Q1. What is a computer network?
A) Group of printers
B) Set of related software
C) Interconnected devices sharing resources
D) File system in a PC
Answer: C) Interconnected devices sharing resources
Q2. What is protocol layering used for?
A) Speeding up the CPU
B) Managing memory
C) Dividing network functions into layers
D) Compressing data
Answer: C) Dividing network functions into layers
Q3. How many layers are in the TCP/IP model?
A) 5
B) 4
C) 6
D) 7
Answer: B) 4
Q4. Which layer in the TCP/IP model deals with logical addressing?
A) Application
B) Transport
C) Internet
D) Network Access
Answer: C) Internet
Q5. How many layers does the OSI model have?
A) 5
B) 4
C) 7
D) 3
Answer: C) 7
Q6. Which OSI layer is responsible for end-to-end communication?
A) Physical
B) Network
C) Transport
D) Application
Answer: C) Transport
Q7. What is a socket in networking?
A) A data cable
B) A power connector
C) A software endpoint for communication
D) A web browser
Answer: C) A software endpoint for communication
Q8. HTTP is used for:
A) Sending emails
B) Web communication
C) File compression
D) Video editing
Answer: B) Web communication
Q9. SMTP is used for:
A) Receiving emails
B) Sending emails
C) Encrypting emails
D) Backing up emails
Answer: B) Sending emails
Q10. POP3 is primarily used for:
A) Uploading files
B) Web browsing
C) Downloading emails from server
D) Network management
Answer: C) Downloading emails from server
Q11. IMAP allows users to:
A) Print emails
B) Access emails without downloading
C) Scan viruses
D) Encrypt data
Answer: B) Access emails without downloading
Q12. MIME is used to:
A) Manage DNS
B) Send multimedia in emails
C) Track IP addresses
D) Create web pages
Answer: B) Send multimedia in emails
Q13. DNS translates:
A) Emails to IP
B) Hostnames to IP addresses
C) IP to MAC
D) URLs to HTML
Answer: B) Hostnames to IP addresses
Q14. SNMP is used for:
A) Email sending
B) Web browsing
C) Network management
D) Video calling
Answer: C) Network management
UNIT 2
Q1. What is the main function of the transport layer?
A) Address resolution
B) Data encryption
C) End-to-end communication and reliability
D) Routing packets
Answer: C) End-to-end communication and reliability
Q2. Which of the following is a connectionless transport protocol?
A) TCP
B) UDP
C) SCTP
D) FTP
Answer: B) UDP
Q3. Which protocol is used for streaming and real-time data transfer?
A) UDP
B) FTP
C) SMTP
D) ICMP
Answer: A) UDP
Q4. How many steps are involved in TCP connection establishment?
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
Answer: B) 3
Q5. The three-way handshake is used in:
A) UDP
B) HTTP
C) TCP
D) FTP
Answer: C) TCP
Q6. TCP uses _______ for flow control.
A) Sliding window protocol
B) Go-back-N
C) Stop-and-wait
D) Checksum
Answer: A) Sliding window protocol
Q7. Flow control ensures:
A) Encryption of data
B) Delivery of packets in sequence
C) Receiver is not overwhelmed with data
D) Congestion is avoided
Answer: C) Receiver is not overwhelmed with data
Q8. Congestion occurs when:
A) Network nodes receive more data than they can handle
B) Data is encrypted
C) Protocols are mismatched
D) TCP handshake fails
Answer: A) Network nodes receive more data than they can handle
Q9. TCP congestion control uses:
A) Three-way handshake
B) Slow Start and Congestion Avoidance
C) Port forwarding
D) IP fragmentation
Answer: B) Slow Start and Congestion Avoidance
Q10. DECbit is a congestion avoidance mechanism used in:
A) UDP
B) SCTP
C) TCP
D) DECnet protocol
Answer: D) DECnet protocol
Q11. RED in congestion control stands for:
A) Reliable Ethernet Data
B) Random Early Detection
C) Redundant Error Detection
D) Remote Early Distribution
Answer: B) Random Early Detection
Q12. SCTP supports:
A) Only connectionless communication
B) Message-oriented transmission with multi-streaming
C) Only broadcast
D) None of the above
Answer: B) Message-oriented transmission with multi-streaming
Q13. SCTP is mainly used in:
A) Web browsing
B) File transfers
C) Telecommunication signaling
D) Email transmission
Answer: C) Telecommunication signaling
Q14. Quality of Service (QoS) refers to:
A) Error correction
B) Ensuring delivery of power
C) Managing bandwidth and delay for data flow
D) Application development
Answer: C) Managing bandwidth and delay for data flow
Q15. Which layer is primarily responsible for QoS in network communication?
A) Application Layer
B) Transport Layer
C) Data Link Layer
D) Network Layer
Answer: D) Network Layer
UNIT 3
Q11. ARP is used to:
A) Resolve IP addresses to MAC addresses
B) Send emails
C) Assign IP addresses
D) Encrypt network traffic
Answer: A) Resolve IP addresses to MAC addresses
Q12. RARP maps:
A) MAC address to IP address
B) Domain to IP
C) IP to MAC address
D) Hostname to port
Answer: A) MAC address to IP address
Q13. ICMP is primarily used for:
A) Email delivery
B) Routing tables
C) Sending error and control messages
D) Transferring files
Answer: C) Sending error and control messages
Q14. The "ping" utility uses:
A) ARP
B) RARP
C) ICMP
D) TCP
Answer: C) ICMP
Q15. DHCP is used to:
A) Manually assign IP addresses
B) Automatically assign IP addresses
C) Send data over a network
D) Encrypt emails
Answer: B) Automatically assign IP addresses
UNIT 4
Q11. BGP is an example of a:
A) Distance vector protocol
B) Path-vector protocol
C) Link state protocol
D) Flooding protocol
Answer: B) Path-vector protocol
Q12. BGP is mainly used for:
A) Intra-domain routing
B) Inter-domain routing
C) Local LAN routing
D) Routing in homes
Answer: B) Inter-domain routing
Q13. DVMRP stands for:
A) Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
B) Direct Virtual Multicast Router Protocol
C) Dynamic Vector Machine Routing Protocol
D) Data Vector Multicast Routing Path
Answer: A) Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
Q14. DVMRP is based on which routing type?
A) Link state
B) Distance vector
C) Path-vector
D) Static
Answer: B) Distance vector
Q15. PIM stands for:
A) Protocol Independent Multicast
B) Path Integrated Multicast
C) Packet Inspection Method
D) Protocol Indexed Messaging
Answer: A) Protocol Independent Multicast
Q16. PIM can operate in which two modes?
A) Dense and Sparse
B) Single and Multi
C) Linear and Circular
D) Open and Closed
Answer: A) Dense and Sparse
UNIT 5
Q11. IEEE 802.11 refers to:
A) Ethernet standard
B) Bluetooth standard
C) Wireless LAN standard
D) USB protocol
Answer: C) Wireless LAN standard
Q12. The Physical Layer is responsible for:
A) IP addressing
B) Routing decisions
C) Transmission of bits over a medium
D) Flow control
Answer: C) Transmission of bits over a medium
Q13. Which factor does not affect network performance?
A) Bandwidth
B) Delay
C) Jitter
D) Operating system
Answer: D) Operating system
Q14. Which of the following is a guided transmission medium?
A) Radio waves
B) Infrared
C) Fiber optic cable
D) Microwave
Answer: C) Fiber optic cable
Q15. Circuit switching is mostly used in:
A) Email
B) Web browsing
C) Telephone networks
D) Satellite communication
Answer: C) Telephone networks
