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CN Minor1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Host A is connected to another host B directly. Assume that the propagation delay is less than the transmission delay on this link. If host A starts transmission at t=0, at time equal to transmission delay, where is the first bit of the packet?

a)

At host A

b)

At host B

c)

On the link

d)

Removed from the Link

2.

Suppose N packets arrive simultaneously at a router every T seconds. Suppose the packets are of size S bits and the transmission rate of the router is R bps. What should the minimum value of T be such that the queuing delay does not grow without bound?

a)

NS/R

b)

(N-1)S/R

c)

(N-2)S/R

d)

NR/S

3.

Which of the following metric is often ignored by the users while evaluating a network

a)

Dealy

b)

Throughput

c)

Security

d)

Losses

4.

Which of the following is an advantage of layering?

a)

Helps troubleshooting

b)

Reduces complexity Helps

c)

interoperability

d)

All

5.

Latency of a channel does not directly depend on

a)

Media characteristics

b)

Error recovery

c)

Signal propogation speed

d)

Transmission distance

6.

Which of the following parameter cannot be considered to classify networks

a)

Cost

b)

Size

c)

Functionality

d)

Physical Connectivity

7.

Switches and bridges lies on _________ layer

a)

Transport

b)

Physical

c)

Network

d)

Data link

8.

Primary job of a MAC layer is

a)

data compression

b)

Acknowledging the data transmissions

c)

Allowing multiple nodes to share a single medium

d)

Ensuring error free transmissions

9.

MAC address is given to a device when ____

a)

It is manufactured

b)

Drivers are installed

c)

Network admin decides

d)

the device bootsup

10.

The purpose of twisting the wires in unshielded twisted-pair cable is to reduce

a)

Noise

b)

Attenuation

c)

Electro magnetic interference

d)

Cross talk

11.

 Network Interface Cards primary functionality includes

a)

connects the clients, servers and peripherals to the network through a port

b)

connects networks with different protocols like TCP/IP

c)

 boost the signal between two cable segments or wireless access points

d)

allows you to segment a large network into smaller, efficient networks

12.

Is the alternating bit protocol the same as Go-Back-N protocol with a sender and receiver window size of 1?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

May be

d)

Never be

13.

In which of the following MAC protocols is there a delay (latency) associated with accessing the channel to transmit a packet? Assume the packet is at the head of the queue. 

a)

CDMA

b)

FDMA

c)

Polling

d)

SDMA

14.

In which of the following techniques can a node prepared to receive from its sender receive (whether it wants to or not) other sender’s transmissions? Assume a simple receiver with no special capabilities.

a)

Random Access

b)

FDMA

c)

CDMA

d)

SDMA

15.

Which of the following encodings have problem with long sequence of 1’s

a)

Manchester

b)

NRZI

c)

NRZ

d)

4B/5B

16.

A switch can connect 10Mbps and a 100Mbps link, while a hub cannot. Why?

a)

Lack of buffer 

b)

Hub is not reliable

c)

Hub is expensive

d)

Hub does not have a forward option

17.

In a sliding window protocol, suppose 8 bits were assigned to the sequence number field. How many packets would have to be sent for the sequence numbers to wrap around? That is, say you sent a packet with sequence no 5, how many more packets need to be sent after this for you to see the same sequence number 5 again? 

a)

128

b)

255

c)

256

d)

127

18.

CRC bits: Suppose a 16 bit message is converted into a 20 bit codeword by CRC, answer the following. A) What is the degree of the message polynomial M(x)?  B) What is the degree of the divisor polynomial C(x)? 

a)

15 and 4

b)

16 and 4

c)

15 and 5

d)

16 and 5

19.

Stop and wait protocol over an asymmetric link: Suppose the stop and wait protocol is employed over an asymmetric link A to B. The A to B link bandwidth is 1Mbps with a propagation delay of 20ms, however the B to A link bandwidth is 10Mbps with a propagation delay of 10ms (reverse link different from forward link, that is asymmetric). Assume a data packet size of 1000 byte and an ACK size of 100 byte. What is the throughput achieved by the protocol? Ignore other delays. Express answer in kbps.

a)

205

b)

220

c)

210

d)

218

20.

Which of the following tasks is not done by data link layer?

a)

channel coding

b)

flow control

c)

framing

d)

error control