimate destination is a secondary device?
The transmission medium that carries the message is referred to as the ___________.
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) is the combination of ________ and ________.
AM signal requires ___________ the BW of original signal
________ is the process of converting digital data to digital signals.
Which of the following is most affected by noise?
In ASK correct formula for calculating the bandwidth ia as ________.
POST stand for ________?
What is the period of a Sine wave having frequency of 2 Hz?
DLC in Data Link Layer stands for ________.
In ASK, both ______ and ________ remain constant.
The __________ generates the data and passes it along with any control information to a __________.
________ are used to exchange session management and control information between connected devices.
In Block coding scheme, number of code words is always ________ data words.
In circuit switched networks we have low efficiency but minimal ________.
A broadcast signal is received by the orbiting satellites which rebroadcasts ________.
What is the frequency of a sine wave if it completes one cycle in 5 seconds?
In the encoding where positive to negative transition is one and vice versa is zero.
Flow control is needed to prevent ________.
________ signal can take infinite levels of intensity over time.
No matter whether the link is dedicated or broadcast, data link control (DLC) layer provides services between ________.
In Pure ALOHA, the vulnerable time is ________ the frame transmission time.
In ________ each band is reserved for a specific ststion, and it belongs to the station all the time.
Switch is a network device which operates on the ________ layer of the TCP/IP protocol suite.
What is the period of a Sine wave having frequency of 10 Hz?
________ is used in the Stop-and-Wait protocol to overcome the issue of duplication.
Which level of the TCP/IP reference model routes data/information across a network channel?
Session layer is responsible for _________.
Which of the following statement is correct?
Time domain plot show changes in signal phase with respect to time.
Asynchronous TDM is efficient only when the size of the time slot is kept relatively ___________.
Two or more computers connected so that they can communicate with each other and share information is called a ___________.
Digital signals are refered to be ___________.
Time division multiplexing is used in ________ systems.
If the window size is 63 in go-back N ARQ then what is the range of sequence number?
________ is an Authentication Protocol, which uses two-step process to authenticate user information.
________ mode of serial transmission guarantees fixed rate of data.
Quantization is a method of assigning ________ values in a specific range to sampled instances.
Traditionally MANs have been implemented using one of the 2 technologies, Circuit Switching and Packet Switching
________ of a signal is the collection of all the component frequencies it contains.
Which of the following sublyer resolves the contention for the shared media.
Terminal, microprocessor, computer, printer or any other device that generates or consumes digital data is known as ___________
In Pulse Code Modulation (PCM), the sampling is dependent on ________.
Transmission Control Protocol is a(n) ________ layer protocol.
________ is responsible for governing node to node communication.
________ is sometimes called the bit rate.
In order to find the location of two errors in an eight bit stream, we have to see ________ different combinations.
A fiber -optic cable transmit signals in the form of ________.
________ is an Authentication Protocol, which is used by the PPP to authenticate passwords.
Baud rate is greater than or equal to the bit rate.
The extra bits added with the original data for error detection/correction are called ________.
A sine wave is ___________.
Radio wave transmission utilizes ___________ different types of propagation.
If the Hamming distance between sent and received code word is ________, then it shows that received data is corrupted.
________ is normally used where speed is priority in data transfer.
What is the frequency of a sine wave if it completes one cycle in 2 seconds?
In even parity check code, the value of syndrome is ________ if the number of 1s is even.
In ________, both peak amplitude and frequency remains constant as the phase changes.
Checksum is an error-detection technique that can be applied to a message of ________ length.
The message 1110 sent by a source is received by a destination as 1011. This is ________ type of error.
In TCP/IP protocol suite, the process of adding header at each layer on sending side is known as ________.
We can have ________ different groups with a 4 bit block.
GO-BACK-N protocol is one of the ________ layer protocols, which is used to control the flow of data during the transmission.
________ category of coaxial cable is used for thin Ethernet.
________ is the rate of change with respect to time.
YMODEM has ________ Byte of data unit.
In OSI model headers are added at layer _________.
In _________, a signal is directed straight from antenna to antenna.
What is the period of a Sine wave having frequency of 5 Hz?
Which error detection method consists of a parity bit for each unit as well as an entire data unit of parity bits?
There are three types of Hubs that exist. Which of the following options correctly describes these three?
Encoding digital data into digital signals is called ___________.
Like Data link layer, ___________ is also responsible for Flow control.
Digitizing an Analog Signal is called ___________.
In frequency shift keying, ________ remain(s) constant.
Analog To Analog Conversion Methods include ___________.
In Block coding we divide our message into blocks of k bits called as ________.
Analog signals are refers to be ___________
There are _________ types of serial transmission.
If users must take turns using the link, then it is called Spatial Sharing.
By using ___________ system, change in the file contents during file transmission can be avoided.
In CRC there is no error if the remainder at the receiver is _______.
The Internet is ___________.
________ works with topologies in which one drvice is designated as a primary station and the other devices are secondary stations.
Error detection and correction are the services provided by ________ layer.
Possession of TOKEN gives the station the right to ________.
Asynchronous transmission is ___________.
Line Configuration refers to the way two or more devices attach to a ___________.
Congestion Control is a feature of layer(s).
Collisions in CSMA/CA are avoided through ________.
Which of the following consist of just one redundant bit per data unit?
A sine wave is defined by ___________ characteristics.
RZ stands for ___________.
Normally the value of Kmax in pure ALOHA is ________.
To make sure that source does not overwhelm destination by sending data faster than it can be handled and processed is called?
Which one of the following is a Random-Access protocol?
Like 10 Base 5, 10 Base 2 is a ________ topology LAN.
In CSMA/CA, ________ is the amount of time divided into slots.
In ________, each station is allocated a time slot during which it can send data.
Signals travel through fiber optic cable are in the form of ________.
Which one is not the function of data link layer?
There are ________ basic categories of multiplexing.
Each computer on the Internet has a unique numeric address called a(n) ___________.
dB is negative if a signal is ___________.
________ is not a function of Data Link Control.
Time domain shows changes in ___________.
In an analog hierarchy to carry voice channels, a group can carry ________ voice channels.
To calculate the data rate for noisy channel ________ formula is used.
________ contains a repeater.
At the CRC generator, ___________ added to the data unit before the divisional process.
S-frames in High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) are only used to transfer ________ information.
In ________, each station sends a frame whenever it has a frame to send.
The ________ is the number of signal elements sent per unit time.
The most common type of connector used by coaxial cable is ________.
In Synchronous TDM, Time slots are not same in number as input devices.
Following characteristics fully describe ___________, Amplitude Period/Frequency Phase
In ASK, Noise usually affects the ________.
If a digital signal has "L" number of levels. ________ is the number of bits required to represent each level.
VCI address is ________ address in virtual circuit approach.
If duration of noise is decreased during a transmission over noisy channel, fixed data rate of the channel will cause ________ number of bits being impacted by the noise.
CHAP is an Authentication Protocol, which uses ________ process to authenticate user information.
To control and manage the transfer of data, a protocol called Point to Point Protocol (PPP) is used at the ________ layer.
The term _______means that only one bit of a given data unit is changed from 1 to 0 or from 0 to 1.
________ transmission technology (based on Ethernet) provides a data rate of 1 billion bits per second.
In the ________ method, the stations in a network are orgamized in a logical ring.
The inversion of the level at 1 bit is called as ________.
WDM stands for ________.
PSK is susceptible to the noise degradation.
The type of ALOHA which improves the efficiency of Pure ALOHA is ________.
At the CRC checker, ___________ means that the data unit is damaged.
The ________ protocol uses both flow and error control.
Guard bands are used in ________ multiplexing technique, to avoid overlapping of frequency bands assigned to each user.
CDMA stands for ________.
________ encoding is almost obsolete today
________ category of coaxial cable is used for Cable TV.
STP is more expensive than UTP and is less susceptible to noise.
In ___________ a dedicated communication path is established between two stations through the nodes of the network
Human voice is example of ___________ signal.
Low pass channel has ________ bandwidth between two stations.
Mr. Asif while sitting in Lahore is talking with his friend in Dubai through Skype is an example of ________.
What is the Bandwidth of a periodic signal if it is decomposed into 4 sine waves with frequencies 300, 600, 900 and 1200?
In statistical time division multiplexing, number of slots in frame are less than ________.
In line discipline after the data transmission, the sending system finishes with an ________ frame.
What is the Bandwidth of a periodic signal if it is decomposed into 4 sine waves with frequencies 200, 400, 600 and 800?
Which layer is concerned with the syntax and semantics of info exchange between two systems?
A portion of the path that carries TX between a given pair of devices is known as ___________.
Latency is made of ________ components.
What was the main draw back in ALOHA Random-Access method?
________ relatively measures the strength of two signals.
Data Link layer provides services to the ________ layer.
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a sine wave?
TROPOSHERE is the layer of atmosphere above the troposhere but below space
Data is transmitted using light through a ___________ cable.
The original Ethernet technology with the data rate of 10 Mbps is called ________?
WDM stands for _________.
At the Application layer, object/information is in the form of ________.
BSC supports ___________ transmission using ___________ flow control.
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