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1. Redundancy means the ________ a. 2n = m+ n +1

a. Transmission rate of the system b. 2n > m +n +1
b. Symbols are to be repeated c. 2n > m +n +1
c. Time between failures d. 2n < m +n +1
d. Time between successes
10. What determine which network configuration is most
2. The digital information is contained in both the amplitude and appropriate?
phase of the modulated carrier. a. Application layer
a. PSK b. Presentation layer
b. FSK c. Network layer
c. QAM d. Data link layer
d. ASK
11. Ethernet is a baseband system using CSMA/CD operating at
3. The input signal is a binary digital signal and a limited number of ____
out put phases are possible. a. 10 Mbps
a. PSK b. 20 Mbps
b. FSK c. 30 Mbps
c. QAM d. 40 Mbps
d. ASK
12. Use of coaxial cables in interconnecting networks is limited to an
4. A radio channel is composed of ___VB channels. overall length of __.
a. 1800 a. 1500 ft
b. 900 b. 1500 m
c. 10800 c. 1500 km
d. 8064 d. 1500 kft

5. What equation defines the composition of an ISDN basic access 13. What identifies how the stations are interconnected in a
line? network?
a. 2B + D a. Topology
b. B + D b. Architecture
c. B + 2D c. Topology or architecture
d. 2B + 2D d. Topology and architecture

6. A digital network where voice, video, text and data are multiplied 14. _______is a data communications network designed to provide
into a single network for processing and are transmitted prior to two-way communications between a large varieties of data
use. communication terminal equipment within a relatively small
a. Frame delay geographic area
b. Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) a. Private Area network
c. ISDN b. Local Area Network
d. Synchronous digital hierarchy(SDH) c. Wide area network
d. Ethernet
7. Non-ISDN equivalent can be connected to ISDN line by the use
of ____. 15. ______ is the mode of transmission in public data network in
a. Terminal equipment which data are transferred from source to the network then to
b. Terminal adapter the destination in an asynchronous data format
c. Modem a. Synchronous mode
d. Network adaptor b. Start/stop mode
c. Packet mode
8. A special voice encoder/decoder used in digitizing speech signal d. Circuit mode
only is
a. PCM 16. A seven digit character can represent one of______
b. PWM possibilities.
c. Vocoder a. 7
d. PFM b. 14
c. 64
9. Equation used to determine the number of Hamming bits in the d. 128
hamming code.
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17. ______ is defined to be the maximum rate at which information b. Expanding

can be transmitted through a channel. c. Encoding
a. Bit rate d. Companding
b. Baud rate
c. Coding 26. _______uses a single bit PCM code to achieve a digital
d. Channel capacity transmission of analog signal
a. Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
18. Who developed the fixed-length binary code for telegraphy? b. Frequency Shift Keying(FSK)
a. Samuel Morse c. Delta Modulation(DM)
b. Emile Baudot d. Phase Modulation(PM)
c. Alexander Graham Bell
d. Guglielmo Marconi 27. The line speed of bell system T1 carrier system is
a. 64 kbps
19. Inventor of pulse-code modulation for the digital encoding of b. 3.152 Mbps
speech signals. c. 1.544 Mbps
a. R.V.L. Hartley d. 6.312 Mbps
b. J.R. carson
c. H. Nyquist 28. How many channels does a super group have?
d. Alex Reeves a. 60
b. 600
20. Serial binary data interchange between DTE and DCE at rates c. 1800
up to 20 kbps. RS 232 is its EIA equivalent. d. 10800
a. V.26
b. V.24 29. The output frequency at the channel combiner of channel 7 is
c. V.42 a. 76 – 80 kHz
d. V.32 b. 80 – 84 kHz
c. 84 – 88 kHz
21. RS 232 is normally an interface between DTE and DCE. What is d. 88 – 92 kHz
its signal rate?
a. 20 kbps 30. ________was the first fixed length 5-bit character code.
b. 30 kbps a. EBCDIC
c. 40 kbps b. ASCII
d. 50 kbps c. Morse code
d. Baudot code
22. What is multiplexing?
a. The process of increasing bandwidth on a channel 31. Amplitude shift keying is also known as ______.
b. A technique that enables more than one data source to a. Up/down keying
share the use of a common line b. On/off keying
c. Mailing letter at the post office c. Front/back keying
d. The ability to share frequency by time d. I/O keying
32. PCM system require_________.
23. In ____ modulation the carrier is a periodic train pulses. a. Analog signal
a. Amplitude b. Large bandwidth
b. Analog c. Digital signals
c. Digital d. Fiber optics cable
d. Pulse
33. Which theorem sets the limit on the maximum capacity of a
24. Which of the following pulse modulation techniques is a digital channel with a given noise level?
transmission system? a. Nyquist theorem
a. Pulse duration modulation b. Hartley theorem
b. Pulse position modulation c. Shannon-Hartley theorem
c. Pulse width modulation d. Shannon theorem
d. Pulse code modulation
34. _______is the difference between the original and reconstructed
25. A process where the higher amplitude analog signals are signal.
compressed prior to transmission then expanded at the receiver. a. Quantizing noise
a. Compressing b. Fade margin
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c. Noise margin 43. A _____ that interconnects LAN having identical protocols at the
d. Noise figure physical and data link layers.
a. Bridge
35. What are the steps to follow to produce a PCM signal? b. Router
a. Sampling,coding and quantizing c. Gateway
b. Sampling,quantizing and coding d. Hub
c. Quantizing,sampling and coding
d. Coding, quantizing and sampling 44. A _____ that interconnects LAN that has totally different
protocols and format
36. ________ identifies how the different stations in a multipoint a. Bridge
system are interconnected. b. Router
a. Network topology c. Gateway
b. Star network d. Hub
c. Ring topology
d. Bus network 45. All bits in a character can be sent/received simultaneously.
a. Serial data
37. A transmission where data are inputted directly on the cable. b. Parallel data
a. Broadband c. Full duplex
b. Base band d. Half duplex
c. Digital
d. Analog 46. A system that perform parallel-to-series conversion of a data
link.
38. Synchronous modems cost more than asynchronous modems a. DTE
because b. DCE
a. They are larger c. Modem
b. They must contain clock recovery circuits d. FEP
c. The production volume is larger
d. They must operate on a larger bandwidth 47. Which mode of transmission achieves less than full-duplex but
more than half-duplex.
39. When one station is designated as master and the rest of the a. Full/full duplex
stations are considered slaves, message handling is _______. b. Echoplex
a. store and forward c. Isochronous
b. polling d. synchronous
c. CSMA/CD
d. Token passing 48. Rules governing the transmission of digital information.
a. Data communications standard
40. A store and forward switching. b. Line protocol
a. Circuit switching c. Isochronous
b. Packet switching d. Digital communications
c. Message switching
d. PSTN 49. Codes must be
a. Eight bits per character
41. A timing signal generated by an oscillating circuit that is used to b. Either seven or eight bits per character
synchronize data transmission. c. Agreed upon in advance between sender and receiver
a. Clock d. The same in all modem computers
b. Start bit
c. Quantizing 50. Clear to send is a signal passed from the local modem to the
d. BCC local terminal when data port is ready to transmit data. It usually
occurs in response to
42. Which system allows different types of networks to be linked a. Data set ready
together? b. Request to send
a. OSI c. Data terminal ready
b. CCITT d. Data carrier detect
c. Bell System
d. AT & T 51. Digital to analog converter in synchronous modems send
signals to the
a. Modulator
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b. Transmission lines
c. Terminal 60. A quadratic signaling has _____ possible states.
d. equalizer a. 16
b. 4
52. What is the data rate of the ISDN Basic access B channel? c. 8
a. 32 kbps d. 32
b. 64 kbps
c. 144 kbps 61. What is the smallest unit of information in binary transmission
d. 192 kbps system?
a. Byte
b. Digit
53. How many bits are there to present 8 combinations? c. Bit
a. 3 d. Nibble
b. 4
62. The lowest layer in the ISO protocol hierarchy.
c. 2
a. network layer
d. 5
b. physical layer
c. transport laye
54. How many number of equiprobable events are there for 8-bits of
d. datalink layer
information?
a. 256 63. Modem is referred to as
b. 132 a. Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter
c. 2400 b. Universal synchronous receiver transmitter
d. 512 c. Data terminal equipment
d. Data communication equipment
55. Which character code is used without parity bit?
a. CCITT number 2 64. A signaling method relating to a multiplicity of circuits is
b. ASCCII conveyed over a single channel by labeled messages.
c. CCITT number 5 a. code signaling
d. EBCDIC b. syncronous
c. common channel signaling
56. The percentage of bit errors relative to a specific number of bits d. asynchronous
received; usually expressed as a number referenced to a power
of ten. 65. ______ is a network operating system within several buildings in
a. Bit error rate compound.
b. Transmission rate a. Internet
c. Distortion b. Novell netware
d. Parity check c. 10BASE-t
d. intranet
57. The process of one type of device imitating another via a
hardware/software package. 66. What is the Nyquist sample rate for a voice input of 10 kHz?
a. Conversion a. 10 kHz
b. Emulation b. 20 kHz
c. Imitation c. 30 kHz
d. Simultation d. 40 kHz

58. A digital modulation technique that results in two different 67. What is the minimum number of bits required in PCM code for a
frequencies representing binary 1 and 0. range of 10,000?
a. FSK a. 12
b. QPSK b. 9
c. ASK c. 14
d. DPSK d. 8

59. One dit is equal to _____ bits. 68. How many levels can be represented in PCM transmission
a. 3 system if the binary numbers 00000000 to11111111 are used to
b. 3.5 represent signal levels?
c. 3.32 a. 256
d. 4 b. 64
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c. 128 a. LAN
d. 512 b. WAN
c. ISDN
69. A symbol to represent a data communications facility within the d. PSTN
wide area network.
a. Hub 78. A data communications component that provides control or
b. Cloud supporting services for other computers, terminals, or devices in
c. Server a network.
d. Gateway a. Host
b. Communication controller
70. All bits in a character are sent and received _____ in serial port. c. Cluster controller
a. One at a time d. Interface equipment
b. Simultaneously
c. In group of 2 bits 79. Which data network configuration let computers share their
d. In group of 3 bits resources?
a. Peer to peer
71. Message switching is ____ network. b. Hierarchical
a. Hold and forward c. PVC
b. Forward d. LAN
c. Hold
d. Store and forward 80. A means of improving the quality of a private-line circuit by
adding amplifiers and equalizer to it.
72. Packet switching is _____ network a. Line equalizer
a. Hold and forward b. Line amplifying
b. Forward c. Line conditioning
c. Hold d. Line encoding
d. Store and forward
81. Direct distance dialing (DDD) network is commonly called
73. Polling is an invitation by the primary to secondary equipment to a. Private-line network
____ a message. b. PT network
a. Store c. Dial-up network
b. Receive d. Trunk network
c. Transmit
d. Read 82. A type of server that allows multiple users to take advantage of
a single printing device.
74. An 8-bit character code. a. Print
a. EBCDIC b. Client
b. BAUDOT c. Network
c. ASCII d. File
d. HOLLERITH
83. _____ ensures that the transmitter and the receiver agree on a
75. Equipment that interfaces the data terminal equipment to the prescribed time slot for the occurrence of a bit.
analog transmission line. a. Bit or clock synchronization
a. Modem b. Modem or carrier synchronization
b. Muldem c. Character synchronization
c. Multiplexer d. Message synchronization
d. Codec
84. Characters that must be transmitted other than data are called
76. A communication network design for transferring data from one a. Parity
point to another b. Error
a. Public Telephone network c. Overhead
b. Public Data network d. Hamming bits
c. Value Added Network
d. Packet Switching network 85. The generating power polynomial x7 + x5 + x4 + x2 + x1 + x is
equivalent
77. A conceptual network in which all transmission lines handle a. 101101110
digital or digitalized data. b. 101101111
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c. 010010001 b. Digital transmission

d. 10110111 c. Base band transmission
d. Analog transmission
86. A central device into which each node of a star network is
directly connected 95. Which is considered as the fastest LAN topology?
a. Hub a. Ring
b. Central pointer b. Bus
c. Router c. Star
d. Repeater d. Tree

87. To ____ is to send a file to a remote computer. 96. What is the most widely used data communications code?
a. Upload a. Gray
b. Download b. EBCDIC
c. Call c. Baudot
d. Transmit d. ASCII

88. A microcomputer attached to a network requires a 97. Mark and space refer respectively to
a. NIC a. 1 and 0
b. RS 232 b. Dot and dash
c. Software c. Message and interval
d. Protocol d. On and off
98. What is the other name for parity?
89. Digital telephones and integrated voice-data workstations are a. BCC
examples of what type of ISDN equipment? b. LRC
a. TE c. VRC
b. TA d. CRC
c. NT2
d. TP 99. A device that performs routing functions and protocol translation
from one network to another.
90. How many OSI layers are covered under the X.25 standard? a. Gateway
a. 3 b. Bridge
b. 4 c. Router
c. 7 d. Repeater
d. 2
100. Not important characteristic of the physical layer
91. With _____, a station monitors the line to determine if the line is a. Electrical
busy. b. Mechanical
a. CSMA/CD c. Logical
b. CSMA/CA d. All of them
c. Token Passing
d. PDDI
.
92. CCITT standard concentrating on data communications over the
telephone network.
a. V series
b. X series
c. I series
d. T series

93. Broadband uses

a. TDM
b. Space multiplexing
c. FDM
d. Statistical multiplexing

94. _____ uses the connecting medium as a single-channel device.

a. Broadband transmission
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