LAN Switching and Wireless

531. The _________ layer is the layer closest to the transmission medium.

  1. Physical
  2. Data link
  3. Network
  4. Transport

Correct answer: (A)
Physical

532. The _________ layer lies between the network layer and the application layer.

  1. Physical
  2. Data link
  3. Transport
  4. None of the above

Correct answer: (C)
Transport

533. The _________ layer links the network support layers and the user support layers.

  1. transport
  2. network
  3. data link
  4. session

Correct answer: (A)
transport

534. The _________ layer of Ethernet consists of the LLC sublayer and the MAC sublayer.

  1. data link
  2. physical
  3. network
  4. none of the above

Correct answer: (A)
data link

535. The _________ model shows how the network functions of a computer ought to be organized.

  1. CCITT
  2. OSI
  3. ISO
  4. ANSI

Correct answer: (B)
OSI

536. The _________ of a composite signal is the difference between the highest and the lowest frequencies contained in that signal.

  1. frequency
  2. period
  3. bandwidth
  4. amplitude

Correct answer: (A)
frequency

537. The _________ Protocol has flow control, but not error control.

  1. Stop-and-Wait
  2. Simplest
  3. Go-Back-N ARQ
  4. Selective-Repeat ARQ

Correct answer: (A)
Stop-and-Wait

538. The _________ Protocol has neither flow nor error control.

  1. Stop-and-Wait
  2. Simplest
  3. Go-Back-N ARQ
  4. Selective-Repeat ARQ

Correct answer: (B)
Simplest

539. The _________ scheme uses data patterns of size 2 and encodes the 2-bit patterns as one signal element belonging to a four-level signal.

  1. 4B5B
  2. 2B1Q
  3. MLT-3
  4. none of the above

Correct answer: (B)
2B1Q

540. The _________ scheme uses three levels (+V, 0, and -V) and three transition rules to move between the levels.

  1. 4B5B
  2. 2B1Q
  3. MLT-3
  4. none of the above

Correct answer: (C)
MLT-3

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