REVIEWER FOR DATA COMMUNICATION MIDTERMS:
FROM QUIZ 3&4:
1. Which software prevents the external access to a system?
- Gateway
2. The IP network 192.168.50.0 is to be divided into 10 equall sized subnets. Which of the
following Subnet masks can be used for the above requirement?
- 255.255.0.0
Motivational Picture
3. which of the following networks extends a private network across public networks?
- virtual private network
4. which of the following divices forwards packet between betworks by processing the routing information
included in the packet?
-router
5. how is a single channel by multiple signals in a computer/network?
-multiplexing
6. what is internet?
-interconnection of wide area network
7. how many layer are there in the ISO OSI reference model
-7
8. which layer provideds the service to user?
-application layer
9. which type of topology is best suited for large business which must carefully control and coordinate
the operation of distributed branch outlets.
-Star Topology
10. which one of the following is not a function of network layer?
- error control.
11. how do two become part of a network?
- a process in one device is able to exchange information with a process in another device.
12. which of the following address belongs class A?
- 121.12.12.248
13. which of the following are gigabit ethernets?
-1000 BASE LX
-1000 BASE SX
-1000 BASE CX
14. What is computer network?
- A Collection of interconnected computers and devices that can communicate and share memories
15. what was the name of the first network?
- ARPANET
16. which of the following is the network layer protocol for the internet?
-internet protocol
17. which layer is responsible for process to process delivery in a general network model.
-transport layer
18. what kind of transmission medium is most appropriate to carry data in a computer network that is
exposed to electrical interfernces?
- OPTICAL FIBER
19. what is the full form of OSI.
- open system interconnection
20. what is the term for the data communication system within a building or campus?
-LAN
21. which of the following is an example of bluetooth?
- personal area network
22. which connection is necessary for a computer to join the internet?
- internet architecture board
23. which layer does the link layer take packets from and encapsulate them into frames for transmission.
- network layer
24. what type of transmission is involved in communication between a computer and a keyboard
- Simplex
25. which of the following allows LAN users to share computer programs and data?
-File server
26. what are mode in computer network?
- the computer that refers the data
- the computer that terminates the data
- the computer that originates the data
27. which type of network shares the communication channel among at the machines.
- broadcast network
28. which of this is not a network edge device.
- switch
29. which network topology requires a central controller or hub
- Star
