CSE 303: Data Communication and Computer Networks

Graded Assignment No 2
Assignment Date: 8th April,2025
Strict Deadline 11th April 2025 (12 Noon), After the Deadline None of the Assignment will be
accepted.
Hard copy submission. Copying/Cheating Not Allowed. Encircle the right Answer(S)
Question 1 Question 5
Which three acronyms/initialisms represent What are two benefits of using a layered
standards organizations? (Choose three.) network model? (Choose two.)
i. IANA i. It assists in protocol design.
ii. TCP/IP ii. It speeds up packet delivery.
iii. IEEE iii. It prevents designers from creating
iv. IETF their own model.
v. OSI iv. It prevents technology in one layer
vi. MAC from affecting other layers.
v. It ensures a device at one layer can
Question 2
function at the next higher layer.
What type of communication will send a
Question 6
message to all devices on a local area
network? What is the purpose of protocols in data
communications?
i. Broadcast
ii. Multicast i. Specifying the bandwidth of the
iii. Unicast channel or medium for each type of
iv. Allcast communication
ii. Specifying the device operating
Question 3
systems that will support the
In computer communication, what is the communication
purpose of message encoding? iii. Providing the rules required for a
specific type of communication to
i. To convert information to the occur
appropriate form for transmission iv. Dictating the content of the message
ii. To interpret information sent during communication
iii. To break large messages into smaller
frames Question 7
iv. To negotiate correct timing for
i. Which logical address is used for
successful communication
delivery of data to a remote network?
Question 4 ii. Destination MAC address
iii. Destination IP address
Which message delivery option is used when iv. Destination port number
all devices need to receive the same v. Source MAC address
message simultaneously? vi. Source IP address
i. Duplex Question 8
ii. Unicast
iii. Multicast What is the general term that is used to
iv. Broadcast describe a piece of data at any layer of a
networking model?
 i. Frame What process is used to receive transmitted
ii. Packet data and convert it into a readable message?
iii. Protocol data unit
i. Access control
iv. Segment
ii. Decoding
Question 9 iii. Encapsulation
iv. Flow control
Which two protocols function at the internet
layer? (Choose two.) Question 13
i. POP What is done to an IP packet before it is
ii. BOOTP transmitted over the physical medium?
iii. ICMP
i. It is tagged with information
iv. IP
guaranteeing reliable delivery.
v. PPP
ii. It is segmented into smaller individual
Question 10 pieces.
iii. It is encapsulated into a TCP segment.
Which layer of the OSI model defines
iv. It is encapsulated in a Layer 2 frame.
services to segment and reassemble data for
individual communications between end Question 14
devices?
What process is used to place one message
i. Application inside another message for transfer from the
ii. Presentation source to the destination?
iii. Session
i. Access control
iv. Transport
ii. Decoding
v. Network
iii. Encapsulation
Question 11 iv. Flow control
Which type of communication will send a Question 15
message to a group of host destinations
A web client is sending a request for a
simultaneously?
webpage to a web server. From the
i. Broadcast perspective of the client, what is the correct
ii. Multicast order of the protocol stack that is used to
iii. Unicast prepare the request for transmission?
iv. Anycast
i. HTTP, IP, TCP, Ethernet
Question 12 ii. HTTP, TCP, IP, Ethernet
iii. Ethernet, TCP, IP, HTTP
iv. Ethernet, IP, TCP, HTTP