GROUP STUDY DIGITAL AND DATA COMMUNICATIONS

1. In computer communications, the term RS232C is referred to as

a. Serial Interface Standard
c. Parallel Port Interface Analog
b. Digital Connection Standard
d. Connection Standard
2. An IT network which interconnects local area network over a broad geographical area.
a. ISP Network
b. LAN
c. WAN
d. Local Exchange Network
3. A device that is used to permit an equipment with non-ISDN interface to be connected to the
digital network.
a. TE2
b. TA
c. TC
d. TE1
4. It is used to connect computers in the same building or same area.
a. LAN
b. MAN
c. WAN
d. switch
5. Type of transmission in which each information is individually synchronized, this is normally
done through the use of start and stop elements.
a. Duplex
b. Asynchronous
c. Synchronous d. Simplex
6. A device that connects two dissimilar networks and performs the protocol conversion.
a. Coupler
b. gateway
c. converter
d. transformer
7. An equipment in data communications which is referred to as a source of information to be
transmitted at one end and the sink which receives the information at the other end.
a. DTE
b. DCE
c. router
d. modem
8. For a sample rate of 40kHz, determine the maximum analog input frequency.
a. 40 kHz
b. 30 kHz
c. 20 kHz
d. 10 kHz
9. He showed mathematically that it is possible to reconstruct a bandlimited analog signal from
periodic samples as long as the sampling rate is at least twice the frequency of the highest
frequency component of the signal.
a. Shannon
b. Nyquist
c. Leibnitz
d. Hartley
10. The process of exchanging pre-determined codes and signals in telecommunications between
two data terminals to establish a connection
a. Polling
b. handshaking
c. handoff
d. demodulation
11. These are the rules in data communications intended for establishing data links and message
interpretation.
a. Mode
b. Protocol
c. EIA Rules
d. CCIR Rules
12. A digital carrier facility used to transmit a DS1 formatted signal at 1.544 Mbps.
a. T4
b. T3
c. T2
d. T1
13. It is the total useful information processed or communicated over specified amount of time.
a. Bit rate
b. Baud rate
c. Throughput d. Information technology
14. All bits in a character are sent and received ______ in a serial port.
a. One at a time
c. simultaneously
b. In groups of 3 bits
d. in groups of 2 bits
15. Refers to one of the most commonly used internet service domains.
a. http
b. gov
c. www
d. infoseek

16. 10BaseT network supports _____ as transmission medium.

a. Coax
b. STP
c. UTP
d. fiber
17. The conversion of digital signals into analog for purposes of transmitting into telephone line is
done through
a. Radio
b. ISDN
c. modem
d. RS-232C
18. Which of the following is not referred to as DTE?
a. Bridge
b. printer
c. computer
d. telephone set
19. Device that comply with the ISDN network interface and can be connected directly to the digital
network.
a. TA
b. TE1
c. TE2
d. modem
20. Ethernet is a baseband system using CSMA/CD operating at
a. 10 Mbps
b. 20 Mbps
c. 30 Mbps
d. 40 Mbps
21. Information capacity is proportional to
a. Bandwidth
b. noise
c. power
d. flux
22. A telephone line has a bandwidth of 3.2kHz and S/N of 35 dB. A signal is transmitted down a line
using 4-level code. What is the maximum theoretical data rate?
a. 6.4 kbps
b. 12.8 kbps
c. 14.4 kbps
d. 37.2 kbps
23. Sixteen different levels are used to encode binary data. The channel bandwidth is 36 MHz. The
maximum channel capacity is
a. 18 Mbps
b. 28 Mbps
c. 288 Mbps
d. 2.176 Gbps
24. In _____, the frequency of the carrier signal is varied based on the information in a digital signal.
a. ASK
b. PSK
c. FSK
d. QAM
25. _____ rate is always less than or equal to the _____ rate.
a. Baud, bit
b. bit, baud
c. baud, base
d. base, baud
26. This ITU-T recommendation generally describes transmission over phone lines
a. V series
b. X series
c. I series
d. G series
27. ____ refers to a way a network is laid out, either physically or logically.
a. Line configuration b. topology
c. transmission mode d. modulation mode
28. What is the controlling node of a star topology system?
a. Modem
b. codec
c. hub
d. ADC
29. In a _____ topology, drop lines and taps are used to connect devices to a backbone.
a. Ring
b. bus
c. mesh
d. star
30. The most frequently used UTP connector.
a. Cat 5
b. EIA 232
c. RJ45
d. JR45
31. The RG number gives us information about
a. Twisted pairs
b. coaxial cables
c. optical fiber d. infrared transmission
32. What is an early communication system that uses continuous wave modulation?
a. ASCII
b. Morse Code c. EBCDIC
d. Unicode
33. The character code that uses a 5 bit word code
a. Morse Code
b. Baudot Code c. Hamming Code
d. ASCII

34. The hardware circuit used to generate the state of parity bit is composed of a number of ____
gates.
a. NOT
b. NOR
c. XOR
d. OR
35. How many Hamming bits would have to be added to a data block containing 128 bits?
a. 6
b. 7
c. 8
d. 9
36. Which standards organization developed the OSI model?
a. IEEE
b. ANSI
c. ISO
d. IETF
37. The OSI model consists of ____ layers.
a. 3
b. 5
c. 7
d. 8
38. What is the ITU specification for the RS232C?
a. V.2
b. V.24
c. V.25
d. V.42
39. This is the ordinary telephone twisted pair, one of several media specified in the IEEE802.3
standard for Ethernet LANs.
a. 10Base2
b. 10Base5
c. 10BaseT
d. 10BaseFL
40. This is a device that can be used to connect one Ethernet network to another nearby Ethernet
network.
a. Repeater
b. Hub
c. Bridge
d. LAN card
41. In _____ TDM, the multiplexer allocates exactly the same time slots to each device at all times.
a. Synchronous
b. Asynchronous
c. Statistical
d. Statical
42. In ISDN, the ____ channel is used for applications requiring a transmission rate greater than 64
kbps.
a. B
b. C
c. D
d. H
43. The BRI data rate
a. 56 kbps
b. 64 kbps
c. 112 kbps
d. 144 kbps
44. A microwave system uses 256 QAM. If it has a channel with a 40 MHz bandwidth, what is its
maximum data rate, ignoring noise?
a. 40 Mbps
b. 256 Mbps c. 640 Mbps
d. 1280 Mbps
45. A modulator transmits symbols, each of which has 64 different possible states, 10000 times per
second. Calculate the bit rate.
a. 10kbps
b. 30 kbps
c. 60 kbps
d. 64 kbps
46. A 32 QAM modulated signal has a baud rate of 2000, the bit rate is _____ bps.
a. 16000
b. 10000
c. 4000
d. 1000
47. Which LAN has the highest data rate?
a. 10Base5
b. 10BaseT
c. Twisted Pair Token Ring
d. FDDI
48. ____ uses a physical star topology.
a. 10Base5
b. 10Base2
c. 10BaseT
d. 10BaseX
49. 10Base2 uses _____ cable while 10Base5 uses _____ cable.
a. Thick coax, thin coax
c. thin coax, thick coax
b. Twisted pair, thick coax
d. fiber optic, thin coax
50. Find the minimum bandwidth for an FDM multiplexer with 5 lines, each requiring 4000 Hz and a
200 Hz guard separating each band.
a. 20.8 kHz
b. 21 kHz
c. 21.5 kHz
d. 25 kHz

51. The __________ is the physical path over which a message travels
a. Protocol
b. Medium
c. Signal
d. All of the above
52. The information to be communicated in a data system is the ___________.
a. Medium
b. Protocol
c. Message
d. Transmission
53. Frequency of failure and network recovery time after a failure are measures of the __________
of a network.
a. Performance
b. Reliability
c. Security
d. Feasibility
54. An unauthorized user is a network __________ issue.
a. Performance
b. Reliability
c. Security

d. All of the above

55. Which topology requires a central controller or hub?

a. Mesh
b. Star
c. Bus

d. Ring

56. Which topology requires a multipoint connection?

a. Mesh
b. Star
c. Bus

d. Ring

57. Communication between a computer and a keyboard involves _________________

transmission.
a. Simplex
b. Half-duplex c. Full-duplex
d. Automatic
58. In a _______________ connection, more than two devices can share a single link.
a. Point-to-point
b. Multipoint c. Primary
d. Secondary
59. In _______________ transmission, the channel capacity is shared by both communicating
devices at all times.
a. Simplex
b. Half-duplex c. Full-duplex
d. Half-simplex
60. A cable break in a _____________ topology stops all transmission.
a. Mesh
b. Bus
c. Star
d. Primary
61. Which organization has authority over interstate and international commerce in the
communications field?
a. ITU-T
b. IEEE
c. FCC
d. ISO
62. The process-to-process delivery of the entire message is the responsibility of the ___________
layer.
a. Network
b. Transport
c. Application
d. Physical
63. The __________ layer is the layer closest to the transmission medium.
a. Physical
b. Data link
c. Network
d. Transport
64. Mail services are available to network users through the __________ layer.
a. Data link
b. Physical
c. Transport
d. Application

65. Unipolar, bipolar and polar encoding are types of _______ encoding
a. Line
b. Block
c. NRZ
d. Manchester
66. If a symbol is composed of 3 bits, there are __________ data levels.
a. 2
b. 4
c. 8
d. 16
67. PCM is an example of ______ conversion.
a. Digital-to-digital
b. Digital-to-analog

c. Analog-to-analog

d. Analog-to-Digital

68. If the frequency spectrum of a signal has bandwidth of 500 Hz with the highest frequency at 600
Hz, what should be the sampling rate, according to the Nyquist theorem?
a. 200 samples/s
b. 500 samples/s
c. 1000 samples/s
d. 1200 samples/s
69. ASK, PSK, FSK nad QAM are examples of __________ modulation.
a. Digital-to-analog
b. Digital-to-digital
c. Analog-to-analog

d. Analog-to-digital

70. In QAM, both phase and ____________ of a carrier frequency are varied.
a. Amplitude
b. Frequency
c. Bit rate
d. Baud rate
71. The sharing of a medium and its link by two more devices is called ______.
a. Modulation
b. Encoding
c. Line Encoding
d. Multiplexing
72. Which multiplexing technique transmits digital signals?
a. FDM
b. TDM
c. WDM

d. None of the above

73. Which multiplexing technique shifts each signal to a different carrier frequency?
a. FDM
b. TDM
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. None of the above
74. _____ has a higher transmission rate in the downstream direction than in the upstream
direction.
a. VDSL
b. ADSL
c. SDSL
d. (a) and (b)
75. _____ is suitable for businesses that require comparable upstream and downstream data rates.
a. VDSL
b. ADSL
c. SDSL
d. (a) and (b)
76. The largest portion of the bandwidth for ADSL carries _____.
a. Voice Communication
b. Upstream data
c. Downstream data

d. Control data

77. _____ is a device at the telephone company site that can packetize data to be sent to the ISP
Server.
a. A DSLAM
b. An ADSL modem
c. A filter
d. A splitter
78. ______ was designed as an alternative to the T-1 line.
a. VSL
b. ADSL
c. SDSL

d. HDSL

79. SONET in an acronym for _____ Network.

a. Synchronous Optical b. Standard Optical

c. Symmetric Open

d. Standard Open

80. In a SONET system, _____ can remove signals from a path.

a. An STS multiplier
b. A regenerator
c. An Add/Drop multiplexer d. A repeater
81. The synchronous payload envelope of an STS-1 frame contains _____.
a. Pointers
b. User data
c. Overhead

d. (b) and (c)

82. The Nyquist theorem specifies the minimum sampling rate to be _______.
a. Equal to the lowest frequency of a signal
b. Equal to the highest frequency of a signal
c. Twice the bandwidth of a signal
d. Twice the highest frequency of a signal
83. One factor in the accuracy of a reconstructed PCM signal is the __________.
a. Signal bandwidth
b. Carrier frequency
c. Number of bits used for quantization d. Baud rate
84. Which encoding type always has nonzero average amplitude
a. Unipolar
b. Polar
c. Bipolar

d. All the above

85. Which of the following encoding methods does not provide for synchronization?
a. NRZ-L
b. RZ
c. NRZ-I
d. Manchester
86. Which encoding method uses alternating positive and negative values for 1s?
a. NRZ-I
b. RZ
c. Manchester
d. AMI
87. If the maximum value of a PCM signal is 31 and the minimum value is -31, how many bits were
used for encoding?
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 7
88. RZ encoding involves _________ signal levels.
a. Two
b. Three

c. Four

d. Five

89. Which quantization level results in a more faithful reproduction of the signal?
a. 2
b. 8
c. 16
d. 32
90. Which encoding technique attempts to solve the loss of synchronization due to long strings of
0s?
a. BnZS
b. NRZ
c. AMI
d. (a) and (b)
91. Block coding can help in __________ at the receiver.
a. Synchronizations
b. Error detection
c. Attenuation

d. (a) and (b)

92. In ____________ transmission, bits are transmitted simultaneously, each across its own wire.
a. Asynchronous serial b. Synchronous serial c. Parallel
d. (a) and (b)

93. In ________ transmission, bits are transmitted over a single wire, one at a time.
a. Asynchronous serial b. Synchronous serial c. Parallel
d. (a) and (b)
94. In __________ transmission, a start bit and stop bit frame a character byte.
a. Asynchronous serial b. Synchronous serial c. Parallel
d. (a) and (b)
95. If the bit rate for a QAM signal is 3000 bps and a signal unit is represented by a tribit, what is the
baud rate?
a. 300
b. 400
c. 1000
d. 1200
96. If the baud rate for a QAM signal is 3000 and a signal unit is represented by a tribit, what is the
bit rate?
a. 300
b. 400
c. 1000
d. 9000
97. If the baud rate for a QAM signal is 1800 and the bit rate is 9000, how many bits are there per
signal unit?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
98. In 16-QAM, there are 16 __________.
a. Combination of phase and amplitude b. Amplitudes
c. Phases
d. Bps
99. Which modulation technique involves tribits, eight different phase shifts, and one amplitude?
a. FSK
b. 8-PSK
c. ASK
d. 4-PSK
100.
Given an AM radio signal with a bandwidth of 10 KHz and the highest-frequency
component at 705 KHz, what is the frequency of the carrier signal?
a. 700 KHz
b. 705 KHz
c. 710 KHz d. Cannot be determined from given information