Republic of the Philippines

University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines

COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
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ICT – COMPUTER NETWORKS

MIDTERM

Name: ____________________________________________

Instruction: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

Show solutions when necessary or as indicated.

1. The process-to-process delivery of the entire message is the 8. The _______ is the physical path over which a message travels.
responsibility of the _______ layer. A) Protocol C) Medium
A) Network C) Application B) Signal D) All the above
B) Physical D) Transport
9. The information to be communicated in a data communications
2. The _______ layer is the layer closest to the transmission system is the _______.
medium. A) Medium C) Message
A) Transport C) Network B) Protocol D) Transmission
B) Data link D) Physical
10. Which topology requires a central controller or hub?
3. Mail services are available to network users through the _______ A) Mesh C) Star
layer. B) Bus D) Ring
A) Data link C) Transport
B) Application D) Physical 11. Which topology requires a multipoint connection?
A) Mesh C) Star
4. The _______ layer lies between the network layer and the B) Bus D) Ring
application layer.
A) Physical C) Transport 12. Which of the following is not a type of Computer network?
B) Data link D) None of the above A) Local Area Network (LAN)
B) Remote Area Network (RAN)
5. Which OSI layer is concerned with reliable end-to-end delivery of C) Personal Area Network (PAN)
data? D) Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)
A) Application C) Transport
B) Network D) Data Link 13. Where is a hub specified in the OSI model?
A) Session layer C) Data Link layer
6. Logical addressing is found in the ________________ layer, while B) Physical layer D) Application layer
physical addressing is found in the
________________ layer. 14. Which of the following are layers where TCP/IP model can be
A) Physical, Network C) Network, Data Link found?
B) Network, Physical D) Data Link, Network 1. Application 4. Network
2. Session 5. Data Link
7. The OSI Reference Model layers, in order from top to bottom, are: 3. Transport 6. Physical
A) Application, Physical, Session, Transport, Network, Data Link, A) 1 and 2 C) 2, 3 and 5
Presentation B) 3 and 4 D) 3, 4 and 5
B) Application, Presentation, Network, Session, Transport, Data Link,
Physical 15. 10Base5, 10Base2, 10BaseT are types of?
C) Application, Presentation, Session, Transport, Network, Data Link, A) Internet C) Ethernet
Physical B) LAN D) Cables
D) Physical, Data Link, Network, Transport, Session, Presentation,
Application 16. A network router joins two _________ together.
A) Computers B) Switches
C) Networks D) Gateway
17. What is the difference between a switch and a hub? 27. What command is used to display all current TCP/IP
A) Switches operate at physical layer while hubs operate at data link configuration informations?
layer A) ipconfig B) ipserver/all
B) Switches operate at data link layer while hubs operate at C) configip D) winipcfg
transport layer
C) Switches operate at data link layer while hubs operate at physical 28. Where is the hub specified in the OSI model?
layer A) network layer B) data link layer
D) Switches operate at transport layer while hubs operate at C) physical layer D) session layer
physical layer
29. What is the main reason why the OSI model was created?
18. In 10base2, 10base5, what does 2 and 5 stand for? A) To create a layered model larger than the DoD model
A) Speed in mbps B) Number of segments B) So application developers can change only one layer’ protocol at a
C) Length of segment D) Size of segment time
C) So different networks could communicate
19. What is the difference between ring and bus topology? D) So Cisco could use the model
A) In Ring all nodes are connected with another loop while in bus
they are connected to a central cable 30. Routers operate at layer _______ while switches operates at
B) In Ring all nodes are connected with another in a loop while in layer __________.
bus they are connected to a central cable A) 3, 2 B) 2,3
C) In bus all nodes are connected with another in a loop while in star C) 2,1 D) 3,1
they are connected to a central node
D) In Bus all nodes are connected with another loop while in star 31. Choose the best answer that describes a routers’ function:
they are connected to a central cable A) Packet Switching B) Internetwork Communication
C) Path Selection D) Send data as segments
20. Select the correct cable that transport signals in the form of light
A) Twisted-Pair cable C) Coaxial Cable 32. What type of RJ45 UTP cable do you use to connect a router’s
B) Fiber optic cable D) Shielded Twisted Pair cable WAN port to a DSL modem’s LAN port?
A) Straight-through B) cross-over
21. Twisted pair wires, coaxial cable, optical fiber cables are the C) Crossover with DSU D) Rolled
examples of
A) Wired Media B) Wireless Media 33. Segmentation of data stream happens at which OSI model?
C) Both A & B D) None of the above A) Physical B) Data Link
C) Network D) Transport
22. Which cable used in communications is referred to as unshielded
twisted-pair (UTP). 34. When data is encapsulated or travels across the network, which
A) twisted-pair cable B) Coaxial cable is the correct order?
C) Fiber-optic cable D) None of these A) Data, frame, packet, segment, bit
B) Segment, data, packet, frame, bit
23. Select the cable that uses copper conductor that accept and C) Data, segment, packet, frame, bit
transport signals in the form of electric current? D) Data, segment, frame, packet, bit
A) Twisted pair cable B) Fiber-optic cable
C) Metallic cable D) None of the above 35. What type of RJ45 UTP cable is used between switches?
A) Straight-through B) cross-over
24. It is an internet based protocol for sending and receiving C) Crossover with DSU D) cross-over with a router between
webpages. switches
A) TCP/IP B) Ethernet
C) HTTP D) FTP 36. Which layer in the TCP/IP protocol architecture layer is
equivalent to the Transport layer of the OSI Reference Model?
25. It is an IEEE shorthand identifier, which is an implementation of A) Application B) Host-to-Host
Ehternet 802.3 over fiber optic cabling. C) Internet D) Network Access
A) 10BaseF B) 10BaseT
C)10BaseFX D)10Base2 37. Which of the following are layers of the TCP/IP model?
1. Application 2. Session 3. Transport 4. Internet 5. Data Link
26. How long is the iPv6 address? A) 1 and 3 B) 1, 3, and 4
A) 32bits B) 128bytes C) 2, 3, and 5 D) 3,4 and 5
C) 64bits D) 128bits
38. Which of the following TCP/IP protocols is used at the
application layer of the OSI Model?
1. IP 2. TCP 3. HTTP 4. Telnet 5. FTP 6. IMAP
A) 1 ,2 and 5 B) 3, 5, and 6
C) 1 and 2 D) 1, 2 and 4

39. Which protocol is used when we upload or download something

to and from the Internet?
A) HTTP B) FTP
C) UDP D) TCP

40. Which of the following is a MAC address?

A) 00-0A-95-9D-68-16 B)20.0.19.0
C) 9:00:8a:6 D) 00-A0-9-88

41. They are computers that provide shared resources, and are
designed t process requests and deliver data to other client
computers over a local network.
A) Host Computer B) Server Computers
C) Client Computers C) Workstations

42. Which of the following is true about peer-to-peer network

architecture:
A) A single machine has a full control on how they access the data
and what data can they access
B) Every person has a full control of its machine in the network
C) A single computer determines which computer can access to a
certain media or what sites they can visit
D) A single password for network logon delivers access to all
resources

43. It is a message that is sent over the network from one computer
to another computer.
A) Node B) Transmission Line
C) Packets D) Electrical Signals

44. It is a network adapter hardware that is installed in the

computer that enables the computer to communicate over the
network.
A) RJ45 ports B) Network Internet Cards
C) Ethernet Cable D) Network Interface Cards

45. Which of the following is true for 10BaseT Ethernet

A) Uses four-pair UTP wiring with a transfer speed of 10Mbps
B) Uses a two-pair UTP wiring with 10Mbps transfer speed and 100
meters long segment length
C) It is a fast Ethernet that transmits data up to 100Mbps
D) It is a fast Ethernet over fiber with a transfer speed of up to
100Mbps

46-50. Discus the 3 types of Ethernet protocols in terms of cables

used and speed.