CS610- Computer Network

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CS610- Computer Network

FINALTERM EXAMINATION - Spring 2010
Question No: 1( M a r k s: 1 )
A ---------- Relies on the hardware manufacturer to assign a unique physical address to each network interface.

► Static addressing scheme (Page 34)

► Configurable addressing scheme
► Dynamic addressing scheme
► None of the given

Question No: 2 ( M a r k s: 1 )
An interface for thin Ethernet must have an ____________ connector, and must enerate signals according to
the_____________ specification.

► RJ-45, 10 Base T
► RJ-45, 10 Base 5
► BNC, 10 Base 2 (CS610 Reference Book , Page 21)
► BNC, 10 Base T

Question No: 3( M a r k s: 1 )
A system with redundant bridges might have a problem with_______ in the system.

► Loop Click here for detail

► Filters
► Spanning Trees
► All given choices

Question No: 4( M a r k s: 1 )
A Bridge can ________
► Filter a frame
► Forward a frame
► Extend a LAN
► Do all the Click here for detail
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Question No: 5( M a r k s: 1 )
________ is used for typical data applications (where the data rate may be unknown and bursty) and allows use
of whatever bandwidth is available at a given time.
► Constant Bit Rate (CBR) service
► Variable Bit Rate (VBR) service
► Available Bit Rate (ABR) service (Page 71)
► None of the given

Question No: 6( M a r k s: 1 )
ATM assigns each VC a _____________ identifier that is divided two parts to produce a hierarchy.
► 21-bit
► 22-bit
► 23-bit
► 24-bit (Page 67)

Question No: 7( M a r k s: 1 )
________ of TCP/IP layering model, corresponds to basic network hardware.

► Physical Layer (Page 84)

► Network Interface Layer
► Internet Layer
► Transport Layer

Question No: 8( M a r k s: 1 )
_________ places the boundary between the second and third octets

► Class A
► Class B (Computer Networks and Internets, page235)
► Class C
► Class D

Question No: 9( M a r k s: 1 )
UDP and TCP are both_________ layer protocols

► Physical
► Data link
► Network
► Transport (Page 101)

Question No: 10( M a r k s: 1 )

Connection-oriented service, Point-to-point, Complete reliability, Full-duplex communication, Stream
interface, Reliable connection startup and Graceful connection shutdown are the services provided
by__________

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► IP
► None of the given
► TCP (Page 123)
► UDP

Question No: 11( M a r k s: 1 )

_______ protocols of TCP/IP layering model specify how to ensure reliable transfer.

► Physical Layer
► Network Interface Layer
► Internet Layer
► Transport Layer (Page 84)

Question No: 12( M a r k s: 1 )

________identifies which application program on receiving computer should receive the data

► Logical address
► Source port
► Destination Port (Computer Networks and Internets, page313)
► None of the given

Question No: 13( M a r k s: 1 )

________ identifies the application program that sent the data.

► Destination Port
► Source port (Computer Networks and Internets, page313)
► Logical address
► None of the given

Question No: 14( M a r k s: 1 )

Which of the following are interior routing protocols?

► RIP
► OSPF
► BGP
► RIP and OSPF Click here for detail

Question No: 15( M a r k s: 1 )

The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) uses_________ for all communication

► UDP
► TCP Click here for detail
► Both UDP and TCP
► None of the given

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Question No: 16( M a r k s: 1 )
__________measures distance in network hops, where each network between the source and destination counts
as single hop.

► BGP
► OSPF
► RIP (Page 138)
► None of the given

Question No: 17( M a r k s: 1 )

OSPF is based on____

► Distance vector routing

► Link state routing (Page 140 )
► Path vector routing
► Distance vector routing and Link state routing

Question No: 18( M a r k s: 1 )

_________ performs local multicast and uses IP-in-IP encapsulation to send multicast datagrams from one site
on the Internet to another.

► Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP) (Page 144)

► Core Based Trees (CBT)
► Protocol Independent Multicast_ Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)
► Protocol Independent Multicast _ Dense Mode (PIM-DM)

Question No: 19( M a r k s: 1 )

The length of time required to send a variable length packet is variable and does not require a complicated
interrupt scheme to detect completion of transmission.

► True
► False (Page 72)

Question No: 20( M a r k s: 1 )

NEXT HEADER field in the base header defines type of header and it appears at end of fixed-size base header.

► True (Page 112)

► False

Question No: 21( M a r k s: 1 )

Although message exchange can be used to bind addresses, sending a request for each binding is hopelessly
inefficient.

► True (Page 99)

► False
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Question No: 22( M a r k s: 1 )
Address mask defines how many bits of address are in suffix.

► True
► False (Page 103)

Question No: 23( M a r k s: 1 )

A computer attached to a given network can only communicate with other computers attached to the same
network. Is this a problem with multiple networks?
► True (Page 81)
► False

Question No: 24( M a r k s: 1 )

In the 1970s large organizations began to acquire multiple networks. Each network in the organization formed
island. Employees needed to choose a computer appropriate for each task. So they needed multiple screens,
keyboards and computers.

► False
► True (Page 81)

Question No: 25( M a r k s: 1 )

The term self-identifying is used for Classful IP addresses because the class of the address can be computed
from the address__________.
► itself (Page 87)
► prefix
► suffix
► mask

Question No: 26( M a r k s: 1 )

In which method of Address Resolution Protocol the protocol address independent of hardware address?
Were "T" stands for Table lookup, "C" for Closed-form Computation and "D" for Data Exchange?

► T, C
►D
►C
► T, D (Page 97)

Question No: 27( M a r k s: 1 )

In which method of Address Resolution Protocol the protocol address is determined by hardware address?
Were "T" stands for Table lookup, "C" for Closed-form Computation and "D" for Data Exchange?
►T
►D
► C (Page 97)
► T, C
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Question No: 28( M a r k s: 1 )
Reconstruction of original datagram is called reassembly.

► True (Page 28)

► False

Question No: 29( M a r k s: 1 )

A computer needs a complete stack of protocols to run either a client or a server.

► True (Computer Networks and Internets, page 344)

► False

Question No: 30( M a r k s: 1 )

TCP uses _______ mechanism to control the flow of data.

► door
► window (Page 126)
► acknowledgment
► retransmission

FINALTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2010
CS610- Data Communication

Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In Direct point to point communication adding the Nth computer requires------------ new connections.
►None of the given
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►N
►N-1 (Page 23)
► (N2 –N)/2

Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In -------------, network occupies the smaller area like a room a floor or a building

►LAN (Page 4)
►WAN
►MAN
►None of the given

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Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The third field of the header consists of ------ bit Ethernet frame type.

►48
►32
►16 Click here for detail
►8

Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The maximum size of an Ethernet segment is___________

►250 meters
►500 meters Click here for detail
►700 meters
►None of the given

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The network with Throughput T and Delay D has a total --------------- bits in transit at a time.

►D + T
►D – T
►DXT (Computer Networks and Internets, page203)
►D / T

Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

___________ places the boundary between the first and second octets

►Class A (Computer Networks and Internets, page235)

►Class B
►Class C
►Class D

Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Router detects datagram --------- than network MTU and then it splits into pieces and each piece is ----------than
outbound network MTU.

►Larger, smaller (Page 108)

►Larger, larger
►Smaller, larger
►Smaller, smaller

Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Connectionless service, Message-Oriented protocol, best-effort delivery service, arbitrary interaction &
operating system independent are the characteristics of ___________________

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 ►TCP
►UDP (Page 120)
►IP
►None of the given

Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

----------- provide Application to application communication it also called end to end communication

►IP
►TP (Page 119)
►RIP
►None of the given

Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A routing table contains_______

►The destination network ID

►The hop count to reach the network
►The router ID of the next hop (Page 102)
►All of the given

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following protocols allows the sender and receiver to enforce polices.

►RIP
►OSPF
►BGP (Reference Book 347)
►RIP and OSPF

Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

__________measures distance in network hops, where each network between the source and destination counts
as single hop.

►BGP
►OSPF
►RIP (Page 138)
►Non of these

Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

_______ includes a 32-bits address mask with each address, which allows the address to be classful, classless,
or subnetted.
►RIP
►OSPF (Page 140)
►BGP
►None of the given
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Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
One repeater ---------------, two repeaters --------------- the maximum cable length limitation.

►Double, triple (Page 49)

►Double, 4 time
►half, triple
►Double, half

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

ICMP message transport is acted upon by getting ICMP encrypted in IP.

►True (Page 117)

►False

Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Like most application programs, a client and server use a transport protocol to communicate.
►True (Page 146)
►False

Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Mapping between a protocol address and a hardware address is called Address Resolution.

►True (Page 93)

►False

Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Address mask defines how many bits of address are in suffix?

►True
►False (Page 103)

Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A single networking technology is best for all needs.
►True
►False (Page 81)

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In the 1970s large organizations began to acquire multiple networks. Each network in the organization formed
island. Employees needed to choose a computer appropriate for each task. So they needed multiple screens,
keyboards and computers.

►False
►True (Page 81) rep

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Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Router detects datagram---------than network MTU

►Larger (Page 108) rep

►Smaller
►None of given
►Equal

Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Information can flow in either or both direction between
►Clients
►Clients and servers (Computer Networks and Internets, page 344)
►Servers
►None of given

Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

On of the design goals for unicast route propagation is __________.

►consistency
►inconsistency
►stability (Computer Networks and Internets, page 344)
►dynamic addressing

Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

IPV6 address consists of ________

►32 Bits
►64 Bits
►128 Bits (Page 128)
►none of the given

Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

UDP offers application programs a Message-Oriented Interface, applications can depend on protocol to
preserve data boundaries.

►True (Page 120)

►False

Question No: 27 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In case TCP, retransmission, acknowledgment from a computer on LAN are expected to arrive within

►Seconds
►Micro seconds
►Milliseconds Click here for detail
►Nanoseconds
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Question No: 28 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Twice NAT is another variant of NAT. it is used with site that runs server. In this process NAT box is
connected to Domain Name.

►True (Page 131)

►False

Question No: 29 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A network uses a ------arranges for computers to be connected in a closed loop.

►Star Topology
►Ring Topology (Page 25)
►Bus Topology
►None of the given

Question No: 30 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Protocol addresses are abstractions provided by ___________.

►hardware
►software (Page 93)
►operating system
►internet

FINALTERM EXAMINATION
Fall 2008
CS610- Computer Network
Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In Direct point to point communication adding the Nth computer requires------------ new connections.

► None of the given

► N2
► N-1 (Page 23)
► (N2 –N)/2

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Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In Point-to-Point topology there are two topologies.
► Tree and Ring
► Star and Ring
► Star and Tree (Page 5)
► None of the given

Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In -------------, network occupies the smaller area like a room a floor or a building

► LAN (Page 4)
► WAN
► MAN
► None of the given

Question No: 4 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Hardware that calculates a CRC uses two simple components.
► AND unit and XOR unit
► Shift register and XOR unit (Page 20)
► Shift register and AND unit
► None of the given

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

CRC can detect more errors than a simple checksum.
► true (Computer Networks and Internets, page 80)
► false

Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The Gigabit Ethernet hardware operates at a rate of --------

► 10 Mbps
► 100 Mbps
► 1000 Mbps Click here for detail
► None of the given

Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Formally named __________ informally known as the twisted pair Ethernet or TP Ethernet.

► 10 Base 2
► 10 Base 5
► 10 Base T (Page 43)
► None of the given
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Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
An interface for thin Ethernet must have an ____________ connector , and must generate signals according to
the_____________ specification.

► RJ-45, 10 Base T
► RJ-45, 10 Base 5
► BNC, 10 Base 2 ( cs610 reference book Page 201)
► BNC, 10 Base T

Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A system with redundant bridges might have a problem with_______ in the system.

► Loop Click here for detail rep

► Filters
► Spanning Trees
► All given choices

Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

________ computes shortest paths in a graph by using weights on edges as a measure of distance.

► Greedy algorithm
► Distance vector algorithm
► Dijksta’s algorithm (Computer Networks and Internets, page 112)
► Non of the given

Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Basic LAN technologies such as Ethernet, Token Ring, and FDDI use a _____.

► Connectionless service paradigm (Computer Networks and Internets, page 112)

► Connection-oriented service paradigm
► Both Connectionless and Connection-oriented service paradigm
► None of the given

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

_______ protocols of TCP/IP layering model specify how to ensure reliable transfer.

► Physical Layer
► Network Interface Layer
► Internet Layer
► Transport Layer (Page 84) rep
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Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
An Internet Address (IP address) is a unique __________ binary number assigned to a host and used for all
communication with host
► 48-bit
► 32-bit (Page 85)
► 24-bit
► None of the given

Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The address __________ identifies the physical network to which the computer is attached, while the _______
identifies an individual computer on that network.

► prefix , suffix (Page 85)

► suffix , prefix
► suffix , suffix
► None of the given

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

___________ places the boundary between the first and second octets

► Class A (Computer Networks and Internets, page 235)

► Class B
► Class C
► Class D

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

___________ places the boundary between the third and fourth octets.
► Class A
► Class B
► Class C (Computer Networks and Internets, page 235)
► Class D

Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

________ field of header indicates whether a datagram is a fragment or a complete datagram.

► FLAGS Click here for detail

► FLAGMENT OFFSET
► IDENTIFICATION
► None of the given

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Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
______ provides connectionless service.

► TCP
► UDP (Page 120)
► IP
► None of the given

Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

UDP and TCP are both_________ layer protocols

► Physical
► Data link
► Network
► Transport (Page 101) rep

Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Connection-oriented service, Point-to-point, Complete reliability, Full-duplex communication, Stream
interface, Reliable connection startup and Graceful connection shutdown are the services provided
by__________

► IP
► None of the given
► TCP (Page 123) rep
► UDP

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

_______ protocols of TCP/IP layering model specify how to ensure reliable transfer.

► Physical Layer
►Network Interface Layer
► Internet Layer
► Transport Layer (Page 84) rep

Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

________identifies which application program on receiving computer should receive the data

► Logical address
► Source port
► Destination Port (Computer Networks and Internets, page313) rep
► None of the given

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Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
________ identifies the application program that sent the data.
► DestinationPort
► Source port (Computer Networks and Internets, page313) rep
► Logical address
► None of the given

Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) uses_________ for all communication

► UDP
► TCP Click here for detail rep
► Both UDP and TCP
► None of the given

Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following protocols allows the sender and receiver to enforce polices.

► RIP
► OSPF
► BGP (Reference Book 347) rep
► RIP and OSPF

Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

____________ uses distance vector approach to define routing

► BGP
► OSPF
► RIP (Computer Networks and Internets, page332)
► None of the given

Question No: 27 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

ICMP message transport is acted upon by getting ICMP encrypted in IP.

► True (Page 117)

► False

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Question No: 28 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Protocol addresses are abstractions provided by ___________.
► hardware
► software (Page 93) rep
► operating system
► internet

Question No: 29 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

These packets serve same purpose on ________ as frames on ______

► Intranet, LAN
► Internet, WAN
► Intranet, WAN
► Internet, LAN (Page 101)

Question No: 30 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Address mask defines how many bits of address are in suffix?
► True
► False (Page 103) rep

Question No: 31 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A single networking technology is best for all needs.
► True
► False (Page 81) rep

Question No: 32 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A computer attached to a given network can only communicate with other computers attached to the same
network. Is this a problem with multiple networks?

► True (Page 81) rep

► False

Question No: 33 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The term self-identifying is used for Classful IP addresses because the class of the address can be computed
from the address__________.

► itself (Page 87)

► prefix
► suffix
► mask

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Question No: 34 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Find the class of the address.
10100111 11011011 10001011 01101111

►A
►B (Computer Networks and Internets, page 122)
►E
►C

Question No: 35 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Find the class of the address:
11110011 10011011 11111011 00001111

►A
►C
►E (Computer Networks and Internets, page 122)
►B

Question No: 36 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In which method of Address Resolution Protocol the protocol address is determined by hardware address?
Were "T" stands for Table lookup, "C" for Closed-form Computation and "D" for Data Exchange?

►T
►D
►C (Page 97) rep
► T, C

Question No: 37 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which method of Address Resolution Protocol requires hardware broadcast?
Were "T" stands for Table lookup, "C" for Closed-form Computation and "D" for Data Exchange?

► D (Page 97)
►T
►C
► T, D

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Question No: 38 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which method of Address Resolution Protocol resolution with minimum delay?
Were "T" stands for Table lookup, "C" for Closed-form Computation and "D" for Data Exchange?

► T, D
►c
►T
► T, C (Page 97)

Question No: 39 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In which method of Address Resolution Protocol the implimentation is more difficult?
Were "T" stands for Table lookup, "C" for Closed-form Computation and "D" for Data Exchange?

► T, C
►T
►C
► D (Page 97)

Question No: 40 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

On of the design goals for unicast route propagation is __________.

► Consistency
► inconsistency
► stability (Computer Networks and Internets, page 344) rep
► dynamic addressing

Question No: 41 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Propagation multicast routing information differs dramatically from unicast route propagation?

► True (Computer Networks and Internets, page 335)

► False

Question No: 42 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The IP multicast abstraction allows an application running on an arbitrary computer to leave a multicast group
at any time. While _____________ application on a computer remain a member of a group.
► One or more
► only one
► no
► many

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Question No: 43 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
To save traffic, an EGP does not summerize routing information from the autonomous system before passing it
to another autonomous system.

► True
► False (Computer Networks and Internets, page 329)

Question No: 44 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

In IPv6 the type of address used for collection of computers with same prefix. Are known as_________.

► Anycast
► Unicast
► Multicast
► Non of the given (Page 114)

Question No: 45 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Special types of addresses in IPv6 used for multiple destinations; possibly not at same site. Are known
as_________.

► Unicast
► Anycast
► Multicast (Page 114)
► Non of the given

Question No: 46 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

UDP offers application programs a Message-Oriented Interface, applications can depend on protocol to
preserve data boundaries.

► True (Page 120) rep

► False

Question No: 47 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Reliability is the responsibility of the _________ layer

► Network
► Datalink
► Transport (Page 123)
► Application

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Question No: 48 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
TCP uses _______ mechanism to control the flow of data.

► door
► window (Page 126) rep
► acknowledgment
► retransmission
TCP uses window mechanism to control the flow of data.

Question No: 49 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The time for acknowledgement to arrival of packet depends on.

► Distance to destination and Current traffic conditions (Page 125)

► Current traffic conditions
► Distance to destination
► non of these

Question No: 50 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

FDDI can transmits data at a rate of ----------
► 100 million bits per second (Page 31)
► 10 million bits per second
► 1000 million bits per second
► None of the given

FINALTERM EXAMINATION Fall 2008

CS610- Computer Network
Question No: 1 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Computer networks are often called -------------- because they use packet technology.

► Ethernet
► Switch networks
► Packet networks (Computer Networks and Internets, page 73)
► None of the given

Question No: 2 ( M a r k s: 1 )
A network uses a ------arranges for computers to be connected in a closed loop.

► Star Topology
► Ring Topology (Page 25) rep
► Bus Topology

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 ► None of the given

Question No: 3 ( M a r k s: 1 )
An ------------method, the network hardware designers specify how type information is included in the frame
and the value use to identify various frame types.

► Explicit frame type (Computer Networks and Internets, page 108)

► Ideal frame type
► Implicit frame type
► None of the given

Question No: 4 ( M a r k s: 1 )
An interface for thin Ethernet must have an ____________ connector , and must generate signals according to
the_____________ specification.

► RJ-45, 10 Base T
► RJ-45, 10 Base 5
► BNC, 10 Base 2 (cs610 reference book Page 201) rep
► BNC, 10 Base T

Question No: 5 ( M a r k s: 1 )
A Bridge forwards or filters a frame by comparing the information in its address table to the frame’s_________

► Layer 2 source address

► Source node’s physical address
► Layer 2 destination address Click here for detail
► Layer 3 destination address

Question No: 6 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Most WAN systems include a mechanism that can be used to eliminate the common case of duplication routing
is called___________

► Hierarchal address
► Default route (Computer Networks and Internets, page 172)
► Shortest path
► None of the given

Question No: 7 ( M a r k s: 1 )
________ of TCP/IP layering model, corresponds to basic network hardware.

► Physical Layer (Page 84) rep

► Network Interface Layer
► Internet Layer
► Transport Layer

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Question No: 8 ( M a r k s: 1 )
_______ protocols of TCP/IP layering model specify how to ensure reliable transfer.

► Physical Layer
► Network Interface Layer
► Internet Layer
► Transport Layer (Page 84) rep

Question No: 9 ( M a r k s: 1 )
________is called an end-to-end protocol because it provide a connection directly from an application on one
computer to an application on a remote computer.

► IP
► UDP
► TCP (Computer Networks and Internets, page 306)
► None of the given

Question No: 10 ( M a r k s: 1 )
____________ uses distance vector approach to define routing

► BGP
► OSPF
► RIP (Computer Networks and Internets, page332) rep
► None of the given

Question No: 11 ( M a r k s: 1 )
_______ is ideal in a situation where the group is small and all members are attached to contiguous Local
Area Networks.

► Flood-and –Prune (Page 143)

► Configuration-and -Tunneling
► Core-Based Discovery
► None of the given

Question No: 12 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Router that decrements TTL to __ sends ICMP time exceeded message, with router’s address as source address

►3
►2
►1
► 0 (Page 118)

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Question No: 13 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Protocol addresses are abstractions provided by ___________.

► hardware
► software (Page 93) rep
► operating system
► internet

Question No: 14 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Although message exchange can be used to bind addresses, sending a request for each binding is hopelessly
inefficient.
► True (Page 99) rep
► False

Question No: 15 ( M a r k s: 1 )
ARP is almost always used to bind a ___-bit IP address to a ___-bit Ethernet address.
► 32, 48 (Page 98)
► 24, 32
► 32, 64
► 32, 128

Question No: 16 ( M a r k s: 1 )
In the 1970s large organizations began to acquire multiple networks. Each network in the organization formed
island. Employees needed to choose a computer appropriate for each task. So they needed multiple screens,
keyboards and computers.

► False
► True (Page 81) rep

Question No: 17 ( M a r k s: 1 )
In which method of Address Resolution Protocol the protocol address is determined by hardware address?
Were "T" stands for Table lookup, "C" for Closed-form Computation and "D" for Data Exchange?

Types of
Features Resolution

Use full with any hardware T

Address change affects all hosts T
Protocol address is determined C
by hardware address
►T
►D
► C (Page 97) rep
► T, C
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Question No: 18 ( M a r k s: 1 )
The general form of an IP datagram is with a header followed by data. The header contains information that
controls where and how the datagram is to be sent.
► True (Computer Networks and Internets, page 332)
► False

Question No: 19 ( M a r k s: 1 )
To save traffic, an EGP does not summarize routing information from the autonomous system before passing it
to another autonomous system.
► True
► False (Computer Networks and Internets, page 329)

Question No: 20 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is a correct representation of the IPv6?
► 105.220.136.100.255.255.255.255.0.0.18.128.140.10.255.255 (Page 114)
► 105.220.136.100.255.255.255.256.0.0.18.128.140.10.255.255
► 105.220.136.100.255.255.255.255.0.0.18.128.140.10.255.255.256
► 105.220.136.100.255.255.255.255.0.0.18.128.140.10.255

FINALTERM EXAMINATION
Fall 2008
CS610- Computer Network

Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The number of connections needed for N computer in direct point to point communication is equal to:

► (N2 –N)/2 (Page 23)

► N(N- 1)
► N2
► None of the given

Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

When an application--------------- data, it makes a copy of the data available to all other computers on the
network.

► Broadcasting Click here for detail

► Multicasting
► Unicasting
► None of the given
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Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Ethernet uses a ------ bit static addressing scheme in which each device is assigned a unique address by the
manufacturer.

► 64
► 48 (Computer Networks and Internets, page 109)
► 32
►8

Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A system with redundant bridges might have a problem with_______ in the system.

► Loop Click here for detail rep

► Filters
► Spanning Trees
► All given choices

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The product of delay and throughput measures the _____ of data that can be present on the network.

► Area
► Volume (Page 80) rep
► Length
► None of the given

Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Connectionless service, Message-Oriented protocol, best effort delivery service, arbitrary interaction and
operating system independent are the characteristics of _____________

► TCP
► UDP (Page 110)
► IP
► None of the given

Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Connection-oriented service, Point-to-point, Complete reliability, Full-duplex communication, Stream
interface, Reliable connection startup and Graceful connection shutdown are the services provided
by__________

► None of the given

► TCP ( Page 123) rep
► UDP
► IP
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Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The process of using a routing table to select a next hop for a given datagram is called_________

► Encapsulation
► Reassembling
► Routing or forwarding (Computer Networks and Internets, page 265)
► None of the given

Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

____________ uses distance vector approach to define routing

► BGP
► OSPF
► RIP (Computer Networks and Internets, page332) rep
► None of the given

Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A multicast routing scheme in which the protocol software builds a delivery tree from a central point is
called__________

► Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP)

► Core Based Trees (CBT) (Page 114)
► Protocol Independent Multicast_ Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)
► Protocol Independent Multicast _ Dense Mode (PIM-DM)

Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

One repeater _______, two repeaters ________ the maximum cable length limitation.

► doubles, cancel
► doubles, triple (Page 49) rep
► square roots, cude roots
► and, triple

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Whenever it handles a packet, IP software needs to separate the destination address into a _________ and
___________.

► postfix, Infix
► non of these
► Infix, prefix
► prefix, suffix (Page 87)

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Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Although message exchange can be used to bind addresses, sending a request for each binding is hopelessly
inefficient.

► True (Page 99) rep

► False

Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

ARP is almost always used to bind a ___-bit IP address to a ___-bit Ethernet address.

► 32, 48 (Page 98)

► 24, 32
► 32, 64
► 32, 128

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

End-to-end delivery service is connection oriented.

► True
► False (Page 101)

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A single networking technology is best for all needs.

► True
► False (Page 81) rep

Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In the 1970s large organizations began to acquire multiple networks. Each network in the organization formed
island. Employees needed to choose a computer appropriate for each task. So they needed multiple screens,
keyboards and computers.

► False
► True (Page 81)

Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which method of Address Resolution Protocol is useful with any hardware?
Were "T" stands for Table lookup, "C" for Closed-form Computation and "D" for Data Exchange?

►T (Page 97)
►C
►D
► C, D
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Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In which method of Address Resolution Protocol the protocol address is determined by hardware address?
Were "T" stands for Table lookup, "C" for Closed-form Computation and "D" for Data Exchange?

►T
►D
►C (Page 97) rep
► T, C

Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

We use the term _______ to refer to a measure of the path that routing software use when choosing a route.

► routing path
► routing metric
► routing (Computer Networks and Internets, page330)
► switching

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