3D152 Volume 2

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  • 1. 

    What happenes when more bits are added to a digital signal arranged in a sequence understood by the sender and reciever?

    • A.

      A code set is established

    • B.

      A word is created

    • C.

      An octet is formed

    • D.

      Nothing

    Correct Answer
    A. A code set is established
  • 2. 

    How many possible symbols can 4 bits represent?

    • A.

      2

    • B.

      4

    • C.

      8

    • D.

      16

    Correct Answer
    D. 16
  • 3. 

    In networking, a byte is identified as a/an

    • A.

      Bit

    • B.

      Word

    • C.

      Octet

    • D.

      Letter

    Correct Answer
    C. Octet
  • 4. 

    What organization sets important computer networking wiring standards for residential and commercial network cabling?

    • A.

      Electric Industries Alliance (EIA)

    • B.

      Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)

    • C.

      The American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

    • D.

      The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

    Correct Answer
    A. Electric Industries Alliance (EIA)
  • 5. 

    What Electric Industries Alliance (EIA)/ Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) standard is used for commercially building telecommunications cabling?

    • A.

      568A

    • B.

      569A

    • C.

      570A

    • D.

      606A

    Correct Answer
    A. 568A
  • 6. 

    Which of the following is an International  Telecommunications  Union (ITU) standardized format used for digital telecommunications services backbone system?

    • A.

      E-carrier

    • B.

      Structured query language

    • C.

      International Organization for Standardization

    • D.

      American Standard Code for Information Interchange

    Correct Answer
    A. E-carrier
  • 7. 

    What is a worldwide nonprofit association of technical professionals that promotes the development of standards called the

    • A.

      Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

    • B.

      Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    • C.

      European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)

    • D.

      Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

    Correct Answer
    B. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • 8. 

    A collection of standards for local area network (LAN) architectures, protocols, and technologies called Project 802 were developed by the

    • A.

      Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

    • B.

      Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    • C.

      European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)

    • D.

      Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

    Correct Answer
    B. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • 9. 

    The "parent" organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, for all other telecommunications organizations is the 

    • A.

      Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

    • B.

      International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

    • C.

      Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    • D.

      International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT)

    Correct Answer
    B. International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
  • 10. 

    What organization is responsible for the X-series and V-series standards?

    • A.

      Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

    • B.

      International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

    • C.

      Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    • D.

      International Telecommunication Union Telecommunications Standardization Sector (ITU-T)

    Correct Answer
    D. International Telecommunication Union Telecommunications Standardization Sector (ITU-T)
  • 11. 

    Which series of standards are recommended for data transmission using the telephone network?

    • A.

      T

    • B.

      V

    • C.

      X

    • D.

      Z

    Correct Answer
    B. V
  • 12. 

    The definition of the Open System Interconnect (OSI) reference model was a major contribution to networking made by the 

    • A.

      Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

    • B.

      International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

    • C.

      International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

    • D.

      Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Correct Answer
    C. International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
  • 13. 

    Within how man feet of the data communications equipment (DCE) connection does the Electronics Industries  Alliance (EIA) RS-232-C standard prescribes bipolar-voltage serial data transmission?

    • A.

      25

    • B.

      50

    • C.

      100

    • D.

      200

    Correct Answer
    B. 50
  • 14. 

    Which Electronics Industries Alliance (EIA) interface standard has the ability to work in either balanced or unbalanced electrical circuits?

    • A.

      RS-232-C

    • B.

      RS-423

    • C.

      RS-485

    • D.

      RS-530

    Correct Answer
    D. RS-530
  • 15. 

    What transmission rates does Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) RS-530 accommodate?

    • A.

      20 kilobits per second (Kbps) to 200 Kbps

    • B.

      20 Kbps to 2 megabits per second (Mbps)

    • C.

      20 Kbps to 20 Mbps

    • D.

      20 Kbps to 22 Mbps

    Correct Answer
    B. 20 Kbps to 2 megabits per second (Mbps)
  • 16. 

    What sublayers did the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) divide the Open System Interconnect (OSI) data link layers into?

    • A.

      High Level Data Link Control (HDLC) and Synchronous Data Link Control (SDLC)

    • B.

      Logical Link Control (LLC) and Media Access Control (MAC)

    • C.

      Data Communications Equipment (DCE) and Data Terminal Equipment (DTE)

    • D.

      Electronics Industries Alliance (EIA) RS-232 and RS-530

    Correct Answer
    B. Logical Link Control (LLC) and Media Access Control (MAC)
  • 17. 

    At what OSI layer are common data compression and encryption schemes used?

    • A.

      Application

    • B.

      Session

    • C.

      Presentation

    • D.

      Transport

    Correct Answer
    C. Presentation
  • 18. 

    What OSI layer is closest to the end user?

    • A.

      Application

    • B.

      Session

    • C.

      Presentation

    • D.

      Transport

    Correct Answer
    A. Application
  • 19. 

    In the OSI model, a layer will communicate with three other OSI layers. Which one is not of those layers?

    • A.

      Layer above

    • B.

      Layer below

    • C.

      Lowest layer

    • D.

      Peer layer

    Correct Answer
    C. Lowest layer
  • 20. 

    Which information unit, whose secure and destination are network-layer entities, uses connectionless network service?

    • A.

      Frame

    • B.

      Packet

    • C.

      Segment

    • D.

      Datagram

    Correct Answer
    D. Datagram
  • 21. 

    What data communication protocol is used to govern the flow and format of information between systems?

    • A.

      Character-oriented

    • B.

      Bit-oriented

    • C.

      Routing

    • D.

      Network

    Correct Answer
    A. Character-oriented
  • 22. 

    In binary-synchronous protocol, what character is used to establish and maintain character synchronization prior to the message block and during transmission?

    • A.

      SEQ

    • B.

      SYN

    • C.

      STX

    • D.

      EST

    Correct Answer
    B. SYN
  • 23. 

    What data communication protocol is based on bits and the position of the bits

    • A.

      Character-orientd

    • B.

      Bit-oriented

    • C.

      Routing

    • D.

      Network

    Correct Answer
    B. Bit-oriented
  • 24. 

    What data communication protocol ensures that the receiving station can distinguish information from garbage?

    • A.

      Asynchronous protocol

    • B.

      Binary synchronous protocol

    • C.

      Synchronous Data Link Control (SDLC)

    • D.

      High Level Data Link Control (HDLC)

    Correct Answer
    D. High Level Data Link Control (HDLC)
  • 25. 

    A group of computers and associated devices that hare a common communications line within a small geographic area is a 

    • A.

      MAN

    • B.

      LAN

    • C.

      WAN

    • D.

      VPN

    Correct Answer
    B. LAN
  • 26. 

    The interconnection of several networks in a city into a single larger network is a

    • A.

      LAN

    • B.

      WAN

    • C.

      VPN

    • D.

      MAN

    Correct Answer
    D. MAN
  • 27. 

    What type of network connects networks that are typically seperated by geographical distances?

    • A.

      LAN

    • B.

      WAN

    • C.

      VPN

    • D.

      MAN

    Correct Answer
    B. WAN
  • 28. 

    What type of network enables a group of two or more computer systems to communicate over the public Internet?

    • A.

      LAN

    • B.

      WAN

    • C.

      VPN

    • D.

      MAN

    Correct Answer
    C. VPN
  • 29. 

    Which type network enables users to share resources, files, and printers in a decentralized way?

    • A.

      Intranet

    • B.

      Extranet

    • C.

      Peer-to-Peer

    • D.

      Client-server

    Correct Answer
    C. Peer-to-Peer
  • 30. 

    What Network layer protocol provides information about how and where data should be delivered, including the data's source and destination addresses?

    • A.

      IP

    • B.

      ARP

    • C.

      RARP

    • D.

      ICMP

    Correct Answer
    A. IP
  • 31. 

    Which Network layer protocol matches a known IP address for a destination device to a MAC address?

    • A.

      IP

    • B.

      ARP

    • C.

      RARP

    • D.

      ICMP

    Correct Answer
    B. ARP
  • 32. 

    Which Network layer protocol provides the IP address for a device that knows its own MAC address?

    • A.

      IP

    • B.

      ARP

    • C.

      RARP

    • D.

      ICMP

    Correct Answer
    C. RARP
  • 33. 

    Which Transport layer protocol does not guarantee that packets will be received at all?

    • A.

      IP

    • B.

      UDP

    • C.

      TCP

    • D.

      ICMP

    Correct Answer
    B. UDP
  • 34. 

    Which Application layer protocol is used to send and receive files by way of transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP) ?

    • A.

      FTP

    • B.

      TFTP

    • C.

      SMTP

    • D.

      HTTP

    Correct Answer
    A. FTP
  • 35. 

    Which protocol is simpler than FTP when transferring files between computers?

    • A.

      FTP

    • B.

      TFTP

    • C.

      SMTP

    • D.

      HTTP

    Correct Answer
    B. TFTP
  • 36. 

    Which Application layer protocol is a terminal emulation used to log on to remote hosts?

    • A.

      Teletype Network

    • B.

      TFTP

    • C.

      SMTP

    • D.

      HTTP

    Correct Answer
    A. Teletype Network
  • 37. 

    Which Application layer protocol is an automated means of assigning a unique IP address to every device on a network?

    • A.

      DHCP

    • B.

      TFTP

    • C.

      SMTP

    • D.

      HTTP

    Correct Answer
    A. DHCP
  • 38. 

    Which Application layer protocol is a utility that can verify that TCP/IP is installed and communicating with the network.

    • A.

      DHCP

    • B.

      NTP

    • C.

      FTP

    • D.

      Ping

    Correct Answer
    D. Ping
  • 39. 

    The physical address of any device on the network is a/an

    • A.

      IPv4 address

    • B.

      IPv6 address

    • C.

      Static IP address

    • D.

      MAC address

    Correct Answer
    A. IPv4 address
  • 40. 

    What are two parts to an IPv4 address?

    • A.

      Network and host

    • B.

      Network and class

    • C.

      Class and host

    • D.

      Network and octet

    Correct Answer
    A. Network and host
  • 41. 

    What is used on a TCP/IP network to determine which network a computer is on?

    • A.

      Subnet host

    • B.

      Subnet network

    • C.

      Subnet mask

    • D.

      Host mask

    Correct Answer
    C. Subnet mask
  • 42. 

    How man subnet bits are required to support 90 subnets on a class B network?

    • A.

      Three

    • B.

      Five

    • C.

      Seven

    • D.

      Nine

    Correct Answer
    C. Seven
  • 43. 

    How many bits are available for host bits on a class B network using seven bits?

    • A.

      Three

    • B.

      Five

    • C.

      Seven

    • D.

      Nine

    Correct Answer
    D. Nine
  • 44. 

    What is not a recommendation for planning networks using variable length subnet masking (VLSM) ?

    • A.

      Start with the shortest mask

    • B.

      Re-address the entire network

    • C.

      Aim to use contiguous subnets where possible

    • D.

      Choose one or more available subnets and subnet further

    Correct Answer
    B. Re-address the entire network
  • 45. 

    What mechanism allows for easier IPv6 address allocations?

    • A.

      Auto-sense

    • B.

      Auto negotiation

    • C.

      Auto configuration

    • D.

      Auto summarization

    Correct Answer
    C. Auto configuration
  • 46. 

    Which of the following is not an IPv6 transition appraoch

    • A.

      Translation

    • B.

      Tunneling

    • C.

      Dual Stack

    • D.

      Auto configuration

    Correct Answer
    D. Auto configuration
  • 47. 

    Which IPv6 tunneling appraoch attempts to solve the issues of IPv6 to IPv4, IP protocol 41 issue?

    • A.

      6to4

    • B.

      Teredo

    • C.

      Tunnel Broker

    • D.

      Intea-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol (ISATAP)

    Correct Answer
    B. Teredo
  • 48. 

    Teredo has four tunneling components. Which one is not one of them

    • A.

      Teredo host-specific relay

    • B.

      Teredo client

    • C.

      Teredo server

    • D.

      Teredo agent

    Correct Answer
    D. Teredo agent
  • 49. 

    The combination transmitter/receiver device, in a single packages, is called a 

    • A.

      Transceiver

    • B.

      Repeater

    • C.

      Router

    • D.

      Hub

    Correct Answer
    A. Transceiver
  • 50. 

    What device provides the physical, electrical, and electronic connections to the network media?

    • A.

      Bridge

    • B.

      Router

    • C.

      Gateway

    • D.

      Network Interface Card (NIC)

    Correct Answer
    D. Network Interface Card (NIC)

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