SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

RAMAPURAM CAMPUS

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

18CSS202J COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS

Unit 1

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level (BTL):

L1 -Remember, L2- Understand, L3 – Apply, L4 – Analyse, L5 – Evaluate, L6- Create

S. No. MCQ BTL

1. In the layer hierarchy as the data packet moves from the upper to the lower L2
layers, headers are
a) Added b) Removed c) Rearranged d) Modified
2. The structure or format of data is called
a) Syntax b) Semantics c) Struct d) None of the mentioned
3. Communication between a computer and a keyboard involves ______________ L3
transmission
a) Automatic
b) Half-duplex
c) Full-duplex
d) Simplex
4. The first Network L1
a) CNNET
b) NSFNET
c) ASAPNET
d) ARPANET
5. The _______ is the physical path over which a message travels L1
a) Path
b) Medium
c) Protocol
d) Route
6. Which organization has authority over interstate and international commerce in L4
the communications field?
a) ITU-T
b) IEEE
c) FCC
d) ISOC
7. Which of this is not a network edge device? L5
a) PC
b) Smartphones
c) Servers
 d) Switch
8. A set of rules that governs data communication L1
a) Protocols
b) Standards
c) RFCs
d) None of the mentioned
9. Three or more devices share a link in ________ connection L3
a) Unipoint
b) Multipoint
c) Point to point
d) None of the mentioned
10. The number of layers in Internet protocol stack L1
a) 5
b) 7
c) 6
d) None of the mentioned
11. The number of layers in ISO OSI reference model L1
a) 5
b) 7
c) 6
d) None of the mentioned
12. This layer is an addition to OSI model when compared with TCP IP model L2
a) Application layer
b) Presentation layer
c) Session layer
d) Both Session and Presentation laye
13. Application layer is implemented in L3
a) End system
b) NIC
c) Ethernet
d) None of the mentioned
14. Transport layer is implemented in L1
a) End system
b) NIC
c) Ethernet
d) None of the mentioned
15. The functionalities of presentation layer includes L1
a) Data compression
b) Data encryption
c) Data description
d) All of the mentioned
16. Delimiting and synchronization of data exchange is provided by L1
a) Application layer
b) Session layer
c) Transport layer
d) Link layer
17. In OSI model, when data is sent from device A to device B, the 5th layer to L5
receive data at B is
a) Application layer
b) Transport layer
c) Link layer
d) Session layer
18. In TCP IP Model, when data is sent from device A to device B, the 5th layer to L5
receive data at B is
a) Application layer
b) Transport layer
c) Link layer
d) Session layer
19. In the OSI model, as a data packet moves from the lower to the upper layers, L2
headers are _______
a) Added
b) Removed
c) Rearranged
d) None of the mentioned
20. Identify the statement which cannot be associated with OSI model L4
a) A structured way to discuss and easier update system components
b) One layer may duplicate lower layer functionality
c) Functionality at one layer no way requires information from another layer
d) None of the mentioned
21. OSI stands for L1
a) open system interconnection
b) operating system interface
c) optical service implementation
d) none of the mentioned
22. The OSI model has _______ layers. L1
a) 4
b) 5
c) 6
d) 7
23. TCP/IP model does not have ______ layer but OSI model have this layer. L2
a) session layer
b) transport layer
c) application layer
d) None of the mentioned
24. Which layer links the network support layers and user support layers L3
a) session layer
b) data link layer
c) transport layer
d) network layer
25. Which address is used in an internet employing the TCP/IP protocols? L2
a) physical address and logical address
b) port address
 c) specific address
d) all of the mentioned
26. TCP/IP model was developed _____ the OSI model. L2
a) prior to
b) after
c) simultaneous to
d) none of the mentioned
27. Which layer is responsible for process to process delivery? L4
a) network layer
b) transport layer
c) session layer
d) data link layer
28. Which address identifies a process on a host? L3
a) physical address
b) logical address
c) port address
d) specific address
29. Which layer provides the services to user? L3
a) application layer
b) session layer
c) presentation layer
d) none of the mentioned
30. Transmission data rate is decided by L1
a) network layer
b) physical layer
c) data link layer
d) transport layer
Access Networks
31. Which of this is not a constituent of residential telephone line? L5
a) A high-speed downstream channel
b) A medium-speed downstream channel
c) A low-speed downstream channel
d) None of the mentioned
32. In DSL telco provides these services L6
a) Wired phone access
b) ISP
c) All of the mentioned
d) None of the mentioned
33. The function of DSLAM is L4
a) Convert analog signals into digital signals
b) Convert digital signals into analog signals
c) Amplify digital signals
d) None of the mentioned
34. HFC contains L2
a) Fibre cable
b) Coaxial cable
 c) Both Fibre cable and Coaxial cable
d) None of the mentioned
35. Choose the statement which is not applicable for cable internet access L2
a) It is a shared broadcast medium
b) It includes HFCs
c) Cable modem connects home PC to Ethernet port
d) Analog signal is converted to digital signal in DSLAM
36. Among the optical-distribution architectures that are essentially switched L5
ethernet is
a) AON
b) PON
c) NON
d) None of the mentioned
37. StarBand provides L1
a) FTTH internet access
b) Cable access
c) Telephone access
d) Satellite access
38. Home Access is provided by L3
a) DSL
b) FTTP
c) Cable
d) All of the mentioned
39. ONT is connected to splitter using L3
a) High speed fibre cable
b) HFC
c) Optical cable
d) None of the mentioned
40. When collection of various computers seems a single coherent system to its L2
client, then it is called
a) computer network
b) distributed system
c) networking system
d) none of the mentioned
41. Two devices are in network if L2
a) a process in one device is able to exchange information with a process in
another device
b) a process is running on both devices
c) PIDs of the processes running of different devices are same
d) none of the mentioned
42. Which one of the following computer network is built on the top of another L4
network?
a) prior network
b) chief network
c) prime network
d) overlay network
43. In computer network nodes are L2
a) the computer that originates the data
b) the computer that routes the data
c) the computer that terminates the data
d) all of the mentioned
44. Communication channel is shared by all the machines on the network in L2
a) broadcast network
b) unicast network
c) multicast network
d) none of the mentioned
45. Bluetooth is an example of L3
a) personal area network
b) local area network
c) virtual private network
d) none of the mentioned
46. A __________ is a device that forwards packets between networks by L2
processing the routing information included in the packet.
a) bridge
b) firewall
c) router
d) all of the mentioned
47. A list of protocols used by a system, one protocol per layer, is called L1
a) protocol architecture
b) protocol stack
c) protocol suite
d) none of the mentioned
48. Network congestion occurs L4
a) in case of traffic overloading
b) when a system terminates
c) when connection between two nodes terminates
d) none of the mentioned
49. Which one of the following extends a private network across public networks? L1
a) local area network
b) virtual private network
c) enterprise private network
d) storage area network
50. The physical layer concerns with L2
a) bit-by-bit delivery
p) process to process delivery
c) application to application delivery
d) none of the mentioned
51. The portion of physical layer that interfaces with the media access control L2
sublayer is called
a) physical signalling sublayer
b) physical data sublayer
c) physical address sublayer
 d) none of the mentioned
52. physical layer provides L1
a) mechanical specifications of electrical connectors and cables
b) electrical specification of transmission line signal level
c) specification for IR over optical fiber
d) all of the mentioned
53. In asynchronous serial communication the physical layer provides L2
a) start and stop signalling
b) flow control
c) both start & stop signalling and flow control
d) none of the mentioned
54. The physical layer is responsible for L2
a) line coding
b) channel coding
c) modulation
d) all of the mentioned
55. The physical layer translates logical communication requests from the ______ L1
into hardware specific operations.
a) data link layer
b) network layer
c) trasnport layer
d) application layer
56. The data link layer takes the packets from _________ and encapsulates them L2
into frames for transmission.
a) network layer
b) physical layer
c) transport layer
d) application layer
57. Which one of the following task is not done by data link layer? L1
a) framing
b) error control
c) flow control
d) channel coding
58. Which sublayer of the data link layer performs data link functions that depend L3
upon the type of medium?
a) logical link control sublayer
b) media access control sublayer
c) network interface control sublayer
d) none of the mentioned
59. Header of a frame generally contains L3
a) synchronization bytes
b) addresses
c) frame identifier
d) all of the mentioned
60. Automatic repeat request error management mechanism is provided by L3
a) logical link control sublayer
 b) media access control sublayer
c) network interface control sublayer
d) none of the mentioned
61. The technique of temporarily delaying outgoing acknowledgements so that L6
they can be hooked onto the next outgoing data frame is called
a) piggybacking
b) cyclic redundancy check
c) fletcher’s checksum
d) none of the mentioned
62. The 4 byte IP address consists of L2
a) network address
b) host address
c) both network address & host address
d) none of the mentioned
63. In virtual circuit network each packet contains L2
a) full source and destination address
b) a short VC number
c) only source address
d) only destination address
64. Which one of the following routing algorithm can be used for network layer L3
design?
a) shortest path algorithm
b) distance vector routing
c) link state routing
d) all of the mentioned
65. Multi destination routing L2
a) is same as broadcast routing
b) contains the list of all destinations
c) data is not sent by packets
d) none of the mentioned
66. Transport layer aggregates data from different applications into a single stream L2
before passing it to
a) network layer
b) data link layer
c) application layer
d) physical layer
67. Which one of the following is a transport layer protocol used in networking? L2
a) TCP
b) UDP
c) Both TCP and UDP
d) None of the mentioned
68. User datagram protocol is called connectionless because L2
a) all UDP packets are treated independently by transport layer
b) it sends data as a stream of related packets
c) it is received in the same order as sent order
d) none of the mentioned
*MCQ – Multiple choice question
* BTL – Bloom’s Taxonomy Level