CS601-Data Communication Latest Solved Mcqs from Midterm Papers

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MIDTERM EXAMINATION Spring 2010

Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Effective network mean that the network has fast delivery, timeliness and high bandwidth duplex transmission accurate transmission (P6) low bandwidth Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose A set of devices connected by communication links is called networking True (P12) False Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Which one best describes the given statement: "To allow multiple users to share total capacity of a transmission medium" congestion control exchange management multiplexing (P17) Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Line configuration refers to the way two or more devices attach to a Link (P25) Circuit Route Node Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one requires the maximum number of I/O ports. Bus Star

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Mesh Ring

(P29)

Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one is used to define the direction of the signal flow between the linked devices. transmission mode (P34) transmission method transmission impairments Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Unidirectional traffic movement is overcome by dual ring technology. True (P33) False Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one layer of OSI model. Trailer is only added at Data link (P41) Physical Network Application Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Data link layer deals with mechanical and electrical specifications of transmission medium and interface True False (P44)

Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one A signal that repeats a pattern over a regular interval of time is called periodic signal analog signal composite signal Question No: 11 If there is (P58)

( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one in voltage then the frequency is infinite.

instantaneous change continuous change (P61) no change Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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In a time-domain plot, the horizontal axis is measure of signal amplitude frequency phase time (P63)

Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose DC component is also termed as Direct current component or a component with non-zero frequency. False True (P72)

Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Quantization means measuring amplitudes of signal at equal intervals. True False

(P80)

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Amplitude in ASK is more resistive to EMI and Noise. True (P87) False Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one ASK, PSK, FSK and QAM are examples of digital-to-digital digital-to-analog (P85) analog-to-analog analog-to-digital Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one The bit rate always equals the baud rate in which type of signal? FSK (P86) QAM 4-PSK PSK Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Asynchronous transmission is

modulation.

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Slow (P99) costly non-effective fast Question No: 19 A ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one converts an analog signal into a digital signal.

Demodulator (P110) Modulator Digital-to-analog converter Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one If a station does not receive its signal up to a specified time that system issues an alarm to

another node (P188) network manager switch network analyzer

MIDTERM EXAMINATION Spring 2010

Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one The information to be communicated in a data communications system is the Medium Protocol Message (P 7)

Transmission

Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Which is not an element of protocol semantics timing communication service module (P19)

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Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Line configuration refers to the way two or more devices attach to a ______. Link Circuit Route Node (P 25)

Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one _________requires the maximum number of I/O ports. Bus Star Mesh Ring (P29)

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Which topology requires a central controller or hub? Mesh Star Bus Ring (P 30)

Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Layers 5, 6 and 7 also called as network support layers. True False (P 42)

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Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Internet with small i specifies the world wide Network the actual internet. True False (P 39)

Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Data link layer deals with mechanical and electrical specifications of transmission medium and interface True (P 44) False

Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Data synchronization is a function related with ___________ session layer (P 51)

presentation layer transport

Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one OSI model was developed prior to TCP/IP model. True (P 54) False

Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Fourier transform tells us that any digital signal can be decomposed into infinite number of periodic signals True False (P58)

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Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one A signal that repeats a pattern over a regular interval of time is called_______. periodic signal (P58) analog signal composite signal

Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Frequency band in which 99% of the total power resides is called_______ power bandwidth (P 67) half power bandwidth 3dB bandwidth F.M.

Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one In differential Manchester we require two transition or signal changes to represent binary_____ zero one (P76) both zero and one

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one In Alternate mark inversion the term mark comes from_________ telegraphy (P77) telephony digital telephony

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Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one A 56k modem can download at a rate of __________ Kbps and upload at a rate of __________ Kbps. 33.6: 33.6 33.6: 56.6 56.6: 33.6 56.6: 56.6

Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one The bit rate always equals the baud rate in which type of signal? FSK (P 86) QAM 4-PSK PSK

Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Asynchronous transmission is ___________ slow (P 99) costly non-effective fast

Question No: 19

( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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At the ______________layer, a DCE takes data generated by a DTE. physical (P 101) transport data link application

Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one _________ requires more bandwidth. FSK ASK (P 112) PSK QAM

MIDTERM EXAMINATION Spring 2010

Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Which topology requires a central controller or hub? Mesh Star (P 30) Bus Ring

Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Unidirectional traffic movement is overcome by dual ring technology. True (P33) False

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Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Which one best describes the given statement: "To allow multiple users to share total capacity of a transmission medium" congestion control exchange management multiplexing (P17)

Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Which one is not among standard creation committee. internet society and IETF (P 24) ITU-T IEEE

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Set of rules that govern communication is called OSI model Protocol (P 8) TCP/IP model Datagram

Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Frequency of a failure and network recovery time after a failure is measures of the ____________ of a network. Performance (P 14) Reliability Security Feasibility

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Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one 3dB is also called as power bandwidth. True False (P66)

Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one ASK, PSK, FSK and QAM are examples of ____________ modulation. digital-to-digital digital-to-analog analog-to-analog analog-to-digital (P85)

Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Packet switching is a connection oriented service. True False (P38)

Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Data synchronization is a function related with ___________ session layer (P51)

presentation layer transport

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Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Fourier transform tells us that any digital signal can be decomposed into infinite number of periodic signals True False (P 58)

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one The internet model consists of _________ layers. three (P239) two five seven

Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Analog to digital conversion is also termed as modulating an analog signal. True False (P 77)

Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one PCM is the first process of PAM. True False (P80)

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Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one A modulator converts a(n) ____________ signal to a(n) ____________ signal. FSK: PSK Digital: analog (P 110) Analog: digital PSK: FSK

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one The _______________ layer changes bits into electromagnetic signals. physical data link transport none of given http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Projects/CAL/networks/Physical_Layer.htm

Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one We need ____________ to decompose a composite signal into its components. fourier transform (P 64) nyquist theorem shannon capacity

Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one The bit rate always equals the baud rate in which type of signal? FSK (P 86) QAM

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 4-PSK PSK

Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one There are _____ possible variations of 16 QAM. five two three (P93) four

Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Number of signal units per second that are required to represent a bit is called bit rate. True False (P 68)

MIDTERM EXAMINATION Spring 2010

Please choose one ( Marks: 1 ) Effective network mean that the network has fast delivery, timeliness and high bandwidth duplex transmission

accurate transmission (P6)

low bandwidth

Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one A set of devices connected by communication links is called networking

True (P12)
False

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Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one _______ is a multipoint topology. Ring Mesh Tree

Bus
Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one _________requires the maximum number of I/O ports. Bus Star

Mesh
Ring

(P29)

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Unidirectional traffic movement is overcome by dual ring technology.

True
False

(P33)

Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one As the data packet moves from the lower to the upper layers, headers are __________. added

subtracted
rearranged modified

Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Data chunk at data link layer is called________ frame

packet (P38)
datagram

Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one The _________ layer is the layer closest to the transmission medium.

Physical (P45)
data link network transport

Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Data synchronization is a function related with ___________

session layer
presentation layer transport

(P 51)

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Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Which layer is responsible for source to destination delivery of entire message?

transport layer (P59)

network layer session layer application layer

Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Encryption and encoding are the same terms. True

False (P52)
Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one TCP/IP model Application layer incorporate OSI Application and presentation layers True False

Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one A sine wave must be an analog signal.

True (P58)
False
Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A periodic signal can always be decomposed into _____________ exactly an odd number of sine waves a set of sine waves set of sine waves, one of the which must have a phase of 00

none of the given (P58)

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Manchester is a type of ____________encoding.

Biphase (P75)
polar biphase & polar none of the given

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one The powerful carrier signal is called as the___________

carrier frequency (P86)

base signal carrier frequency and base signal none of given

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Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Modulation of an analog signal can be accomplished through changing the ___________ of the carrier signal. amplitude frequency phase

all of the given (P58)

Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one In _____________ transmission, bits are transmitted over a single wire, one at a time. Asynchronous serial Synchronous serial

Parallel (P99)
Asynchronous & Synchronous serial

Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one In RS 422 Balanced mode two lines carry ________ signals which are not identical to each other.

Same (P109)
different digital analog

Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one A ______________ converts an analog signal into a digital signal.

Demodulator (P110)
Modulator Digital-to-analog converter

MIDTERM EXAMINATION Spring 2009

Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one signals which are not identical to each other. In RS 422 Balanced mode two lines carry same (P109) different digital analog Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one The generates the data and passes it along with any control information to a . DTE; DCE (P 101) DCE; DTE DCE; node DTE; application

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Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one transmission, a start bit and a stop bit frame a character byte. In Asynchronous serial (P99) Synchronous serial (P99) Parallel Asynchronous & Synchronous serial Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one transmission, bits are transmitted simultaneously, each across its own wire. In Asynchronous serial Synchronous serial Parallel Asynchronous & Synchronous serial Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) Asynchronous transmission is slow (P99)
costly non-effective fast

- Please choose one

Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one transmission the timing of the signal is unimportant. In Asynchronous (P99) Synchronous Polar Bi-polar Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one In 8QAM each signal shift or one baud represents __________ 4 bits 2 bits 5 bits 3 bits (P93) Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one PCM is the first process of PAM. True False Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Bi phase encoding is a type of bipolar encoding in which we use two voltage levels. True (P73) False

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Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one to represent a bit. The amplitude of a digital signal depends upon the phase voltage wavelength Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Time domain plot show changes in signal phase with respect to time. True False (P63) Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one OSI model was developed prior to TCP/IP model. True False(P54)

Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one layer is the layer closest to the transmission medium. Physical (P45)
Data link Network Transport

Question No: 14 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one Data chunk at data link layer is called frame packet (P38) datagram

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) The internet model consists of Three (P239)

Two Five Seven

- Please choose one layers.

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one representation of links that connect nodes is called as physical topology. geometrical (P28) logical physical

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Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one is a multipoint topology. Ring Mesh Tree Bus (P31) Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one In mesh topology, if there are five nodes then there will be 5 10(P10) 15 20 Question No: 19 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one Non proprietary standard is also termed as de facto standard. True (P23) False Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Effective network mean that the network has fast delivery, timeliness and high bandwidth duplex transmission accurate transmission (P6) low bandwidth

links.

MIDTERM EXAMINATION Spring 2009

Question No: 1 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one Frequency of a failure and network recovery time after a failure is measures of the ____________ of a network.

Performance (P 14)
Reliability Security Feasibility

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Question No: 2 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one Secondary hub in a tree must be a passive hub.

True (P31)
False

Question No: 3 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one In mesh topology, if there are five nodes then there will be _______ links. 5

10 (P29)
15 20

Question No: 4 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one Internet with small i specifies the world wide Network the actual internet. True

False (P39)
Question No: 5 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one Data link layer deals with mechanical and electrical specifications of transmission medium and interface

True (P 44)
False

Question No: 6 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one When data are transmitted from device A to device B, the header from As layer 4 is read by Bs __________ layer. physical

transport
application none of the given

Question No: 7 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one Time domain plot show changes in signal phase with respect to time. True

False (63)
Question No: 8 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one Frequency band in which 99% of the total power resides is called_______

power bandwidth (P67)

half power bandwidth F.M.

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Question No: 9 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one The inversion of the level at 1 bit is called as __________ NRZ-L

NRZ-I (P73)
RZ

Question No: 10 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one Which of the encoding schemes have bandwidth problems? Differential Manchester

AMI (P77)
RZ

Question No: 11 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one Bi phase and bipolar are same terms. True

False (P78)
Question No: 12 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one Quantization means measuring amplitudes of signal at equal intervals. True

False (P80)
Question No: 13 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one The last process in PCM is _________ digital data into digital signal.

Encoding (P70)
decoding modulating

Question No: 14 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one Which modulation technique involves tribits, eight different phase shifts, and one mplitude? FSK 8-PSK ASK 4-PSK Question No: 15 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one Asynchronous transmission is ___________

slow (P99)
costly non-effective fast Question No: 16 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one Synchronous transmission have _____________. a start bit a stop bit gaps between bytes

none of the given (P99)

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Question No: 17 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one Asynchronous transmission The __________ generates the data and passes it along with any control information to a ___________.

DTE; DCE (P101)

DCE; DTE DCE; node DTE; application

Question No: 18 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one A human brain is considered as a ___________ driver machine

DTE (P101)
DCE

Question No: 19 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one The last modified version of EIA-232 standard is ______________

EIA-232 D (P102)
EIA-232 A EIA-232 B EIA-232 C

Question No: 20 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one A ______________ converts an analog signal into a digital signal.

Demodulator (P110)
Modulator Digital-to-analog converter

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