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  1. Which of the following is not a transmission medium?

  2. A.

     telephone lines

    B.

     coaxial cable

    C.

     modem

    D.

     microwave systems

    E.

     satellite systems

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  3. Which of the following statement is incorrect?

  4. 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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  5. A batch processing terminal would not include a

  6. A.

     CPU

    B.

     card reader

    C.

     card punch

    D.

     line printer

    E.

     None of the above

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  7. Packet Switch Stream (PSS) was introduced in

  8. 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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  9. The physical layer of a network

  10. 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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  11. Which of the following allows devices on one network to communicate with devices on another network?

  12. A.

     multiplexer

    B.

     gateway

    C.

     t-switch

    D.

     modern

    E.

     None of the above

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  13. 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

  14. A.

     Cyclic redundancy check

    B.

     Checksum

    C.

     Error detecting code

    D.

     Error rate

    E.

     None of the above

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  15. Bulletin board system

  16. 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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  17. In OSI model, which of the following layer provides error-free delivery of data?

  18. A.

     Data link

    B.

     Network

    C.

     transport

    D.

     Session

    E.

     None of the above

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  19. Error detection at the data link level is achieved by?

  20. A.

     Bit stuffing

    B.

     Hamming codes

    C.

     Cyclic Redundancy codes

    D.

     Equalization

    E.

     None of the above

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