Packet Switching & Circuit Switching

A local telephone network is an example of a _______ network.

• Packet switched

• Circuit switched

• Bit switched

• Line switched

Most packet switches use this principle ____________

• Stop and wait

• Store and forward

• Store and wait

• Stop and forward

If there are N routers from source to destination, the total end to end delay in sending packet P(L-> number of bits in the packet R-> transmission rate) is equal to ______________

• N

• (N*L)/R

• (2N*L)/R

• L/R

What are the Methods to move data through a network of links and switches?

• Packet switching and Line switching

• Circuit switching and Line switching

• Line switching and bit switching

• Packet switching and Circuit switching

The required resources for communication between end systems are reserved for the duration of the session between end systems in ________ method.

• Packet switching

• Circuit switching

• Line switching

• Frequency switching

As the resources are reserved between two communicating end systems in circuit switching, ___________ is achieved

• authentication

• guaranteed constant rate

• reliability

• store and forward

In _________ systems, resources are allocated on demand.

• packet switching

• circuit switching

• line switching

• frequency switching

Which of the following is not an application layer service?

• Network virtual terminal

• File transfer, access, and management

• Mail service

• Error control

A network that covers large geographical areas is called ...

• local area network.

• intranet

• peer-to-peer network.

• wide area network.

A router reads the ….

• IP address

• MAC address