1.

What is the primary purpose of data b) Fiber-optic cables

communication? c) Radio waves
a) To transmit data over long distances d) Infrared
b) To convert data into digital form Answer: b) Fiber-optic cables
c) To store data in a database 8. What is a network switch primarily used
d) To encrypt data for?
Answer: a) To transmit data over long a) Amplifying signals in a network
distances b) Connecting devices in a network and
2. Which of the following is the most managing traffic
common form of data communication? c) Connecting devices to the internet
a) Satellite transmission d) Managing IP addresses
b) Fiber-optic communication Answer: b) Connecting devices in a
c) Wireless communication network and managing traffic
d) Twisted pair cables 9. Which device is used to connect different
Answer: c) Wireless communication types of networks together?
3. What does the OSI model stand for? a) Hub
a) Open System Interconnection b) Router
b) Online System Interconnection c) Switch
c) Open Source Interface d) Repeater
d) Offline System Interface Answer: b) Router
Answer: a) Open System Interconnection 10. What is the maximum transmission speed
4. Which layer of the OSI model is of a fiber-optic cable?
responsible for reliable data transfer? a) 1 Gbps
a) Physical Layer b) 10 Gbps
b) Data Link Layer c) 100 Gbps
c) Network Layer d) 1 Tbps
d) Transport Layer Answer: d) 1 Tbps
Answer: d) Transport Layer 11. Which of the following is a connection-
5. What is the full form of TCP/IP? oriented protocol?
a) Transmission Control Protocol/Internet a) UDP
Protocol b) TCP
b) Transport Communication c) IP
Protocol/Internet Protocol d) HTTP
c) Terminal Control Protocol/Inter- Answer: b) TCP
network Protocol 12. What does the acronym LAN stand for?
d) Transmission Communication a) Large Area Network
Protocol/Internet Process b) Local Area Network
Answer: a) Transmission Control c) Link Access Network
Protocol/Internet Protocol d) Low Area Network
6. What is the function of the Data Link Answer: b) Local Area Network
Layer? 13. Which of the following is not a type of IP
a) To route packets to the correct address?
destination a) IPv4
b) To establish end-to-end communication b) IPv6
c) To provide error detection and c) IPv7
correction d) IPv8
d) To segment data into smaller packets Answer: c) IPv7
Answer: c) To provide error detection and 14. What is the primary purpose of an IP
correction address?
7. Which of the following is an example of a a) To identify the device on the network
guided transmission medium? b) To encrypt data
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 d) To manage bandwidth public network
Answer: a) To identify the device on the b) A protocol for sending secure emails
network c) A method for connecting different
15. In networking, what does the acronym devices in a home network
MAC stand for? d) A type of wireless access point
a) Machine Access Control Answer: a) A private, secure network built
b) Media Access Control over a public network
c) Multiple Access Control 22. What does the acronym FTP stand for?
d) Maximum Access Control a) File Transmission Protocol
Answer: b) Media Access Control b) File Transfer Protocol
16. Which of the following is an example of a c) Fast Transfer Protocol
broadcast transmission? d) File Text Protocol
a) Sending data to one specific computer Answer: b) File Transfer Protocol
b) Sending data to multiple computers on a 23. What is the purpose of a firewall in a
network simultaneously computer network?
c) Sending data to a router a) To manage bandwidth usage
d) Sending data to a printer b) To prevent unauthorized access to or
Answer: b) Sending data to multiple from the network
computers on a network simultaneously c) To increase network speed
17. What does the term “latency” refer to in d) To regulate network traffic
data communication? Answer: b) To prevent unauthorized
a) The amount of data that can be access to or from the network
transferred 24. Which of the following is a disadvantage
b) The time it takes for data to travel from of wireless networks?
source to destination a) Low cost
c) The reliability of data transmission b) Easy to install
d) The security of data transmission c) Prone to interference
Answer: b) The time it takes for data to d) High speed
travel from source to destination Answer: c) Prone to interference
18. Which protocol is used to resolve domain 25. What is the main function of the transport
names to IP addresses? layer in the OSI model?
a) FTP a) To route packets to the correct address
b) DNS b) To establish communication between
c) HTTP devices
d) TCP c) To provide error-free transmission
Answer: b) DNS d) To manage data flow between devices
19. Which of the following is a type of Answer: c) To provide error-free
wireless network? transmission
a) Ethernet 26. What is the purpose of the ARP protocol?
b) WLAN a) To route data packets
c) Fiber-optic b) To manage IP addresses
d) LAN c) To resolve IP addresses to MAC
Answer: b) WLAN addresses
20. What does the acronym HTTP stand for? d) To encrypt data
a) Hyper Transfer Text Protocol Answer: c) To resolve IP addresses to
b) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol MAC addresses
c) High Transmission Text Protocol 27. Which topology uses a central hub or
d) High Transfer Text Protocol switch to connect all devices?
Answer: b) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol a) Bus topology
21. Which of the following best describes a b) Star topology
VPN? c) Ring topology
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 d) Mesh topology 34. What is the purpose of the session layer in
Answer: b) Star topology the OSI model?
28. In a bus topology, what happens if the a) To manage data flow between devices
backbone cable fails? b) To establish, manage, and terminate
a) The whole network goes down communication sessions
b) The devices continue to communicate c) To handle routing of data packets
via wireless signals d) To provide encryption services
c) Only one device stops working Answer: b) To establish, manage, and
d) The failure is isolated to a single device terminate communication sessions
Answer: a) The whole network goes down 35. Which of the following is used to connect
29. Which of the following is a valid IPv4 a local network to the internet?
address? a) Hub
a) 192.168.0.1 b) Switch
b) 256.256.256.256 c) Router
c) 123.456.789.0 d) Repeater
d) 500.0.0.1 Answer: c) Router
Answer: a) 192.168.0.1 36. What does the acronym DSL stand for?
30. What does the term "bandwidth" refer to in a) Digital Signal Link
networking? b) Digital Subscriber Line
a) The physical distance between two c) Data Subscriber Line
devices d) Direct Signal Line
b) The rate at which data is transferred in a Answer: b) Digital Subscriber Line
network 37. What is the maximum range of Bluetooth
c) The number of devices connected to a technology?
network a) 10 meters
d) The type of cables used in the network b) 100 meters
Answer: b) The rate at which data is c) 1 kilometer
transferred in a network d) 100 kilometers
31. What is the main purpose of the ICMP Answer: a) 10 meters
protocol? 38. In which layer of the OSI model is the data
a) To provide encryption services packet encapsulated into frames?
b) To route data packets a) Network Layer
c) To send error messages and operational b) Transport Layer
information c) Data Link Layer
d) To define the structure of IP packets d) Application Layer
Answer: c) To send error messages and Answer: c) Data Link Layer
operational information 39. What type of network is typically used in
32. Which of the following is a device used to homes and small offices?
extend the range of a network by a) MAN
amplifying signals? b) WAN
a) Switch c) LAN
b) Router d) PAN
c) Repeater Answer: c) LAN
d) Bridge 40. What is the primary role of the application
Answer: c) Repeater layer in the OSI model?
33. Which protocol operates at the transport a) To route data packets
layer of the OSI model? b) To establish, manage, and terminate
a) IP communication sessions
b) UDP c) To provide network services to end
c) Ethernet users
d) ARP d) To convert data into digital signals
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 Answer: c) To provide network services to 47. What is the primary purpose of network
end users topology?
41. Which of the following is the most a) To manage network traffic
common method of encryption in secure b) To define the physical layout of the
communication? network
a) Symmetric-key encryption c) To provide network security
b) Asymmetric-key encryption d) To optimize data encryption
c) One-time pad encryption Answer: b) To define the physical layout of
d) Caesar cipher the network
Answer: a) Symmetric-key encryption 48. Which device is used to connect two
42. What does the term “throughput” refer to different networks and route data between
in networking? them?
a) The total number of devices connected a) Switch
to the network b) Router
b) The maximum rate of data transmission c) Hub
across a network d) Bridge
c) The delay in data transmission Answer: b) Router
d) The security of the network 49. Which of the following is a common
Answer: b) The maximum rate of data networking protocol used for sending web
transmission across a network pages?
43. What is the purpose of a proxy server in a a) FTP
network? b) HTTP
a) To manage IP addresses c) SMTP
b) To encrypt data d) POP3
c) To act as an intermediary between a Answer: b) HTTP
client and a server 50. Which of the following is true about the
d) To route data packets network layer in the OSI model?
Answer: c) To act as an intermediary a) It establishes communication between
between a client and a server devices
44. Which of the following is used to identify b) It is responsible for routing data packets
devices in a network uniquely? c) It provides error-free transmission
a) IP address d) It manages data flow between devices
b) MAC address Answer: b) It is responsible for routing
c) DNS address data packets
d) FTP address 51. What is the primary purpose of a DNS
Answer: b) MAC address server in a network?
45. What is the maximum number of devices a) To encrypt data
that can be connected in a typical IPv4 b) To route data packets
network? c) To resolve domain names into IP
a) 256 addresses
b) 65,536 d) To manage network traffic
c) 4,294,967,296 Answer: c) To resolve domain names into
d) 16,777,216 IP addresses
Answer: c) 4,294,967,296 52. Which of the following is an example of a
46. Which of the following is a type of wide area network (WAN)?
wireless communication used in a) A local office network
networking? b) The Internet
a) Bluetooth c) A home network
b) Ethernet d) A campus network
c) Fiber optics Answer: b) The Internet
d) Coaxial cable 53. Which device operates at the Data Link
Answer: a) Bluetooth Layer and prevents data collisions in a

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 network? c) To route data between devices
a) Switch d) To segment a network into smaller
b) Router sections
c) Hub Answer: d) To segment a network into
d) Repeater smaller sections
Answer: a) Switch 60. What is the primary function of a modem
54. Which of the following is not a type of in a network?
transmission media used in data a) To connect different networks
communication? b) To modulate and demodulate signals for
a) Fiber optic data transmission
b) Coaxial cable c) To route data packets
c) Bluetooth d) To amplify signals for transmission
d) Ethernet cable Answer: b) To modulate and demodulate
Answer: c) Bluetooth signals for data transmission
55. Which protocol is responsible for breaking 61. Which of the following is an example of
data into packets and ensuring reliable an IP address class?
delivery? a) Class A
a) TCP b) Class B
b) IP c) Class C
c) UDP d) All of the above
d) ARP Answer: d) All of the above
Answer: a) TCP 62. Which layer of the OSI model handles
56. What is a primary advantage of using error detection and correction?
fiber-optic cables over copper wires? a) Physical Layer
a) Lower cost b) Data Link Layer
b) Easier installation c) Network Layer
c) Higher bandwidth and faster data d) Transport Layer
transmission Answer: b) Data Link Layer
d) Better resistance to electromagnetic 63. What does the acronym VLAN stand for in
interference networking?
Answer: c) Higher bandwidth and faster a) Virtual Local Area Network
data transmission b) Virtual Link Access Network
57. Which of the following is a function of the c) Very Local Area Network
application layer in the OSI model? d) Variable Link Area Network
a) Data encryption Answer: a) Virtual Local Area Network
b) Establishing end-to-end communication 64. What type of network device is used to
c) File transfer and email services connect a computer to the Internet via a
d) Error detection and correction DSL connection?
Answer: c) File transfer and email a) Router
services b) Switch
58. What does the term "jitter" refer to in c) Hub
networking? d) Modem
a) The speed of data transmission Answer: d) Modem
b) The delay in data transmission 65. What is the main advantage of using a
c) The variation in packet arrival times peer-to-peer network?
d) The total bandwidth available a) Centralized control
Answer: c) The variation in packet arrival b) Reduced setup cost
times c) Easier scalability
59. In networking, what is the purpose of a d) More secure data transfer
bridge? Answer: b) Reduced setup cost
a) To connect different networks 66. In the context of computer networking,
b) To amplify network signals what does NAT stand for?

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 a) Network Address Translation Answer: b) To control how devices
b) Network Allocation Translation communicate within a network
c) Network Access Transfer 72. What is the primary purpose of the ARP
d) Network Application Transfer protocol in a network?
Answer: a) Network Address Translation a) To manage IP addresses
67. Which of the following is a valid MAC b) To encrypt data packets
address? c) To map an IP address to a physical
a) 192.168.0.1 MAC address
b) 00:14:22:01:23:45 d) To route data between networks
c) 255.255.255.0 Answer: c) To map an IP address to a
d) physical MAC address
2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:733 73. Which of the following is not a type of
4 IPv6 address?
Answer: b) 00:14:22:01:23:45 a) Unicast
68. What is the role of the session layer in the b) Broadcast
OSI model? c) Anycast
a) To establish, maintain, and terminate d) Multicast
connections between devices Answer: b) Broadcast
b) To route data packets to their 74. Which network device operates at the
destination physical layer and provides signal boosting
c) To manage traffic flow across the for transmission?
network a) Hub
d) To segment data for transmission b) Switch
Answer: a) To establish, maintain, and c) Router
terminate connections between devices d) Repeater
69. What is the function of a gateway in a Answer: d) Repeater
network? 75. Which of the following is a feature of the
a) To connect two different networks UDP protocol?
b) To route packets between devices a) Connection-oriented
within the same network b) Reliable data delivery
c) To amplify signals c) Error detection and correction
d) To manage DNS requests d) Connectionless communication
Answer: a) To connect two different Answer: d) Connectionless communication
networks 76. What is the main advantage of using a
70. Which of the following best describes a wireless network?
star topology? a) Faster data transmission
a) Each device is connected to a central b) Lower cost
hub c) Flexibility and mobility
b) Devices are connected in a circular d) Better security
fashion Answer: c) Flexibility and mobility
c) Devices are connected in a single line 77. What is a key characteristic of the mesh
d) Devices are connected in a mesh topology?
fashion a) Devices are connected in a central hub
Answer: a) Each device is connected to a b) Every device is connected to every
central hub other device
71. What is the primary function of a network c) Devices are connected in a bus pattern
protocol? d) Devices are connected in a ring fashion
a) To manage data encryption Answer: b) Every device is connected to
b) To control how devices communicate every other device
within a network 78. What is the main purpose of using a virtual
c) To route packets across the internet private network (VPN)?
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 b) To securely connect remote users to a b) TCP
private network c) ARP
c) To provide wireless access to the d) DNS
internet Answer: b) TCP
d) To route data packets between different 85. What is the function of the network layer
networks in the OSI model?
Answer: b) To securely connect remote a) To establish, manage, and terminate
users to a private network communication sessions
79. What is the main purpose of an IP address b) To route data packets between devices
in networking? c) To segment data into smaller units
a) To provide encryption d) To provide error-free communication
b) To identify a device on a network Answer: b) To route data packets between
c) To route data packets between devices devices
d) To connect devices in a LAN 86. Which type of network is most commonly
Answer: b) To identify a device on a used for connecting devices within a city?
network a) LAN
80. Which of the following is not a valid type b) MAN
of network cable? c) WAN
a) Coaxial cable d) PAN
b) Fiber-optic cable Answer: b) MAN
c) HDMI cable 87. What does the term "collision domain"
d) Twisted pair cable refer to in networking?
Answer: c) HDMI cable a) A network where data collisions cannot
81. In which layer of the OSI model does occur
routing take place? b) A network segment where data
a) Data Link Layer collisions may occur
b) Network Layer c) A device that prevents collisions in a
c) Transport Layer network
d) Application Layer d) A domain used for network addressing
Answer: b) Network Layer Answer: b) A network segment where data
82. Which of the following is a typical use collisions may occur
case for a coaxial cable in networking? 88. Which of the following is a protocol used
a) Connecting a router to a modem for secure communication over the
b) Wireless communication internet?
c) Connecting a computer to a network a) HTTP
switch b) FTP
d) Connecting a satellite dish to a receiver c) SSH
Answer: d) Connecting a satellite dish to a d) POP3
receiver Answer: c) SSH
83. What is the main purpose of a VLAN? 89. Which of the following is true about an IP
a) To increase the physical range of a address in a network?
network a) It must be unique to each device within
b) To segment a large network into a network
smaller, manageable parts b) It can be shared by multiple devices
c) To increase the speed of data transfer c) It does not need to follow any specific
d) To manage IP addresses across a format
network d) It is not required for communication in
Answer: b) To segment a large network a network
into smaller, manageable parts Answer: a) It must be unique to each
84. Which of the following is an example of a device within a network
transport layer protocol? 90. Which layer of the OSI model is
a) IP responsible for translating data into

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 electrical signals? 96. What does the term "circuit switching"
a) Transport Layer refer to in networking?
b) Data Link Layer a) A network where data is transmitted in
c) Network Layer packets
d) Physical Layer b) A dedicated path is established for the
Answer: d) Physical Layer duration of the call
91. What is a characteristic of the ring c) Data is broadcast to all devices on the
topology? network
a) Devices are connected in a straight line d) Data is sent through multiple paths
b) Devices are connected in a circular simultaneously
manner Answer: b) A dedicated path is established
c) Devices are connected through a central for the duration of the call
hub 97. What is the main function of a network
d) Devices are connected in a star interface card (NIC)?
configuration a) To connect devices to the internet
Answer: b) Devices are connected in a b) To route packets between devices
circular manner c) To enable communication between a
92. What does the acronym SNMP stand for? device and a network
a) Simple Network Management Protocol d) To provide wireless communication
b) Simple Node Management Protocol Answer: c) To enable communication
c) Secure Network Management Protocol between a device and a network
d) Secure Node Management Protocol 98. What type of network is used to connect
Answer: a) Simple Network Management devices in a single room or building?
Protocol a) LAN
93. What is the purpose of the transport layer b) MAN
in the OSI model? c) WAN
a) To route data between devices d) PAN
b) To manage end-to-end communication Answer: a) LAN
c) To convert data into electrical signals 99. What is the main advantage of a hybrid
d) To detect and correct errors in data network topology?
transmission a) It combines the advantages of multiple
Answer: b) To manage end-to-end topologies
communication b) It offers the lowest cost
94. Which of the following devices is used to c) It has the highest speed
interconnect different types of network d) It is easier to install than other
technologies? topologies
a) Bridge Answer: a) It combines the advantages of
b) Hub multiple topologies
c) Switch 100. Which protocol is used to transfer
d) Gateway files between computers over the internet?
Answer: d) Gateway a) FTP
95. What type of communication is used in a b) HTTP
duplex transmission? c) SMTP
a) Data is sent in one direction only d) POP3
b) Data is sent in both directions Answer: a) FTP
simultaneously
c) Data is sent in both directions but not at
the same time
d) Data cannot be transmitted
Answer: b) Data is sent in both directions
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