XII – COMPUTER SCIENCE (083)

UNIT – 2 – COMPUTER NETWORKS

BOARD REVISION WORKSHEET
COMPETENCY BASED QUESTIONS

I. Multiple choice questions:

1. _________ is used for point-to-point communication or unicast communication such as radar and
satellite.
a) Microwaves b) Radiowaves c) Infrared waves d) Bluetooth
2. Cable television network is an example of ____ topology.
a) Star b) Tree c) Mesh d) Bus
3. Which of the following wireless transmission media is suitable for WAN?
a) Radiowaves b) Microwaves c) Satellite link d) wi – fi
4. Which of the following wireless transmission media is suitable for MAN?
b) Radiowaves b) Microwaves c) Satellite link d) Bluetooth
5. A repeater takes a weak and corrupted signal and ____ it.
a) Reroutes b) Resembles c) Regenerates d) Amplifies
6. Which transmission media is capable of having a much higher bandwidth?
a) Cooaxial b) Twisted pair c) Untwisted pair d) fibre optic
7. Computer communication signal which is in the form of continuous wave is called ______.
a) Digital signal b) modulation signal c) analog signal d) demodulation signal
8. Network in which every computer is capable of playing the role of a client or a server or both at the
same time is called _____.
a) Wide area network b) dedicated server network c) local area network d) peer to peer
network
9. TV remote uses which of the following wireless transmission media?
a) Infrared b) Microwaves c) Radiowaves d) Satellite
10. Every network interface card comes with its own ___ address.
a) IP b) Physical MAC c) host address d) LAN address
11. Each computer connected to the Internet must have
a) A web browser b) an unique IP address c) a MODEM connection d) a Pentium
connection
12. The ____ translates Internet domain and hostnames to IP address.
a) IRC b) DNS c) Network protocol d) Routing protocol
13. A network that acts as an entrance for another network and connects the networks using different
transmission protocols is ______.
a) Router b) Gateway c) Repeater d) Bridge
14. Which type of transmission media is least expensive to manufacture?
a) Twisted pair b) CAT cable c) Coaxial cable d) optical fibre
15. What is such a communication system called wherein data cannot be sent in both the directions
simultaneously?
a) Full duplex b) Half duplex c) Synchronous d) Asynchronous
16. _____ is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks.
a) Hub b) Switch c) Router d) Gateway
17. Protective covering that protects the optical fibre from outside environment is known as _____.
a) Core b) Jacket c) Cladding d) Buffer
18. What is the maximum distance a signal travel in a LAN using Ethernet technology without requiring a
repeater?
a) 100 meter b) 1 kilometer c) 10 kilometer d) 100 kilometer
19. ____ can be used to host a web site.
a) Web browser b) web server c) web hosting d) web page
a) Star b) bus c) Tree d) Mesh
20. Identify the network device which sends the data to the indented node in the network(LAN).
a) Hub b) Switch c) Repeater d) Router
21. Which of the following is the correct frequency range of radiowaves?
a) 300 KHz to 3 MHz b) 3 KHz to 300 GHz c) 3 KHz to 300 MHz d) 300 MHz to 3GHz
22. Radiowaves are _________ whereas Microwaves are __________.
a) Omnidirectional, Unidirectional b) Unidirectional, Unidirectional
c) Omnidirectional, Omnidirectional d) Unidirectional, Omndirectional
23. The protocol which is used to send emails is _____
a) Simple Mail Transmission Protocol b) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
c) Standard Message Transfer Protocol d) Standard Message Transmission Protocol
24. What is the access point in wireless LAN?
a) Wireless connector
b) Wireless devices itself
c) Device that allows wireless devices to connect to a wired network
d) Both device that allows wireless devices to connect to a wired network or wireless devices itself.
25. Which of the following is the correct abbreviation for SLIP?
a) Serial line Internet protocol b) Single link Internet protocol
c) Serial link Internet protocol d) Single line Internet protocol

II. VSA – Very Short Answers

1. __________ protocol is used to browse web pages.
2. Suggest an economic way of providing high speed Internet connection.
3. Name the topology best suited for large business which must carefully control the coordinate the
operation of distributed branch outlets?
4. IPV4 address is ____ bits long and IPV6 address is ____ bits long.
5. The MODEM at the receiver end acts as _____.
6. SSL stands for ___________________.
7. A collection of hyperlinked documents on the Internet form the ____________.
8. Name any 2 guided media for efficiently connection of computer networks.
9. __________ is the protocol used to receive emails.
10. Name the protocol that transfer files between the workstations in a network.

III. Short answers. (Give your answers in one or two lines)

1. Out of the following which is the fastest wired and wireless medium of communication.
Infrared, Coaxial Cable, Ethernet, Microwave, Optical Fibre.
Ans: Wired – Optical fibre, Wireless – Microwave
 2. Write one example of URL and IP address.
Ans: URL : http://www.cbse.nic.in/welcome.html
IP address: 122.176.185.219
3. How is a domain name different from a URL?
URL identifies the complete path of a web page. Domain name is a part of URL which identifies the
particular web servers. A domain name can be termed as URL but the domain name cannot be
termed as URL.
4. Why is Internet not the world wide web?
Internet is a huge network of computers connected throughout the world. WWW is a collection of
web pages found on the Interconnected network of computers (Internet).
5. Identify the domain name and URL from the following.
http://www.income.in/home.aboutus.html
Ans: Domain name: income.in
URL: http://www.income.in/home.aboutus.html
6. Compare hub and switch.
7. Differentiate circuit and packet switching techniques.
8. Compare LAN, MAN and WAN.
9. What is a router?
10. How does HTML differ from XML?
11. HOW does HTTP differ from HTTPs?
12. What is a repeater?
13. What is web hosting?
14. Compare twisted pair cable and optical fibre cable.
15. What is a web browser? Name any 2 web browsers.
16. What is a web server? Name any 2 web servers.
17. Explain URL with suitable example.
18. What is MODEM?
19. What is TELNET?
20. What is NIC?
21. What is FTP?
22. Compare FTP with HTTP.
23. What is IP Address?
24. Write anyone advantage and disadvantage of star topology.
25. Compare star and bus topology.
26. Compare star and tree topology.
27. Define bandwidth. How it can be measured?
28. Expand DNS. Write its role in computer networking.
29. What is TCP/IP?
30. What is Wi-Fi card?
31. Define the term protocol in computer networks.
32. What is firewall?
33. Write the significant difference between radiowaves and microwaves.

IV. Expand the following.

1. VOIP 7. SLIP 13. MODEM 19. URL
2. TCP/IP 8. SMTP 14. WI-FI 20. LAN
3. FTP 9. POP 15. DHCP 21. WAN
4. HTTP 10. WAP 16. NAP 22. MAN
5. HTTPs 11. NIC 17. HTML 23. DNS
6. PPP 12. MAC 18. XML 24. ICANN
 25. ISP 29. TELNET 33. WWW 37. ISO
26. IANA 30. BPS 34. W3C 38. ARPANET
27. WLL 31. MHz 35. PSTN 39. NSFNET
28. IRC 32. KBps 36. OSI 40. IMAP

V. Case Study Questions

1. Multipurpose Public School, Bengaluru is setting up the network between its different wings of school
campus. There are 4 wings named as SENIOR, JUNIOR, ADMIN and HOSTEL.

Distance between various blocks Number of Computers

Wing A to Wing S 100 m Wing A 20
Wing A to Wing J 200 m Wing S 150
Wing A to Wing H 400 m Wing J 50
Wing S to Wing J 300 m Wing H 25
Wing S to Wing H 100 m
Wing J to Wing H 450 m
(i) Suggest the best wired medium and draw the cable layout to efficiently connect various wings of
Multipurpose Public School, Bengaluru.
Best wired medium – Optical fibre / coaxial cable

Star topology can be used for efficient connection of networks. Considering the least distance, Bus
topology can be used.
(ii) Name the most suitable wing where the server should be installed. Justify your answer.
The server should be installed in Wing S since it has the maximum number of computers.
(iii) Suggest a device /software and its placement that would provide data security for the entire network
of the school.
Firewall is a device / software for data security and it can be placed in the server room Wing S
(iv) Suggest a device and the protocol that shall be needed to provide the wireless Internet access to all
the smartphone/laptop users in the campus of Multipurpose Public School, Bengaluru.
Device for wireless Internet access – MODEM/Router/ Wireless Modem/Wireless Router/Wi-Fi
Router
Protocol for wireless Internet access – TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol /
 WAP (Wireless Application Protocol)
(v) Which of the following will you suggest to establish the online face to face communication between
the people in the admin block of Bengaluru to its head office in Mumbai?
Video Conferencing

2. MyPace university is setting up its academic blocks at Naya Rajpur and is planning to set up a network.
The university has 3 academic blocks and one HR center.
Distance between various blocks (in meters) Number of Computers
Law block to Business block 40 Law Block 15
Law block to technology block 80 Technology Block 40
Law block to HR center 105 HR center 115
Business block to Technology block 30 Business Block 25
Business block to HR center 35
Technology block to HR center 15
(i) Suggest the most suitable place to install the server of this university with a suitable reason.
Most suitable place to install the server is HR center as it has the maximum number of
computers.
(ii) Suggest an ideal layout to connect the blocks with wired connectivity.
Ideal layout – star topology

Considering the least distance, bus topology can be used.

(iii) Which device will you suggest to be placed in each of the blocks to efficiently connect all the
computers within the blocks?
Switch can be placed in each block to efficiently connect all the computers.
(iv) Suggest the placement of a repeater in the network with proper justification.
Repeater should be placed in between the HR center and Law block since the distance in
between them is more than 100m.
(v) The university is planning to connect its head office in Delhi, which is more than 1260 km
from university. Which type of network out of LAN/WAN/MAN will be formed?
Justify your answer.
WAN as the distance coverage is above 1000 km.
3. A company ABC enterprises has 4 blocks of buildings:
B1, B2, B3, B4
Distance between various blocks (in meters) Number of Computers
B3 to B1 50m B1 150
B1 to B2 60m B2 15
B2 to B4 25m B3 15
B4 to B3 170m B4 25
B3 to B2 125m
B1 to B4 90m
(i) Suggest the most suitable topology and draw the cable layout.

Star topology is the efficient way to connect the blocks. But considering the least distance, bus
topology can be used.
(ii) Suggest the placement of the following devices.
(a) MODEM (b) Hub/Switch (c) Repeater
MODEM should be placed in server block B1.
Hub/Switch should be placed inside each and every block.
Repeater has to be used in between the blocks where the distance is more than 70m or
100m. No need of repeater in bus layout. It can be suggested between B1 and B4 in star
layout.
(iii) The company wants internet accessibility in all the blocks. The suitable and cost-effective
technology would be:
Broadband
(iv) The company is planning to connect its head office situated in New Delhi with the offices in
hilly areas. Suggest a way to connect it economically.
Radiowaves
(v) Which wireless channel should be opted by the company to connect the staffs all over the
world?
Satellite link communication
(vi) Which service/protocol will be most helpful to conduct live interactions of experts from head
office and people at all locations of ABC enterprises?
VOIP – Voice over Internet protocol (or)
SIP – Session Initiation protocol