Computer Network MCQs – Scenario Based (Capgemini Prep 2025)
1. Two computers on the same LAN cannot communicate despite correct IP addresses. What is most
likely the issue?
a) Wrong DNS server
b) Wrong subnet mask ✅
c) Broken cable
d) Wrong default gateway
2. A company uses private IP addresses. How can employees access the internet?
a) Port forwarding
b) Proxy server
c) NAT (Network Address Translation) ✅
d) DHCP
3. Which protocol ensures a file download resumes correctly after a disconnection?
a) UDP
b) TCP ✅
c) FTP
d) HTTP
4. Websites remember login sessions despite HTTP being stateless. How?
a) DHCP
b) Cookies/Sessions ✅
c) DNS
d) ARP
5. Why do we need DNS?
a) To encrypt packets
b) To resolve domain names to IP addresses ✅
c) To improve speed
d) To avoid NAT
6. During a video call, what affects performance the most?
a) Bandwidth
b) Latency & Jitter ✅
c) Subnet mask
d) Packet encapsulation
7. Two employees on the same Wi-Fi, but one gets slow speed. Possible cause?
a) Wrong DNS
b) Network congestion / Weak signal ✅
c) TCP error
d) IP conflict
8. What problem occurs if a LAN switch has a loop?
a) Deadlock
b) Broadcast storm ✅
c) Packet fragmentation
d) IP spoofing
9. You ping a site and see packet loss. What does it mean?
a) Website is down
b) Congestion or poor link quality ✅
c) IP address changed
d) Router misconfiguration only
10. Why is UDP preferred for live streaming?
a) It is secure
b) It is faster, tolerates loss ✅
c) It encrypts data
d) It avoids DNS lookup
11. Two computers on a LAN have the same IP. What will happen?
a) Both will work fine
b) One will work, other won’t
c) IP conflict → unpredictable behavior ✅
d) Router resolves automatically
12. One department cannot access internet, others can. Cause?
a) DHCP failure
b) Wrong default gateway for that dept ✅
c) Wrong subnet mask
d) DNS cache poisoning
13. Why is HTTPS safer than HTTP?
a) Uses compression
b) Uses encryption via SSL/TLS ✅
c) Uses UDP
d) Works only on IPv6
14. Which Wi-Fi band gives faster speed but shorter range?
a) 2.4 GHz
b) 5 GHz ✅
c) 1.2 GHz
d) 6.2 GHz
15. Why do we use TCP with IP?
a) IP handles reliability
b) TCP handles addressing
c) TCP ensures reliability, IP handles addressing ✅
d) Both ensure encryption
16. What happens if a packet is too large for the next segment?
a) Error, packet dropped
b) Packet fragmentation ✅
c) Router shutdown
d) Sent as-is
17. Employees face VoIP disconnections. Likely cause?
a) DHCP renewal
b) High jitter/packet loss ✅
c) DNS cache error
d) Wrong subnet
18. If DHCP server is down, what happens?
a) No one can access LAN
b) New devices won’t get IP ✅
c) Existing devices lose internet
d) DNS stops working
19. Why do we need IPv6?
a) IPv4 is slow
b) IPv4 addresses exhausted ✅
c) IPv4 not secure
d) IPv4 doesn’t support DNS
20. A system can connect to LAN but not internet. Can ping local devices but not websites. Likely
issue?
a) Wrong subnet mask
b) DNS or default gateway issue ✅
c) ARP error
d) Port blocking
