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Data Comm Qa

The document contains 31 multiple choice questions assessing knowledge of networking, communication systems, and signals and systems topics. Specifically, questions 1-16 cover networking concepts like topologies, protocols, layers of the OSI model and network applications. Questions 19-31 cover topics in signals and systems including frequency, period, phase, bandwidth, and sine waves.

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Data Comm Qa

The document contains 31 multiple choice questions assessing knowledge of networking, communication systems, and signals and systems topics. Specifically, questions 1-16 cover networking concepts like topologies, protocols, layers of the OSI model and network applications. Questions 19-31 cover topics in signals and systems including frequency, period, phase, bandwidth, and sine waves.

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

(a) Point-to-point

(b) Primary

(c) Multi-point

(d) Secondary

2. A network comprising o multiple topologies.

a) Complex

b) Hybrid

c) Bus

d) Star

3. WAN stands for __

a) World area network

b) Wide area network

c) Web area network

d) Web access network

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 of the above

6. The information to be communicated in a data communications system is the ____

a. Medium

b. Protocol

c. Transmission

d. Message

7. 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

8. Which topology requires a multipoint connection?

a. Mesh

b. Star

c. Ring

d. Bus

9. A television broadcast is an example of ___ transmission.

a. Half-duplex

b. Full-duplex

c. Simplex

d. Automatic

10. A ___ connection provides a dedicated link between two devices.

a. Multi-point

b. Point-to-Point

c. Primary

d. Secondary

11. A cable break in a ___ topology stops all transmission.

a. Mesh

b. Star

c. Primary

d. Bus

12. The ___ layer changes bits into electromagnetic signals.

a. Physical

b. Transport

c. None of the above

d. Data link

13. The physical layer is concerned with the transmission of ___ over the physical medium.

a. Programs

b. Protocols

c. Bits

d. Dialog

14. Mail services are available to network users through the ___ layer.

a. Data link
b. Physical

c. Application

d. Transport

15. Layer 2 lies between the physical layer and the ___ layer.

a. Data link

b. Network

c. Transport

d. None of the above

16. 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

17. The Internet model consists of ___ layers.

a. Three

b. Five

c. Seven

d. Eight

18. The process-to-process delivery of the entire message is the responsibility of the ___ layer.

a. Physical

b. Network

c. Transport

d. Application

19. Sine wave completes one cycles in 20ns seconds, its frequency is __.

a. 0.5 MHz

b. 50 KHz

c. 50 MHz

d. 50 Hz

20. 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
21. In a frequency-domain plot, the horizontal axis measures the ____.

a. Frequency

b. Peak amplitude

c. Phase

d. Slope

22. Sine wave has a frequency 10 kHz, its period is _.

a. 0.0001ms

b. 0.1m s

c. 1ms

d. 10ms

23. 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

24. 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

25. As frequency increases, the period ____.

a. Decreases

b. Increases

c. Remains the same

d. Doubles

26. Which of the following can be determined from a frequency-domain graph of a signal?

a. Phase

b. Power

c. Bandwidth

d. All the above

27. In a frequency-domain plot, the vertical axis measures the ____.

a. Frequency

b. Peak amplitude
c. Phase

d. Slope

28. The value of a simple sine wave at time zero is a maximum positive value, the phase shift therefore is ___ degrees.

a. Zero

b. 90

c.180

d. 270

29. 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

30. A sine wave is ____.

a. Nonperiodic and continuous

b. Periodic and discrete

c. Nonperiodic and discrete

d. Periodic and continuous

31. 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

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