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This section includes 474 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Computer Science knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
251. |
Configuration management can be divided into which two subsystems? |
A. | reconfiguration and documentation |
B. | management and configuration |
C. | documentation and dialing up |
D. | configuration and dialing up |
Answer» B. management and configuration | |
252. |
A stateful firewall maintains a ___________ which is a list of active connections. |
A. | routing table |
B. | bridging table |
C. | state table |
D. | connection table |
Answer» B. bridging table | |
253. |
A 4 byte IP address consists of __________ |
A. | only network address |
B. | only host address |
C. | network address & host address |
D. | network address & mac address |
Answer» D. network address & mac address | |
254. |
Discarding policy is mainly done by _______ |
A. | sender |
B. | receiver |
C. | router |
D. | switch |
Answer» D. switch | |
255. |
Which Layer is Responsible for Congestion Control? |
A. | Network Layer |
B. | Data link Layer |
C. | Transport Layer |
D. | Application layer |
Answer» D. Application layer | |
256. |
Packet sniffers involve: |
A. | Active receiver |
B. | Passive receiver |
C. | Both of the mentioned |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» C. Both of the mentioned | |
257. |
High speed ethernet works on _________ |
A. | coaxial cable |
B. | twisted pair cable |
C. | optical fiber |
D. | unshielded twisted pair cable |
Answer» D. unshielded twisted pair cable | |
258. |
The physical layer is responsible for __________ |
A. | line coding |
B. | channel coding |
C. | modulation |
D. | all of the mentioned |
Answer» E. | |
259. |
The main contents of the routing table in datagram networks are ___________ |
A. | source and destination address |
B. | destination address and output port |
C. | source address and output port |
D. | input port and output port |
Answer» C. source address and output port | |
260. |
ASK, PSK, FSK, and QAM are examples of encoding. |
A. | digital-to-digital |
B. | digital-to-analog |
C. | analog-to-analog |
D. | analog-to-digital |
Answer» C. analog-to-analog | |
261. |
The physical layer provides __________ |
A. | mechanical specifications of electrical connectors and cables |
B. | electrical specification of transmission line signal level |
C. | specification for ir over optical fiber |
D. | all of the mentioned |
Answer» E. | |
262. |
Which organization has authority over interstate and international commercein the communications field? |
A. | ITU-T |
B. | IEEE |
C. | FCC |
D. | ISOC |
Answer» D. ISOC | |
263. |
In an Ethernet local area network, which one of the following statementsisTRUE? |
A. | A station stops to sense the channel once it starts transmitting a frame. |
B. | The purpose of the jamming signal is to pad the frames that are smallerthan the minimum frame size. |
C. | A station continues to transmit the packet even after the collision is detected. |
D. | The exponential back off mechanism reduces the probability of collision on retransmissions |
Answer» E. | |
264. |
UDP is an unreliable protocol. |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» B. False | |
265. |
What does the java.net.InetAddress class represent? |
A. | socket |
B. | ip address |
C. | protocol |
D. | mac address |
Answer» C. protocol | |
266. |
A _____ is a TCP name for a transport service access point. |
A. | port |
B. | pipe |
C. | node |
D. | protocol |
Answer» B. pipe | |
267. |
Which of the following statements is not applicable for cable internet access? |
A. | it is a shared broadcast medium |
B. | it includes hfcs |
C. | cable modem connects home pc to ethernet port |
D. | analog signal is converted to digital signal in dslam |
Answer» E. | |
268. |
A scatternet can have maximum __________ |
A. | 10 piconets |
B. | 20 piconets |
C. | 30 piconets |
D. | 40 piconets |
Answer» B. 20 piconets | |
269. |
The combination of an IP address and a port number is known as ___________. |
A. | network number |
B. | socket address |
C. | subnet mask number |
D. | MAC address |
Answer» C. subnet mask number | |
270. |
User datagram protocol is called connectionless because: |
A. | all UDP packets are treated independently by transport layer |
B. | it sends data as a stream of related packets |
C. | both (a) and (b) |
D. | none of the mentioned |
Answer» B. it sends data as a stream of related packets | |
271. |
Ping can _________ |
A. | measure round-trip time |
B. | report packet loss |
C. | report latency |
D. | all of the mentioned |
Answer» E. | |
272. |
What is the network ID for a computer whose IP address is190.148.64.23? |
A. | 190 |
B. | 190.148 |
C. | 190.148.64 |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. 190.148.64 | |
273. |
_______ can detect burst error of length less than or equal to degree of thepolynomial and detects burst errors that affect odd number of bits. |
A. | Hamming Code |
B. | CRC |
C. | VRC |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. VRC | |
274. |
A computer on a 10Mbps network is regulated by a token bucket. The token bucket is filled at a rate of 2Mbps. It is initially filled to capacity with 16Megabits. What is the maximum duration for which the computer can transmit at the full 10Mbps? |
A. | 1.6 seconds |
B. | 2 seconds |
C. | 5 seconds |
D. | 8 seconds |
Answer» C. 5 seconds | |
275. |
In a packet switching network, if the message size is 48 bytes and eachpacket contains a header of 3 bytes. If 24 packets are required to transmit the message, the packet size is . |
A. | 2 bytes |
B. | 1 bytes |
C. | 4 bytes |
D. | 5 bytes |
Answer» E. | |
276. |
The total nodal delay is given by ____________ |
A. | dnodal = dproc – dqueue + dtrans + dprop |
B. | dnodal = dproc + dtrans – dqueue |
C. | dnodal = dproc + dqueue + dtrans + dprop |
D. | dnodal = dproc + dqueue – dtrans – dprop |
Answer» D. dnodal = dproc + dqueue – dtrans – dprop | |
277. |
FTP server listens for connection on which port number? |
A. | 20 |
B. | 21 |
C. | 22 |
D. | 23 |
Answer» C. 22 | |
278. |
What is the full form of CAN? |
A. | Campus Area Network |
B. | Cluster Area Network |
C. | Control Area network |
D. | both A and B |
Answer» E. | |
279. |
Frame relay has only _______ |
A. | physical layer |
B. | data link layer |
C. | physical layer and data link layer |
D. | network layer and data link layer |
Answer» D. network layer and data link layer | |
280. |
Find the FTP reply whose message is wrongly matched: |
A. | 331 – Username OK, password required |
B. | 425 – Can’t open data connection |
C. | 452 – Error writing file |
D. | 452 – Can’t open data connection |
Answer» E. | |
281. |
The File Transfer Protocol is built on ______________ |
A. | data centric architecture |
B. | service oriented architecture |
C. | client server architecture |
D. | connection oriented architecture |
Answer» D. connection oriented architecture | |
282. |
Which of the following is not associated with the session layer? |
A. | Dialog control |
B. | Token management |
C. | Semantics of the information transmitted |
D. | Synchronization |
Answer» D. Synchronization | |
283. |
The path layer of SONET is responsible for the movement of a signal _________ |
A. | from its optical source to its optical destination |
B. | across a physical line |
C. | across a physical section |
D. | back to its optical source |
Answer» C. across a physical section | |
284. |
In wireless network an extended service set is a set of ________ |
A. | connected basic service sets |
B. | all stations |
C. | all access points |
D. | connected access points |
Answer» B. all stations | |
285. |
What is the subnet id of a host with an IP address 172.16.66.0/21? |
A. | 172.16.36.0 |
B. | 172.16.48.0 |
C. | 172.16.64.0 |
D. | 172.16.0.0 |
Answer» D. 172.16.0.0 | |
286. |
The process of keeping addresses in memory for future use is called |
A. | Routing |
B. | Resolving |
C. | Caching |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» D. None of the above | |
287. |
Transmission delay does not depend on _____________ |
A. | packet length |
B. | distance between the routers |
C. | transmission rate |
D. | bandwidth of medium |
Answer» C. transmission rate | |
288. |
The maximum size of payload field in ethernet frame is __________ |
A. | 1000 bytes |
B. | 1200 bytes |
C. | 1300 bytes |
D. | 1500 bytes |
Answer» E. | |
289. |
Virtual circuit identifier in frame relay is called _______ |
A. | data link connection identifier |
B. | frame relay identifier |
C. | cell relay identifier |
D. | circuit connection identifier |
Answer» B. frame relay identifier | |
290. |
The packet sent by a node to the source to inform it of congestion is called _______ |
A. | explicit |
B. | discard |
C. | choke |
D. | backpressure |
Answer» D. backpressure | |
291. |
Communication offered by TCP is ________ |
A. | full-duplex |
B. | half-duplex |
C. | semi-duplex |
D. | byte by byte |
Answer» B. half-duplex | |
292. |
In Ethernet CSMA/CD, the special bit sequence transmitted by media accessmanagement to handle collision is called |
A. | Preamble |
B. | Post amble |
C. | Jam |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» D. None of the above | |
293. |
Which of the following is a MAC address? |
A. | 192.166.200.50 |
B. | 00056A:01A01A5CCA7FF60 |
C. | 568, Airport Road |
D. | 01:A5: BB: A7: FF: 60 |
Answer» E. | |
294. |
In CRC there is no error if the remainder at the receiver is . |
A. | equal to the remainder at the sender |
B. | zero |
C. | nonzero |
D. | the quotient at the sender |
Answer» C. nonzero | |
295. |
Storage management comprises of _______________ |
A. | san management |
B. | data protection |
C. | disk operation |
D. | all of the mentioned |
Answer» E. | |
296. |
Which of the following layers is an addition to OSI model when compared with TCP IPmodel? |
A. | Application layer |
B. | Presentation layer |
C. | Session layer |
D. | Session and Presentation layer |
Answer» E. | |
297. |
The network layer is concerned with __________ of data. |
A. | bits |
B. | frames |
C. | packets |
D. | bytes |
Answer» D. bytes | |
298. |
Which of the following TCP/IP protocol is used for transferringelectronicmail messages from one machine to another? |
A. | FTP |
B. | SNMP |
C. | SMTP |
D. | RPC |
Answer» D. RPC | |
299. |
WiMAX stands for ___________ |
A. | wireless maximum communication |
B. | worldwide interoperability for microwave access |
C. | worldwide international standard for microwave access |
D. | wireless internet maximum communication |
Answer» C. worldwide international standard for microwave access | |
300. |
Ethernet in metropolitan area network (MAN) can be used as ___________ |
A. | pure ethernet |
B. | ethernet over sdh |
C. | ethernet over mpls |
D. | all of the mentioned |
Answer» E. | |