Topic: Data Communications

Topic: Algebra and General Mathematics

Topic: Computer Principles

The TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) _____ tells you how many bit words are
contained in the TCP header.

A. header length (Your Correct Answer)

B. header number
C. sequence number
D. acknowledgment number

FDDI, a high bandwidth Local Area Network which uses fiber optic cable to transmit
data up to 100-M bit/s ten times that of ETERNET means

A. Fiber Distributed Data Interface (Correct Answer)

B. Fiber Digital Data Interface (Your Answer)
C. Fiber Distributed Domain Interface
D. Fiber Direct Data Interface

A statistical distribution whose variables can take on only discrete values.

A. Smooth Distribution
B. Uniform Distribution
C. Discrete Distribution (Your Correct Answer)
D. Continuous Distribution

What is a multi-wire connection between digital circuits?

A. Bus (Your Correct Answer)

B. Wire wrap
C. Multiplexed cable
D. Cable ribbon

A switching facility that routes call from trunk network to an individual local
exchange, and vice versa.

A. Transit exchange (Your Correct Answer)

B. Terminal Adapter
C. Gateway
D. Router

______ error can be usually detected by a parity check.

A. One-bit (Your Correct Answer)

B. Double-bit
C. Three-bit
D. Any-bit

Which property of real numbers isn't a property of matrices?

A. Commutativity of Addition
B. Commutativity of Multiplication (Correct Answer)
C. Associativity of Multiplication
D. Associativity of Addition (Your Answer)

A type of cellular handset capable of supporting two different network standards.

A. TACS
B. Dual Mode (Correct Answer)
C. AMPS
D. GSM (Your Answer)

A data compression capability that is often implemented in modems for faster

transmission.

A. V.42
B. V.34
C. V.42 bis (Correct Answer)
D. V.25 (Your Answer)

For a cubic equation, the discriminant is found to be greater than zero. The roots
are:

A. one real and two conjugate complex roots (Your Correct Answer)
B. three distinct roots
C. three real roots, which two are equal
D. none of these

A gate in which all inputs must be high to get a low input is called

A. A NOR gate
B. An inverter
C. An AND gate
D. A NAND gate (Your Correct Answer)

A perfect square trinomial is the

A. square of a trinomial
B. square of a monomial
C. square of a polynomial
D. square of a binomial (Your Correct Answer)

Network configuration that let computers share their resources.

A. Peer-to-peer network (Correct Answer)

B. Hierarchical network
C. Permanent virtual circuit
D. Local Area Network (Your Answer)

An ASCII input/output code is ______ bit code.

A. four
B. eight
C. two
D. seven (Your Correct Answer)

On the Internet electronic mail address, the part to the left of the (@) specifies the
name of the person's ___.

A. mail package
B. mailing list
C. mailbox name (Your Correct Answer)
D. mail server

Which gate is formed by inverting the output of the AND gate?

A. NAND gate (Your Correct Answer)

B. NOR gate
C. OR gate
D. none of these

What is the resolution of a nine bit D/A converter which uses a Ladder network in
percentage?

A. 6
B. 2 (Correct Answer)
C. 8
D. 4 (Your Answer)

_____ generally, it refers to a collection related geometric configurations.

A. family (Correct Answer)

B. fallacy (Your Answer)
C. law
D. lami's theorem

Two matrices are equal if and only if

A. The order of the matrices are the same.

B. The corresponding elements of the matrices are the same
C. All of these (Your Correct Answer)
D. None of these

Computer hardware device constructed to perform shifting of its contained data.

A. parallel register
B. serial to parallel register
C. shift register (Your Correct Answer)
D. ALU
A ______ matrix is a matrix with an equal number of rows and columns.

A. irregular
B. square (Your Correct Answer)
C. triangular
D. rational

If the intersection of the two equations is a null set ÃÂ, then the two equations of
this type are called

A. disjoint
B. identity (Your Answer)
C. equivalent
D. inconsistent (Correct Answer)

In the equation 5 + 2 = 7, 5 is known as:

A. augend (Your Correct Answer)

B. dividend
C. minuend
D. addend

The device that make forwarding decisions based on availability and line utilization is
the

A. Local bridge
B. Router (Correct Answer)
C. Remote bridge
D. Gateway (Your Answer)

A process using uudecode to decode a file encoded for network transmission by

uuencode, a UNIX utility program.

A. extraction (Your Correct Answer)

B. erase
C. elimination
D. delete

COBOL, FORTRAN, and ALGOL are examples of

A. machine language
B. assembly language (Your Answer)
C. high-level language (Correct Answer)
D. 4GL

It is now between 3 and 4 o'clock and in twenty minutes the minute-hand will be as
much as the hour-hand as it is now behind it. What is the time now?

A. 03:06.4 (Correct Answer)

B. 03:07.4
C. 03:09.4 (Your Answer)
D. 03:08.4

An intelligent network service that allows a user to redirect incoming calls to an

alternative destination.

A. Connectivity
B. Calling Line Identification
C. Call forwarding (Your Correct Answer)
D. Call waiting

What is the circuit that detects bit error in binary characters?

A. decoder
B. parity detector (Your Correct Answer)
C. server
D. comparator

LCD display represents

A. Linear digital demonstrator

B. Lead cascade demonstrator
C. Liquid crystal display (Your Correct Answer)
D. Light decoding device

A ______ consists of the distinct positive integers 1, 2, ..., n^2 such that the sum of
the n numbers in any horizontal, vertical, or main diagonal line is always the same
number.

A. Antimagic Square
B. Talisman Square
C. Heterosquare
D. Magic Square (Your Correct Answer)

The method of sending information (such as a request or response) to a WWWW

server.

A. Border gateway interface

B. Common gateway interface (Correct Answer)
C. Exterior gateway interface (Your Answer)
D. Duplex gateway interface

_______ is a kind of memory where only manufacture can store program and has a
group of memory locations each permanently storing a word.

A. ROM (Your Correct Answer)

B. SOS memory
C. RAM
D. Hard Memory

Any equation f(x) = 0 of degree n has at most,

A. n+1 roots
B. n/2 roots
C. n-1 roots
D. n roots (Your Correct Answer)

A sequence having a defined first and last terms is called:

A. infinite sequence
B. divergent sequence
C. convergent sequence
D. finite sequence (Your Correct Answer)

An event that consists of a single outcome.

A. sample event (Your Answer)

B. single probability
C. simple event (Correct Answer)
D. sample space

An interactive remote access terminal developed to enable users to access a remote

computer as if they were directly connected to the computer.

A. TELNET (Your Correct Answer)

B. USENET
C. TN 3270
D. FTP

Which statement is false?

A. If the leading coefficient of the polynomial is (+), then the right hand side of the
graph will rise towards + infinity.
B. If the leading coefficient of the polynomial is (-), then the right hand side of the
graph will fall towards - infinity.
C. If the degree of the polynomial is even, the left hand side will do the same as
the right hand side.
D. If the degree of the polynomial is odd, the right hand side will do the same as
the left hand side. (Your Correct Answer)

State diagram and state tables are used for

A. none of these
B. any of these (Correct Answer)
C. level operation analysis (Your Answer)
D. pulse operation analysis

The Internet's standard host names and hierarchical name servers to resolve them
into IP addresses. (DNS)

A. Domain Network system (Your Answer)

B. Domain Network service
C. Domain Name service
D. Domain Name system (Correct Answer)
_____ is any equation which, because of some mathematical process, has fewer
roots than its original.

A. redundant equation
B. literal equation
C. defective equation (Correct Answer)
D. irrational equation (Your Answer)

The binary system uses powers of ______ for positional values.

A. 6
B. 2 (Your Correct Answer)
C. 4
D. 8

CMOS, NMOS, and PMOS belong to MOS family, what is(are) the significance of these
devices?

A. they have lower power dissipation than bipolar devices

B. they are generally slower than bipolar devices
C. they are most sensitive to electrostatic
D. all of these are correct (Your Correct Answer)

A sequence 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, 216, ... is known as:

A. Pyramid numbers
B. Tetrahedral numbers (Your Correct Answer)
C. Cubic numbers
D. Square numbers

_____ refers to a statement of a general relationship, such as the law of cosines in

trigonometry.

A. family
B. fallacy (Your Answer)
C. law (Correct Answer)
D. lami's theorem

A computer network configuration the makes the host computer manages a network
of dependent terminals.

A. Hierarchical network (Correct Answer)

B. Peer-to-peer network
C. Local Area network (Your Answer)
D. Wide Area network

A polynomial which is exactly divisible by two or more polynomials is called:

A. least common denominator

B. factors
C. common multiple (Correct Answer)
D. binomial (Your Answer)

A telephone equipped with a camera and display for making video telephone calls.

A. Videophone (Correct Answer)

B. Multimediaphone (Your Answer)
C. Videocam
D. Videotelecam

What is formed when the complemented output of the last stage of a shift register is
fed back to the input of the first stage?

A. ring counter (Your Answer)

B. twisted ring counter (Correct Answer)
C. decade counter
D. UP/DOWN counter