1.

A distributed network configuration in which all data/information pass through a

central computer is
a. bus network
b. ring network
c. star network
d. point-to-point network

2. The communication mode that supports two-way traffic but only one direction at
a time is
a. simplex
b. half duplex
c. duplex
d. multiplex

3. Router works in
a. physical layer
b. network layer
c. data-link layer
d. transport layer

4. A router:
a. determines on which outgoing link a packet is to be forwarded
b. forwards a packet to all outgoing links, except the link upon which the packet
originated
c. forwards a packet to the next free outgoing
link
d. forwards a packet to all outgoing links.

5. If a computer on the network shares resources for others to use, it is called

a. server
b. client
c. mainframe
d. none of the above

6. Network cable lies on layer

a. application layer
b. network layer
c. physical layer
d. transport layer

7. Which of the following is a routing protocol?

a. RIP
b. ARP
c. HDLC
d. UDP
8. Official port number of HTTP protocol is
a. 34
b. 80
c. 20
d. 22

9. IEEE 802.3 standard defines

a. TCP protocol
b. wired Ethernet
c. wireless LAN
d. none of the above

10. HDLC protocol is a

a. data link layer protocol
b. transport layer protocol
c. application layer protocol
d. network layer protocol

11. Which of the following is not a valid classful subnet mask

a. 255.0.0.0
b. 255.255.0.0
c. 255.255.255.0
d. 255.255.255.255

12. The system call used to create a socket is

a. socket
b. bind
c. create
d. accept

13. A digital signal has eight levels. How many bits are needed per level?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5

14. According to Nyquist theorem bit rate equals to

a. 2 * bandwidth * log2L
b. 2 * noise * log2L
c. 4 * bandwidth * log2L
d. 4 * noise * log2L

15. The OSI model has

a. 4 layers
b. 5 layers
c. 7 layers
 d. 9 layers

16. TCP is a
a. connection-oriented protocol
b. connection-less protocol
c. datagram protocol
d. application layer protocol

17. RTP is used for

a. encrypting data
b. controlling data link layer
c. real time data transport
d. controlling sessions

18. Frame Relay is a

a. circuit switched network
b. packet switched network
c. point-to-point network
d. none of the above

19. Which of the following is not a data link layer protocol

a. HDLC
b. Ethernet
c. RTP
d. PPP

20. TDMA multiplexing is used in

a. GSM mobile network
b. CDMA mobile network
c. broadcasting network
d. wired Ethernet network

21. What is the subnet mask of 127.0.0.1?

a. 255.255.0.0
b. 255.0.0.0
c. 255.255.255.0
d. 255.255.255.255

22. A switched lab network has subnet mask 255.255.255.224. Solve the following
questions
a) What is the maximum number of host the network can contain?
b) If a host of the network has an IP address 192.168.128.231 then find out the
network id and host id of the host.
b) What is the broadcast address of the network?