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CS601 03 MID Spring2009-7

This document contains a midterm exam for a data communications course. The exam includes 24 multiple choice and short answer questions testing students' knowledge of topics like network reliability measures, hub and topology types, data link layer functions, encoding schemes, transmission modes, and line codes. The questions range from choosing the correct term to defining and comparing line codes like HDB3 and B8ZS.

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CS601 03 MID Spring2009-7

This document contains a midterm exam for a data communications course. The exam includes 24 multiple choice and short answer questions testing students' knowledge of topics like network reliability measures, hub and topology types, data link layer functions, encoding schemes, transmission modes, and line codes. The questions range from choosing the correct term to defining and comparing line codes like HDB3 and B8ZS.

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MIDTERM EXAMINATION Spring 2009


CS601- Data Communication (Session - 3)

SOLVED BY: GULSHAN ALI


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

Performance

Reliability

Security

Feasibility

Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Secondary hub in a tree must be a passive hub.

True

False

Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In mesh topology, if there are five nodes then there will be _______ links.

10

15

20

Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Internet with small “i” specifies the world wide Network the actual internet.

True

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False

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Data link layer deals with mechanical and electrical specifications of transmission
medium and interface

True

False

Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

When data are transmitted from device A to device B, the header from A’s layer 4
is read by B’s __________ 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

Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Frequency band in which 99% of the total power resides is called_______

power bandwidth

half power bandwidth

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3dB bandwidth

F.M.

Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The inversion of the level at 1 bit is called as __________

NRZ-L

NRZ-I

RZ

Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the encoding schemes have bandwidth problems?

Differential Manchester

AMI

RZ

Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Bi phase and bipolar are same terms.

True

False

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Quantization means measuring amplitudes of signal at equal intervals.

True

False

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Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The last process in PCM is _________ digital data into digital signal.

encoding

decoding

modulating

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

Which modulation technique involves tribits, eight different phase shifts, and one
amplitude?

FSK

8-PSK

ASK

4-PSK

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Asynchronous transmission is ___________

slow

costly

non-effective

fast

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Synchronous transmission have _____________.

a start bit

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a stop bit

gaps between bytes

none of the given

Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The __________ generates the data and passes it along with any control
information to a ___________.

DTE; DCE

DCE; DTE

DCE; node

DTE; application

Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A human brain is considered as a ___________

driver

machine

DTE

DCE

Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The last modified version of EIA-232 standard is ______________

EIA-232 D

EIA-232 A

EIA-232 B

EIA-232 C

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Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A ______________ converts an analog signal into a digital signal.

Demodulator

Modulator

Digital-to-analog converter

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 2 )

What is simplex mode of transmission?

Question No: 22 ( Marks: 3 )

What is HDB3.

Question No: 23 ( Marks: 5 )

Write a note on Full duplex mode of transmission.

Question No: 24 ( Marks: 10 )

In your view which one is best either B8ZS or HDB3 and why? Write down salient
features of both? What is meant by polarity of 1 since the last substitution?

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