CS610 Midterm Past Paper 1

CS610 Mid Term

No error detection scheme is perfect because transmission errors can affect the additional information as well as the data.

1. True (Computer Networks and Internets, page82)
2. False

Program sends a message to a remote computer and reports whether the computer responds.

1. Ping (Computer Networks and Internets, page9)
2. Traceroute
3. ICMP
4. Non of the given

----- was especially concerned about the lack of high powered computers.

1. ARPA (Computer Networks and Internets, page5)
2. IEEE
3. EIA
4. None of the given

The term -------- is used to denote the definition of a packet used with a specific type of network.

1. Packet

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1. Frame (Computer Networks and Internets, page 73)
2. Data
3. None of the given

Computer networks are often called -------------- because they use packet technology.

1. Ethernet
2. Switch networks
3. Packet networks (Computer Networks and Internets, page 73)
4. None of the given

-------------- have advantages arisen from the size and ease of computation.

1. CRC
2. Parity (Page 19)
3. Checksums
4. None of given

Most LANs that employ ring topology use an access mechanism known as-------

1. CSMA/CD
2. CSMA/CA

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1. TOKEN PASSING (Computer Networks and Internets, page95)
2. None of the given

IEEE LLC/SNAP header is --------, which is used to specify the type of data.

1. 8 octets (Computer Networks and Internets, page112)
2. 8 bytes
3. 8 bits
4. None of the given

Formally named __________ informally known as the twisted pair Ethernet or TP Ethernet.

1. 10 Base 2
2. 10 Base 5
3. 10 Base T (Page 43)
4. None of the given

An interface for twisted pair Ethernet must have an ____________ connector, and must generate signals according to the_____________ specification.

1. RJ-45, 10 Base T (Computer Networks and Internets, page 126)
2. RJ-45, 10 Base 5
3. BNC, 10 Base 2