BASIC NETWORKING
1 ______________are rules that govern a communication exchange
A. Media
B.criteria
C.protocols
D.all of the above
2 The _____________ is the physical path over which a message travels.
A. Protocol
B. Medium
C. Signal
D. All of the above
3 Which topology requires a central controller or hub?
A. Mesh
B. Star
C. Bus
D. Ring
4 Which topology requires a multipoint connection?
A. A. Mesh
B. Star
C. Bus
D. Ring
5 A tree topology is a variation of a _____________ topology.
A. Mesh
B. Star
C. Bus
D. Ring
6 In a ________________ connection, more than two devices can share a single link.
A. point-to-point
B. multipoint
C. primary
D. Secondary
7 In a _______________ transmission the channel capacity is shared by both communicating devices at all times.
A. Simplex
B. Half-Duplex
C. Full-Duplex
D. Half-Simplex
8 Which topology features a point-to-point line configuration?
A. Mesh
B. Ring
C. Star
D. All of the above
9 Before information can be transmitted it must be transformed into ________________.
A. Periodic signals
B. Electromagnetic signals
C. Aperiodic signals
D. Low-frequency sine waves.
10 Transmission media are usually categorized by ____________________________
A. fixed or unfixed
B. guided or unguided
C. metallic or non-metallic
D. determinate or indeterminate
11 ________________ cable consists of an inner copper core and a second conducting outer sheath.
A. Twisted-pair
B. Coaxial
C. Fibre-optic
D. Shielded twisted pair
12 Which of the following primarily uses guided media?
A. Cellular telephone system C.Satellite communication
B. Local telephone system D.Radio broadcasting
13 In an environment with many high-voltage devices, the best transmission medium would be _________.
A. Twisted-pair
B. Coaxial
C. Fibre-optic
D. Shielded twisted pair
14 What is the major factor that makes coaxial cable less susceptible to noise than twisted pair cable?
A. Inner conductor
B. Diameter of cable
C. Outer conductor
D. Insulating material
15 The RG number gives us information about______________.
A. Twisted-pair
B. Coaxial
C. Fibre-optic
D. Shielded twisted pair
16 In an optical fibre the inner core is ____________________ the cladding.
A. more dense than
B. less dense than
C. the same density as
D. another name for
17 When making connections in fibre optics, which of the following could contribute to signal distortion?
A. inner cores of connecting fibres angularly or laterally misaligned
B. a gap between connecting inner cores
C. roughness of connecting fibre faces
D. all of the above
E. none of the above
18 If the critical angle is 50 degrees and the angle of incidence is 60 degrees, the angle of reflection is ________
degrees.
A.10
B.50
C.60
D.110
19 If the angle of refraction is 90 degrees and the angle of incidence is 48 degrees , the critical angle is ________
degrees
A.42
B.48
C.90
D.138
20 If the angle of refraction is 70 degrees and the angle of incidence is 50 degrees , the critical angle must be greater
than _____________ degrees
A.50 B.60 C.70 D.120
21 In _____________ propagation the core is of varying densities
A.MULTIMODE STEP INDEX
B.MULTIMODE GRADED INDEX
C.MULTIMODE SINGLE INDEX
D.SINGLE MODE
22 Optical fibres , unlike wire media, are highly resistant to ________________
A. high-frequency transmission
B. low-frequency transmission
C. electromagnetic interference
D. refraction
23 A signal is measured at two different points. The power is P1 at the first point and P2 at the second point. The dB
is 0.This means __________________.
A.P2 is zero
B.P2=P1
C.P2 is much greater than P1
E. P2 is much smaller than P1
23 When propagation speed is multiplied by propagation time, we get the ______________
A. throughput B. wavelength of the signal C. distortion factor D.distance a signal or bit has traveled
24 __________________ is a type of transmission impairment in which an outside source such as crosstalk corrupts a
signal.
A.ATTENUATION
B.DISTORTION
C.NOISE
D.DECIBEL
25 The performance of thr transmission media can be measured by ___________________.
A. throughput
B. propagation time
C. propagation speed
D. all of the above
26 The ______________ has units of metres/second or kilometers/second
A. throughput
B. propagation time
C. propagation speed
D. all of the above
27 _________________ uses a physical star topology.
A.10BASE5
B.10BASE2
C.10BASET
D.NONE OF THE ABOVE
28 10BASE2 uses __________________ cable, while 10BASE5 uses_____________.
A. thick coaxial, thin coaxial
B. twisted pair, thick coaxial
C. thin coaxial, thick coaxial
D. fibre optic, thin coaxial
29 What can happen at the token ring station?
A. examination of the destination address
B. regeneration of the frame
C. passing of the frame to the next station
D. all of the above
E. none of the above
30 In token ring where is the token when data frame is in circulation?
A. at the receiving station
B. at the sending station
C. circulating in the ring
D. none of the above
