Unit - 3

1. Bit stuffing refers to

(A) inserting a '0' in user stream to differentiate it with a flag
(B) inserting a '0' in flag stream to aviod ambiguity
(C) appending a nibble to the flag sequence
(D) appending a nibble to the use data stream
2. Which of the following ISO level is more closely related to the physical communications facilities ?
(A) Application
(B) Session
(C) Network
(D) Data link
3. In a boraod sense, a railway track is an example of
(A) simplex
(B) half-duplex
(C) full-duplex
(D) all of these
4. Frequency range at which the land coaxial cables are used is
(A) 106 to 108 Hz
(B) 1010 to 1011Hz
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(C) 10 to 10 Hz
(D) 1014 to 1015 Hz
5. Which topology requires a central controller or hub ?
(A) Mesh
(B) Star
(C) Bus
(D) Ring
6. Which topology requires a multipoint connection ?
(A) Mesh
(B) Star
(C) Bus
(D) Ring
7. In which topology, if there are n devices in a network, each device has n-1 ports for cables ?
(A) Mesh
(B) Star
(C) Bus
(D) Ring
8. A network that contains multiple hubs in most likely configured in which topology ?
(A) Mesh
(B) Tree
(C) Bus
(D) Star
9. Which model shows how the network functions of a computer ought to be organized ?
(A) ITU-T
(B) OSI
(C) ISO
(D) ANSI
10. In context of OSI or TCP/IP computer network models, which of the following is FALSE ?
(A) Besides span of geographical area, the other major difference between LAN and WAN is that the later uses
switching element
(B) A repeater is used just to forward bits from one network to another one
(C) IP layer is connected oriented layer in TCP/IP
(D) A gateway is used to connet incompatible networks
11. The physical layer in reference to the OSI model defines
(A) data link procedures that provide for the exchange of data via frames that can be sent and received
(B) interface between X . 25 network and packet mode device
(C) virtual circuit interface to packet-switched service
(D) all of these
12. What use a physical star topology ?
(A) 10 base 5
(B) 10 base 2
(C) 10 base T
(D) None of these
13. The monitor station in what standard ensures that one and only one token is circulating ?
(A) 802.3
(B) 802.5
(C) FDDI
(D) All of these
14. What can happen at a Token Ring station ?
(A) Examination of the destination address
(B) Regeneration of the frame
(C) Passing of the frame to the next station

(D) All of these

15. BSC is a
(A) character-oriented protocol
(B) bit - oriented protocol
(C) full-duplex protocol
(D) none of these
16. In Ethernet CSMA/CA, the special bit sequence transmitted by media access management collision handling is
called
(A) preamble
(B) postamble
(C) jam
(D) none of these
17. Adaptive or dynamic directory used in packet routing changes
(A) within each user session
(B) with each user session
(C) at system generation time only (D) none of these
18. Number of cross point needed for 10 lines in a cross point switch which is full duplex in nature and there are no
self-connection is
(A) 100
(B) 45
(C) 8
(D) 28
19. Maximum data rate of a channel for a noiseless 3-kHz binary channel is
(A) 3000 bps
(B) 6000 bps
(C) 1500 bps
(D) none of these
20. Maximum data rate of a channel of 3000 Hz bandwidth and SNR of 30 dB is
(A) 75, 000 bps
(B) 60,000 bps
(C) 30,000 bps
(D) 3,000 bps
21. Which of the following measures the number of lost or garbled messages as a fraction of the total sent in the
sampling period ?
(A) Residual error rate
(B) Transfer failure probability
(C) Connection release failure probability
(D) Connection establishment failure probability
22. Minimum number of bits required to represent B is
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
23. Minimum number of required to represent all the symbols together is
(A) 15
(B) 14
(C) 12
(D) 11
24. A 3000 Hz bandwidth noisy channel transmits bits with a signal to thermal noise ratio of 30 dB. What is the
maximum data rate of the channel ?
(A) 30 kbps
(B) 90 kbps
(C) 60 kbps
(D) none of these
25. A field in the Ethernet message packet is
(A) Type
(B) Data
(C) Address
(D) All of these
26. In a broad sense, a railway track is an example of
(A) simplex
(B) half-duplex
(C) full-duplex
(D) all of these
27. If data rate of ring is 20 Mbps, signal propagation speed is 200 b/ms, then number of bits that can be placed on the
channel of 200 km is
(A) 2000 bits
(B) 20,000 bits
(C) 1,000 bits
(D) none of these
28. Which of the following access control methods is probabilstic ?
(A) Polling
(B) Contention
(C) Token passing
(D) Sliding window
29. What signal - to - noise ratio is needed to put a T1 carrier on a T0-kHz line ?
(A) 63 db
(B) 73 db
(C) 83 db
(D) 93 db
30. In stop-and-wait ARQ, if data I has an error, then receiver sends which frame ?
(A) NAK 0
(B) NAK 1

(C) NAK 2
(D) NAK
31. In which ARQ, when a NAK is received, all frames sent since the last frame acknowledge are retransmitted
(A) stop-and-wait
(B) go-back-n
(C) selective-reject
(D) both (A) and (B)
32. In which communication, poll/select method is used to determine control of the line ?
(A) peer-to-peer
(B) peer-to-primary
(C) primary-to-peer
(D) primary-to-secondary
33. Poll/select line discipline requires what to identify the packet recipient ?
(A) Timer
(B) Buffer
(C) Address
(D) Dedicated line
34. The secondary device in a multipoint configuration sends data in response to which of the following event ?
(A) ACK
(B) ENQ
(C) Poll
(D) Sel
35. In sliding window flow control, if window size is 63, what is the range of sequence numbers ?
(A) 0 to 63
(B) 0 to 64
(C) 1 to 63
(D) 1 to 64
36. Which of the following decides the role of a device on a network ?
(A) Line connection
(B) Link connection
(C) Line discipline
(D) Link decision
37. For a sliding window of size n-1 there can be maximum of how many frames sent but unacknowledged ?
(A) 0
(B) n -1
(C) n
(D) n + 1
38. For stop-and-wait flow control, for n data packets sent, how many acknowledgments are needed
(A) n
(B) 2n
(C) n - 1
(D) n + 1
39. Select incorrect statement in error retransmission used in continuous ARQ method
(A) Go-back-N method requires more storage at the receiving site
(B) Selective repeat involves complex login than GO-back-N
(C) Go-back-N has better line utilization
(D) Selective repeat has better line utilization
40. IEEE Project 802 divides the data link layer into which upper sublayer and which lover sublayer ?
(A) LLC, MAC
(B) MAC, LLC
(C) PDU, HDLC
(D) HDLC, PDU
41. Collision domain can be compared to which distance data travels between two stations ?
(A) Minimum
(B) Maximum
(C) Virtual
(D) Both (A) and (B)
42. The collision domain of tranditional Ethernet and Fast Ethernet respectively are
(A) 250m, 250m
(B) 250m 2500 m
(C) 2500m, 250m
(D) 2500m,2500m
43. The systems that can be used in both priority and nonpriority modes, is
(A) TDM
(B) register insertion
(C) carrier sense systems
(D) token passing
44. In a crossbar with 1000 crosspoints, how many statistically are in use at any time ?
(A) 100
(B) 250
(C) 500
(D) 1000
45. How many crosspoints are needed in a single-stage switch with 40 inputs and 50 outputs ?
(A) 40
(B) 50
(C) 90
(D) 2000
46. Which of the following is a time -division switch ?
(A) TSI
(B) TDM bus
(C) Crosspoint
(D) Both (A) and (B)
47. In a time - division switch, which governs the destination of a packet stored in RAM ?
(A) TDM bus
(B) Crosspoint
(C) Crossbar
(D) Control unit

48. In which routing method do all the routers have a common database ?
(A) Distance vector
(B) Link state
(C) Link vector
(D) None of these
49. The number of corss-points needed for 10 lines in a cross - point switch which is full duplex in nature and there
are no self connection, is
(A) 100
(B) 45
(C) 50
(D) 90
50. A terminal multiplexer has six 1200 bps terminals and 'n' 300 bps terminals connected to it. The outgoing line is
9600 bps. What is the maximum value of n ?
(A) 4
(B) 16
(C) 8
(D) 28

Answers
1. A

2. D

3. B

4. A

5. B

6. C

7. A

8. B

9. B

10. C

11. D 12. C 13. B 14. D 15. A 16. C 17. A 18. B

19. B

20. C

21. A 22. C 23. A 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. B 28. D

29. D

30. D

31. B 32. D 33. C 34. C 35. A 36. C 37. B 38. A

39. C

40. A

41.B 42. C 43. C,D44. B 45. D 46. D 47. D 48. B

49. A

50. C