WorksheetsFinals in DigiComm
Total questions: 100
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Multiplexing is the process of
several signal sources transmitting simultaneously to a receiver on a common frequency
sending the same signal over multiple channels to multiple destination
transmitting multiple signals over multiple channels
sending multiple signals simultaneously over a single channel
In FDM, multiple signals
transmit at different times
share a common bandwidth
use multiple channels
modulate one another
Each signal in an FDM system
modulates a subcarrier
modulates the final carrier
is mixed with all the others before modulation
serves as a carrier
Which of the following is not a typical FDM application
telemetry
stereo broadcasting
telephone
secure communications
The circuit that performs demultiplexing in an FDM system is a(n)
op amp
bandpass filter
discriminator
subcarrier oscillator
In TDM, multiple signals
share a common bandwidth
modulate subcarriers
are sampled high speeds
take turns transmitting
In TDM, each signal may use the full bandwidth of the channel
true
false
none of the choices
Converting analog signals to digital is done by sampling and
quantizing
companding
pre-emphasis
mixing
A quantizer is a(n)
multiplexer
demultiplexer
A/D converter
D/A converter
Emphasizing low-level signals and compressing higher-level signals is called
quantizing
companding
pre-emphasis
sampling
What is not the advantages of digital communications?
Ability to recover lost information through error correction
Immunity to noise ( ability to function in the presence of noise)
Added security with data encryption and decryption
Ability to transmit signal below the noise level all the time
What are the three different types of multiplexing?
TDMA, FDMA, CDMA
TDAM, FDMA, SDMA
TDD, FDMA, CDMA
FDD, TDD, TDMA
What is the minimum sampling rate required in order to recovered the information signal?
The sampling rate must be at least the same as the highest frequency of the intelligence signal.
The sampling rate must be at least 2 times the highest frequency of the intelligence signal.
The sampling rate must be at least 1.5 times the highest frequency of the intelligence signal.
The sampling rate must be at least 3 times the highest frequency of the intelligence signal.
is the transmittal of digital signals between two
or more points in a communications system
Digital signal processing
signal processing
digital transmission
digital processing
The primary advantage of digital transmission over analog transmission is
Better compatibility in multiplexing
Noise Immunity
regeneration
Signal Processing
Digital signals are also better suited than analog signals for processing and combining using a technique called
Multiplexing
Signal Processing
regeneration
digital transmission
digital transmission systems are more resistant to analog systems to additive noise because they use signal ___________ rather than signal amplification.
regeneration
enhancing
multiplexing
cancelling
•The analog signal is sampled and converted to a fixed length, serial binary number for transmission
PCM
PAM
PWM
PPM
–The Nyquist sampling theorem establishes the minimum sampling rate (fs) that can be used for a given PCM system
PCM
Sampling Rate
PAM
alias
is the process of converting an infinite number of possibilities to a finite number of conditions
Quantization
overload distortion
quantum.
resolution
What is the size of MAC Address?
16-bits
32-bits
48-bits
64-bits
This is what happens if two devices on the same Ethernet network determine the network is free, but attempt to transmit data at exactly the same time.
overlap
crossover
collision
None of the above
This describes how the Ethernet protocol regulates communication among connection points.
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detect
Discontinuous transmission
Aggregator
Wait and response
In ________ each station sends a frame whenever it has a frame to send.
pure ALOHA
slotted ALOHA
both (a) and (b)
neither (a) nor (b)
In pure ALOHA, the vulnerable time is ______ the frame transmission time.
the same as
two times
three times
none of the above
In __________, each station is forced to send only at the beginning of the time slot.
pure ALOHA
slotted ALOHA
both (a) and (b)
neither (a) nor (b)
Collision can still occur if propagation delay shows two nodes not hear each other's transmission
True
False
FDM consists of
upstream frequency channels
downstream frequency channels
all of above
________________ error detection method uses one\'s complement arithmetic.
Simple parity check
Two-dimensional parity check
CRC
Checksum
Which error detection method consists of just one redundant bit per data unit?
Simple parity check
Two-dimensional parity check
CRC
Checksum
In cyclic redundancy checking, what is the CRC?
Divisor
Quotient
Dividend
Remainder
A ____________________ error means that two or more bits in the data unit have change.
bit
double bit
burst
none of the above
In ________ error correction, the receiver asks the sender to send the data again.
forward
backward
retransmission
redirection
The checksum of 1111 and 1111 is _________.
0000
0001
0011
1111
The _____of errors is relatively more difficult than the error ______.
correction; detection
detection; correction
creation; correction
creation; detection
A simple parity-check code can detect __________ errors.
single bit
burst
an even-number of
an odd-number of
In PPP, the ________ is responsible for establishing, maintaining, configuring, and terminating links.
PAP
CHAP
LCP
NCP
HDLC is an acronym for _______.
Half-duplex digital link combination
Host double-level circuit
High-duplex line communication
High-level data link control
_______ control refers to a set of procedures used to restrict the amount of data that the sender can send before waiting for acknowledgment.
Flow
Error
Transmission
None of the choices
______ control refers to methods of error detection and correction.
Flow
Error
Transmission
None of the choices
Byte stuffing means adding a special byte to the data section of the frame when there is a character with the same pattern as the ______.
trailer
flag
header
none of the choices
The most common protocol for point-to-point access is the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), which is a _________protocol.
byte-oriented
bit-oriented
character-oriented
none of the choices
_________framing uses two categories of protocols: character-oriented and bit-oriented.
Standard
Fixed-size
Variable-size
none of the choices
In a ________ protocol, the data section of a frame is a sequence of characters.
bit-oriented
character-oriented
In _______ framing, there is no need for defining the boundaries of frames.
standard
fixed-size
variable-size
none of the choices
In a _________ protocol, the data section of a frame is a sequence of bits.
bit-oriented
byte-oriented
In ________ framing, we need a delimiter (flag) to define the boundary of two frames.
standard
fixed-size
variable-size
none of the choices
Bit stuffing means adding an extra 0 to the data section of the frame when there is a sequence of bits with the same pattern as the ________.
trailer
flag
header
none of the choices
In PPP, ________ is a simple authentication procedure with a two-step process:
CHAP
PAP
LCP
NCP
Data link control deals with the design and procedures for ______ communication.
node-to-node
process-to-process
host-to-host
none of the above
What is layer 7 of the OSI model?
Application
Presentation
Session
Transport
What is layer 6 of the OSI model?
Spooky
Presentation
Session
Transport
What is layer 5 of the OSI model?
Presentation
Session
Transport
Network
What is layer 4 of the OSI model?
Session
Transport
Network
Data Link
What is layer 3 of the OSI model?
Transport
Network
Data Link
Physical
What is layer 2 of the OSI model?
Transport
Network
Data Link
Physical
What is layer 1 of the OSI model?
Application
Presentation
Data Link
Physical
What are sets of clearly defined rules, regulations, standards, and procedures that enable hardware and software developers to make devices and applications that function properly at a particular layer?
Protocol
TCP/IP
Networks
Interconnection
What does NIC stand for?
Network Interface Card
Network Interconnect Card
Network Interchange Card
Network Integrated Card
What does LLC stand for?
Limited liability company
Logical link control
LL Cool J
Lightly linked cord
Life line cable
The application layer of TCP/IP protocol suite comprised of how many layers equivalent to OSI model?
seven
four
five
three
It is the TCP/IP layer responsible for moving frames from one hop to the next.
Internet
Data-link
Host-to-Network
Network
Data-link and physical layers in OSI are represented in the TCP/IP as the ______
Application
Transport
Internet
Host-to-network
The network layer in OSI is represented in TCP/IP as ______.
Host-to-Network
Internet
Transport
Application
It is used to enable us to divide a complex task into several smaller and simple tasks
Protocol layering
Interface
Peer-to-peer
modules
It is the TCP/IP layer responsible for translation, compression, and encryption.
Session
Transport
Application
ost-to-network
The passing of the data and network information down and back up through the layers of the receiving device is made possible by an _______ .
Protocol suite
service
interface
modularity
The number of layers the original TCP/IP protocol suite .
four
five
six
seven
Name the addressing used in host-to-network in TCP/IP model.
port
physical
logical
specific
PDU for Application layer in TCP/IP
segment
frame
data
packet
The TCP/IP PDU sed in host-to-network layer
segment
packet
frame
datagram
Addressing used in transport layer of TCP/IP.
specific
port
logical
physical
Address used in Application layer of TCP/IP?
specific
port
logical
physical
Address used in the Internet layer of TCP/IP
specific
port
logical
physical
PDU used in the Internet layer of TCP/IP
segment
packet
datagram
frames
_____ is the protocol used by the transport layer for connectionless
IP
UDP
TCP
NTP
______is protocol used by the Transport layer for connection -oriented
IP
UDP
TCP
NCP
________layer links the two subgroups in TCP/IP and ensures that what the lower layers have transmitted is in a form that the upper layers can use
Application
Transport
physical, data-link and network
session
________deal with the physical aspects of moving data from one device to another
User Support Layer
Link Layer
Transport Layer
Network Support Layers
How many bus lines are used in serial transmission?
1
2
3
4
How does an ARQ check work?
The sender resends the data if it does not receive confirmation after a certain amount of time
The sender compares the sent data to the original and sees if an error occurred
The receiver checks with the sender to find out whether the data was sent correctly
The sender checks whether the receiver has received the data by performing a calculation on a check digit
Which transmission media has the highest transmission speed in a network?
coaxial cable
twisted pair cable
optical fiber
electrical cable
Bits can be send over guided and unguided media as analog signal by
digital modulation
amplitude modulation
frequency modulation
phase modulation
Which of the following performs modulation and demodulation?
fiber optics
switch
modulator
modem
In fiber optics, the signal is _______ waves.
light
radio
infrared
very low frequency
Transmission media lie below the _______ layer.
physical
network
transport
application
Twisting in a twisted-pair help reduce the __________.
length
cost
noise
None of the choices are correct
In electromagnetic spectrum for wireless communication, reserved range for Radio waves and microwaves is known as
ground propagation
sky propagation
line-of-sight propagation
None
