Assiut University 4th Level – 1st Semester

Faculty of Commerce Model 1

Business Information Systems (BIS) (Computer Networks)

Name: _______________________ Group ___________________________

Choose the correct answer for each question of the following:

1- IF the switch did not find the destination MAC address in the switching
table (MAC address table) it will _________
A Drop the packet and send B Send the packet out of all ports
“Destination host is unreachable to except the one received from
the source”
C Send the packet out of all ports D Non of the previous

2- The transmission delay of a file of size equals 5 Mbyte if transmitted

over a link with transmission rate of 1 Mbps equals________
A 40 Second B 40 millisecond
C 5 millisecond C 5 m second

3- A company connecting two of its branches using ADSL connection

through the internet where each branch has a Download rate of 10
Mbps and upload throughput of 1 Mbps. If a branch needs to download
a file from the other branch, in the best scenario, the net throughput will
be ____.
A 10 Mbps B 1 Mbps
C 5 Mbps D Non of the previous

4- Two switches separated by 350 meters apart to be connected together.

Which of the following is suitable type of cables to be used
A Fiber optic cable B UTP
C STP D B and C

5- One of the main disadvantages of the fiber optical cable is ____

A Not immune to EMI B Limited distance

C Does not have proper shield D Consider relatively fragile

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6- The protocol responsible of associating a MAC address with a specific IP address is
A RARP protocol C ARP protocol
B NetBIOS protocol D All of the previous

7- IF 15 devices are to be connected in a full mesh topology, ____

connections are needed.
A 150 C 15
B 105 D 30

8- In the OSI model, the ________ define how actual data are transmitted
from node to node
A bottom 3 layers (1 to 3) C upper 3 layers ( 5 to 7)
B bottom 4 layers ( 1 to 4) D upper 4 layers ( 4 to 7)

9- When the data is passed from one layer to another each layer add its
own header. This process is called ________ process.
A encapsulation B Decapsulation
c Framing D Layering

10- switches use ______to make forwarding decisions.

A Destination MAC addresses B Source MAC addresses
C Both source and destination MAC D Non of the previous
address

11- Which of the following fields of the TCP frame is used to check
the correctness (integrity) of the received data
A Error recovery B Error detection
C checksum D HEC

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12- Which of the following protocols utilizes destination port number
to distinguish the type of transmitted traffic it requests.
A TCP B UDP

C Both A and B D Non of the previous answers

13- Which one of the following services can use UDP to transmit its
packets ?
A Voice over IP (VoIP) B File transfer

C Email D Non of the above

14- Which of the following commands are used to identify the

different Layer 3 hops between the source and destination?
A ping B Trace route (tracert)

C Nslookup D Ipconfig

15- If class C network is sub-netted with a /28 subnet mask,

the number of usable IP ( can be assigned to hosts) equals ____ .
A 16 B 8

C 32 D Non of the previous

16- IF class A network is sub-netted with a /20 subnet mask,

the number of resulted subnets equal _________.
A 210 B 220

C 28 D Non of the previous

17- ______ is used to assign IP address to hosts automatically

A DNS server B DHCP server

C ARP Server D Non of the previous

18- The TTL field in the IP header identify ______

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 A The maximum number of L3 hops B Set to one if L3 loop occurs in the path
the packet can pass through before
dropped
C TTL = Time Too Large = The D Non of the previous
maximum time before the packet is
dropped

19- Which of the following is NOT a valid subnet mask (note: the
sub-netmask is written in binary format)
A 11111111.11111111.11000000.00000000 B 11111111.00000000.00000000. 00000000

C 11111111.11111111.11000000.00001111 D All of the above

20- In class C networks (classful subnetting), the number of hosts per

network equals
A 256 B 254

C 250 D Non of the previous

21- The default subnet mask of class A is _____

A 255.0.0.0 B 255.255.255.0

C 256.0.0.0 D Non of the previous

22- _____________is the time it takes to transmit all of the packet's

bits into the link.
A Propagation delay B Transmission delay
C Queuing delay D Processing delay

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23- In the network shown there are _________

A Single broadcast domain and single B Three collision domains and single
collision domains broadcast domain
c Three broadcast domains and single D Three collision domains and three
collision domain broadcast domain

24- If a host want to send a packet to another host which is not in its
network, then it forwards it first to the____.
A DNS server B Network Switch

C Default gateway D Non of the previous

True of False
25- MAC addresses have a hierarchical structure.
A True B False

26- As UDP does not have a retransmission technique so it uses flow and congestion control
mechanisms to ensure the best effort in delivering the packets from source to destination
A True B False

27- It is acceptable to use STP or UTP cable to connect two switches separated by 80 meter
from each other.
A True B False

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 28- If two devices in the same collision domain, they can not transmit successfully at the
same time.
A True B False

29- Generally, using OSI network model does not allow change in one layer from affecting
other layers design
A True B False

30- Both the switch and router can identify the MAC address of the received frames.
A True B False

31- The main drawback of the hub is that can read up to layer 2 only in the incoming frame
making all ports in the same collision domain.
A True B False

32- The MAC address ( hardware address) is unique per interface

A True B False

33- When a client requests an a webpage from a webserver ( using HTTP protocol) the
source port and destination port must be equal 80
A True B False

34- In ADSL connection, both Voice and Data are transmitted simultaneously in an analog
form over the phone line
A True B False

35- Basic Start Topology is considered a single point of failure.

A True B False

Best Wishes
Dr Mohamed Medhat

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