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DEPARTEMENT OF TELECOM ENGINEERING TELECOM NETWORK DESIGN

QUESTIONS 4 TH YEAR SEM 1

1. What are two functions of a router? (Choose two.)

A. It forwards data packets toward their destination.
B. It forwards the packet to the destination if the TTL value is 0.
C. It changes the destination IP address of data packets before forwarding them to an exit
interface.
D. It determines the best path based on the destination MAC address.
E. It acts as an intersection between multiple IP networks

2. Which three statements characterize the transport layer protocols? (Choose three.)

A. TCP and UDP port numbers are used by application layer protocols.
B. TCP uses port numbers to provide reliable transportation of IP packets.
C. UDP uses windowing and acknowledgments for reliable transfer of data.
D. TCP uses windowing and sequencing to provide reliable transfer of data.
E. TCP is a connection-oriented protocol. UDP is a connectionless protocol.

3. Which three IPv4 addresses represent a broadcast for a subnet? (Choose three.)

A. 172.16.4.63 /26
B. 172.16.4.129 /26
C. 172.16.4.191 /26
D. 172.16.4.51 /27
E. 172.16.4.95 /27
F. 172.16.4.221 /27

4. Which combination of network id and subnet mask correctly identifies all IP addresses from
172.16.128.0 through 172.16.159.255?

A. 172.16.128.0 255.255.255.224
B. 172.16.128.0 255.255.0.0
C. 172.16.128.0 255.255.192.0
D. 172.16.128.0 255.255.224.0 1
E. 72.16.128.0 255.255.255.192

5. When connectionless protocols are implemented at the lower layers of the OSI model, what are
usually used to acknowledge the data receipt and request the retransmission of missing data?

A. connectionless acknowledgements
B. upper-layer connection-oriented protocols
C. Network layer IP protocols
D. Transport layer UDP protocols

6. The Layer 4 header contains which type of information to aid in the delivery of data?

A. service port number

B. host logical address

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C. device physical address

D. virtual connection identifier

7. Which two functions of the OSI model occur at layer two? (Choose two.)

A. physical addressing
B. encoding
C. routing
D. cabling
E. media access control

8. Which range of port numbers are reserved for services that are commonly used by applications that
run on servers?

A. 0 to 255
B. 0 to 1023
C. 1024 to 49151
D. 49152 to 65535

9. Switching techniques include all except

A. Circuit switching
B. Cell switching
C. Packet switching
D. Telephone switching

10. One of the following is not a characteristic of circuit switching

A. Connection is dedicated
B. Circuit set-up time is relatively large
C. Charging is usually based on distance/connect time
D. not ideal for bursty traffic

11. The following are characteristics of packet switching except one of them. Which?

A. Caters for different line speed

B. Delay is lower than circuit switching
C. Greater line efficiency
D. is the most popular method in Interne

12. Which of the following represents 203.128.56.10 in binary format

A. 11001011.10000000.00111000.00001001
B. 11001011.10000000.00111000.00001010
C. 11001010.10000000.00111000.00001001
D. None of these

13. The TCP/IP protocol suite has specifications for which layers of the OSI model?

A. 1 through 3
B. 1 through 4 and 7

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C. 3 through 7
D. 1, 3, and 4

14. Which of the following is true concerning the function of a switch?

A. Switches increase the sizes of collision domains

B. Switch combine connectivity of a hub with the traffic regulation of a bridge
C. Switches segment networks by separating broadcast domains
D. Switches perform layer 4 path selection

15. What is the decimal number 151 in binary?

A. 10100111
B. 10010111
C. 10101011
D. 10010011

16. What service offers secure, reliable connectivity over a shared public network infrastructure?

A. Internet
B. Virtual private network
C. Virtual public network
D. Wide-area network

17. You are a technician at XYZ. You tell your newly appointed XYZ trainee about public networks IP
Address classes. Your trainee now wants to know if all the IP Address Classes can be assigned for public
use. What would your reply be?

A. All except Class E addresses.

B. Only Class A and Class B addresses.
C. Only Class B and Class C addresses.
D. All except Class D and Class E addresses.
E. Only Class A, Class C and Class E addresses.

18. Which of the following IP addresses is a private IP address?

A. 12.0.0.1
B. 168.172.19.39
C. 172.20.14.36
D. 172.33.194.30
E. 192.168.42.3

19. You are a network technician at XYZ. XYZ has a class C network license. The company requires 5
usable subnets. Each subnet must accommodate at least 18 hosts. Which network mask should you use?

A. 225.225.224.0.
B. 225.225.240.0.

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C. 225.225.255.0.
D. 255.255.255.224
E. 225.225.255.240

20. What are the benefits of using a router to segment the network at a main office? (Select two
options.)

A. Broadcasts are not forwarded across the router.

B. Broadcasts are eradicated.
C. Adding a router to the network decreases latency.
D. Filtering can occur based on Layer 3 information.
E. Routers are more efficient than switches

21. Which one of the following characteristics is true regarding the use of hubs and switches?

A. Hubs can have their ports be configured with VLANs

B. Using hubs is costly with regard to bandwidth availability.
C. Switches cannot forward broadcasts.
D. Switches are more efficient than hubs in processing frames.
E. Switches increase the number of collision domains in the network.

22. When comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences between bridges and switches,
which of the following are valid statements? Choose all the valid answer choices)

A. Bridges are faster than switches because they have fewer ports.
B. A switch is a multiport bridge,
C. Bridges and switches learn MAC addresses by examining the source MAC address of each frame
received.
D. A bridge will forward a broadcast but a switch will not.
E. Bridges and switches increase the size of a collision domain.
F. None of the above statements are true

23. Which of the following correctly describe the various functions and virtues of a router? (Select all
valid answer choices)

A. Packet switching
B. Collision prevention on a LAN segment.
C. Packet filtering
D. Broadcast domain enlargement
E. Broadcast forwarding
F. Internetwork communication
G. None of the above

24. In which circumstance are multiple copies of the same unicast frame likely to be transmitted in the
school district’s Switched LAN?

A. During high traffic periods

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B. In an improperly implemented redundant topology

C. After broken links are re-established
D. When upper-layer protocols require high reliability
E. When a dual ring topology is in use
F. None of the above

25. The network administrator issues the ping 192.168.2.5 command and successfully tests connectivity
to a host that has been newly connected to the network. Which protocols were used during the test?
(Choose two)

A. ARP
B. CDP
C. DHCP
D. DNS
E. ICMP

26. Why would a network administrator configure port security on a new switch?

A. To prevent unauthorized Telnet access to a switch port.

B. To limit the number of Layer 2 broadcasts on a particular switch port.
C. To prevent unauthorized hosts from accessing the LAN.
D. To protect the IP and MAC address of the switch and associated ports.
E. To block unauthorized access to the switch management interfaces over common TCP ports.
F. None of the above

27. Which protocol automates all of the following functions for hosts on a network: IP configuration, IP
addresses, subnet masks, default gateways, and DNS server information?

A. CDP
B. SNMP
C. DHCP
D. ARP
E. DNS
F. None of the above

30. XYZ is migrating to a private IP addressing scheme. Which of the following describe the use of private
IP addresses? (Choose two)

A. Addresses chosen by XYZ.com to communicate with the Internet.

B. Addresses that cannot be routed through the public Internet.
C. Addresses that can be routed through the public Internet.
D. A scheme to conserve public addresses. E. Addresses licensed to enterprise or ISPs by an
Internet registry organization.

31. Router TK1 has just received a packet and needs to route it. What two actions must this router take
in order to route incoming packets? (Choose two)

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A. Inspect the routing table to select the best path to the destination network addresses.
B. Validate sources of routing information.
C. Inspect the ARP table to verify a legitimate source MAC address for each packet.
D. Identify the destination network address of each packet.
E. Verify the receipt of routed packets by the next hop router.
F. Identify the source network address of each packet.

32. After working on a router, some problems arise and you wish to view the commands that you
recently entered. Which IOS command opens the history buffer and displays the most recently entered
commands?

A. Show history
B. Show buffers
C. Show typed commands
D. Show terminal buffer
E. Show command
F. None of the above

1. Why there are a few class definition in transport layer?

2. Which loopback test verifies the whole information channel?
3. What is the idea of local digital loopback?
4. How to verify respective communication channels are working properly? (Using digital loopback,
remote loopback......)
5. Define LAN, MAN and WAN.
6. What is TCP/IP protocol model?
7. Describe the functions of five layers?
8. What is ISO-OSI model?
9. What is switching?
10. What do you mean by switching?
11. What are the switching methods?
12. What is IP address?
13. What do you mean by subnetting?
14. What do you mean by medium access control (MAC) sublayer.
15. Define TCP ?
16. Define UDP ?
17. What are the protocols in transport layer ?
18. What are the protocols in application layer ?
19. What are the information that a computer attached to a TCP/IP internet must possesses
20. What is the purpose of a firewall?
21. What is a Network?
22. Explain Lan, Man, Wan?
23. Write a short note on Network coverage
24. What is a Topology?
25. What are the Basic Types of Topology?

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26. How Is the Physical Topology Classified?

27. What are two functions of a router?
28. What are the two types of firewalls?
29. What is a VPN and why is it needed?

ANSWERS TO MUTIPLE CHOICE

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E B,C A,C,F B A,E C C MISS MISS B,D
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