This is the Multiple Choice Questions in Chapter 10: Local Area Networks from the book Electronic Communication Systems by Roy Blake
See also: MCQ in Electronic Communication Systems by George Kennedy
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. CSMA stands for:
a. Client-Server Multi-Access
b. Carrier Sense Multiple Access
c. Carrier Server Master Application
d. none of the above
Answer: Option B
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2. The CD in CSMA/CD stands for:
a. Carrier Detection
b. Carrier Delay
c. Collision Detection
d. Collision Delay
Answer: Option C
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3. The Internet is:
a. a network of networks
b. a very large client-server network
c. a very large CSMA/CD network
d. not really a network at all
Answer: Option A
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4. Most LANs:
a. are based on Ethernet
b. use CSMA/CD
c. use UTP cable
d. all of the above
Answer: Option D
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5. Dumb terminals are still used:
a. in token-passing networks
b. in networks requiring central monitoring
c. in networks that cannot provide central monitoring
d. none of the above
Answer: Option B
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6. In a circuit-switched network:
a. communication is half-duplex only
b. each channel carries only one data stream
c. connection is usually done using a bus topology
d. all of the above
Answer: Option B
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7. Each computer on a network is called a:
a. hub
b. token
c. node
d. circuit
Answer: Option C
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8. Compared to CSMA/CD systems, token-passing rings are:
a. slower
b. more expensive
c. not as widely used
d. all of the above
Answer: Option D
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9. The key feature of a star network is that individual workstations are connected to:
a. a central ring
b. a central bus
c. a node
d. none of the above
Answer: Option D
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10. On networks, long messages are divided into “chunks” called:
a. packets
b. nodes
c. carriers
d. tokens
Answer: Option A
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11. When two or more PCs try to access a baseband network cable at the same time, it is called:
a. a collision
b. contention
c. excess traffic
d. multiple access
Answer: Option B
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12. When two PCs send data over a baseband network cable at the same time, it is called:
a. a collision
b. contention
c. excess traffic
d. multiple access
Answer: Option A
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13. One type of network that never has a collision is:
a. CSMA
b. Ethernet
c. token-passing
d. all networks have collisions
Answer: Option C
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14. In an Ethernet-based network, a switch can be used to reduce the number of:
a. nodes
b. users
c. packets
d. collisions
Answer: Option D
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15. The effect of too many collisions is:
a. the network goes down
b. the network slows down
c. the cable overheats
d. data is lost
Answer: Option B
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16. MAU stands for:
a. Multistation Access Unit
b. Multiple Access Unit
c. Multiple Auxiliary Units
d. none of the above
Answer: Option A
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17. The standard that describes Ethernet-type networks is:
a. EIA 232
b. IEEE 488.1
c. IEEE 802.3
d. CCITT ITU-E
Answer: Option C
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18. Ethernet was invented by:
a. IBM
b. INTEL
c. Xerox
d. Digital Equipment Corporation
Answer: Option C
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19. An Ethernet running at 10 Mbits / second uses:
a. Manchester encoding
b. Three-Level encoding
c. NRZ encoding
d. AMI encoding
Answer: Option A
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20. A 100BaseT cable uses:
a. fiber-optic cable
b. twisted-pair copper wires
c. RG-58U coaxial cable
d. 50-ohm coaxial cable
Answer: Option B
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21. The word “Base” in 10BaseT means:
a. the cable carries baseband signals
b. the cable has a base speed of 10 Mbps
c. it can be used as the base for a backbone cable system
d. none of the above
Answer: Option A
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22. The reason a CSMA/CD network has a minimum length for packets is:
a. to increase the data rate
b. to prevent packets from reaching all other nodes during transmission
c. to make sure all other nodes hear a collision in progress
d. all of the above
Answer: Option C
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23. The reason a CSMA/CD network has a maximum length for cables is:
a. to increase the data rate
b. to prevent packets from reaching all other nodes during transmission
c. to make sure all other nodes hear a collision in progress
d. all of the above
Answer: Option C
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24. NIC stands for:
a. Network Interface Card
b. Network Interface Cable
c. Network Interface Code
d. Network Internal Code
Answer: Option A
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25. 10BaseT cable typically uses:
a. a BNC connector
b. a T connector
c. an RJ45 connector
d. an RS11 connector
Answer: Option C
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26. UTP stands for:
a. Untwisted-Pair copper wire
b. Unshielded Twisted-Pair copper wire
c. Uninterruptible Terminal Packet
d. Unicode Text Packet
Answer: Option B
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27. Compared to twisted-pair telephone cables, CAT-5 cables:
a. are cheaper
b. are easier to crimp connectors onto
c. allow faster bit rates
d. all of the above
Answer: Option C
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28. A hub:
a. sends incoming packets out to all other terminals connected to it
b. sends incoming packets out to specific ports
c. cannot be used in an Ethernet-type network
d. are more common in token-passing networks
Answer: Option A
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29. A switch:
a. sends incoming packets out to all other terminals connected to it
b. sends incoming packets out to specific ports
c. cannot be used in an Ethernet-type network
d. are more common in token-passing networks
Answer: Option B
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30. An advantage of using a switch instead of a hub is:
a. it is cheaper when used in large networks
b. it is faster when used in large networks
c. it reduces the number of collisions in large networks
d. all of the above
Answer: Option C
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31. Broadband LANs:
a. modulate the data onto a carrier
b. use coaxial cables
c. are provided by cable TV companies for Internet access
d. all of the above
Answer: Option D
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32. Using one node in the network to hold all the application software is done in:
a. peer-to-peer networks
b. client-server networks
c. both a and b
d. none of the above
Answer: Option B
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33. Record locking is used to:
a. store records securely on a server
b. prevent multiple users from looking at a document simultaneously
c. prevent one user from reading a record that another user is writing to
d. none of the above
Answer: Option C
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34. The software that runs a client-server network must be:
a. UNIX-based
b. WINDOWS-based
c. multitasking
d. Novell certified
Answer: Option C
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35. A “thin” client is:
a. basically, a PC with no disk drives
b. a node that rarely sends data
c. same as a “dumb” terminal
d. all of the above
Answer: Option A
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COMPLETION
1. A LAN is a ____________________ Area Network.
Answer: Local
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2. The Internet is a network of ____________________.
Answer: networks
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3. In a ____________________ network, all nodes are connected to a central computer.
Answer: star
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4. In a ____________________-switched network, users have a dedicated channel for the duration of communications.
Answer: circuit
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5. The ____________________ of a network describes how it is physically connected together.
Answer: topology
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6. Ring networks often use ____________________-passing.
Answer: token
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7. A ____________________ is a short section of a message in digital form.
Answer: packet
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8. ____________________ is when two nodes try to seize the same cable at the same time.
Answer: Contention
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9. A ____________________ occurs when two nodes transmit simultaneously on the same baseband cable.
Answer: collision
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10. In CSMA/CD networks, all collisions must be ____________________.
Answer: detected
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11. Carrier-Sense means that a node “listens” for the cable to be ____________________ before using it.
Answer: quiet
free
unused
available
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12. A “____________________” cable links clusters of computers together.
Answer: backbone
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13. 100BaseT cables can reliably carry up to ____________________ bits per second.
Answer: 100 mega
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14. In CSMA/CD, packets must have a ____________________ length to ensure that collisions are detected.
Answer: minimum
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15. In CSMA/CD, the ____________________ of a cable is limited to ensure that collisions are detected.
Answer: length
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16. A unique numerical address is provided to a node by its ____________________.
Answer: NIC
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17. A 100BaseTX cable is a ____________________ cable.
Answer: fiber-optic
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18. Hubs can be ____________________ to form, in effect, one big hub.
Answer: stacked
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19. A switch looks at the ____________________ of each incoming packet.
Answer: address
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20. The effect of a switch is to greatly reduce ____________________.
Answer: contenstion
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SHORT ANSWER
1. Explain how a network can be a physical bus but a logical ring.
Answer: A token-passing network sends the token from node to node in a prescribed order. So it doesn’t matter how the physical connection is made. It still works like a token-passing ring.
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2. What is the key difference between a hub and a switch?
Answer: A hub sends incoming packets out to all other ports on the hub. A switch sends a packet to a specific port based on the address in the packet.
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3. What is the advantage of a CSMA/CD network over a basic star network?
Answer: If the central computer in a star network fails, the entire network is inoperative. If a node fails in a CSMA/CD network, it can be disconnected and the network still functions.
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4. Why do CSMA/CD packets have a minimum size limit?
Answer: If a packet is too short, nodes at either end of a cable could get on, send a packet, and get off before the packets travel far enough to collide. The collision would not be detected.
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5. What is a NIC address, and why is it unique?
Answer: The address is a long binary number “burned” into a NIC’s memory chip at the factory. Each factory uses a different sequence of numbers, so the chances of two NICs on the same network having the same address is extremely small.
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