CHAPTER – 9 INTRODUCTIONS TO COMPUTER NETWORKS

PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. What is a standalone computer?

(a)A computer that is not connected to a network.
(b)A computer that is being used as a server.
(c)A computer that does not have any peripherals
attached to it.
(d)A computer that is used by only one person.
2. Two devices are in network if
(a) A process in one device is able to exchange information
with a process in another device.
(b) Aprocess is running on both the devices.
(c) The processes running on different devices are of same
type.
(d)none of these.
3. Network in which every computer is capable of playing the
role of a client, or a server or both at same time is called
(A)peer-to-peer network (B)Local Area network
(C)dedicated server network (D)wide area network
4. Which of the following is not required for a computer
network? (A)host (B)server (C)communication channel
(D)plotter
5. Which of these component is internal to a computer and is
required to connect the computer to a network.
(A)Wireless Access Point (B)Network Interface card
(C)Switch (D)Hub
6. Central computer which is more powerful than other
computers in the network is called as__________.
(A)Client (B)Server (C)Hub (D)Switch
7. First computer network was ______________.
(a)NSFNet (b)FirstNet (c)ARPANet (d)Internet
8. Your school has four branches spread across the city.A
computer network created by connecting the computers of
all the school branches, is a____________.
(A)LAN (B)WAN (C)MAN (D)PAN
9. Mid 80’s commercial public internet was _________.
(A)ARPANET (B)CNNET
(C)NSFNET (D)Internet
10. Advantages of the Network?
(A)Expensive Hardware (B)Specialist staff required
(C)Communication (D)Hacking
11. Two or more computers connected together over a wide
geographical area (e.g. county, country, globe). What
type of network is this?
(A)LAN (B)School Network (C)WAN (D)The Internet
12. Internet was created in 1969 by US Defense through?
(A)SARPA (B)DARPA (C)MARPA
(D)Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA)
13. Who are considered as the Fathers of Internet?
(A)Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn
(B)Charles Babbage and Robert Kahn
(C)Bill English & Vinton Cerf
(D)Blaise Pascal & Charles Babbage
14. Name the network which was only used for
academicpurpose.
(A)NSFNET(National Science Federation Network)
(B)ARPANET (C)INTRANET (D)INTERNE
15. What was ARPANET
(A)The first computer(B)A way of calculating things
(C)The first packet switching network
(D)The first artificial intelligenc
16. Which is not a component of data communicationsystem?
a) Protocol b) Message c) Media d) Diode
17. Protocols are set of rules to govern
a) Communication
b) Standards
c) Metropolitan communication
d) Wireless communication
18. Transmission media are usually categorized as
a) Fixed and Unfixed b) Guided and Unguided
c)Determinate and Indeterminate d) Metallic and
Nonmetallic
19. Which of the following primarily uses guided media?
a) Cellular telephone system b) Local telephone system
c) Satellite communications d) Radio broadcasting
20. Which of the following cables carry data signals in theform
of light?
a) Coaxial b) Fiber-optic c) twisted pair d) All of
the these
21. In a fiber-optic cable, the signal is propagated along
theinner core by
a) Reflection b) Refraction c) modulation d) Interference
22. To send data/message to and from computer, thenetwork
software puts the message information in a
………….?
a) Header b) Tailor c) NIC d) Packet
23. …………… is the transmission of data between two ormore
computer over communication links?
a) Data Communication b) Data Networking
c) Networking d) Communication
24. Which cable is used for voice and data communications?
a) Coaxial b) Fiber-optic c) Twisted Pair d) None of the
these
25. Which of the following is not a guided medium?
a) Twisted Pair b) Coaxial Cable c) Fiber-optic d)
Atmosphere
26. What does HTTPS stand for?
a) Hyper Text Protocol Secure
b) Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
c) Hidden Text Transfer Protocol Station
d) Hypertext Transfer Protocol Station
27. What are the key elements of a protocol?
a) Syntax b) Semantics c) Timing d) All of these
28. Which of the following transmission directions listed is not
a legitimate channel?
a) Simplex b) Double Duplex c) Half Duplex d) Full
Duplex
29. What is the full form of TCP/IP?
a) Transfer Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol
b) Transfer Communication Protocol/Internet Protocol
c) Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
d) Transmission Communication Protocol/Internet
Protocol
30. A set of rules that need to be followed by the
communicating parties in order to have successful and
reliable data communication is called___
A. Syntax B. Protocols C. Medium D. Semantics
31. Which of the following are components of Data
Communication?
A. Sender B. Receiver C. Protocol D. All the above
32. Which of the following are components of Data
Communication?
A. Sender B. Receiver C. Protocol D. All the
above
33. The data or information that needs to be exchanged
between the sender and the receiver is called___
A. Protocol B. Message C. Medium D. Sender
34. Transmission of digital data between two or more
computers/nodes is called?
A. Network B. Internet C. Ethernet D. Data
Communication
35. What is a network?
(a) Group of interconnected people or things
(b) Two or more computers connected together and sharing
information
(c) Both of the above
(d) None of the above
36. The physical path between sender and receiver through
which the message or data travels.
A. Hub/switch B. transmission medium C. client
D. server
37. What is a protocol?
A. Keynotes and information about the internet.
B. set of rules and regulation that governs proper data
communication amongst users.
C. methodologies to send and receive data amongst users.
D. set of instructions for the prevention of outsourcing
hackers.
38. A_____is set of devices/nodes/computers connected by
media links.
A. Server B. Message C. Network D. Protocol
39. Twisted-pair, co-axial cable and optical fibre are types
of____.
A. Media B. Protocols C. Data D. Messages
40. A Channel is defines as a path between___
A. Media and Receiver B. Transmitter and Media
C. Tansmitter and Receiver D. None of these
41. ____is the device that has the data and needs to send the
data to other device connected to the network.
A. Receiver B. Media C. Sender D. Messages
42. Various types of senders on network are__
A. mobile phone B. smart watch C. walkie-talkie D. all
the above
43. Which of the following are communication media?
A. Telephone Cable B. Ethernet Cable C. Satellite Link
D. All the above
44. Various types of receivers on network are__
A. Printer B. Computer C. Mobile phone D. All the
above
45. In which of the following switching methods, the message
is divided into small packets?
A. Message switching B. Packet switching
C. Circuit switching D. None of these
46. The term "TCP/IP" stands for_____
A.Transmission Contribution protocol/ internet protocol
B.Transmission Control Protocol/ internet protocol
C.Transaction Control protocol/ internet protocol
D.Transmission Control Protocol/ internet protocol
47. ___________ Address is assigned to network cards by
manufacturer.
a.IP b.MAC c.unique d.domain
48. The IP(Internet protocol) of TCP/IP transmits packets over
the internet using ______
a.circuit b.message c.packet d. all of these
49. Which of the following unit measures the speed with which
data can be transmitted from one node to another node of
a network ?Also give the expansion of the suggested unit:
i)Mbps ii)KMph iii)MGps
50. What is the meaning of Bandwidth in Network?
A. Transmission capacity of a communication channels
B. Connected Computers in the Network
C. Class of IP used in Network D. None of Above
51. Which of the following is not an unit for data transfer
rate?
A.MBPS B.KBPS C.SBPS D.GBPS
52. Each IP packet must contain:
A. Only Source addressB. Only Destination address
C. Source and Destination addressD. Source or
Destination address
53. The next generation IP addressing system to succeed IPv4
is __________
a)IPv4.1 b)IPv5 c)IPv6 d)IPv5.1
54. _________ cable consists of an inner copper core and a
second conducting outer sheath.
A) Twisted-pair B) Shielded twisted-pair C) Coaxial
D) Fiber-optic
55. __________ consists of a central conductor and a shield.
A) Twisted-pair B) Coaxial C) Fiber-optic D) none of
the above
56. _______ cable can carry signals of higher frequency ranges
than _______ cable.
A) Coaxial; twisted-pair B) Twisted-pair; fiber-optic
C) Coaxial; fiber-optic D) none of the above
57. _________ are used for cellular phone, satellite, and wireless
LAN communications.
A) Radio waves B) Infrared waves C) Microwaves
D) none of the above
58. The inner core of an optical fiber is _________ in
composition.
A) copper B) glass or plastic C) bimetallic D) liquid
59. ________ cable consists of two insulated copper wires
twisted
together.
A) Twisted-pair B) Coaxial C) Fiber-optic D) none of
the above
60. A(n) _______ medium provides a physical conduit from one
device to another.
A) unguided B) guided
C) either (a) or (b) D) none of the above
61. Which type of network is formed, when you connect two
mobiles using bluetooth to transfer a picture file?
(a) PAN (b) LAN (b) MAN (c) WAN
62. Which transmission media is capable of having a much
higher
bandwidth (data capacity)?
A. Coaxial B. Twisted pair cable
C.Untwisted cable D. Fiber optic
63. Which type of transmission media is the least expensive to
manufacture?
A. Coaxial B. Twisted pair cable C. CAT cable D. Fiber optic
64. In computer, converting a digital signal in to an analog
signal is
called
A. modulation B. demodulation
C. conversion D .transformation
65. Which of these is not an example of unguided media?
A. Optical Fibre Cable B. Radio wave C. Bluetooth D.
Satellite
66. Which of the following is not a type of guided or wired
communication channel?
A.Twisted Pair B.Coaxial C.Fibre Optic D.WiMax
67. Which of the following is not a type of unguided or wireless
communications channel?
A. Microwave B. Radiowave C. Ethernet D.
Sattelite
68. Which of the following wireless medium consists of a
parabolic antena mounted on towers?
A.Satellite B.RadiowaveC.MicrowaveD.Infrared
69. Which of the following cable consist of a solid wire core
surrounded by one or more foil or wire shields?
A. Ethernet Cables B. Coaxial Cables
C. Fibre Optic Cables D. Power Cable
70. Which of the following is domain in http://www.google.com
(A) http (B) www (C) google (D) com
71. 1Gbps = ……
(A) 240 bps (B) 230 bps (C) 220 bps (D) 210 bps
72. Protocol required for sending mails
(A) SMTP (B) PPP C) POP (D) UDP
73. The technique in which a message is converted to small
A) Circuit switching (B) Message switching
(C) Packet switching(D) None of these
74. Which of the following is not a web browser:
(A)Mozilla Firefox (B) Google (C) Internet Explorer
(D)Netscape Navigator
75. An introductory web page that appears when you first
open your browser.
A. Web site B. Web Page C. Home Page D. Web
Browser
76. Rohan wants to establish computer network in his office,
which of the following device will be suggested by you to
connect each computer in the cafe?
A.SwitchB.ModemC.GatewayD.Repeater
77. Google Chrome is example of :
A. Programming Language B.Web Server
C. Protocol D. Web Browser
78. An internet is a __________
A. Collection of WANS B. Network of networks
C. Collection of LANS D. Collection of identical LANS
and WANS
79. Which of the following is transmission medium for TV
remotes?
(a) Infrared (b) Coaxial cable (c) Bluetooth (d)Microwave
80. Which of the following devices will connect both source and
destination computer.
(a) HUB (b) SWITCH (c) MODEM (d) ROUTER
81. Which of the following is not correct about the switch
(a) It is an intelligent HUB
(b) It send signal only to the intended node
(c) It cannot forward multiple packets at the same time
(d) It help to connect multiple computers
82. _______ is a device that forwards data packets along
networks.
(a) Gateway (b) Modem (c) Router (d) Switch
83. Which of the following is transmission medium for TV
remotes?
(a) Infrared (b) Coaxial cable (c) Bluetooth (d)Microwave
84. Which of the following devices will connect both source
and destination computer.
(a) HUB (b) SWITCH (c) MODEM (d) ROUTER
85. Which of the following is not correct about the switch
(a) It is an intelligent HUB
(b) It send signal only to the intended node
(c) It cannot forward multiple packets at the same time
(d) It help to connect multiple computers

2 - MARKS
1. What do you mean by DNS? Give example
(OR)
Differentiate between circuit switching and packet
switching
2. Identify the following devices :
(i) I am a networking device used to connect multiple
computers. I sends data tointended node only.
(ii) If a node from one network wants to connect to
another
(foreign) network it willpass the data packet through me
(iii) I am a wireless device which provide Wi- Fi access to
smartphones and otherdevices.
3. Write two points of difference between HTTP and FTP.
(OR)
State the advantages and disadvantages of star topology
over bus topology?
4. (i) Write the full forms of the following:
(a) SMTP (b) IPR
(ii) Which protocol is used in creating a connection with a
remote machine?
5. Write two points of difference between twisted pair cable
and optical fibercable. (OR)
Write two points of difference between radio waves and
micro waves.
6. (a) Write the full forms of the following: (i) POP (ii) HTTPS
(b) Name the protocol used for remote login.
7. Expand the following terms:
i. NIC ii. TCP/IP iii. POP iv. SMTP
8. Write one advantage and one disadvantage of each – STAR
Topology and Tree Topology.
(OR)
What do you mean by Guided Media? Name any three
guided media?
9. Write any one point of difference between
i. Circuit Switching and Packet Switching.
ii. Co-axial cable and Fiber – optic cable
(OR)
Write two points of difference between Bus and Star
Topologies.
10. a. Write the full form of : (i) HTML (ii) VoIP
b. What do you mean by a URL?
11. What is the difference between hub and switch? Which is
morepreferable in a large network of computers and why?
(OR)
Differentiate between WAN and MAN. Also give an
example of WAN.
12. (a) Write the full forms of the following:(i) TCP (ii) VPN
(b) What is the use of FTP?
13. (a)What Are Cookies? Why are protocols needed in
networking?
(b) Why a switch is called an intelligent hub?
14. a) What do the following top level domains signify?
(i) .com (ii) .org
b) What is the use of VoIP?
15. (a)Write two points of difference between star and bus
topology.
(b) Differentiate Web browser and Webserver.
16. (a) Write the full forms of the following: (i) SMTP (ii) URL
(b)Differentiate http and https protocols
17. (a) What is meant by domain name? Give an example.
(b) List any two differences between bridge and router.
18. (a) Expand the following: (i) IMAP (ii) HTTPS
(b) What is meant by interspace?
19. (a)Why do we need to network our systems?
(b) How is Coaxial cable different from Optical Fibre?
20. (a) What is the difference between HTTP and FTP?
(b) Expand the following: SLIP, PPP
21. (a) Write two advantages of using an optical fibre cable
over an Ethernet cable to connect two service
stations, which are 190m away from each other.
(b) What is the purpose of using router?
22. (a) What is VoIP?
(b) Briefly explain the following terms: (i) HTML (ii) XML
23. Write the full form of: (a) POP (b) TCP/IP (c) WWW (d)
HTTPS
24. What are Routers? How is it differs from gateway?.
25. (a) Expand the following terms: i)MAN ii)HTML
(b) What is URL ?
26. Write down the full form of :
(a) FTP (b) HTML (c) SMTP (d) VoIP
27. Write one advantage of star topology over bus topology
and one advantage of bus topology over star topology .
28. Suzuka, a freelance web site developer, has been assigned
a task to design few web pages for a book shop. Help
Suzuka in deciding out of static web page and dynamic
web page, what kind of web pages should be designed by
clearly differentiating between static and dynamic web
pages on at least two points.
29. Differentiate between URL and Domain name. Explain
with help of a suitable example.
30. Rearrange the following terms in increasing order of
speedy medium of data transfer.
Telephone line, Fiber Optics, Coaxial Cable, Twisted
Paired Cable
31. ABC Company wants to link its computers in Head office
in New Delhi to its office in Sydney. Name the type of
Network that will be formed. Which communication media
should be used to form this Network?
32. Differentiate between communication using Optical Fiber
and Ethernet Cable in context of wired medium of
communication technologies.
33. Which service/protocol will be most helpful to conduct
live interactions from one location to different locations?
34. Expand the following terms:
(i)IMAP (ii) HTTPS (iii) URL (iv) POP3
35. Expand the following: ARPANET, TCP/IP
36. What is the difference between a hub and a switch in
context of computer networking devices?
37. Differentiate between HTTP and FTP.
38. Give two advantages and two disadvantages of bus
topology
39. Which protocol helps us to browse web pages on
browsers?
40. What are cookies in a web browser? Write one advantage
and one disadvantage of enabling cookies in a web
browser.
41. (a) Write the full forms of the following: (i) WLAN (ii) WWW
(b) What is a hub? What are its types?
42. Differentiate between Web server and web browser. Write
any two popular web browsers.
43. (a) Write two points of difference between LAN and WAN
(b) Write two points of difference between HTTP AND
SMTP

ABBREVATIONS [1- MARK / 2 MARKS]

1. ARPANET – Advanced Research Projects Agency

NETwork.

2. NSF – National Science Foundation.

3. NIC – Network Interface Card.

4. bps – bits per second.

5. Bps- Bytes per second.

6. kbps – Kilo bits per second.

7. Kbps – Kilo bytes per second.

8. mbps – mega bits per second.

9. Mbps – Mega bytes per second.

10. kHZ- kilohertz.

11. MHz- Megahertz.

12. GHz- Gigahertz.

13. THZ – Terahertz.

14. NIU (or) NIC – Network Interface Unit. (or) Network
Interface Card.

15. MAC - Medium Access Control.

16. ISP – Internet Service Provider.

17. STP – Shielded Twisted Pair.

18. UTP – Unshielded Twisted Pair.

19. CAT 5 - Category 5 cable.

20. LED – Light Emitting Diode.

21. LAN – Local Area Network.

22. MAN – Metropolitan Area Network.

23. WAN – Wide Area Network.

24. PAN – Personal Area Network.

25. CAN – Campus Area Network.

26. HTTP – Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

27. HTTPS- Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure.

28. FTP – File Transfer Protocol.

29. TCP / IP – Transmission Control Protocol and Internet

Protocol.

30. SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.

31. POP3 – Post Office Protocol version 3.

32. IMAP – Internet Message Access Protocol.

33. ICMP – Internet Control Message Access Protocol.

34. IGMP – Internet Group Management Protocol.

35. VoIP- Voice Over Internet Protocol.

36. IRC – Internet Relay Chat.

37. SIP – Session Initiation Protocol.

38. RJ – 45 – Registered Jack 45.

39. SLIP – Serial Line Internet Protocol.

40. TelNet – Terminal Network

41. SSH – Secure Shell

42. PPP – Point to Point Protocol.

43. IPCP – IP Control Protocol.

44. NCP – Network Control Protocol.

45. LCP – Link Control Protocol.

46. WAP – Wireless Application Protocol.

47. WTP-Wireless Transaction Protocol.

48. WSP-Wireless Session Protocol.

49. NNTP – Network News Transfer Protocol.

50. MODEM – Modulator and Demodulator.

51. DCE – Data Communication Equipment.

52. DTE- Data Terminal Equipment.

53. IR- Infrared.

54. WLL (or) WiLL – Wireless in Local Loop.

55. WiFi- Wireless Fidelity.

56. WAP – Wireless Access Point.

57. WiMAX- Worldwide Interoperability Microwave Access.

58. WWW – World Wide Web.

59. URL – Uniform Resource Locator.

60. HTML – Hyper Text Markup Language.

61. XML – Extensible Markup Language.

62. DHTML – Dynamic Hyper Text Markup Language.

63. ASP –Active Server Page.

64. JSP – Java Server Page

65. PHP – Hypertext Processor.

66. DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.

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