1.A ________ is a set of rules that governs data communication.

A) protocol
B) forum
C) standard
D) none of the above
2.________ defines how a particular pattern to be interpreted, and what action i
s to be taken based on that interpretation.
A) Syntax
B) Semantics
C) Timing
D) None of the above
3._______ is the protocol suite for the current Internet.
A) TCP/IP
B) NCP
C) UNIX
D) ACM
4._______ refers to the structure or format of the data, meaning the order in wh
ich they are presented.
A) Semantics
B) Syntax
C) Timing
D) All of the above
5.________ is an idea or concept that is a precursor to an Internet standard.
A) RCF
B) ID
C) RFC
D) none of the above
6.The physical, data link, and network layers are the ______ support layers.
A) network
B) user
C) both (a) and (b)
D) neither (a) nor (b)
7.IPv6 has _______ -bit addresses.
A) 128
B) 32
C) 64
D) variable
8.A port address in TCP/IP is ______ bits long.
A) 16
B) 32
C) 48
D) none of the above
9.The Internet model consists of _______ layers.
A) Eight
B) Seven
C) Five
D) Three
10.When a host on network A sends a message to a host on network B, which addres
s does the router look at?
A) logical
B) physical
C) port
D) none of the above
11.________ is a type of transmission impairment in which the signal loses stren
gth due to the different propagation speeds of each frequency that makes up the
signal.
A) Noise
B) Distortion
C) Attenuation
D) Decibel
12.When propagation speed is multiplied by propagation time, we get the ________
.
A) wavelength of the signal
B) throughput
C) distance a signal or bit has traveled
D) distortion factor
13.The _________ product defines the number of bits that can fill the link.
A) delay-amplitude
B) frequency-amplitude
C) bandwidth-period
D) bandwidth-delay
14.________ is a type of transmission impairment in which the signal loses stren
gth due to the resistance of the transmission medium.
A) Distortion
B) Attenuation
C) Noise
D) Decibel
15.For a ______ channel, we need to use the Shannon capacity to find the maximum
bit rate.
A) noiseless
B) noisy
C) low-pass
D) bandpass
16.The _____ scheme uses data patterns of size 2 and encodes the 2-bit patterns
as one signal element belonging to a four-level signal.
A) MLT-3
B) 4B5B
C) 2B1Q
D) none of the above
17.Which encoding method uses alternating positive and negative values for 1s?
A) AMI
B) RZ
C) NRZ-I
D) Manchester
18.The idea of RZ and the idea of NRZ-I are combined into the ________ scheme.
A) Manchester
B) differential Manchester
C) both (a) and (b)
D) neither (a) nor (b)
19.______ encoding has a transition at the beginning of each 0 bit.
A) Differential Manchester
B) Manchester
C) RZ
D) All the above
20.Which of the following encoding methods does not provide for synchronization?
A) RZ
B) NRZ-L
C) NRZ-I
D) Manchester
short questions
1.For n devices in a network, what is the number of cable links required for a m
esh,
ring, bus, and star topology?
2. Assume six devices are arranged in a mesh topology. How many cables are neede
d? How many ports are needed for each device?
3.Which layers in the Internet model are the network support layers?
4.Which layer in the Internet model is the user support layer?
5.What is the transmission time of a packet sent by a station if the length of t
he
packet is 1 million bytes and the bandwidth of the channel is 200 Kbps?
6.We measure the performance of a telephone line (4 KHz of bandwidth). When the
signal is 10 V, the noise is 5 mV. What is the maximum data rate supported by th
is
telephone line?
7.An analog signal has a bandwidth of 20 KHz. If we sample this signal and send
it
through a 30 Kbps channel what is the SNRdB ?
8.How many invalid (unused) code sequences can we have in 3B/4B encoding?
9.What is the maximum data rate of a channel with a bandwidth of 200 KHz if we
use four levels of digital signaling?
10.List five line coding schemes?