Application Layer (7) Past Semester Test Multiple Choice Questions Flashcards
The physical path used by a data communications message is known as the (medium | protocol | transport layer)
ˢᵉᵐᵉˢᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵉˢᵗ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ³ ᴹᵃʸ ²⁰⁰⁴
medium
Which ISO OSI layer provides process-to-process delivery?
ˢᵉᵐᵉˢᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵉˢᵗ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ³ ᴹᵃʸ ²⁰⁰⁴
Layer 4/Transport Layer
When a message moves through the protocol stack towards the physical layer, headers are (appended | removed | added | modified | rearranged)
ˢᵉᵐᵉˢᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵉˢᵗ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ³ ᴹᵃʸ ²⁰⁰⁴
added
A header added to a message at ISO OSI layer 𝑛 will be removed at the destination at layer (𝑛-1 | 𝑛 | 𝑛 +1 | 1 | 7)
ˢᵉᵐᵉˢᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵉˢᵗ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ³ ᴹᵃʸ ²⁰⁰⁴
𝑛
Manchester encoding has a transition ____________ each bit interval.
(between | in the middle of | All of the above | None of the above)
ˢᵉᵐᵉˢᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵉˢᵗ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ³ ᴹᵃʸ ²⁰⁰⁴
in the middle of
Assume ASK (Amplitude Shift Keying) is used for data transmission at 600 bps. The baud rate is (150 | 300 | 1200 | 600). ˢᵉᵐᵉˢᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵉˢᵗ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ³ ᴹᵃʸ ²⁰⁰⁴
600
An E1 line communicates at ________.
the same speed as a T1 line | 1.5 Mbps | 2.048 Mbps | 10.000 Mbps
ˢᵉᵐᵉˢᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵉˢᵗ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ³ ᴹᵃʸ ²⁰⁰⁴
2.048 Mbps
A CRC (cyclic redundancy check) is used to ensure that data is transmitted correctly. We know that no transmission errors have occurred if the remainder (after division) is _______.
( Even | Odd | 0 | 1)
ˢᵉᵐᵉˢᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵉˢᵗ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ³ ᴹᵃʸ ²⁰⁰⁴
0
(Definition)
_________: 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳-𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢
Cyclic Redundancy Check
IEEE 802.11g (at full speed) communicates at ________.
54 Mbps | 11 Mbps | 10 Mbps | 1 Mbps | 128 kbps
ˢᵉᵐᵉˢᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵉˢᵗ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ³ ᴹᵃʸ ²⁰⁰⁴
54 Mbps
The REJ (Reject) frame of HDLC (High-level Data Link Control) will cause the (𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 | 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 | 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 | 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘵) frame(s) to be resent. ˢᵉᵐᵉˢᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵉˢᵗ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ³ ᴹᵃʸ ²⁰⁰⁴
Indicated and all subsequent
HDLC’s DISC (Disconnect) is an example of a(n) (𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦 | 𝘜𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 | 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘺 | 𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 | 𝘛𝘊𝘗) frame.
ˢᵉᵐᵉˢᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵉˢᵗ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ³ ᴹᵃʸ ²⁰⁰⁴
unnumbered
When no monitor’s presence is detected on an 802.5 network…
A: The hub appoints a new monitor.
B: The previous monitor resumes its duties.
C: The station with the highest priority starts acting as monitor.
D : A new monitor is elected by the remaining nodes.
E: The networks simply continues operating because it does not really need a monitor.
ˢᵉᵐᵉˢᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵉˢᵗ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ³ ᴹᵃʸ ²⁰⁰⁴
…a new monitor is elected by the remaining nodes.
In CSMA/CA the sequence of events to avoid collisions is…
A: NAV, RTS, CTS B: RTS, NAV, CTS C: NAV, CTS, RTS D: RTS, NAV, CTS E : RTS, CTS, NAV
ˢᵉᵐᵉˢᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵉˢᵗ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ³ ᴹᵃʸ ²⁰⁰⁴
RTS, CTS, NAV
Where are fragmented IP datagrams reassembled?
(𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥. | 𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘗 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 | 𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.| 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘛𝘓 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 0. | 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘐𝘗 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘥.)
ˢᵉᵐᵉˢᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵉˢᵗ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ³ ᴹᵃʸ ²⁰⁰⁴
At the final destination
A UTP cable used for Ethernet uses the (𝘋𝘉25 | 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘬𝘰𝘮 | 𝘙𝘑-45 | 𝘟-45) connector.
ᶠʳᵒᵐ ˢᵉᵐᵉˢᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵉˢᵗ ᵒⁿ ²⁹ ᴬᵖʳⁱˡ ²⁰⁰⁵
RJ-45
Manchester encoding is better than NRZ because __________
𝘈: 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨.
𝘉: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘶𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘙𝘡.
𝘊: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘶𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘙𝘡.
𝘋: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳.
ᶠʳᵒᵐ ˢᵉᵐᵉˢᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵉˢᵗ ᵒⁿ ²⁹ ᴬᵖʳⁱˡ ²⁰⁰⁵
A: Manchester is self-synchronising.
If a communications channel uses QAM at a baud rate of 9600, data is transmitted at (𝟷𝟸𝟶𝟶 | 𝟸𝟺𝟶𝟶 | 𝟿𝟼𝟶𝟶 | 𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟶𝟶 | 𝟸𝟾𝟾𝟶𝟶 ) bps.
ᶠʳᵒᵐ ˢᵉᵐᵉˢᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵉˢᵗ ᵒⁿ ²⁹ ᴬᵖʳⁱˡ ²⁰⁰⁵
28800 bps
XML fits into layer ____ of the ISO/OSI model.
ᶠʳᵒᵐ ˢᵉᵐᵉˢᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵉˢᵗ ᵒⁿ ²⁹ ᴬᵖʳⁱˡ ²⁰⁰⁵
six (presentation)
At which ISO/OSI layer are communicating applications synchronised?
ᶠʳᵒᵐ ˢᵉᵐᵉˢᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵉˢᵗ ᵒⁿ ²⁹ ᴬᵖʳⁱˡ ²⁰⁰⁵
5/session
Layer 6 of ISO/OSI is the ______ layer.
ᶠʳᵒᵐ ˢᵉᵐᵉˢᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵉˢᵗ ᵒⁿ ²⁹ ᴬᵖʳⁱˡ ²⁰⁰⁵
presentation
A Hamming code capable of correcting single-bit errors and using n parity bits can, at
most, contain (2ⁿ − 𝑛 − 1 | 10 | 2 x 𝑛) data bits.
ᶠʳᵒᵐ ˢᵉᵐᵉˢᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵉˢᵗ ᵒⁿ ²⁹ ᴬᵖʳⁱˡ ²⁰⁰⁵
2ⁿ − 𝑛 − 1
If parity is used for error control, only errors that affect (𝘈 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘵 | 𝘈𝘯 𝘰𝘥𝘥 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘴 | 𝘈𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘴) will be detected.
ᶠʳᵒᵐ ˢᵉᵐᵉˢᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵉˢᵗ ᵒⁿ ²⁹ ᴬᵖʳⁱˡ ²⁰⁰⁵
an odd number of bits
IEEE 802.3 defines 𝘈: 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘉: 𝘓𝘓𝘊 𝘊: 𝘏𝘋𝘓𝘊 𝘋: 𝘛𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌: 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦 ᶠʳᵒᵐ ˢᵉᵐᵉˢᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵉˢᵗ ᵒⁿ ²⁹ ᴬᵖʳⁱˡ ²⁰⁰⁵
Ethernet
When one node polls another, it wants to know whether ____.
𝘈 : 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥.
𝘉: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.
𝘊: 𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘥𝘦.
ᶠʳᵒᵐ ˢᵉᵐᵉˢᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵉˢᵗ ᵒⁿ ²⁹ ᴬᵖʳⁱˡ ²⁰⁰⁵
the other node has something to send.
IP datagrams support source routing. Source routing is…
𝘈: 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦.
𝘉: 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.
𝘊 : 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵.
𝘋: 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘵.
ᶠʳᵒᵐ ᵗʰᵉ ˢᵉᵐᵉˢᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵉˢᵗ ᵒⁿ ¹⁶ ᴬᵖʳⁱˡ ²⁰¹⁰
C: where the source determines the route of the packet.