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1. Redundancy means the ________ a. 10 Mbps

a. Transmission rate of the system b. 20 Mbps
b. Symbols are to be repeated c. 30 Mbps
c. Time between failures d. 40 Mbps
d. Time between successes
12. Use of coaxial cables in interconnecting networks is limited to an
2. The digital information is contained in both the amplitude and overall length of __.
phase of the modulated carrier. a. 1500 ft
a. PSK b. 1500 m
b. FSK c. 1500 km
c. QAM d. 1500 kft
d. ASK
13. What identifies how the stations are interconnected in a
3. The input signal is a binary digital signal and a limited number of network?
out put phases are possible. a. Topology
a. PSK b. Architecture
b. FSK c. Topology or architecture
c. QAM d. Topology and architecture
d. ASK
14. _______is a data communications network designed to provide
4. A radio channel is composed of ___VB channels. two-way communications between a large varieties of data
a. 1800 communication terminal equipment within a relatively small
b. 900 geographic area
c. 10800 a. Private Area network
d. 8064 b. Local Area Network
c. Wide area network
5. What equation defines the composition of an ISDN basic access d. Ethernet
line?
a. 2B + D 15. ______ is the mode of transmission in public data network in
b. B + D which data are transferred from source to the network then to
c. B + 2D the destination in an asynchronous data format
d. 2B + 2D a. Synchronous mode
b. Start/stop mode
6. A digital network where voice, video, text and data are multiplied c. Packet mode
into a single network for processing and are transmitted prior to d. Circuit mode
use.
a. Frame delay 16. A seven digit character can represent one of______
b. Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) possibilities.
c. ISDN a. 7
d. Synchronous digital hierarchy(SDH) b. 14
c. 64
7. Non-ISDN equivalent can be connected to ISDN line by the use d. 128
of ____.
a. Terminal equipment 17. ______ is defined to be the maximum rate at which information
b. Terminal adapter can be transmitted through a channel.
c. Modem a. Bit rate
d. Network adaptor b. Baud rate
c. Coding
8. A special voice encoder/decoder used in digitizing speech signal d. Channel capacity
only is
a. PCM 18. Who developed the fixed-length binary code for telegraphy?
b. PWM a. Samuel Morse
c. Vocoder b. Emile Baudot
d. PFM c. Alexander Graham Bell
d. Guglielmo Marconi
9. Equation used to determine the number of Hamming bits in the
hamming code. 19. Inventor of pulse-code modulation for the digital encoding of
a. 2n = m+ n +1 speech signals.
b. 2n > m +n +1 a. R.V.L. Hartley
c. 2n > m +n +1 b. J.R. carson
d. 2n < m +n +1 c. H. Nyquist
d. Alex Reeves
10. What determine which network configuration is most
appropriate? 20. Serial binary data interchange between DTE and DCE at rates
a. Application layer up to 20 kbps. RS 232 is its EIA equivalent.
b. Presentation layer a. V.26
c. Network layer b. V.24
d. Data link layer c. V.42
d. V.32
11. Ethernet is a baseband system using CSMA/CD operating at
____
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21. RS 232 is normally an interface between DTE and DCE. What is 32. PCM system require_________.
its signal rate? a. Analog signal
a. 20 kbps b. Large bandwidth
b. 30 kbps c. Digital signals
c. 40 kbps d. Fiber optics cable
d. 50 kbps
33. Which theorem sets the limit on the maximum capacity of a
22. What is multiplexing? channel with a given noise level?
a. The process of increasing bandwidth on a channel a. Nyquist theorem
b. A technique that enables more than one data source to b. Hartley theorem
share the use of a common line c. Shannon-Hartley theorem
c. Mailing letter at the post office d. Shannon theorem
d. The ability to share frequency by time
34. _______is the difference between the original and reconstructed
23. In ____ modulation the carrier is a periodic train pulses. signal.
a. Amplitude a. Quantizing noise
b. Analog b. Fade margin
c. Digital c. Noise margin
d. Pulse d. Noise figure

24. Which of the following pulse modulation techniques is a digital 35. What are the steps to follow to produce a PCM signal?
transmission system? a. Sampling,coding and quantizing
a. Pulse duration modulation b. Sampling,quantizing and coding
b. Pulse position modulation c. Quantizing,sampling and coding
c. Pulse width modulation d. Coding, quantizing and sampling
d. Pulse code modulation
36. ________ identifies how the different stations in a multipoint
25. A process where the higher amplitude analog signals are system are interconnected.
compressed prior to transmission then expanded at the receiver. a. Network topology
a. Compressing b. Star network
b. Expanding c. Ring topology
c. Encoding d. Bus network
d. Companding
37. A transmission where data are inputted directly on the cable.
26. _______uses a single bit PCM code to achieve a digital a. Broadband
transmission of analog signal b. Base band
a. Quadrature Amplitude Modulation c. Digital
b. Frequency Shift Keying(FSK) d. Analog
c. Delta Modulation(DM)
d. Phase Modulation(PM) 38. Synchronous modems cost more than asynchronous modems
because
27. The line speed of bell system T1 carrier system is a. They are larger
a. 64 kbps b. They must contain clock recovery circuits
b. 3.152 Mbps c. The production volume is larger
c. 1.544 Mbps d. They must operate on a larger bandwidth
d. 6.312 Mbps
39. When one station is designated as master and the rest of the
28. How many channels does a super group have? stations are considered slaves, message handling is _______.
a. 60 a. store and forward
b. 600 b. polling
c. 1800 c. CSMA/CD
d. 10800 d. Token passing

29. The output frequency at the channel combiner of channel 7 is 40. A store and forward switching.
a. 76 – 80 kHz a. Circuit switching
b. 80 – 84 kHz b. Packet switching
c. 84 – 88 kHz c. Message switching
d. 88 – 92 kHz d. PSTN

30. ________was the first fixed length 5-bit character code. 41. A timing signal generated by an oscillating circuit that is used to
a. EBCDIC synchronize data transmission.
b. ASCII a. Clock
c. Morse code b. Start bit
d. Baudot code c. Quantizing
d. BCC
31. Amplitude shift keying is also known as ______.
a. Up/down keying 42. Which system allows different types of networks to be linked
b. On/off keying together?
c. Front/back keying a. OSI
d. I/O keying b. CCITT

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c. Bell System 53. How many bits are there to present 8 combinations?
d. AT & T a. 3
b. 4
43. A _____ that interconnects LAN having identical protocols at the c. 2
physical and data link layers. d. 5
a. Bridge
b. Router 54. How many number of equiprobable events are there for 8-bits of
c. Gateway information?
d. Hub a. 256
b. 132
44. A _____ that interconnects LAN that has totally different c. 2400
protocols and format d. 512
a. Bridge
b. Router 55. Which character code is used without parity bit?
c. Gateway a. CCITT number 2
d. Hub b. ASCCII
c. CCITT number 5
45. All bits in a character can be sent/received simultaneously. d. EBCDIC
a. Serial data
b. Parallel data 56. The percentage of bit errors relative to a specific number of bits
c. Full duplex received; usually expressed as a number referenced to a power
d. Half duplex of ten.
a. Bit error rate
46. A system that perform parallel-to-series conversion of a data b. Transmission rate
link. c. Distortion
a. DTE d. Parity check
b. DCE
c. Modem 57. The process of one type of device imitating another via a
d. FEP hardware/software package.
a. Conversion
47. Which mode of transmission achieves less than full-duplex but b. Emulation
more than half-duplex. c. Imitation
a. Full/full duplex d. Simultation
b. Echoplex
c. Isochronous 58. A digital modulation technique that results in two different
d. synchronous frequencies representing binary 1 and 0.
a. FSK
48. Rules governing the transmission of digital information. b. QPSK
a. Data communications standard c. ASK
b. Line protocol d. DPSK
c. Isochronous
d. Digital communications 59. One dit is equal to _____ bits.
a. 3
49. Codes must be b. 3.5
a. Eight bits per character c. 3.32
b. Either seven or eight bits per character d. 4
c. Agreed upon in advance between sender and receiver
d. The same in all modem computers 60. A quadratic signaling has _____ possible states.
a. 16
50. Clear to send is a signal passed from the local modem to the b. 4
local terminal when data port is ready to transmit data. It usually c. 8
occurs in response to d. 32
a. Data set ready
b. Request to send 61. What is the smallest unit of information in binary transmission
c. Data terminal ready system?
d. Data carrier detect a. Byte
b. Digit
51. Digital to analog converter in synchronous modems send c. Bit
signals to the d. Nibble
a. Modulator
62. The lowest layer in the ISO protocol hierarchy.
b. Transmission lines
a. network layer
c. Terminal
b. physical layer
d. equalizer
c. transport laye
d. datalink layer
52. What is the data rate of the ISDN Basic access B channel?
a. 32 kbps 63. Modem is referred to as
b. 64 kbps a. Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter
c. 144 kbps b. Universal synchronous receiver transmitter
d. 192 kbps c. Data terminal equipment
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64. A signaling method relating to a multiplicity of circuits is c. ASCII

conveyed over a single channel by labeled messages. d. HOLLERITH
a. code signaling
b. syncronous 75. Equipment that interfaces the data terminal equipment to the
c. common channel signaling analog transmission line.
d. asynchronous a. Modem
b. Muldem
65. ______ is a network operating system within several buildings in c. Multiplexer
compound. d. Codec
a. Internet
b. Novell netware 76. A communication network design for transferring data from one
c. 10BASE-t point to another
d. intranet a. Public Telephone network
b. Public Data network
66. What is the Nyquist sample rate for a voice input of 10 kHz? c. Value Added Network
a. 10 kHz d. Packet Switching network
b. 20 kHz
c. 30 kHz 77. A conceptual network in which all transmission lines handle
d. 40 kHz digital or digitalized data.
a. LAN
67. What is the minimum number of bits required in PCM code for a b. WAN
range of 10,000? c. ISDN
a. 12 d. PSTN
b. 9
c. 14 78. A data communications component that provides control or
d. 8 supporting services for other computers, terminals, or devices in
a network.
68. How many levels can be represented in PCM transmission a. Host
system if the binary numbers 00000000 to11111111 are used to b. Communication controller
represent signal levels? c. Cluster controller
a. 256 d. Interface equipment
b. 64
c. 128 79. Which data network configuration let computers share their
d. 512 resources?
a. Peer to peer
69. A symbol to represent a data communications facility within the b. Hierarchical
wide area network. c. PVC
a. Hub d. LAN
b. Cloud
c. Server 80. A means of improving the quality of a private-line circuit by
d. Gateway adding amplifiers and equalizer to it.
a. Line equalizer
70. All bits in a character are sent and received _____ in serial port. b. Line amplifying
a. One at a time c. Line conditioning
b. Simultaneously d. Line encoding
c. In group of 2 bits
d. In group of 3 bits 81. Direct distance dialing (DDD) network is commonly called
a. Private-line network
71. Message switching is ____ network. b. PT network
a. Hold and forward c. Dial-up network
b. Forward d. Trunk network
c. Hold
d. Store and forward 82. A type of server that allows multiple users to take advantage of
a single printing device.
72. Packet switching is _____ network a. Print
a. Hold and forward b. Client
b. Forward c. Network
c. Hold d. File
d. Store and forward
83. _____ ensures that the transmitter and the receiver agree on a
73. Polling is an invitation by the primary to secondary equipment to prescribed time slot for the occurrence of a bit.
____ a message. a. Bit or clock synchronization
a. Store b. Modem or carrier synchronization
b. Receive c. Character synchronization
c. Transmit d. Message synchronization
d. Read
84. Characters that must be transmitted other than data are called
74. An 8-bit character code. a. Parity
a. EBCDIC b. Error
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c. Overhead c. Star
d. Hamming bits d. Tree

85. The generating power polynomial x7 + x5 + x4 + x2 + x1 + x is 96. What is the most widely used data communications code?
equivalent a. Gray
a. 101101110 b. EBCDIC
b. 101101111 c. Baudot
c. 010010001 d. ASCII
d. 10110111
97. Mark and space refer respectively to
86. A central device into which each node of a star network is a. 1 and 0
directly connected b. Dot and dash
a. Hub c. Message and interval
b. Central pointer d. On and off
c. Router 98. What is the other name for parity?
d. Repeater a. BCC
b. LRC
87. To ____ is to send a file to a remote computer. c. VRC
a. Upload d. CRC
b. Download
c. Call 99. A device that performs routing functions and protocol translation
d. Transmit from one network to another.
a. Gateway
88. A microcomputer attached to a network requires a b. Bridge
a. NIC c. Router
b. RS 232 d. Repeater
c. Software
d. Protocol 100. Not important characteristic of the physical layer
a. Electrical
89. Digital telephones and integrated voice-data workstations are b. Mechanical
examples of what type of ISDN equipment? c. Logical
a. TE d. All of them
b. TA
c. NT2
d. TP .

90. How many OSI layers are covered under the X.25 standard?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 7
d. 2

91. With _____, a station monitors the line to determine if the line is
busy.
a. CSMA/CD
b. CSMA/CA
c. Token Passing
d. PDDI

92. CCITT standard concentrating on data communications over the

telephone network.
a. V series
b. X series
c. I series
d. T series

93. Broadband uses

a. TDM
b. Space multiplexing
c. FDM
d. Statistical multiplexing

94. _____ uses the connecting medium as a single-channel device.

a. Broadband transmission
b. Digital transmission
c. Base band transmission
d. Analog transmission

95. Which is considered as the fastest LAN topology?

a. Ring
b. Bus
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