Which of the following is not a transmission medium?
A. telephone lines
B. coaxial cable
C. modem
D. microwave systems
E. satellite systems
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Which of the following statement is incorrect?
A. Gateways are assumed to know correct routes; hosts begin with minimal routing information and learn new routes from gateways.
B. Layered protocols are designed so that layer n at the destination receives exactly the same object sent by layer n at the source.
C. Application programs as well as all protocol software from the Internet layer upward use only IP addresses; the network interface layer handles physical addresses.
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
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A batch processing terminal would not include a
A. CPU
B. card reader
C. card punch
D. line printer
E. None of the above
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Packet Switch Stream (PSS) was introduced in
A. the US in 1961 (&) the UK in 1981
B. the UK in 1980
C. the US in 1961
D. None of the above
E. None of the above
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The physical layer of a network
A. defines the electrical characteristics of signals passed between the computer and communication devices
B. controls error detection and correction
C. constructs packets of data and sends them across the network
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
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Which of the following allows devices on one network to communicate with devices on another network?
A. multiplexer
B. gateway
C. t-switch
D. modern
E. None of the above
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An error detecting code is which code is the remainder resulting from dividing the bits to be checked by a predetermined binary number, is known as
A. Cyclic redundancy check
B. Checksum
C. Error detecting code
D. Error rate
E. None of the above
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Bulletin board system
A. is a public access message system
B. is a modem capable of accepting commands
C. converts analog signals to digital signals
D. converts digital signals to analog signals
E. None of the above
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In OSI model, which of the following layer provides error-free delivery of data?
A. Data link
B. Network
C. transport
D. Session
E. None of the above
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Error detection at the data link level is achieved by?
A. Bit stuffing
B. Hamming codes
C. Cyclic Redundancy codes
D. Equalization
E. None of the above
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The area of coverage of a satellite radio beam is known as
A. Footprint
B. Circular polarization
C. Beam width
D. Identity
E. None of the above
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Which of the following data transmission media has the largest terrestrial range without the use of repeaters or other devices?
A. Hardwiring
B. Microwave
C. Satellite
D. Laser
E. None of the above
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What is the minimum number of wires needed to send data over a serial communication link layer?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 6
E. none of the above
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The _____ layer is the layer closest to the transmission medium.
A. transport
B. network
C. data link
D. physical
E. None of the above
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What is the name of the device that connects two computers by means of a telephone line?
A. Tape
B. modem
C. bus
D. cable
E. None of the above
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What is the main difference between DDCMP and SDLG?
A. DDCMP does not need special hardware to final the beginning of a message.
B. DDCMP has a message header
C. SDLC has a IP address
D. SDLC does not use CRC
E. None of the above
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On a class B network, how many subnets are available with a subnet mask of 248?
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Ethernet networks can be cabled in a number of topologies, depending on what works best in each environment. As more nodes are added, the efficiency of Ethernet decreases. Select the best answer as to why Ethernet becomes less efficient as size increases.
A. Network collisions occur
B. Repeaters cannot increase the signal strength sufficiently
C. Cable terminators do not reflect the signal properly
D. Cable terminators do not absorb the signal properly
E. "Line echo" occurs due to the impedance of the cable
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In a _____ topology, if there are n devices in a network, each device has n - 1 ports for cables.
A. ring
B. bus
C. star
D. mesh
E. None of the above
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Typewriter terminals can print computer-generated data at a rate of
A. 10 characters per second
B. 120 characters per second
C. 120 characters per minute
D. 1200 characters per minute
E. None of the above
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