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Questions On MAC Property

The document contains 15 multiple choice questions about MAC protocols and Ethernet networks. The questions cover topics like minimum and maximum frame sizes for Ethernet, operating modes of token ring stations, calculating signal speed in a CSMA/CD network of a given bitrate and length, minimum frame size for a 1 Gbps network, throughput calculations for slotted ALOHA, characteristics of LANs, collision handling in Ethernet, connection types used by Ethernet, collision domain length for Fast Ethernet, factors that impact Ethernet efficiency, baud rate of 10 Mbps Ethernet, exponential backoff intervals, and collision/transmission times. The answers to each question are provided at the end.

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Questions On MAC Property

The document contains 15 multiple choice questions about MAC protocols and Ethernet networks. The questions cover topics like minimum and maximum frame sizes for Ethernet, operating modes of token ring stations, calculating signal speed in a CSMA/CD network of a given bitrate and length, minimum frame size for a 1 Gbps network, throughput calculations for slotted ALOHA, characteristics of LANs, collision handling in Ethernet, connection types used by Ethernet, collision domain length for Fast Ethernet, factors that impact Ethernet efficiency, baud rate of 10 Mbps Ethernet, exponential backoff intervals, and collision/transmission times. The answers to each question are provided at the end.

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Questions on MAC

Q1. The minimum frame length for 10 Mbps Ethernet is ____ bytes
and maximum is _______ bytes.
(a) 64 &128 (b) 128 & 1518
(c) 1518 & 3036 (d) 64 & 1518

Q2. Token ring station operates in which of the following modes?


(a) Transit mode
(b) Listen mode
(c) Bypass mode and Receive mode
(d) All of the above

Q3. Consider a CSMA/CD network that transmits data at a rate of


100 Mbps (108 bits per second) over a 1 km (kilometer) cable with
no repeaters. If the minimum frame size required for this network is
1250 bytes, what is the signal speed (km/sec) in the cable?
(a) 8000 (b) 10000
(c) 16000 (d) 20000
Q4. A network with CSMA/CD protocol in the MAC layer is
running at 1 Gbps over a 1 km cable with no repeaters. The signal
speed in the cable is 2 x 108 m/sec. The minimum frame size for
this network should be
(a) 10000 bits (b) 10000 bytes
(c) 5000 bits (d) 5000 bytes
Q5. A group of N stations share 100 Kbps slotted ALOHA channel.
Each station outputs a 500 bits frame on an average of 5000 ms even
if previous one has not been sent. What is the required value of N?
(a) 184 (b) 368
(c) 250 (d) 438

Q6. Which of the following characteristic is most basic to LAN?


(a) Bit rate
(b) Delay x Bandwidth Product
(c) Geographical distance
(d) Cost

Q7. On an Ethernet LAN when a collision is detected, the sending


station ____
(a) continues to send the transmission
(b) temporarily quits the transmission
(c) notifies the destination of an error
(d) permanently quits the transmission

Q8. Ethernet implements ______ service for its operation.


(a) connection-oriented (b) connection less
(c) Both A and B (d) Either A or B
Q9. The collision domain of Fast Ethernet is limited to _____
meters.
(a) 2.5 (b) 25
(c) 250 (d) 2500

Q10. The efficiency of Ethernet ___


(a) increases when propagation delay and transmission delay are low
(b) increases when propagation delay and transmission delay are
high
(c) increases when propagation delay is low and transmission delay
is high
(d) increases when propagation delay is high and transmission delay
is low
Q11. What is the baud rate of the standard 10 Mbps 802.3 LAN?
(a) 20 mega baud (b) 10 mega baud
(c) 25 mega baud (d) 40 mega baud

Q12. After the kth consecutive collision, each colliding station waits
for a random time chosen from the interval
(a) (0 to 2k) × RTT
(b) (0 to 2k-1) × RTT
(c) (0 to 2k-1) × Maximum Propagation delay
(d) (0 to 2k-1) × Maximum Propagation delay
Q13. A 2 km long broadcast LAN has 107 bps bandwidth and uses
CSMA / CD. The signal travels along the wire at 2 x 108 m/sec.
What is the minimum packet size that can be used on this network?
(a) 50 Byte (b) 100 Byte
(c) 200 Byte (d) None of the above

Q14. A and B are the only two stations on Ethernet. Each has a
steady queue of frames to send. Both A and B attempts to transmit a
frame, collide and A wins first back off race. At the end of this
successful transmission by A, both A and B attempt to transmit and
collide. The probability that A wins the second back off race is
______
(a) 0.5
(b) 0.625
(c) 0.75
(d) 1.0

Q15. Suppose nodes A and B are on same 10 Mbps Ethernet


segment and the propagation delay between two nodes is 225 bit
times. Suppose A and B send frames at t=0, the frames collide then at
what time, they finish transmitting a jam signal. Assume a 48 bit
jam signal.
(a) 273 bit times (b) 225 bit times
(c) 112.5 bit times (d) 136.5 bit times
Ans:
1. D
2. D
3. D
4. A
5. B
6. C
7. B
8. B
9. C
10. C
11. A
12. B
13. D
14. B
15. A

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