What is satellite communication? 5

Find the binary equivalent of x8+x3+x+1 5

Find LRC for the following data?

10101010 10010101 11010110 3

What are the common Gigabit Ethernet implementations? [3]

In HDLC, what is bit stuffing? [2]

How can we use the Hamming code to correct a burst error? [2]

How are lost acknowledgment and a lost frame handled at the sender site? [5]

What is geosynchronous satellite? 3

Which modem was first developed commercially in 1970? 2

Explain Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) architecture of LAN? 10

40

In Fast Ethernet, data rate can be increased by _______________ collisions.

Increasing

Decreasing

Keeping Constant

All of above

39

In Token Ring, Monitor station generates a new token when it is lost

True

False

38

The BNC-T connector is a T-shaped device with _______ ports

three

two

four

five

37

Like 10 Base 5, 10 Base 2 is a _________ topology LAN

Bus

Star

Ring

Mesh

36

The HDLC ___________ field defines the beginning and end of a frame.

Flag

Address

Control

FCS

35

In __________ ARQ, if a NAK is received, only the specific damaged or lost frame is retransmitted.

Stop-and-wait

Go-Back-N

Selective repeat

Stop-and-wait & Go-back-N

34

For a sliding window of size N-1 (N sequence numbers), there can be a maximum of __________ frames sent but unacknowledged.

N-1

N

N+1

0

33

The sum of the checksum and data at the receiver is __________ if there are no errors

The complement of the checksum

The complement of the data

-0

+0

32

If odd parity is used for ASCII error detection, the number of 0s per 8-bit symbol is _________

Indeterminate

42

even

odd

31

At the CRC generator, __________ added to the data unit after the division process

The polynomial

The CRC remainder is

0s are

1s are

30

Which error detection method can detect a single-bit error?

Simple parity check

Two-dimensional parity check

CRC

All of the given

29

Which error detection method involves the use of parity bits?

Simple parity check & two dimensional parity check

CRC

Two-dimensional parity check

Simple parity check

28

Which of the following best describes a single-bit error?

A single bit is inverted

A single bit is inverted per data unit

A single bit is inverted per transmission

27

The local loop has ___________ cable that connects the subscriber telephone to the nearest end office.

Twisted-pair

Coaxial

Fiber-optic

None of the given

26

A telephone network is an example of a __________ network.

Packet-switched

Circuit-switched

Message-switched

none of the given

25

Which multiplexing technique involves signals composed of light beams?

FDM

TDM

WDM

None

24

dB is ____________ if a signal is amplified.

-ive

+ive

Null

Zero

23

dB is ____________ if a signal is attenuated.

Negative

Positive

Null

Zero

22

Middle frequency waves having range 300 KHz-3 MHz always use __________ propagation.

Ground

Sky

Line Of Sight

Space

21

In __________ propagation, low-frequency radio waves hug the earth.

Ground

Sky

Line Of Sight

Space

20

A parabolic dish antenna is a(n) ______________ antenna.

Omnidirectional

Bidirectional

Unidirectional

Horn

19

In ______________ method a signal can be directed in a straight from Antenna to antenna.

Line of sight

Ground propagation

Sky propagation

Microwaves

18

Optical fibers are defined by the ratio of the ___________ of their core to the diameter of their cladding.

Diameter

Radius

Length

Width

17

When we talk about unguided media, usually we are referring to _________.

Metallic wires

Nonmetallic wires

The air

Water

16

When a beam of light travels through media of two different densities, if the angle of incidence is greater than the critical angle, ____________occurs.

Reflection

Refraction

Incidence

Criticism

15

Which of the following primarily uses guided media

Cellular telephone system

Local telephone system

Satellite communications

Radio broadcasting

14

Transmission media are usually categorized as _____________

Fixed or Unfixed

Guided or Unguided

Determinate or Indeterminate

Metallic or Nonmetallic

13

Transmission of data from the subscriber to the ISP is called uploading.

True

False

12

Traditional telephony lines carry frequencies btw 300 Hz and 3300 Hz giving them a bandwidth of 3000 Hz.

3100

3000

3200

3300

11

In RS 422 Balanced mode two lines carry ________ signals which are not identical to each other.

same

different

analog

digital

10

In _____________ transmission, a start bit and a stop bit frame a character byte.

Asynchronous serial

Synchronous serial

Parallel

Asynchronous & Synchronous serial

09

In _____________ transmission, bits are transmitted over a single wire, one at a time.

Asynchronous serial

Synchronous serial

Parallel

Asynchronous & Synchronous serial

8

The bit rate always equals the baud rate in which type of signal?

FSK

QAM

4-PSK

PSK

7

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

6

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

power bandwidth

half power bandwidth

3dB bandwidth

F.M.

5

Unidirectional traffic movement is overcome by dual ring technology.

True

False

4

__________representation of links that connect nodes is called as physical topology.

physical

geometrical

logical

3

Which topology requires a central controller or hub?

Mesh

Star

Bus

Ring

2

Dividing data into manageable parts or data chunks is called as

packetizing

framing

both are true

both are false

1

The information to be communicated in a data communications system is the

Medium

Protocal

Message

Transmission

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