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Ethernet Fundamentals Networking

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

is a standard technology for wired networking

a)

LAN

b)

Ethernet

c)

IEEE

d)

OSI Model

2.

is a worldwide organization of engineers and scientists. It makes rules (standards) for technology like Wi-Fi and Ethernet, publishes research, and helps professionals learn and share ideas.

a)

Ethernet

b)

LAN

c)

IEEE

d)

OSI Model

3.

What year was CSMA/CD developed at the University of Hawaii?

a)

1985's

b)

1970's

c)

1980's

d)

1995

4.

What year did IEEE announce a standard for a 100-Mbps Ethernet?

a)

1970's

b)

1980's

c)

1985's

d)

1995

5.

In what year did IEEE released 1Gbps?

a)

1985

b)

1995

c)

1998

d)

2002

6.

In what year did IEEE approved 10Gbps?

a)

1985

b)

1995

c)

1998

d)

2002

7.

In what year when the First Ethernet standard published by DIX?

a)

1970's

b)

1980's

c)

1985

d)

1995

8.

What year was IEEE 802.3 released? It was based on Ethernet.

a)

1985

b)

1995

c)

1998

d)

2002

9.

Ethernet and IEEE 802.3 are the same standards

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The success of Ethernet is due to the following factors:

a)

Simplicity and ease of maintenance

b)

Ability to incorporate new technologies

c)

Reliability

d)

Accountability

e)

Low cost of installation and upgrade

11.

Uses copper (UTP) or fiber optic cables

a)

IEEE

b)

Ethernet

c)

OSI Model

d)

LAN

12.

Provides speeds from 10 Mbps to 100+ Gbps.

a)

Cable

b)

Internet

c)

Ethernet

d)

LAN

13.

Identifies devices using MAC addresses.

a)

Ethernet

b)

LAN

c)

Wire

d)

Cable

14.

Reliable, fast, and widely used in homes, schools, and businesses.

a)

LAN

b)

Ethernet

c)

Cable

d)

Wire

15.

Connects devices in a Local Area Network (LAN).

a)

Cable

b)

Ethernet

c)

Wire

d)

LAN

16.

It is a sublayer of the Data Link Layer (Layer 2) in the OSI model that manages how devices access and share the network medium.

a)

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

b)

Logical Link Control (LLC)

c)

Media Access Control (MAC)

d)

Local Area
Network (LAN)

17.

It tells other devices on the network that a frame is coming down the wire.


a)

Data Field

b)

Address Field

c)

Start Frame field

d)

Stop Frame Field

18.

It stores the source and destination MAC addresses.


a)

Address Field

b)

Start Frame Field

c)

Data Field

d)

Stop Frame Field

19.

It is an optional field. Exact length of frame, or Layer 3 protocol making the sending request, or not used


a)

Data Field

b)

Address Field

c)

Start Frame Field

d)

Type/Length Field

20.


It is the actual information being sent by the upper-layer protocols. Therefore, it will be all upper layer data.

a)

Start Frame Field

b)

Data Field

c)

Stop Frame Field

d)

Address Field

21.

It adds the values of all of the data bits to arrive at a sum

a)

Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)

b)

Two-dimensional parity

c)

Internet checksum

d)

Address

22.

performs polynomial calculations on the data

a)

Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)

b)

Two-dimensional parity

c)

Internet checksum

d)

Address

23.

adds an 8th bit that makes an 8 bit sequence have an odd or even number of binary 1's

a)

Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)

b)

Two-dimensional parity

c)

Internet checksum

d)

Address

24.

What are the 3 types of FCS Field?

a)

Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)

b)

Data Integrity

c)

Two-dimensional parity

d)

Internet checksum

25.

It is also called the Frame Trailer, is an optional field that is used when the length of the frame was not specified in the Type/Length field.


a)

Start Frame Field

b)

Address Field

c)

Data Field

d)

Stop Frame Field

26.

The term "Ethernet" refers to a ______ of networking technologies that include original Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet

a)

branch

b)

family

c)

parent

d)

node

27.

Which is true about Layer 1?

a)

can only describe streams of bits.

b)

uses Logical Link Control (LLC) to communicate with the upper-level layers.

c)

cannot name or identify computers.

d)

cannot communicate with the upper-level layers.

e)

cannot decide which computer will transmit binary
data.

28.

Which is true about Layer 2?

a)

uses framing to organize or group the bits.

b)

uses an addressing process to identify computers.

c)

cannot name or identify computers.

d)

uses Logical Link Control (LLC) to communicate with the upper-level layers.

e)

uses Media Access Control (MAC) to decide which computer will transmit.


29.

The physical address is located on the ______.

a)


Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

b)

Network Interface Card (NIC)

c)

burned-in addresses (BIAs)

d)

Local Area Network (LAN)

30.

Temporary network location (assigned by network or DHCP)

a)

MAC Address

b)

UTP Address

c)

IP Address

d)

LAN Address

31.

Permanent hardware identity (assigned by manufacturer)

a)

MAC Address

b)

IP Address

c)

UTP Address

d)

LAN Address

32.

It helps to identify a device locally, while IP helps locate it globally.

a)

LAN

b)

MAC

c)

UTP

d)

NIC

33.

It refers to how data is transmitted between two devices.

a)

Flexibility

b)

Perplexity

c)

Duplex

d)

Duplicate

34.

What are the 2 types of Duplex?

a)

Short Duplex

b)

Half Duplex

c)

Full Duplex

d)

Whole Duplex

35.

Data transmission occurs in both directions simultaneously.

a)

Short Duplex

b)

Full Duplex

c)

Half Duplex

d)

Whole Duplex

36.

Data transmission occurs in both directions, but not simultaneously.

a)

Short Duplex

b)

Half Duplex

c)

Full Duplex

d)

Whole Duplex

37.

Devices take turns sending and receiving data.

a)

Whole Duplex

b)

Full Duplex

c)

Half Duplex

d)

Short Duplex

38.

Devices can send and receive data at the same time.

a)

Whole Duplex

b)

Full Duplex

c)

Half Duplex

d)

Short Duplex

39.

CSMA/CD stands for?

a)

Carrying Speed Multi Access with Collision Detection

b)

Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection

c)

Carrier Sense Multiple Application with Collision Detection

d)

Career Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection

40.

A ______ occurs when multiple network devices try to send data simultaneously on the same medium, leading to data overlap and transmission errors.

a)

Collision

b)

Illusion

c)

Cushion

d)

Fushion

41.

What are the 3 types of Collisions?

a)

Local Collision

b)

Early Collision

c)

Remote Collision

d)

Late Collision

42.

It is the idle time or pause that occurs between the end of one frame and the beginning of the next frame.

a)

Inter-frame spacing

b)

Front-off Algorithm

c)

Back-off Algorithm

d)

Def-off Algorithm

43.

It determines how long a device waits before reattempting to send data after detecting that the communication channel is busy or a collision has occurred.

a)

Def-off Algorithm

b)

Front-off Algorithm

c)

Back-off Algorithm

d)

Top-off Algorithm

44.

A collision that occurs within the same collision domain (for example, in a hub-based network).

a)

Early Collision

b)

Local Collision

c)

Remote Collision

d)

Late Collision

45.

Collision detected after the first 512 bits (64 bytes) of the frame have already been transmitted.

a)

Local Collision

b)

Remote Collision

c)

Late Collision

d)

Early Collision

46.

A collision that occurs outside the local segment, often too far away to detect in time.

a)

Local Collision

b)

Remote Collision

c)

Late Collision

d)

Early Collision

47.

What is the Cause of Remote Collision?

a)

Exceeding maximum Ethernet cable length (propagation delay).

b)

Cable too long. Faulty NICs or misconfigured network equipment.

c)

Too many repeaters or hubs.

d)

Duplex mismatch (one device full, the other half).

48.

What are the Cause of Late Collision?

a)

Too many repeaters or hubs.

b)

Cable too long. Faulty NICs or misconfigured network equipment

c)

Two or more devices attempt to send data
simultaneously on the same Ethernet segment.

d)

Duplex mismatch (one device full, the other half).

49.

What are the cause of Local Collision?

a)

Cable too long. Faulty NICs or misconfigured network equipment.

b)

Duplex mismatch (one device full, the other half).

c)

Too many repeaters or hubs.

d)

Two or more devices attempt to send data simultaneously on the same Ethernet segment.

50.

It is a protocol that allows two connected network devices (like a computer and a switch) to automatically exchange information about their capabilities and agree on the best possible settings for communication.

a)

Ethernet Data Mining

b)

Ethernet Errors

c)

Ethernet auto-negotiation

d)

Ethernet Cable Wire

51.

What type of Ethernet Errors is unwanted electrical signals disturb Ethernet signals?

a)

Collisions

b)

Electrical Interference (Noise)

c)

Faulty or Damaged Cables

d)

Duplex Mismatch

52.

Two or more devices transmit data simultaneously on the same network segment. What type of Ethernet errors is this?

a)

Collisions

b)

Electrical Interference (Noise)

c)

Faulty or Damaged Cables

d)

Duplex Mismatch

53.

One device runs in full-duplex, the other in half-duplex.

a)

Collisions

b)

Electrical Interference (Noise)

c)

Faulty or Damaged Cables

d)

Duplex Mismatch

54.

Physical defects in cables cause poor signal transmission.

a)

Collisions

b)

Electrical Interference (Noise)

c)

Faulty or Damaged Cables

d)

Duplex Mismatch

55.

Occur when the frame’s checksum (Cyclic Redundancy Check) doesn’t match.

a)

Faulty Network Interface (NIC) or Port

b)

Congestion and Buffer Overflows

c)

Misconfigured Network Devices

d)

Frame Errors (Detected by CRC)

56.

Hardware defects in NICs, switches, or ports.

a)

Faulty Network Interface Card (NIC) or Port

b)

Congestion and Buffer Overflows

c)

Incorrect speed, duplex, or VLAN settings

d)

Frame Errors (Detected by CRC)

57.

Incorrect speed, duplex, or VLAN settings.

a)

Faulty Network Interface Card (NIC) or Port

b)

Congestion and Buffer Overflows

c)

Misconfigured Network Devices

d)

Frame Errors (Detected by CRC)

58.

When network devices (like switches) receive more traffic than they can handle.

a)

Faulty Network Interface Card (NIC) or Port

b)

Congestion and Buffer Overflows

c)

Misconfigured Network Devices

d)

Frame Errors (Detected by CRC)