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network is any device that will allow the

wireless devices to a wired network. A router
EC8702 Ad hoc and is the best example of an Access Point.

Wireless Sensor 2. In wireless ad-hoc network _________

Networks a) access point is not required
b) access point is must
c) nodes are not required
Multiple Choice d) all nodes are access points
View Answer
Questions Answer: a
Explanation: An ad-hoc wireless network is a
decentralized kind of a wireless network. An
ECE - 7th Semester access point is usually a central device and it
would go against the rules of the ad-hoc
network to use one. Hence it is not required.
Reg. 2017 3. Which multiple access technique is used by
IEEE 802.11 standard for wireless LAN?
a) CDMA
b) CSMA/CA
c) ALOHA
UNIT I AD HOC d) CSMA/CD
View Answer
NETWORKS -
INTRODUCTION AND Answer: b
Explanation: CSMA/CA stands for Carrier-
ROUTING PROTOCOLS sense multiple access/collision avoidance. It
is a multiple access protocol used by IEEE
TOPIC 1.1 ELEMENTS OF AD 802.11 standard for wireless LAN. It’s based
on the principle of collision avoidance by
HOC WIRELESS NETWORKS using different algorithms to avoid collisions
between channels.
1. What is the access point (AP) in a wireless
LAN? 4. In wireless distribution system __________
a) device that allows wireless devices to a) multiple access point are inter-connected
connect to a wired network with each other
b) wireless devices itself b) there is no access point
c) both device that allows wireless devices to c) only one access point exists
connect to a wired network and wireless d) access points are not required
devices itself View Answer
d) all the nodes in the network
View Answer Answer: a
Explanation: A Wireless Distribution System
Answer: a allows the connection of multiple access
Explanation: Access point in a wireless

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points together. It is used to expand a wireless 8. Which one of the following event is not
network to a larger network. possible in wireless LAN?
a) collision detection
5. A wireless network interface controller can b) acknowledgement of data frames
work in _______ c) multi-mode data transmission
a) infrastructure mode d) connection to wired networks
b) ad-hoc mode View Answer
c) both infrastructure mode and ad-hoc mode
d) WDS mode Answer: a
View Answer Explanation: Collision detection is not
possible in wireless LAN with no extensions.
Answer: c Collision detection techniques for multiple
Explanation: A wireless network interface access like CSMA/CD are used to detect
controller works on the physical layer and the collisions in Wireless LANs.
data link layer of the OSI model.
Infrastructure mode WNIC needs access point 9. What is Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)?
but in ad-hoc mode access point is not a) security algorithm for ethernet
required. b) security algorithm for wireless networks
6. In wireless network an extended service set c) security algorithm for usb communication
is a set of ________ d) security algorithm for emails
View Answer

a) connected basic service sets Answer: b

b) all stations Explanation: WEP is a security algorithm for
c) all access points wireless network which intended to provide
d) connected access points data confidentiality comparable to that of
View Answer traditional wired networks. It was introduced
in 1997.
Answer: a
Explanation: The extended service set is a
part of the IEEE 802.11 WLAN architecture 10. What is WPA?
and is used to expand the range of the basic a) wi-fi protected access
service set by allowing connection of multiple b) wired protected access
basic service sets. c) wired process access
d) wi-fi process access
7. Mostly ________ is used in wireless LAN. View Answer
a) time division multiplexing
b) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing Answer: a
c) space division multiplexing Explanation: WPA or WiFi Protected Access
d) channel division multiplexing is a security protocol used to provide users
View Answer and firms with strong data security and
protection for their wireless networks (WiFi)
Answer: b to give them confidence that only authorized
Explanation: In orthogonal frequency division users can access their network.
multiplexing, digital data is encoded on
multiple carrier frequencies. It is also used in
digital television and audio broadcasting in TOPIC 1.2 ISSUES IN AD HOC
addition to Wireless LANs. WIRELESS NETWORKS

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1. IEEE 802.11 defines the basic service set

TOPIC 1.3 EXAMPLE
as the building block of a wireless
COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS
1. LAN OF AD HOC NETWORKING
2. WAN protocol
3. MAN
4. All of the above TOPIC 1.4 AD HOC WIRELESS
INTERNET, ISSUES IN
Answer Answer: A DESIGNING A ROUTING
2. In wireless LAN, there are many hidden
PROTOCOL FOR AD HOC
stations so we cannot detect the WIRELESS NETWORKS

1. Frames
2. Collision TOPIC 1.5 CLASSIFICATIONS
3. Signal OF ROUTING PROTOCOLS,
4. Data TABLE DRIVEN ROUTING
PROTOCOLS
Answer Answer: B

3. A set that makes stationary or mobile 1) Alternate and adaptive routing algorithm
wireless station and also have optional central belongs to ……….
base station is known as A. static routing
B. permanent routing
1. Basic service set C. standard routing
2. Extended service set D. dynamic routing
3. Network point set
4. Access point 2) ………. protocol is a popular example of a
link-state routing protocol.
Answer Answer: A A. SPF
B. BGP
4. Wireless communication started in C. RIP
D. OSPF
1. 1869
2. 1895 3) An example of the routing algorithm is …
3. 1879 A. TELNET
4. 1885 B. TNET
C. ARPANET
Answer Answer: B D. ARNET

5. The wireless transmission is divided into 4) The Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing
Protocol(EIGRP) is categorized as a ……..
1. 3 broad groups A. Distance vector routing protocols
2. 6 broad groups B. Link state routing protocols
3. 9 broad groups C. Hybrid routing protocols
4. 8 broad groups D. Automatic state routing protocols

Answer Answer: A

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5) In ………. routing, the routing table hold B. host specific

the address of just the next hop instead of C. gateway
complete route information. D. added by redirection
A. next-hop
B. host-specific 12) A ………. AS has connections to two or
C. network-specific more autonomous systems and carries both
D. default local and transit traffic.
A. Stub
6) ………. was originally developed to B. Multi-homed
provide a loop-free method of exchanging C. Transit
routing information between autonomous D. All of the above
systems.
A. OSPF 13) In unicast routing, each router in the
B. EIGRP domain has a table that defines a ……… path
C. BGP tree to possible destinations.
D. RIP A. average
B. longest
7) In ………… routing, the destination C. shortest
address is a network address in the routing D. very longest
tables.
A. next-hop 14) ………….. supports the simultaneous use
B. host-specific of multiple unequal cost paths to a
C. network-specific destination.
D. default A. OSPF
B. EIGRP
8) Logical partitioning of the network, C. BGP
authentication and faster convergence rate are D. RIP
the advantages of ….
A. OSPF 15) In multicast routing, each involved router
B. EIGRP needs to construct a ……… path tree for each
C. BGP group.
D. RIP A. average
B. longest
9) The ………. flag indicates the availability C. shortest
of a router. D. very longest
A. up
B. host-specific 16) Which of the following is/are the benefits
C. gateway provided by EIGRP?
D. added by redirection i) Faster convergence
ii) partial routing updates
10) The types of autonomous system defined iii) High bandwidth utilization
by BGP is/are .. iv) Route summarization
A. Stub A. i, iii and iv only
B. Multi-homed B. i, ii and iii only
C. Transit C. ii, iii and iv only
D. All of the above D. i, ii and iv only
11) For a direct deliver, the …….. flag is on.
A. up

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17) In OSPF, a ………. link is a network is 15) C. shortest

connected to only one router. 16) D. i, ii and iv only
A. point-to-point 17) C. stub
B. transient 18) C. Route summarization
C. stub 19) D. multipoint
D. multipoint 20) A. Route redistribution

18) ……… is the process of consolidating

multiple contiguous routing entries into a TOPIC 1.6 DESTINATION
single advertisement. SEQUENCED DISTANCE
A. Faster convergence VECTOR (DSDV)
B. Partial routing updates
C. Route summarization 1) Which of the following is not the
D. Multiple protocols requirement of routing function?
A. Correctness
19) In OSPF, when the link between two
B. Robustness
routers is broken, the administration may
C. Delay time
create a …….. link between them using a
D. Stability
longer path that probably goes through
several routers. 2) The ……… protocol allows the
A. point-to-point administrator to assign a cost, called the
B. transient metric, to each route.
C. stub A. OSPF
D. multipoint B. RIP
C. BGP
20) ……….. is the process of introducing
D. BBGP
external routers into an OSPF network.
A. Route redistribution 3) If there is only one routing sequence for
B. Route summarization each source destination pair, the scheme is
C. Route reintroducing known as …..
D. Route recreation A. static routing
B. fixed alternative routing
Answers:
C. standard routing
1) D. dynamic routing D. dynamic routing
2) D. OSPF
4) The Open Shortest Path First(OSPF)
3) C. ARPANET
protocol is an intra domain routing protocol
4) C. Hybrid routing protocols
based on …….. routing.
5) A. next-hop
A. distance vector
6) C. BGP
B. link state
7) C. network-specific
C. path vector
8) A. OSPF
D. non distance vector
9) D. added by redirection
10) D. All of the above 5) An/A ……….routing scheme is designed
11) C. gateway to enable switches to react to changing traffic
12) C. Transit patterns on the network.
13) C. shortest A. static routing
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C. standard routing 12) To create a neighborhood relationship, a

D. dynamic routing router running BGP sends an ……….
message.
6) The Routing Information Protocol(RIP) is A. open
an intra domain routing based on B. update
……..routing. C. keep alive
A. distance vector D. close
B. link state
C. path vector 13) The technique which requires no network
D. distance code information required is ….
A. flooding
7) The term …….. refers to which node or B. variable routing
nodes in the network are responsible for the C. fixed routing
routing decision. D. random routing
A. decision place
B. routing place 14) An area is ….
C. node place A. part of an AS
D. switching place B. composed of at least two AS
C. another term for an AS
8) In ……. routing the least cost route D. composed more than two AS
between any two nodes is the minimum
distance. 15) Which of the following produces high
A. path vector traffic network?
B. distance vector A. Variable routing
C. link state B. Flooding
D. switching C. Fixed routing
D. Random routing
9) For centralized routing the decision is
made by some designated node called …… 16) In ……….. routing, we assume that there
A. designated center is one node (or more) in each autonomous
B. control center system that acts on behave of the entire
C. network center autonomous system.
D. network control center A. distant vector
B. path vector
10) For purposes of routing, the Internet is C. link state
divided into ……. D. multipoint
A. wide area networks
B. autonomous networks 17) When a direct delivery is made, both the
C. local area networks deliverer and receiver have the same ….
D. autonomous system A. routing table
B. host id
C. IP address
11) In ………. a route is selected for each D. Net id
destination pair of nodes in the network.
A. flooding 18) In OSPF, a ……… link is a network with
B. variable routing several routers attached to it.
C. fixed routing A. point-to-point
D. random routing B. transient

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C. stub TOPIC 1.8 AD HOC ON-

D. multipoint
DEMAND DISTANCE VECTOR
19) In ……. routing, the mask and the ROUTING (AODV).
destination address are both 0.0.0.0 in routing
table.
A. next-hop
B. host-specific
C. network-specific
D. default

20) In ………. the router forwards the receive

packet through only one of its interfaces.
A. unicasting
B. multicasting
C. broadcasting
D. point to point

Table of Contents

Answers:

1) C. Delay time
2) A. OSPF
3) B. fixed alternative routing
4) B. link state
5) C. standard routing
6) A. distance vector
7) A. decision place
8) B. distance vector
9) D. network control center
10) D. autonomous system
11) C. fixed routing
12) B. update
13) A. flooding
14) A. part of an AS
15) B. Flooding
16) B. path vector
17) D. Net id
18) B. transient
19) D. default
20) B. multicasting

TOPIC 1.7 ON-DEMAND

ROUTING PROTOCOLS

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1) A wireless network interface controller can

work in UNIT II SENSOR
a) infrastructure mode NETWORKS -
b) ad-hoc mode INTRODUCTION &
c) both infrastructure mode and ad-hoc mode ARCHITECTURES
d) none of the mentioned
TOPIC 2.1 CHALLENGES FOR
Answer: c WIRELESS SENSOR
2) In AODV routing algorithm for MANETs,
NETWORKS
the route is discovered at time

a.only when the network is established TOPIC 2.2 ENABLING

TECHNOLOGIES FOR
b. in middle of the transmission WIRELESS SENSOR
c. when there is a need for route by the host NETWORKS
d. when there is no need for route by the
host TOPIC 2.3 WSN APPLICATION
EXAMPLES, SINGLE-NODE
Answer: c
ARCHITECTURE
3) Which one of the following routing
algorithm can be used for network layer
design? TOPIC 2.4 HARDWARE
COMPONENTS, ENERGY
a. shortest path algorithm CONSUMPTION OF SENSOR
b. distance vector routing NODES
c.link state routing
TOPIC 2.5 NETWORK
d. all of the mentioned ARCHITECTURE
Answer: c
TOPIC 2.6 SENSOR NETWORK
SCENARIOS

TOPIC 2.7 TRANSCEIVER

DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS

1. A form of modulation in which the

amplitude of a carrier wave is varied in

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accordance with some characteristics of the Answer

modulating signal, is known as ___________ B. Collision
angle modulation
aloha
amplitude modulation
modem
Answer
C. amplitude modulation
2. Modulation in which two binary values are
represented by two different amplitudes of the
carrier frequency is known as ___________

amplitude shift keying

amplitude
amplitude modulation
aloha 6. Which of the following summation
Answer operation is performed on the bits to check an
A. amplitude shift keying error-detecting code?
3. The simultaneous transmission of data to a
number of stations is known as Codec
____________ Coder-decoder
Checksum
broadcast Attenuation
bandwidth Answer
analog transmission C. Checksum
aloha 7. Frame relay operates in the _________
Answer
A. broadcast application, presentation
4. Which layer of OSI determines the session, transport
interface of the system with the user? physical, data link
data link, network
Network Answer
Application C. physical, data link
Data link 8. Repeaters function in the ________ layers
Physical
Answer application, presentation
B. Application session, transport
5. Which of the following condition is used to physical, data link
transmit two packets over a medium at the data link, network
same time? Answer
C. physical, data link
Synchronous 9. Which of the following is not a connecting
Collision device?
Contention
Asynchronous Bridge

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Gateway handing over to the Physical layer.

Transceiver
Hub 2) The two sub-layers of a Data Link layer
Answer are ___.
C. Transceiver A) LLC - Logical Link Control Layer
B) MAC - Medium Access Control Layer
10. Which layer in the network supports
C) Both A and B
Gateways?
D) Data Layer
Lower 3 Answer [=]
Upper 4 C
Explanation:
All 7 Layers
All but the physical layer LLC (Logical Link Control) layer and MAC
Answer
(Medium Access Control) layer
C. All 7 Layers
3) Which is the sub-layer that accepts frames
TOPIC 2.8 SENSOR from the upper layer that is Network Layer?
A) LLC (Logical Link Control Layer)
OPTIMIZATION GOALS AND B) MAC (Medium Access Control) layer
FIGURES OF MERIT. C) -
D) -
Answer [=]
A
Explanation:
UNIT III WSN
The LLC layer receives frames the Network
NETWORKING layer. It is topology independent.
CONCEPTS AND 4) The functions of a Logical Link Layer
PROTOCOLS (LLC) are ___.
A) Error control
B) Flow control
TOPIC 3.1 MAC PROTOCOLS C) Creating and managing the
FOR WIRELESS SENSOR communication link between two devices
NETWORKS with the help of the Transport layer.
D) All the above
1) A Data Link Layer converts a packet of Answer [=]
data into __ finally. D
A) Frames 5) The types of data services offered by an
B) Bits LLC (Logical Link Control) layer are ___.
C) - A) Connectionless which is fast and
D) - unreliable
Answer [=] B) Connection-Oriented which is slow and
B reliable
Explanation: C) Both OptionA and optionB.
D) None
Yes. The data link layer takes packets from Answer [=]
Network Layer and converts to Bits before C

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6) Which is the layer that is responsible for Explanation:

sharing the physical media (transmission
medium) among many computers or devices? Round Robin, Reservation and Contention are
A) LLC (Logical Link Control) layer the three modes of sharing the access medium
B) MAC (Medium Access Control) layer used by MAC protocol.
C) -
D) - 10) In Round-robin mode of MAC, each
Answer [=] station gets ___ priority whether access to the
B medium is needed or not.
Explanation: A) different
B) equal
Medium Access Control (MAC) layer which C) -
is a sub-layer of the LLC (Logical Link D) -
Control) layer actually shares the physical Answer [=]
transmission medium among many devices. B
Explanation:
7) Every Computer or an Internet device has a
unique MAC address. State TRUE/FALSE. Each station will get an equal opportunity to
A) TRUE use the shared medium like the cable
B) FALSE connecting two or more stations.
C) -
D) - 11) In Reservation mode of MAC, each
Answer [=] station in the network ___ a time slot for a
A finite or infinite amount of time to access the
Explanation: shared medium.
A) should reserve
The manufacturers of internet accessing B) need not reserve
devices hard code unique MAC addresses C) -
into each device. D) -
Answer [=]
A
Explanation:
8) The types of Medium Access Control are
___. Whichever station reserves a time-slot first, it
A) Centrally Access Control will get full access to the medium. The
B) Distributed Access Control remaining stations simply wait and poll
C) Both option-A and option-B continuously for next time reservation token.
D) None
Answer [=] 12) In a contention mode of MAC
C implementation, each station in the network
9) The modes of a MAC to share a ___ data at the same time whether a collision
transmission medium are ___. occurs or not.
A) Round Robin A) can transmit
B) Reservation B) can not transmit
C) Contention C) -
D) All the above D) -
Answer [=] Answer [=]
D A

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13) In a Contention mode of MAC 16) The physical address to each machine is
implementation, different stations can have provided by which layer in an OSI reference
different priorities set by the admin. State model?
TRUE/FALSE. A) Physical layer
A) TRUE B) Data Link Layer
B) FALSE C) Network Layer
C) - D) Transport Layer
D) - Answer [=]
Answer [=] B

M
A Explanation:
Explanation:

O
The sub-layer of Data Link Control Layer,
All stations in the equal priority group MAC (Medium Access Control) layer,

C
compete again to transmit data provides the physical address like MAC
simultaneously without thinking about address.

T.
collisions or bottlenecks or congestions.
17) Choose the Protocols working in the Data
14) The contention mode of MAC Link Control Layer of OSI model below.

O
implementation is best suited for __ traffic. A) ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode),
A) Low Frame Relay
B) Medium
C) High
D) Very High
SP
B) HDLC (High-Level Data Link Control),
SDLC (Synchronous Data Link Control)
C) ARP (Address Resolution Protocol),
G
Answer [=] IEEE-802.3
A D) All the above
LO

Explanation: Answer [=]

D
Low traffic LAN networks can use this 18) Choose the Protocols used in the Data
.B

Contention mode. Link Control layer of OSI model below?

A) SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol),
CSLIP(Compressed SLIP), PLIP (Parallel
17

Line Internet Protocol)

15) A Token Ring implementation works on B) PPP (Point to Point Protocol)
the __ mode. C) X.25, ITU-T G.hn DLL
-R

A) Contention D) All the above

B) Reservation Answer [=]
C) Round Robin D
SE

D) None Explanation:
Answer [=]
C All the above
Explanation:
C

19) Which is the protocol that maps varying

Any station that possesses the token has IP addresses to the Physical MAC Address of
access to the medium to transfer data. Once a machine in a LAN network?
the data transfer is completed, the token A) ARQ (Automatic Repeat Request)
is free to be acquired by any other station. B) ARP (Address Resolution Protocol)
C) SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol)
D) PLIP (Parallel Line Internet Protocol)

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Answer [=]
B
Explanation:

ARP protocol operates in between Network

Layer and Data Link Layer and it tries to
locate the physical machine in the network.

20) Which protocols adopted the standards of

HDLC (High-Level Link Control) protocol?
A) X.25 protocol as LAPB (Link Access
Procedure Balanced), V.42 protocol as LAPM
(Link Access Procedure for Modems)
B) Frame Relay protocol as LAPF (Link
Access Procedure for Frame Relay)
C) ISDN (Integrated Services Digital
Network) protocol as LAPD (Link Access
Procedure on D-channel)
D) All the above
Answer [=]
D
21) The Dial-up connections to access the
internet uses ___ protocol.
A) PPP (Point to Point protocol)
B) X.25 protocol
C) PLIP protocol
D) None
Answer [=]
A

22) Home broadband connections that work

on DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) use ___
protocol.
A) PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet)
B) PPPoA (PPP over ATM)
C) Bridge protocol
D) All the above
Answer [=]
D
Explanation:

Also, the protocols, MAC Encapsulation

Routing (MER) and IP over ATM (IPoA) are
used in DSL modems. DSL can be
ADSL(Asymmetric DSL) or
SDSL(Symmetric DSL).

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