CS601 MIDTERM important MCQs

Muhammad Faisal Dar

MIT 4th Semester
faisalgrw123@gmail.com

1) In a _______ connection, more than two devices can share a single link.

A) Point-to-point
B) Primary
C) Multipoint
D) Secondary

2) Communication between a computer and a keyboard involves ______________ transmission.

A) Full-duplex
B) Half-duplex
C) Simplex
D) Automatic

3) In a network with 25 computers, which topology would require the most extensive cabling?

A) Star
B) Mesh
C) Bus
D) Ring

4) Which topology requires a central controller or hub?

A) Star
B) Mesh
C) Bus
D) Ring
5) The _______ is the physical path over which a message travels.

A) Protocol
B) Medium
C) Signal
D) All the above

6) Which organization has authority over interstate and international commerce in the communications field?

A) ITU-T
B) IEEE
C) ISO
D) FCC

7) The information to be communicated in a data communications system is the _______.

A) Medium
B) Protocol
C) Transmission
D) Message

8) Frequency of failure and network recovery time after a failure are measures of the _______ of a
network.

A) Performance
B) Security
C) Reliability
D) Feasibility

9) In _______ transmission, the channel capacity is shared by both communicating devices at all times.

A) Full-duplex
B) Simplex
C) Half-duplex
D) Half-simplex
10) An unauthorized user is a network _______ issue.

A) Performance
B) Reliability
C) Security
D) All the above

11) Which topology requires a multipoint connection?

A) Mesh
B) Star
C) Ring
D) Bus

12) A television broadcast is an example of _______ transmission.

A) Half-duplex
B) Full-duplex
C) Simplex
D) Automatic

13) A _______ connection provides a dedicated link between two devices.

A) Multipoint
B) Point-to-point
C) Primary
D) Secondary

14) A cable break in a _______ topology stops all transmission.

A) Mesh
B) Star
C) Primary
D) Bus
15) The _______ layer changes bits into electromagnetic signals.

A) Physical
B) Transport
C) None of the above
D) Data link

16) The physical layer is concerned with the transmission of _______ over the physical medium.

A) Programs
B) Protocols
C) Bits
D) Dialogs

17) Mail services are available to network users through the _______ layer.

A) Data link
B) Physical
C) Application
D) Transport

18) As the data packet moves from the lower to the upper layers, headers are _______.

A) Added
B) Rearranged
C) Modified
D) Subtracted

19) As the data packet moves from the upper to the lower layers, headers are _______.

A) Removed
B) Added
C) Rearranged
D) Modified
20) The _______ layer lies between the network layer and the application layer.

A) Data link
B) Physical
C) Transport
D) None of the above

21) Layer 2 lies between the physical layer and the _______ layer.

A) Data link
B) Network
C) Transport
D) None of the above

22) When data are transmitted from device A to device B, the header from A's layer 4 is read by B's
_______ layer.

A) Application
B) Physical
C) Transport
D) None of the above

23) Which layer functions as a liaison between user support layers and network support layers?

A) Network layer
B) Transport layer
C) Physical layer
D) Application layer

24) What is the main function of the transport layer?

A) Process-to-process delivery
B) Node-to-node delivery
C) Synchronization
D) Updating and maintenance of routing tables
25) Which of the following is an application layer service?

A) Remote log-in
B) File transfer and access
C) Mail service
D) All the above

26) The Internet model consists of _______ layers.

A) Three
B) Five
C) Seven
D) Eight

27) The process-to-process delivery of the entire message is the responsibility of the _______ layer.

A) Physical
B) Network
C) Transport
D) Application

28) The _______ layer is the layer closest to the transmission medium.

A) Network
B) Physical
C) Data link
D) Transport

29) Before data can be transmitted, they must be transformed to ________.

A) Electromagnetic signals
B) Periodic signals
C) Aperiodic signals
D) Low-frequency sine waves
30) When one of the components of a signal has a frequency of zero, the average amplitude of the
signal ________.

A) Is less than zero

B) Is greater than zero
C) Is zero
D) (a) or (b)

31) A periodic signal can always be decomposed into ________.

A) Exactly an odd number of sine waves

B) A set of sine waves, one of which must have a phase of 0°
C) A set of sine waves
D) None of the above

32) A periodic signal completes one cycle in 0.001 s. What is the frequency?

A) 1 Hz
B) 100 Hz
C) 1 KHz
D) 1 MHz

33) In a frequency-domain plot, the horizontal axis measures the ________.

A) Frequency
B) Peak amplitude
C) Phase
D) Slope

34) In a time-domain plot, the vertical axis is a measure of ________.

A) Frequency
B) Phase
C) Amplitude
D) Time
35) In a time-domain plot, the horizontal axis is a measure of ________.

A) Signal amplitude
B) Time
C) Frequency
D) Phase

36) If the bandwidth of a signal is 5 KHz and the lowest frequency is 52 KHz, what is the highest
frequency?

A) 5 KHz
B) 10 KHz
C) 47 KHz
D) 57 KHz

37) What is the bandwidth of a signal that ranges from 40 KHz to 4 MHz?

A) 3.96 MHz
B) 36 MHz
C) 360 KHz
D) 396 KHz

38) As frequency increases, the period ________.

A) Decreases
B) Increases
C) Remains the same
D) Doubles

39) When propagation speed is multiplied by propagation time, we get the ________.

A) Throughput
B) Wavelength of the signal
C) Distance a signal or bit has traveled
D) Distortion factor
40) Propagation time is ________ proportional to distance and ________ proportional to propagation speed.

A) Inversely; directly
B) Inversely; inversely
C) Directly; inversely
D) Directly; directly

41) Wavelength is ________ proportional to propagation speed and ________ proportional to period.

A) Directly; directly
B) Inversely; directly
C) Directly; inversely
D) Inversely; inversely

42) Which of the following can be determined from a frequency-domain graph of a signal?

A) Phase
B) Power
C) Frequency
D) All the above

43) Which of the following can be determined from a frequency-domain graph of a signal?

A) Phase
B) Bandwidth
C) Power
D) All the above

44) In a frequency-domain plot, the vertical axis measures the ________.

A) Frequency
B) Peak amplitude
C) Phase
D) Slope
45) Given two sine waves A and B, if the frequency of A is twice that of B, then the period of B is
________ that of A.

A) One-half
B) Twice
C) The same as
D) Indeterminate from

46) The wavelength of green light in air is ________ the wavelength of green light in fiber-optic cable.

A) Greater than
B) Less than
C) Equal to
D) None of the above

47) Using the Shannon formula to calculate the data rate for a given channel, if C = B, then ________.

A) The signal is equal to the noise

B) The signal is less than the noise
C) The signal is greater than the noise
D) Not enough information is given to answer the question

48) A sine wave is ________.

A) Aperiodic and continuous

B) Periodic and discrete
C) Aperiodic and discrete
D) Periodic and continuous

49) If the maximum amplitude of a sine wave is 2 V, the minimum amplitude is ________ V.

A) 2
B) 1
C) -2
D) Between -2 and 2
50) A signal is measured at two different points. The power is P1 at the first point and P2 at the second
point. The dB is 0. This means ________.

A) P2 is zero
B) P2 equals P1
C) P2 is much larger than P1
D) P2 is much smaller than P1

51) ________ is a type of transmission impairment in which the signal loses strength due to the
resistance of the transmission medium.

A) Distortion
B) Noise
C) Decibel
D) Attenuation

52) ________ is a type of transmission impairment in which the signal loses strength due to the different
propagation speeds of each frequency that makes up the signal.

A) Attenuation
B) Noise
C) Distortion
D) Decibel

53) ________ is a type of transmission impairment in which an outside source such as crosstalk corrupts
a signal.

A) Attenuation
B) Noise
C) Distortion
D) Decibel

54) The ________ has units of meters/second or kilometers/second.

A) Throughput
B) Propagation time
C) Propagation speed
D) (b) or (c)
55) ________ has units of bits/second.

A) Throughput
B) Propagation speed
C) Propagation time
D) (b) or (c)

56) The ________ has units of seconds.

A) Throughput
B) Propagation time
C) Propagation speed
D) (b) or (c)

57) The wavelength of a signal depends on the ________.

A) Frequencies of the signal

B) Medium
C) Phase of the signal
D) (a) and (b)

58) Which encoding technique attempts to solve the loss of synchronization due to long strings of 0s?

A) NRZ
B) BnZS
C) AMI
D) (a) and (b)

59) Block coding can help in _______ at the receiver.

A) Synchronization
B) Error detection
C) Attenuation
D) (a) and (b)
60) In _______ transmission, bits are transmitted simultaneously, each across its own wire.

A) Parallel
B) Asynchronous serial
C) Synchronous serial
D) (a) and (b)

61) Unipolar, bipolar, and polar encoding are types of _______ encoding.

A) Block
B) Line
C) NRZ
D) Manchester

62) _______ encoding has a transition at the middle of each bit.

A) RZ
B) Manchester
C) Differential Manchester
D) All the above

63) _______ encoding has a transition at the beginning of each 0 bit.

A) Differential Manchester
B) RZ
C) Manchester
D) All the above

64) PCM is an example of _______ conversion.

A) Analog-to-analog
B) Analog-to-digital
C) Digital-to-digital
D) Digital-to-analog
65) If the frequency spectrum of a signal has a bandwidth of 500 Hz with the highest frequency at 600
Hz, what should be the sampling rate, according to the Nyquist theorem?

A) 500 samples/s
B) 1000 samples/s
C) 200 samples/s
D) 1200 samples/s

66) One factor in the accuracy of a reconstructed PCM signal is the _______.

A) Number of bits used for quantization

B) Signal bandwidth
C) Carrier frequency
D) Baud rate

67) In asynchronous transmission, the gap time between bytes is _______.

A) Fixed
B) A function of the data rate
C) Variable
D) Zero

68) Synchronous transmission does not have _______.

A) A start bit
B) A stop bit
C) Gaps between bytes
D) All the above

69) Which encoding type always has a non zero average amplitude?

A) Polar
B) Bipolar
C) Unipolar
D) All the above
70) Which of the following encoding methods does not provide for synchronization?

A) Manchester
B) NRZ-L
C) RZ
D) NRZ-I

71) Which encoding method uses alternating positive and negative values for 1s?

A) Manchester
B) AMI
C) NRZ-I
D) RZ

72) In PCM, an analog-to- _______ conversion occurs.

A) Analog
B) Digital
C) QAM
D) Differential

73) If the maximum value of a PCM signal is 31 and the minimum value is -31, how many bits were used for coding?

A) 4
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7

74) RZ encoding involves _______ signal levels.

A) Five
B) Four
C) Three
D) Two
75) Which quantization level results in a more faithful reproduction of the signal?

A) 2
B) 8
C) 16
D) 32

76) In _______ transmission, bits are transmitted over a single wire, one at a time.

A) Asynchronous serial
B) Synchronous serial
C) Parallel
D) (a) and (b)

77) In _______ transmission, a start bit and a stop bit frame a character byte.

A) Synchronous serial
B) Asynchronous serial
C) Parallel
D) (a) and (b)

78) If a symbol is composed of 3 bits, there are _______ data levels.

A) 2
B) 4
C) 8
D) 16

79) The Nyquist theorem specifies the minimum sampling rate to be_______.

A) Twice the bandwidth of a signal

B) Twice the highest frequency of a signal
C) Equal to the lowest frequency of a signal
D) Equal to the highest frequency of a signal
80) Pulse rate is always _______ the bit rate.

A) Less than
B) Less than or equal to
C) Greater than
D) Greater than or equal to

81) AM and FM are examples of ________ modulation.

A) Analog-to-analog
B) Analog-to-digital
C) Digital-to-digital
D) Digital-to-analog

82) In QAM, both phase and ________ of a carrier frequency are varied.

A) Frequency
B) Bit rate
C) Amplitude
D) Baud rate

83) Which of the following is most affected by noise?

A) PSK
B) FSK
C) QAM
D) ASK

84) ASK, PSK, FSK, and QAM are examples of ________ modulation.

A) Analog-to-analog
B) Analog-to-digital
C) Digital-to-digital
D) Digital-to-analog
85) If the baud rate is 400 for a 4-PSK signal, the bit rate is ________ bps.

A) 1600 100
B) 800
C) 400
D) 100

86) If the bit rate for an ASK signal is 1200 bps, the baud rate is ________.

A) 300
B) 400
C) 600
D) 1200

87) As the bit rate of an FSK signal increases, the bandwidth ________.

A) Remains the same

B) Decreases
C) Increases
D) Doubles

88) In 16-QAM, there are 16 ________.

A) Phases
B) Combinations of phase and amplitude
C) Amplitudes
D) bps

89) Which modulation technique involves tribits, eight different phase shifts, and one amplitude?

A) FSK
B) ASK
C) 4-PSK
D) 8-PSK
90) If the bit rate for an FSK signal is 1200 bps, the baud rate is ________.

A) 300
B) 400
C) 600
D) 1200

91) If the bit rate for a QAM signal is 3000 bps and a signal unit is represented by a tribit, what is the
baud rate?

A) 300
B) 400
C) 1000
D) 1200

92) If the baud rate for a QAM signal is 3000 and a signal unit is represented by a tribit, what is the bit
rate?

A) 300
B) 400
C) 1000
D) 9000

93) If the baud rate for a QAM signal is 1800 and the bit rate is 9000, how many bits are there per signal
unit?

A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 6

94) Given an AM radio signal with a bandwidth of 10 KHz and the highest-frequency component at 705
KHz, what is the frequency of the carrier signal?

A) 705 KHz
B) 700 KHz
C) 710 KHz
D) Cannot be determined from given information
95) A modulated signal is formed by ________.

A) Changing the carrier wave by the modulating signal

B) Quantization of the source data
C) Changing the modulating signal by the carrier wave
D) Sampling at the Nyquist frequency

96) If FCC regulations are followed, the carrier frequencies of adjacent AM radio stations are ________
apart.

A) 5 KHz
B) 10 KHz
C) 200 KHz
D) 530 KHz

97) If FCC regulations are followed, ________ potential FM stations are theoretically possible in a given
area.

A) 50
B) 100
C) 133
D) 150

98) When an ASK signal is decomposed, the result is ________.

A) An infinite number of sine waves

B) Always one sine wave
C) Always two sine waves
D) None of the above

99) The bandwidth of an FM signal requires 10 times the bandwidth of the _______ signal.

A) Bipolar
B) Sampling
C) Carrier
D) Modulating
100) Modulation of an analog signal can be accomplished through changing the ________ of the carrier
signal.

A) Amplitude
B) Frequency
C) Phase
D) Any of the above

101) For a telephone line, the bandwidth for voice is usually _______ the bandwidth for data.

A) Less than
B) Greater than
C) Twice
D) Equivalent to

102) For a given bit rate, the minimum bandwidth for ASK is ________ the minimum bandwidth for FSK.

A) Less than
B) Equivalent to
C) Greater than
D) Twice

103) What is the object of trellis coding?

A) To narrow the bandwidth

B) To increase the data rate
C) To reduce the error rate
D) To simplify modulation

104) A modulator converts a(n)________ signal to a(n) ________ signal.

A) Digital; analog
B) Analog; digital
C) PSK; FSK
D) FSK; PSK
105) A 56K modem can download at a rate of _______ Kbps and upload at a rate of ________ Kbps.

A) 56.6; 33.6
B) 56.6; 56.6
C) 33.6; 33.6
D) 33.6; 56.6

106) For FSK, as the difference between the two carrier frequencies increases, the bandwidth ________.

A) Remains the same

B) Decreases
C) Increases
D) Halves

107) The bit rate always equals the baud rate in which type of signal?

A) FSK
B) QAM
C) 4-PSK
D) All the above

108) Which ITU-T modem standard uses trellis coding?

A) V.32
B) V.33
C) V.34
D) (a) and (b)

109) In trellis coding the number of data bits is ________ the number of transmitted bits.

A) Less than
B) More than
C) Equal to
D) Double that of