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NETWORKING
1.DefineNetwork?
Anetworkisasetofdevicesconnectedbyphysicalmedialinks.Anetworkisrecursivelyisa
connectionoftwoormorenodesbyaphysicallinkortwoormorenetworksconnectedbyone
ormorenodes.
2.WhatisaLink?
Atthelowestlevel,anetworkcanconsistoftwoormorecomputersdirectlyconnectedby
somephysicalmediumsuchascoaxialcableoropticalfiber.Suchaphysicalmediumiscalled
asLink.
3.Whatisanode?
Anetworkcanconsistoftwoormorecomputersdirectlyconnectedbysomephysicalmedium
suchascoaxialcableoropticalfiber.SuchaphysicalmediumiscalledasLinksandthe
computeritconnectsiscalledasNodes.
4.WhatisagatewayorRouter?
AnodethatisconnectedtotwoormorenetworksiscommonlycalledasrouterorGateway.It
generallyforwardsmessagefromonenetworktoanother.
5.Whatispointpointlink?
Ifthephysicallinksarelimitedtoapairofnodesitissaidtobepointpointlink.
6.WhatisMultipleAccess/multipoint?
Ifthephysicallinksaresharedbymorethantwonodes,itissaidtobeMultipleAccess.
7.WhataretheadvantagesofDistributedProcessing?
a.Security/Encapsulation
b.Distributeddatabase
c.FasterProblemsolving
d.Securitythroughredundancy
e.CollaborativeProcessing
8.Whatarethecriterianecessaryforaneffectiveandefficientnetwork?
a.Performance
Itcanbemeasuredinmanyways,includingtransmittimeandresponsetime.b.Reliability
Itismeasuredbyfrequencyoffailure,thetimeittakesalinktorecoverfromafailure,and
thenetwork'srobustness.
c.Security
Securityissuesincludesprotectingdatafromunauthorizedaccessandvirues.
9.Namethefactorsthataffecttheperformanceofthenetwork?
a.NumberofUsers
b.Typeoftransmissionmedium
c.Hardware
d.Software
10.Namethefactorsthataffectthereliabilityofthenetwork?
a.Frequencyoffailure
b.Recoverytimeofanetworkafterafailure
11.Namethefactorsthataffectthesecurityofthenetwork?
a.UnauthorizedAccess
b.Viruses
12.WhatisProtocol?
Aprotocolisasetofrulesthatgovernallaspectsofinformationcommunication.
13.Whatarethekeyelementsofprotocols?
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Thekeyelementsofprotocolsare
a.Syntax
Itreferstothestructureorformatofthedata,thatistheorderinwhichtheyarepresented.
b.Semantics
Itreferstothemeaningofeachsectionofbits.
c.Timing
Timingreferstotwocharacteristics:Whendatashouldbesentandhowfasttheycanbe
sent.
14.WhatarethekeydesignissuesofacomputerNetwork?
a.Connectivity
b.CosteffectiveResourceSharing
c.SupportforcommonServices
d.Performance
15.DefineBandwidthandLatency?
NetworkperformanceismeasuredinBandwidth(throughput)andLatency(Delay).Bandwidth
ofanetworkisgivenbythenumberofbitsthatcanbetransmittedoverthenetworkina
certainperiodoftime.Latencycorrespondstohowlongittakesamessagetotravelfromone
endoffanetworktotheother.Itisstrictlymeasuredintermsoftime.
16.DefineRouting?
Theprocessofdeterminingsystematicallyhowtoforwardmessagestowardthedestination
nodesbasedonitsaddressiscalledrouting.
17.Whatisapeerpeerprocess?
Theprocessesoneachmachinethatcommunicateatagivenlayerarecalledpeerpeer
process.
18.Whenaswitchissaidtobecongested?
Itispossiblethataswitchreceivespacketsfasterthanthesharedlinkcanaccommodateand
storesinitsmemory,foranextendedperiodoftime,thentheswitchwilleventuallyrunoutof
bufferspace,andsomepacketswillhavetobedroppedandinthisstateissaidtocongested
state.
25.WhatisWDM?
WDMisconceptuallythesameasFDM,exceptthatthemultiplexinganddemultiplexinginvolve
lightsignalstransmittedthroughfiberopticschannel.
26.WhatisTDM?
TDMisadigitalprocessthatcanbeappliedwhenthedataratecapacityofthetransmission
mediumisgreaterthanthedataraterequiredbythesendingandreceivingdevices.
27.WhatisSynchronousTDM?
InSTDM,themultiplexerallocatesexactlythesametimeslottoeachdeviceatalltimes,
whetherornotadevicehasanythingtotransmit.
28.ListthelayersofOSI
a.PhysicalLayer
b.DataLinkLayer
c.NetworkLayer
d.TransportLayer
e.SessionLayer
f.PresentationLayer
g.ApplicationLayer
29.Whichlayersarenetworksupportlayers?
a.PhysicalLayer
b.DatalinkLayerand
c.NetworkLayers
30.Whichlayersareusersupportlayers?
a.SessionLayer
b.PresentationLayerand
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c.ApplicationLayer
31.Whichlayerlinksthenetworksupportlayersandusersupportlayers?
TheTransportlayerlinksthenetworksupportlayersandusersupportlayers.
32.WhataretheconcernsofthePhysicalLayer?
Physicallayercoordinatesthefunctionsrequiredtotransmitabitstreamoveraphysical
medium.
a.Physicalcharacteristicsofinterfacesandmedia
b.Representationofbits
c.Datarate
d.Synchronizationofbits
e.Lineconfiguration
f.Physicaltopology
g.Transmissionmode
33.WhataretheresponsibilitiesofDataLinkLayer?
TheDataLinkLayertransformsthephysicallayer,arawtransmissionfacility,toareliablelink
andisresponsiblefornodenodedelivery.
a.Framing
b.PhysicalAddressing
c.FlowControl
d.ErrorControl
e.AccessControl
34.WhataretheresponsibilitiesofNetworkLayer?
TheNetworkLayerisresponsibleforthesourcetodestinationdeliveryofpacketpossiblyacross
multiplenetworks(links).
a.LogicalAddressing
b.Routing
35.WhataretheresponsibilitiesofTransportLayer?
TheTransportLayerisresponsibleforsourcetodestinationdeliveryoftheentiremessage.
a.ServicepointAddressing
b.Segmentationandreassembly
c.ConnectionControl
d.FlowControl
e.ErrorControl
36.WhataretheresponsibilitiesofSessionLayer?
TheSessionlayeristhenetworkdialogController.Itestablishes,maintainsandsynchronizes
theinteractionbetweenthecommunicatingsystems.
a.Dialogcontrol
b.Synchronization
37.WhataretheresponsibilitiesofPresentationLayer?
ThePresentationlayerisconcernedwiththesyntaxandsemanticsoftheinformation
exchangedbetweentwosystems.
a.Translation
b.Encryption
c.Compression
38.WhataretheresponsibilitiesofApplicationLayer?
TheApplicationLayerenablestheuser,whetherhumanorsoftware,toaccessthenetwork.It
providesuserinterfacesandsupportforservicessuchasemail,shareddatabasemanagement
andothertypesofdistributedinformationservices.
a.NetworkvirtualTerminal
b.Filetransfer,accessandManagement(FTAM)
c.Mailservices
d.DirectoryServices
39.Whatarethetwoclassesofhardwarebuildingblocks?
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NodesandLinks.
40.Whatarethedifferentlinktypesusedtobuildacomputernetwork?
a.Cables
b.LeasedLines
c.LastMileLinks
d.WirelessLinks
41.WhatarethecategoriesofTransmissionmedia?
a.GuidedMedia
i.TwistedPaircable
1.ShieldedTP
2.UnshieldedTP
ii.CoaxialCable
iii.Fiberopticcable
b.UnguidedMedia
i.Terrestrialmicrowave
ii.SatelliteCommunication
42.Whatarethetypesoferrors?
a.SingleBiterror
Inasinglebiterror,onlyonebitinthedataunithaschanged
b.BurstError
ABursterrormeansthattwoormorebitsinthedatahavechanged.

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