DATA COMMUNICATION B) point-to-point

1. There are ______________ Internet C) (a) and (b)

service providers. D) none of the above
A) regional 8. The information to be communicated in
B) local a data communications system is the
C) national and international _______.
D) all of the above A) Medium
2. ______ refers to the physical or logical B) Protocol
arrangement of a network. C) Message
A) Topology D) Transmission
B) Mode of operation 9. ________ defines how a particular
C) Data flow pattern to be interpreted, and what action
D) None of the above is to be taken based on that interpretation.
3. A ______ is a data communication A) Syntax
system spanning states, countries, or the B) Semantics
whole world. C) Timing
A) MAN D) None of the above
B) WAN 10. Frequency of failure and network
C) LAN recovery time after a failure are measures
D) none of the above of the _______of a network.
4. A _______ connection provides a A) Performance
dedicated link between two devices. B) Security
A) primary C) Reliability
B) multipoint D) Feasibility
C) point-to-point 11. A television broadcast is an example
D) secondary of _______ transmission.
5. Which topology requires a multipoint A) half-duplex
connection? B) simplex
A) Bus C) full-duplex
B) Star D) automatic
C) Mesh 12. Data flow between two devices can
D) Ring occur in a _______ way.
6. A ________ is a set of rules that A) simplex
governs data communication. B) half-duplex
A) protocol C) full-duplex
B) forum D) all of the above
C) standard 13. _______ are special-interest groups
D) none of the above that quickly test, evaluate, and
7. In a ______ connection, two and only standardize new technologies.
two devices are connected by a dedicated A) Standards organizations
link. B) Regulatory agencies
A) multipoint C) Forums
D) All of the above B) An internet
14. Which agency developed standards C) A LAN
for physical connection interfaces and D) None of the above
electronic signaling specifications? 21. In a ________ connection, three or
A) ISO more devices share a link.
B) ITU-T A) point-to-point
C) ANSI B) multipoint
D) EIA C) (a) and (b)
15. A _______ is a data communication D) none of the above
system within a building, plant, or campus, 22. Which organization has authority over
or between nearby buildings. interstate and international commerce in
A) LAN the communications field?
B) MAN A) FCC
C) WAN B) IEEE
D) none of the above C) ITU-T
16. _______ refers to two characteristics: D) ISOC
when data should be sent and how fast it 23. In the original ARPANET, _______
can be sent. were directly connected together.
A) Semantics A) routers
B) Timing B) host computers
C) Syntax C) networks
D) none of the above D) IMPs
17. This was the first network. 24. Communication between a computer
A) CSNET and a keyboard involves
B) NSFNET ______________ transmission.
C) ARPANET A) simplex
D) ANSNET B) half-duplex
18. Devices may be arranged in a _____ C) full-duplex
topology. D) automatic
A) mesh 25. Which topology requires a central
B) ring controller or hub?
C) bus A) Mesh
D) all of the above B) Bus
19. _______ is the protocol suite for the C) Star
current Internet. D) Ring
A) UNIX 26. The _______ is the physical path over
B) NCP which a message travels.
C) TCP/IP A) Protocol
D) ACM B) Signal
20. ________ is a collection of many C) Medium
separate networks. D) All the above
A) A WAN
27. In a _______ connection, more than A) File transfer and access
two devices can share a single link. B) Mail service
A) multipoint C) Remote log-in
B) point-to-point D) All the above
C) primary 3. When data are transmitted from device
D) secondary A to device B, the header from A's layer 4
28. _______ refers to the structure or is read by B's _______ layer.
format of the data, meaning the order in A) Transport
which they are presented. B) Application
A) Semantics C) Physical
B) Syntax D) None of the above
C) Timing 4. __________ provides full transport
D) All of the above layer services to applications.
29. An unauthorized user is a network A) UDP
_______ issue. B) TCP
A) Security C) ARP
B) Reliability D) none of the above
C) Performance 5. The process-to-process delivery of the
D) All the above entire message is the responsibility of the
30. ________ is an idea or concept that is _______ layer.
a precursor to an Internet standard. A) Transport
A) RCF B) Application
B) ID C) Physical
C) RFC D) Network
D) none of the above 6. The ______ layer is responsible for
31. In _______ transmission, the channel moving frames from one hop (node) to the
capacity is shared by both communicating next.
devices at all times. A) transport
A) simplex B) data link
B) half-duplex C) physical
C) full-duplex D) none of the above
D) half-simplex 7. The _______ layer is responsible for
1. The ______ layer adds a header to the delivering data units from one station to
packet coming from the upper layer that the next without errors.
includes the logical addresses of the A) physical
sender and receiver. B) data link
A) data link C) transport
B) network D) network
C) physical 8. The session, presentation, and
D) none of the above application layers are the ____ support
2. Which of the following is an application layers.
layer service? user
network A) IP
both (a) and (b) B) port
neither (a) nor (b) C) specific
9. The physical, data link, and network D) physical
layers are the ______ support layers. 16. The _______ layer coordinates the
A) network functions required to transmit a bit stream
B) user over a physical medium.
C) both (a) and (b) A) data link
D) neither (a) nor (b) B) transport
10. The ________ layer is responsible for C) network
the process-to-process delivery of the D) physical
entire message. 17. The ______ layer is responsible for
A) transport the source-to-destination delivery of a
B) physical packet across multiple network links.
C) network A) network
D) data link B) physical
11. The _______ layer lies between the C) data link
network layer and the application layer. D) transport
A) Data link 18. Mail services are available to network
B) Transport users through the _______ layer.
C) Physical A) Transport
D) None of the above B) Physical
12. The Internetworking Protocol (IP) is a C) Data link
________ protocol. D) Application
A) connection-oriented 19. The ____ created a model called the
B) reliable Open Systems Interconnection, which
C) both a and b allows diverse systems to communicate.
D) none of the above A) IEEE
13. The _______ layer links the network B) ISO
support layers and the user support C) OSI
layers. D) none of the above
A) session 20. The _______ layer changes bits into
B) transport electromagnetic signals.
C) data link A) Physical
D) network B) Transport
14. ICMPv6 includes _______. C) Data link
A) IGMP D) None of the above
B) ARP 21. IPv6 has _______ -bit addresses.
C) RARP A) 128
D) a and b B) 32
15. The ____ address uniquely defines a C) 64
host on the Internet. D) variable
22. The_____ address identifies a 28. The physical layer is concerned with
process on a host. the movement of _______ over the
A) specific physical medium.
B) port A) dialogs
C) IP B) protocols
D) physical C) bits
23. The_________ layer is responsible for D) programs
the delivery of a message from one 29. To deliver a message to the correct
process to another. application program running on a host, the
A) transport _______ address must be consulted.
B) network A) physical
C) physical B) port
D) none of the above C) IP
24. The _________ layer enables the D) none of the above
users to access the network. 30. Ethernet uses a ______ physical
A) application address that is imprinted on the network
B) physical interface card (NIC).
C) data link A) 32-bit
D) transport B) 6-byte
25. The TCP/IP _______ layer is C) 64-bit
equivalent to the combined session, D) none of the above
presentation, and application layers of the 31. The _______ layer is the layer closest
OSI model. to the transmission medium.
A) data link A) Network
B) network B) Transport
C) physical C) Physical
D) application D) Data link
26. When a host on network A sends a 32. The OSI model consists of _______
message to a host on network B, which layers.
address does the router look at? A) eight
A) logical B) seven
B) physical C) five
C) port D) three
D) none of the above 33. The ________ address, also known
27. As the data packet moves from the as the link address, is the address of a
upper to the lower layers, headers are node as defined by its LAN or WAN.
_______. A) IP
A) Rearranged B) port
B) Removed C) specific
C) Added D) physical
D) Modified 34. Layer 2 lies between the physical
layer and the _______ layer.
A) Data link 40. In the OSI model, what is the main
B) Transport function of the transport layer?
C) Network A) process-to-process message delivery
D) None of the above B) node-to-node delivery
35. Why was the OSI model developed? C) synchronization
A) The rate of data transfer was D) updating and maintenance of routing
increasing exponentially tables
B) Standards were needed to allow any 41. _______ is a process-to-process
two systems to communicate protocol that adds only port addresses,
C) Manufacturers disliked the TCP/IP checksum error control, and length
protocol suite. information to the data from the upper
D) None of the above layer.
36. In the OSI model, as a data packet A) IP
moves from the lower to the upper layers, B) TCP
headers are _______. C) UDP
A) removed D) none of the above
B) added 42. The ______ layer establishes,
C) rearranged maintains, and synchronizes the
D) modified interactions between communicating
37. In the OSI model, when data is devices.
transmitted from device A to device B, the A) session
header from A's layer 5 is read by B's B) physical
_______ layer. C) transport
A) session D) network
B) physical 43. A port address in TCP/IP is ______
C) transport bits long.
D) presentation A) 16
38. The seven-layer _____ model B) 32
provides guidelines for the development of C) 48
universally compatible networking D) none of the above
protocols. 44. In the OSI model, encryption and
A) ISO decryption are functions of the ________
B) OSI layer.
C) IEEE A) application
D) none of the above B) presentation
39. The Internet model consists of C) session
_______ layers. D) transport
A) Eight 45. TCP/IP is a ______ hierarchical
B) Seven protocol suite developed ____ the OSI
C) Five model.
D) Three A) five-layer; before
B) six-layer; before
C) seven-layer; before B) physical
D) five-layer; after C) ATM layer
46. The ________ address, also known D) none of the above
as the link address, is the address of a 4. A _______ ATM LAN combines
node as defined by its LAN or WAN. features of a pure ATM LAN and a
A) logical legacy ATM LAN.
B) port A) legacy
C) physical B) pure
D) none of the above C) mixed architecture
47. The _______ model shows how the D) none of the above
network functions of a computer ought to 5. A(n) ______ is the interface between a
be organized. user and an ATM switch.
A) ANSI A) NNN
B) CCITT B) UNI
C) ISO C) NNI
D) OSI D) None of the above
48. The _______ layer ensures 6. In ATM, a virtual connection is defined
interoperability between communicating by _________.
devices through transformation of data A) DLCI
into a mutually agreed upon format. B) VPI
A) network C) VCI
B) presentation D) a combination of (b) and (c)
C) transport 7. In ATM, _______is for short packets.
D) data link A) AAL5
1. To handle frames arriving from other B) AAL3/4
protocols, Frame Relay uses a device C) AAL2
called a _________. D) AAL1
A) MUX 8. In Frame Relay, when a _____ is
B) VOFR selected, the corresponding table entry
C) FRAD is recorded for all switches by the
D) none of the above administrator.
2. In Frame Relay, an address can be A) SVC
________ bytes. B) PVC
A) 2 to 3 C) either (a) or (b)
B) 2 to 4 D) neither (a) nor (b)
C) only f2 9. In ATM, the _______layer accepts
D) none of the above transmissions from upper-layer
3. In ATM, the _____ layer defines the services and maps them into ATM
transmission medium, bit transmission, cells.
encoding, and electrical-to-optical A) AAL
transformation. B) physical
A) AAL C) ATM
 D) none of the above C) MUX
10. The VPI of a UNI is _______ bits in D) none of the above
length. 17. A _______ is defined as a small, fixed-
A) 32 size block of information.
B) 16 A) packet
C) 12 B) cell
D) 8 C) frame
11. The ATM standard defines ______ D) none of the above
layers. 18. In ATM, the ______ layer provides
A) five routing, traffic management, switching,
B) four and multiplexing services.
C) three A) ATM
D) two B) AAL
12. ________ technology can be adapted C) physical
for use in a LAN (ATM LAN). D) none of the above
A) ATM 19. In ATM, _____ is for conventional
B) X.25 packet switching (virtual-circuit
C) Frame Relay approach or datagram approach).
D) none of the above A) AAL5
13. VCIs in Frame Relay are called B) AAL3/4
______. C) AAL2
A) SVC D) AAL1
B) DLCIs 20. Frame Relay provides ________.
C) PVC A) SVCs
D) none of the above B) PVCs
14. The AAL is divided into _______ C) either (a) or (b)
sublayers. D) neither (a) nor (b)
A) four 21. In Frame Relay, the EA field defines
B) three the number of bytes; it is _____ in the
C) two last byte of the address.
D) none of the above A) 0
15. _________ is the interface between B) 1
two ATM switches. C) 2
A) NNI D) 3
B) NNN 22. In a _____ ATM LAN, an ATM switch
C) UNI connects stations.
D) none of the above A) legacy
16. Frame Relay networks offer an option B) pure
called ______________ that sends C) mixed architecture
voice through the network. D) none of the above
A) FRAD 23. The VPI of an NNI is _______ bits in
B) VOFR length.
 A) 24 B) the physical and data link
B) 16 layers
C) 12 C) only the data link
D) 8 D) only the physical layer
24. At the data link layer, Frame Relay 30. In ATM, ______ is for packets
uses a protocol that supports requiring no sequencing and no error
_____control. control mechanism.
A) error A) AAL5
B) flow B) AAL3/4
C) either (a) or (b) C) AAL2
D) neither (a) nor (b) D) AAL1
25. ________ is the cell relay protocol 31. ______ eliminates the varying delay
designed by the corresponding Forum times associated with different-size
and adopted by the ITU-T. packets.
A) Frame Relay A) Frame Relay
B) ATM B) ATM
C) X.25 C) X.25
D) none of the above D) all of the above
26. In Frame Relay, when ______ is 32. In ATM, ______ is for constant-bit-rate
selected, it requires establishing and data.
terminating phases. A) AAL5
A) a PVC B) AAL3/4
B) an SVC C) AAL2
C) either (a) or (b) D) AAL1
D) neither (a) nor (b) 33. ________ is a virtual-circuit wide-area
27. In a _______ ATM LAN, the backbone network that was designed in
that connects traditional LANs uses response to demands for a new type
ATM technology. of WAN in the late 1980s and early
A) legacy 1990s.
B) pure A) ATM
C) mixed architecture B) Frame Relay
D) none of the above C) X.25
28. In ATM, connection between two D) none of the above
endpoints is accomplished through 34. The ATM data packet is a cell
_______. composed of ______ bytes.
A) VCs A) 53
B) TPs B) 52
C) VPs C) 43
D) all of the above D) 42
29. Frame Relay has _______. 1. __________ uses four twisted pairs.
A) the physical, data link, and A) 1000Base-LX
network layers B) 1000Base-T
 C) 1000Base-SX 8. Each station on an Ethernet network has
D) none of the above a unique _______ address imprinted on
2. 1000Base-SX, 1000Base-LX, and its network interface card (NIC).
1000Base-CX use _________ block A) 48-bit
coding and ________ line coding. B) 32-bit
A) 8B/10B; NRZ C) 5-byte
B) 4B/5B; NRZ D) none of the above
C) 8B/10B; MLT-3 9. Gigabit Ethernet has a data rate of
D) 4B/5B; MLT-3 ________Mbps.
3. _________ uses two fiber-optic cables. A) 10,000
A) 100Base-FX B) 1000
B) 100Base-T4 C) 100
C) 100Base-TX D) 10
D) none of the above 10. In the Ethernet frame, the _______ field
4. __________ uses two optical fibers and a contains error detection information.
short-wave laser source. A) address
A) 1000Base-LX B) preamble
B) 1000Base-SX C) CRC
C) 1000Base-T D) none of the above
D) none of the above 11. 100Base-T4 uses ________ line coding.
5. What is the hexadecimal equivalent of A) 8B6T
the Ethernet address 01011010 00010001 B) Manchester
01010101 00011000 10101010 C) MLT-3
00001111? D) NRZ
A) 5A:81:BA:81:AA:0F 12. ________uses long-wave 1310-nm single
B) 5A:11:55:18:AA:0F mode fiber.
C) 5A:88:AA:18:55:F0 A) 10GBase-E
D) 5A:18:5A:18:55:0F B) 10GBase-S
6. In Ethernet addressing, if all the bits are C) 10GBase-L
1s, the address is _________. D) none of the above
A) multicast 13. ______defines a protocol data unit (PDU)
B) broadcast that is somewhat similar to that of HDLC.
C) unicast A) LLC
D) none of the above B) LLU
7. If an Ethernet destination address is C) MAC
07:01:02:03:04:05, then this is a ______ D) none of the above
address. 14. 100Base-TX uses _________ block
A) broadcast coding and ________ line coding.
B) unicast A) 8B/10B; NRZ
C) multicast B) 4B/5B; MLT-3
D) any of the above C) 4B/5B; NRZ
D) 8B/10B; MLT-3
15. The _____ sublayer is responsible for the B) Gigabit Ethernet
operation of the CSMA/CD access C) Fast Ethernet
method and framing. D) Standard
A) MAC 22. If an Ethernet destination address is
B) MII 08:07:06:05:44:33, then this is a ______
C) LLC address.
D) none of the above A) broadcast
16. _______ is the most widely used local B) unicast
area network protocol. C) multicast
A) Token Bus D) any of the above
B) Ethernet 23. ________ uses short-wave 850-nm
C) Token Ring multimode fiber.
D) none of the above A) 10GBase-E
17. In Ethernet addressing, if the least B) 10GBase-L
significant bit of the first byte is 1, the C) 10GBase-S
address is _________. D) none of the above
A) multicast 24. Which of the following could not be an
B) broadcast Ethernet multicast destination?
C) unicast A) 7B:AA:C1:23:45:32
D) none of the above B) 7C:56:21:1A:DE:F4
18. Gigabit Ethernet access methods include C) 83:32:21:21:4D:34
_______ mode. D) B7:7B:6C:DE:10:00
A) full-duplex 25. __________ uses thin coaxial cable.
B) half-duplex A) 10Base2
C) both (a) and (b) B) 10Base5
D) neither (a) nor (b) C) 10Base-F
19. _________ uses four pairs of voice-grade, D) 10Base-T
or higher, twisted-pair cable. 26. In the Ethernet, the _______field is
A) 100Base-T4 actually added at the physical layer and is
B) 100Base-FX not (formally) part of the frame.
C) 100Base-TX A) address
D) none of the above B) CRC
20. Standard Ethernet (10-Mbps) uses C) preamble
_______ encoding. D) none of the above
A) AMI 27. Fast Ethernet has a data rate of
B) Manchester ________Mbps.
C) NRZ A) 10,000
D) differential Manchester B) 1000
21. In _________, auto negotiation allows two C) 100
devices to negotiate the mode or data rate D) 10
of operation. 28. The purpose of the _______ is to provide
A) Ten-Gigabit Ethernet flow and error control for the upper-layer
 protocols that actually demand these 35. The minimum frame length for 10-Mbps
services. Ethernet is _______bytes.
A) LLC A) 128
B) LLU B) 80
C) MAC C) 32
D) none of the above D) none of the above
29. __________ uses two pairs of twisted-pair 36. __________uses two optical fibers and a
cable. long-wave laser source.
A) 100Base-T4 A) 1000Base-T
B) 100Base-TX B) 1000Base-SX
C) 100Base-FX C) 1000Base-LX
D) none of the above D) none of the above
30. ________ uses fiber-optic cable. 37. The _______ layer of Ethernet consists of
A) 10Base2 the LLC sublayer and the MAC sublayer.
B) 10Base-F A) network
C) 10Base-T B) data link
D) 10Base5 C) physical
31. In Ethernet addressing, if the least D) none of the above
significant bit of the first byte is 0, the 38. 100Base-FX uses _________ block
address is _________. coding and ________ line coding.
A) broadcast A) 8B/10B; NRZ
B) multicast B) 4B/5B; MLT-3
C) unicast C) 8B/10B; MLT-3
D) none of the above D) 4B/5B; NRZ-I
32. ________ uses 1550-mm single mode 39. Which of the following could not be an
fiber. Ethernet unicast destination?
A) 10GBase-E A) 46:56:21:1A:DE:F4
B) 10GBase-S B) 43:7B:6C:DE:10:00
C) 10GBase-L C) 48:32:21:21:4D:34
D) none of the above D) 44:AA:C1:23:45:32
33. 1000Base-T uses ________ line coding. 40. _________ uses thick coaxial cable.
A) MLT-3 A) 10Base2
B) 4D-PAM5 B) 10Base5
C) Manchester C) 10Base-F
D) 8B6T D) 10Base-T
34. The maximum frame length for 10-Mbps 41. The IEEE 802.3 Standard defines
Ethernet is ________ bytes. _________ CSMA/CD as the access
A) 1200 method for first-generation 10-Mbps
B) 1518 Ethernet.
C) 1500 A) non-persistent
D) none of the above B) p-persistent
C) 1-persistent
 D) none of the above B) 407
42. _________ uses four twisted-pair cables C) 107
that connect each station to a common D) 427
hub. 6 The term ________ means that IP
A) 10Base-F provides no error checking or tracking.
B) 10Base-T IP assumes the unreliability of the
C) 10Base5 underlying layers and does its best to
D) 10Base2 get a transmission through to its
1 In IPv6, the _______ field in the base destination, but with no guarantees.
header restricts the lifetime of a A) reliable delivery
datagram. B) connection-oriented delivery
A) version C) best-effort delivery
B) next-header D) none of the above
C) hop limit 7 The ________ protocol is the
D) neighbor-advertisement transmission mechanism used by the
2 In IPv4 header, an HLEN value of TCP/IP suite.
decimal 10 means _______. A) ARP
A) there are 10 bytes of options B) IP
B) there are 40 bytes of options C) RARP
C) there are 10 bytes in the D) none of the above
header 8 In IPv4, what is the length of the data
D) there are 40 bytes in the field given an HLEN value of 12 and
header total length value of 40,000?
3 In IPv4, an HLEN value of decimal 10 A) 39,988
means _______. B) 40,012
A) there are 10 bytes of options C) 40,048
B) there are 40 bytes of options D) 39,952
C) there are 40 bytes in the 9 In IPv4, what is needed to determine
header the number of the last byte of a
D) none of the above fragment?
4 In IPv6, the _______ field in the base A) Identification number
header and the sender IP address B) Offset number
combine to indicate a unique path C) Total length
identifier for a specific flow of data. D) (b) and (c)
A) flow label 10 The IPv4 header size _______.
B) next header A) is 20 to 60 bytes long
C) hop limit B) is 20 bytes long
D) destination IP address C) is 60 bytes long
5 In IPv4, what is the value of the total D) none of the above
length field in bytes if the header is 28 11 In IPv6, when a datagram needs to be
bytes and the data field is 400 bytes? discarded in a congested network, the
A) 428
 decision is based on the _______ field
in the base header.
A) hop limit
B) priority
C) next header
D) none of the above
12 In IPv4, which field or bit value
unambiguously identifies the datagram
as a fragment?
A) Do not fragment bit ? 0
B) More Fragment bit ? 0
C) Fragment offset = 1000
D) none of the above
13 Which of the following is a necessary
part of the IPv6 datagram?
A) Base header
B) Extension header
C) Data packet from the upper
layer
and (c)
14 In IPv4, when a datagram is
encapsulated in a frame, the total size
of the datagram must be less than the
_______.
A) MUT
B) MAT
C) MTU
D) none of the above
15 In IPv6, options are inserted between
the _________ and the ___________
data.
A) base header; extension header
B) base header; upper-layer data
C) base header; frame header
D) none of the above
16 An IPv4 datagram is fragmented into
three smaller datagrams. Which of the
following is true?
A) The do not fragment bit is set to
1 for all three datagrams.
B) The more fragment bit is set to
0 for all three datagrams.
C) The identification field is the
same for all three
datagrams.
D) The offset field is the same
for all three datagrams.
17 In IPv4, if the fragment offset has a
value of 100, it means that
_______.
A) the datagram has not been
fragmented
B) the datagram is 100 bytes
in size
C) the first byte of the
datagram is byte 100
D) the first byte of the
datagram is byte 800
18 IP is _________ datagram
protocol.
A) an unreliable
B) a connectionless
C) both a and b
D) none of the above
19 IPv6 allows _________ security
provisions than IPv4.
A) more
B) less
C) the same level
D) none of the above
20 The IPv4 header field formerly
known as the service type field is
now called the _______ field.
A) IETF
B) checksum
C) differentiated services
D) none of the above
21 A best-effort delivery service such
as IPv4 includes _______.
A) error checking
B) error correction
C) datagram acknowledgment
D) none of the above
22 The IPv4 header size _______.
 A) is 20 to 60 bytes long C) repeater
B) is 20 bytes long D) none of the above
C) is 60 bytes long 7. A repeater is a connecting
D) none of the above device that operates in the
1. VLANs create _________ _______ layer of the Internet
domains. model.
A) multicast A) network
B) broadcast B) data link
C) unicast C) physical
D) none of the above D) all of the above
2. A ________ operates in both 8. A _______ regenerates a
the physical and the data link signal, connects segments of a
layer. LAN, and has no filtering
A) router capability.
B) bridge A) router
C) repeater B) repeater
D) passive hub C) bridge
3. A _______ is a device that D) none of the above
operates only in the physical 9. In a(n) _______ configuration,
layer. the administrator types the port
A) bridge numbers, the IP addresses, or
B) router other characteristics, using the
C) passive hub VLAN software.
D) repeater A) automatic
4. A ______ switch is a faster and B) manual
more sophisticated router. C) semiautomatic
A) two-layer D) none of the above
B) four-layer 10. A _______ LAN allows several
C) three-layer LANs to be connected.
D) none of the above A) wired
5. _________ is just a connector. B) wireless
A) A passive hub C) backbone
B) An active hub D) none of the above
C) either (a) or (b) 11. A backbone is usually a
D) neither (a) nor (b) ______.
6. A ______ normally connects A) star
LANs and WANs in the Internet B) bus
and has a table that is used for C) either (a) or (b)
making decisions about the D) neither (a) nor (b)
route. 12. A bridge can use the
A) router _________ algorithm to create
B) bridge a loopless topology.
 A) multiway tree
B) binary tree
C) spanning tree
D) none of the above
13. ________ is actually a multiport
repeater. It is normally used to
create connections between
stations in a physical star
topology.
A) A passive hub
B) An active hub
C) either (a) or (b)
D) neither (a) nor (b)
14. In a _____ backbone, the
backbone is just one switch.
A) star
B) bus
C) ring
D) none of the above
15. A spanning tree is a graph in
which there is no _____.
A) arc
B) loop
C) node
D) branch
16. A ________ bridge can forward
and filter frames and
automatically build its
forwarding table.
A) dual
B) transparent
C) simple
D) none of the above
17. A virtual local area network
(VLAN) is configured by
_________.
A) hardware
B) physical wiring
C) software
D) none of the above
18. A ________ is normally a
computer that operates in all
five layers of the Internet model
or seven layers of OSI model.
A) gateway
B) router
C) bridge
D) repeater
19. A ________ is a device in
which the stations are
completely unaware of its
existence.
A) simple bridge
B) transparent bridge
C) passive hub
D) repeater
20. A ______ has a table used in
filtering decisions.
A) bridge
B) passive hub
C) repeater
D) none of the above
21. In a star-topology Ethernet
LAN, _______ is just a point
where the signals coming from
different stations collide; it is
the collision point.
A) A passive hub
B) An active hub
C) either (a) or (b)
D) neither (a) nor (b)
22. VLANs can_________.
A) provide an extra
measure of security
B) reduce network traffic
C) either (a) or (b)
D) both (a) and (b)
23. A ________ link acts as a LAN
in a remote backbone
connected by remote bridges.
A) multidrop
B) point-to-point
C) multipoint
D) none of the above
24. A __________ forwards every A) two
frame; it has no filtering B) four
capability. C) three
A) router D) none of the above
B) bridge 30. A two-layer switch is a ______.
C) passive hub A) router
D) repeater B) repeater
25. A _______ is a connecting C) bridge
device that operates in the D) none of the above
physical and data link layers of 31. In a bridged LAN, the _______
the Internet model. algorithm creates a topology in
A) router which each LAN can be
B) repeater reached from any other LAN
C) bridge through one path only.
D) none of the above A) binary tree
26. A _______ can check the MAC B) spanning tree
addresses contained in the C) unary tree
frame. D) none of the above
A) repeater 32. A _____ can be used as a
B) bridge connecting device between two
C) router internetworks that use different
D) passive hub models.
27. ________ is part of the media; A) gateway
its location in the Internet B) router
model is below the physical C) bridge
layer. D) repeater
A) A passive hub 33. Membership in a VLAN can be
B) An active hub based on _________.
C) either (a) or (b) A) MAC addresses
D) neither (a) nor (b) B) IP addresses
28. In a(n) _____ configuration, the C) port numbers
stations are automatically D) all of the above
connected or disconnected 34. A ________receives a signal
from a VLAN using criteria and, before it becomes too
defined by the administrator. weak or corrupted, regenerates
A) automatic the original bit pattern. It then
B) semiautomatic sends the refreshed signal.
C) manual A) router
D) none of the above B) bridge
29. IEEE 802.1d specification, C) repeater
defines _________ criteria for a D) passive hub
transparent bridges.
 35. In a(n) ______ configuration, B) 10
the initializing is done manually, C) 11
with migrations done D) 00
automatically. 3. In IEEE 802.11, when a frame is
A) automatic going from one station in a BSS to
B) semiautomatic another without passing through
C) manual the distribution system, the
D) none of the above address flag is _____.
36. A _______ is a three-layer A) 11
device that handles packets B) 00
based on their logical C) 10
addresses. D) 01
A) router 4. In IEEE 802.11, the access method
B) repeater used in the PCF sublayer is
C) bridge ______.
D) none of the above A) polling
37. A three-layer switch is a kind of B) controlled
________. C) contention
A) bridge D) none of the above
B) router 5. In IEEE 802.11, a BSS without an
C) repeater AP is called an _________.
D) none of the above A) an infrastructure network
38. Some new two-layer switches, B) an ad hoc architecture
called _______ switches, have C) either (a) or (b)
been designed to forward the D) neither (a) nor (b)
frame as soon as they check 6. In IEEE 802.11, the addressing
the MAC addresses in the mechanism can include up to
header of the frame. ______addresses.
A) come-through A) six
B) go-through B) five
C) cut-through C) four
D) none of the above D) none of the above
1. The original IEEE 802.11, has a 7. In Bluetooth, the _______ layer is
data rate of _____Mbps. roughly equivalent to the physical
A) 11 layer of the Internet model.
B) 22 A) baseband
C) 6 B) radio
D) 1 C) L2CAP
2. In IEEE 802.11, when a frame is D) none of the above
going from a station to an AP, the 8. In IEEE 802.11, a station with
address flag is _____. ________ mobility is either
A) 01
 stationary (not moving) or moving 14. In IEEE 802.11, a BSS with an AP
only inside a BSS. is sometimes referred to as
A) ESS-transition ____________.
B) no-transition A) an infrastructure network
C) BSS-transition B) an ad hoc architecture
D) none of the above C) either (a) or (b)
9. In Bluetooth, the L2CAP sublayer, D) neither (a) nor (b)
is roughly equivalent to the LLC 15. In IEEE 802.11, the ______ is a
sublayer in LANs. timer used for collision avoidance.
A) baseband A) BSS
B) L2CAP B) ESS
C) radio C) NAV
D) none of the above D) none of the above
10. In IEEE 802.11, when a frame is 16. In IEEE 802.11, the MAC layer
going from one AP to another AP frame has ______ fields.
in a wireless distribution system, A) four
the address flag is _____. B) six
A) 10 C) five
B) 01 D) none of the above
C) 11 17. Bluetooth uses ______method in
D) 00 the physical layer to avoid
11. A Bluetooth network is called a interference from other devices or
________. other networks.
A) scatternet A) FHSS
B) bluenet B) DSSS
C) piconet C) FDMA
D) none of the above D) none of the above
12. A Bluetooth network consists of 18. In Bluetooth, the _____ link is used
_____ primary device(s) and up to when data integrity is more
____ secondary devices. important than avoiding latency.
A) one; seven A) SCL
B) one; five B) ACO
C) five; three C) ACL
D) two; six D) SCO
13. In Bluetooth, the current data rate 19. In Bluetooth, the _____layer is
is ____Mbps. roughly equivalent to the MAC
A) 11 sublayer in LANs.
B) 5 A) L2CAP
C) 2 B) radio
D) none of the above C) baseband
D) none of the above
20. IEEE has defined the specifications B) APs
for a wireless LAN, called C) BSSs
_______, which covers the D) none of the above
physical and data link layers. 26. Bluetooth is a _______ technology
A) IEEE 802.5 that connects devices (called
B) IEEE 802.11 gadgets) in a small area.
C) IEEE 802.2 A) VLAN
D) IEEE 802.3 B) wired LAN
21. In IEEE 802.11, a station with C) wireless LAN
________ mobility can move from D) none of the above
one ESS to another. 27. The original IEEE 802.11, uses
A) BSS-transition _________.
B) ESS-transition A) FHSS
C) no-transition B) OFDM
D) none of the above C) DSSS
22. The IEEE 802.11g, uses D) either (a) or (c)
_________. 28. The IEEE 802.11a, uses
A) DSSS _________.
B) OFDM A) DSSS
C) FHSS B) OFDM
D) either (a) or (c) C) FHSS
23. In IEEE 802.11, the access method D) either (a) or (c)
used in the DCF sublayer is 29. In IEEE 802.11, a ___ is made of
_________. stationary or mobile wireless
A) CSMA/CA stations and an optional central
B) CSMA/CD base station, known as the access
C) ALOHA point (AP).
D) none of the above A) BSS
24. The RTS and CTS frames in B) CSS
CSMA/CA ____ solve the hidden C) ESS
station problem. The RTS and CTS D) none of the above
frames in CSMA/CA ____ solve 30. The IEEE 802.11 standard for
the exposed station problem. wireless LANs defines two
A) cannot; cannot services: ______ and _______.
B) can; cannot A) ESS; SSS
C) cannot; can B) BSS; ESS
D) can; can C) BSS; ASS
25. In IEEE 802.11, communication D) BSS; DCF
between two stations in two 31. In Bluetooth, the _____ link is used
different BSSs usually occurs via when avoiding latency (delay in
two ________. data delivery) is more important
A) ESSs than integrity (error-free delivery).
 A) SCL B) DCF
B) ACL C) either (a) or (b)
C) ACO D) neither (a) nor (b)
D) SCO 38. In IEEE 802.11, when a frame is
32. IEEE 802.11b, has a data rate of coming from an AP and going to a
_____Mbps. station, the address flag is
A) 5.5 _______.
B) 2 A) 00
C) 1 B) 11
D) none of the above C) 10
33. IEEE 802.11g, has a data rate of D) 01
_____Mbps. 39. In Bluetooth, multiple ________
A) 22 form a network called a
B) 11 _________.
C) 2 A) piconets: bluenet
D) 1 B) scatternet; piconets
34. In IEEE 802.11, a station with C) piconets: scatternet
________mobility can move from D) bluenet; scatternet
one BSS to another, but the 40. The IEEE 802.11b, uses
movement is confined inside one _________.
ESS. A) OFDM
A) ESS-transition B) FHSS
B) no-transition C) DSSS
C) BSS-transition D) either (a) or (b)
D) none of the above 41. IEEE 802.11a, has a data rate of
35. The access method in Bluetooth is _____Mbps.
________. A) 6
A) TDD-TDMA B) 2
B) CDMA C) 1
C) FDMA D) none of the above
D) none of the above 1 If the maximum amplitude of a
36. The IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs sine wave is 2 V, the minimum
use ________ types of frames. amplitude is ________ V.
A) five A) 2
B) six B) 1
C) -2
C) four
D) between -2 and 2
D) none of the above
2 _________ can impair a signal.
37. In IEEE 802.11, _______ is an A) Noise
optional access method that can B) Attenuation
be implemented in an infrastructure C) Distortion
network (not in an ad hoc network). D) All of the above
A) PCF
3 ________is the rate of change C) 57 KHz
with respect to time. D) 10 KHz
A) Time 9 In a time-domain plot, the
B) Frequency horizontal axis is a measure of
C) Amplitude ________.
D) Voltage A) phase
4 A signal is measured at two B) signal amplitude
different points. The power is P1 C) frequency
at the first point and P2 at the D) time
second point. The dB is 0. This 10 _______ data are continuous and
means ________. take continuous values.
A) P2 equals P1 A) digital
B) P2 is zero B) analog
C) P2 is much larger than P1 C) (a) or (b)
D) P2 is much smaller than D) none of the above
P1 11 Frequency and period are
5 Baseband transmission of a ______.
digital signal is possible only if we A) proportional to each other
have a ____ channel. B) inverse of each other
A) bandpass C) the same
B) low-pass D) none of the above
C) high rate 12 When propagation speed is
D) low rate multiplied by propagation time,
6 ________ is a type of we get the ________.
transmission impairment in which A) wavelength of the signal
the signal loses strength due to B) throughput
the resistance of the transmission C) distance a signal or bit has
medium. traveled
A) Distortion D) distortion factor
B) Attenuation 13 A _________ sine wave is not
C) Noise useful in data communications;
D) Decibel we need to send a _______
7 A sine wave in the ______ signal.
domain can be represented by A) single-frequency;
one single spike in the _____ composite
domain. B) composite; single-
A) time; phase frequency This is the
B) frequency; time correct answer.
C) time; frequency C) single-frequency; double-
D) phase; time frequency
8 If the bandwidth of a signal is 5 D) none of the above
KHz and the lowest frequency is 14 The _________ product defines
52 KHz, what is the highest the number of bits that can fill the
frequency? link.
A) 5 KHz A) delay-amplitude
B) 47 KHz B) frequency-amplitude
 C) bandwidth-period 22 For a ______ channel, we need
D) bandwidth-delay to use the Shannon capacity to
15 _______ signals can have only a find the maximum bit rate.
limited number of values. A) noiseless
A) Digital B) noisy
B) Analog C) low-pass
C) (a) or (b) D) bandpass
D) None of the above 23 What is the bandwidth of a signal
16 Before data can be transmitted, that ranges from 1 MHz to 4
they must be transformed to MHz?
________. A) 1 KHz
A) periodic signals B) 3 MHz
B) electromagnetic signals C) 4 MHz
C) aperiodic signals D) none of the above
D) low-frequency sine waves 24 _____ signals can have an
17 Data can be ________. infinite number of values in a
A) digital range.
B) analog A) Analog
C) (a) or (b) B) Digital
D) none of the above C) (a) or (b)
18 ________ is a type of D) None of the above
transmission impairment in which 25 A(n)_________ signal is a
the signal loses strength due to composite analog signal with an
the different propagation speeds infinite bandwidth.
of each frequency that makes up A) digital
the signal. B) analog
A) Noise C) either (a) or (b)
B) Distortion D) neither (a) nor (b)
C) Attenuation 26 A periodic signal completes one
D) Decibel cycle in 0.001 s. What is the
19 Signals can be ________. frequency?
A) digital A) 1 Hz
B) analog B) 100 Hz
C) either (a) or (b) C) 1 KHz
D) neither (a) nor (b) D) 1 MHz
20 A sine wave is ________. 27 The _____ of a composite signal
A) periodic and discrete is the difference between the
B) aperiodic and discrete highest and the lowest
C) periodic and continuous frequencies contained in that
D) aperiodic and continuous signal.
21 _______ data have discrete A) period
states and take discrete values. B) bandwidth
A) Analog C) frequency
B) Digital D) amplitude
C) (a) or (b) 28 ________ is a type of
D) None of the above transmission impairment in which
 an outside source such as D) peak amplitude
crosstalk corrupts a signal.
A) Noise
B) Distortion
C) Attenuation
D) Decibel
29 _______ describes the position of
the waveform relative to time 0.
A) Amplitude
B) Phase
C) Frequency
D) Voltage
30 Given two sine waves A and B, if
the frequency of A is twice that of
B, then the period of B is
________ that of A.
A) one-half
B) twice
C) the same as
D) indeterminate from
31 As frequency increases, the
period ________.
A) increases
B) decreases
C) doubles
D) remains the same
32 If the available channel is a ____
channel, we cannot send a digital
signal directly to the channel.
A) low-pass
B) low rate
C) bandpass
D) high rate
33 For a ______ channel, the
Nyquist bit rate formula defines
the theoretical maximum bit rate.
A) low-pass
B) bandpass
C) noisy
D) noiseless
34 In a frequency-domain plot, the
horizontal axis measures the
________.
A) phase
B) frequency
C) slope