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Questions On Data Communication & DLL Protocols (Part-1)

The document contains a series of questions and answers related to data communication, including characteristics, communication channels, switching techniques, error detection methods, and network configurations. It covers topics such as packet switching advantages, propagation time calculations, and MAC address identification. The answers to the questions are provided at the end of the document.

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Questions On Data Communication & DLL Protocols (Part-1)

The document contains a series of questions and answers related to data communication, including characteristics, communication channels, switching techniques, error detection methods, and network configurations. It covers topics such as packet switching advantages, propagation time calculations, and MAC address identification. The answers to the questions are provided at the end of the document.

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Q1. Which of the following is not a characteristic of data communication?

A) Accuracy
B) Timeliness
C) Jitter
D) Attenuation

Q2. In a simplex communication channel:


A) Both sender and receiver can transmit simultaneously
B) Only sender can transmit, receiver cannot send back
C) Both sender and receiver can transmit, but one at a time
D) Transmission alternates automatically

Q3. Which switching technique suffers from store-and-forward delay?


A) Circuit switching
B) Packet switching
C) Message switching
D) Both B and C

Q4. Which of the following is an advantage of packet switching over circuit switching?
A) No packet loss
B) Lower transmission delay for long messages
C) Efficient utilization of bandwidth
D) No need for error control
Q5. In a packet-switched network, if packet size increases excessively, it leads to:
A) Increased propagation delay
B) Increased queuing delay
C) Increased transmission delay
D) Decreased throughput

Q6. The baud rate of a signal carrying 8 bits per symbol at 2400 bps is:
A) 300
B) 600
C) 1200
D) 2400

Q7. Consider the cyclic redundancy check (CRC) based error detecting scheme having the generator
polynomial X3+X+1. Suppose the message m4m3m2m1m0 = 11000 is to be transmitted. Check bits
c2c1c0 are appended at the end of the message by the transmitter using the above CRC scheme. The
transmitted bit string is denoted by m4m3m2m1m0c2c1c0. The value of the check-bit sequence c2c1c0 is
__________
A) 101
B) 110
C) 100
D) 111
Q8. The checksum of 10010010 and 00111000 (8-bit segment) is _______
A) 00110110
B) 11001010
C) 00110101
D) None of these

Q9. Consider a parity check code with three data bits and four parity check bits. Three of the code words
are 0101011, 1001101 and 1110001. Which of the following are also code words?
I. 0010111 II. 0110110 III. 1011010 IV. 0111010
A) I and III
B) I, II and III
C) II and IV
D) I, II, III and IV

Q10. Consider that 15 machines need to be connected in a LAN using 8-port Ethernet switches. Assume
that these switches do not have any separate uplink ports. The minimum number of switches needed is
__________.
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
Q11. What is the propagation time if the distance between the two points is 48,000? Assume the
propagation speed to be 2.4 × 108 meter/second in cable.
(a) 0.5ms
(b) 20ms
(c) 50ms
(d) 200ms

Q12. Assume that a 12-bit Hamming code word consisting of 8-bit data and 4 check bits
is d8d7d6d5c8d4d3d2c4d1c2c1, where the data bits and the check bits are given in the following tables:

Which one of the following choices gives the correct values of x and y?
(a) x is 0 and y is 0
(b) x is 0 and y is 1
(c) x is 1 and y is 0
(d) x is 1 and y is 1

Q13. 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
Answers:
1. D
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. C
6. A
7. C
8. C
9. A
10. B
11. D
12. A
13. D

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