BOARD EXAM QUESTIONS A.

1800
B. 900
DATA COMMUNICATIONS
C. 10800
D. 8064
1. Redundancy means the ____________
11. What is the guardband between supergroup 1 and
a. Transmission rate of the system b. Symbols are to
supergroup 2?
be repeated c. Time between failures d. Time
A. 12 kHz
between successes
B. 10 kHz
2. Which transmission media is not suitable to CSMA C. 8 kHz
operation? a. Radio b. Optical fiber c. Coaxial D. 6 kHz
cable d. Twisted pair
12. CCITT’s supermastergroup has how many voice band
3. _________ is a device used to convert a time varying channels?
electrical quantity to an appropriate form. A. 600
A. Codec B. 1800
B. Transducer C. 10800
C. ADC/DAC D. 900
D. Modem
13. The transparency mechanism used with SDLC is called
4. The bandwidth of U600 mastergroup is A. Zero-bit insertion
A. 2250 kHz B. Modified link test
B. 2728 kHz C. Beacon test
C. 2520 kHz D. Invert-on-zero coding
D. 2278 kHz
14. What equation defines the composition of an ISDN basic
5. Refers to the combined digitally encoded signals access line?
transmitted with FDM signals as one composite A. 2B + D
baseband signal B. B + D
A. Composite data C. B + 2D
B. Data under voice (DUV) D. 2B + 2D
C. Hybrid data
15. A digital network where voice, video, text and data are
D. Data in voice (DIV)
multiplexed into a single network for processing and are
6. Transmit frequency-division-multiplexed voice band signals transmitted prior to use
over a coaxial cable for distances up to 4000 miles A. Frame relay
A. T carrier systems B. Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)
B. A carrier systems C. ISDN
C. L carrier systems D. Synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH)
D. D carrier systems
16. T-1 carrier service has _______ digital bit rate
A. \
A. 1.544 Mbps
B. 5670 VB channels
B. 2048 Mbps
7. The line data rate (in Mbps) for level 4 of CEPT 30 +2 C. 1.644 Mbps
PCM multiplex hierarchy is D. 9600 Mbps
A. 97.728
17. Non-ISDN equivalent can be connected to ISDN line by
B. 400.352
the use of ____________
C. 274.176
A. Terminal equipment
D. 139.264
B. Terminal adapters
8. The guardband between supergroup 18 and supergroup C. Modem
D25 is D. Network adaptors
A. 12 kHz
18. What is the baseband frequency of standard FDM basic
B. 56 kHz
supergroup?
C. 128 kHz
A. 312 to 552 kHz
D. 8 kHz
B. 60 to 2540 kHz
9. Supergroup 17 has a carrier frequency (in kHz) of C. 60 to 108 kHz
A. 2108 D. 300 to 600 kHz
B. 2356
19. What is the transmission signal coding for TI carrier?
C. 1860
A. Binary
D. 1612
B. NRZ
10. A radio channel is composed of ________ VB channels C. Bipolar
 D. Manchester C. CSMA/CD
D. CSMA/CA
20. The primary purpose of the data modem
A. Interface analog terminal equipment to analog 29. What multiplexing scheme is used by baseband
communications channel transmission?
B. Interface digital terminal equivalent to digital A. TDM
communications channel B. Space multiplexing
C. Interface analog terminal equipment to digital C. FDM
communications channel D. Statistical multiplexing
D. Interface digital terminal equipment to analog
communications channel 30. Use of coaxial cables in interconnecting networks is
limited to an overall length of ________
21. The line control unit (LCU) operation on the data in A. 1500 ft
digital from B. 1500 m
A. Data terminal equipment (DTE) C. 1500 km
B. Data communications equipment (DCE) D. 1500 kft
C. Modem
D. UART 31. What identifies how the stations are interconnected in a
network?
22. SYN character of EBCDIC code A. Topology
A. 32 H B. Architecture
B. 8H C. Topology or architecture
C. 16H D. Topology and architecture
D. 4H
32. ________ is a data communications network designed to
23. __________ ensures that the transmitter and receiver provide two-way communications between a large
agree on prescribed time slot for the occurrence of a bit variety of data communications terminal equipment
A. Bit or clock synchronization within a relatively small geographic area
B. Modem or carrier synchronization A. Private Area Network
C. Character synchronization B. Local Area Network
D. Character synchronization C. Wide Area Network
D. Ethernet
24. Equation used to determine the number of Hamming bits
in the Hamming code 33. _________ is the mode of transmission in public data
A. = m + n +1 network in which data are transferred from source to the
network then to the destination in an asynchronous data
B. ≥ m + n +1
format.
C. > m + n +1 A. Synchronous mode
D. < m + n +1 B. Start/stop mode
C. Packet mode
25. Data means D. Circuit mode
A. Digital information
B. Both digital and analog 34. A seven-bit character can represent one of ___
C. Analog information possibilities
D. Neither digital nor analog A. 7
B. 14
26. What determines which network configuration is most C. 64
appropriate? D. 128
A. Application layer
B. Presentation layer 35. ________ is defined to be the maximum rate at which
C. Network layer information can be transmitted through a channel
D. Data link layer A. Bit rate
B. Baud rate
27. Ethernet is a baseband system using CSMA/CD C. Coding
operating at ___________ D. Channel capacity
A. 10 Mbps
B. 20 Mbps 36. Circuit that performs the inverse mapping and delivers to
C. 30 Mbps the user destination, a reproduction of the original digital
D. 40 Mbps source output
A. Source coding
28. Mechanism used by a station to gain access to local area B. Channel coding
network C. Inverse coding
A. Channel multiplexing D. Demodulation
B. Channel accessing
37. Digital modulation technique used in modems B. TSI
A. ASK C. TDM
B. FSK D. TMS
C. PSK
D. MSK 47. What is the most significant advantage of modular switch
than time-and-space switch?
38. Who developed the fixed-length binary code for A. Flexible size
telegraphy? B. Simplified control
A. Samuel Morse C. Simplified manufacturing, testing and maintenance
B. Emile Baudot D. The latter is more advantageous than the former
C. Alexander Graham Bell
D. Guglielmo Marconi 48. Which of the following is the biggest disadvantage of
PCM systems?
39. Inventor of pulse-code modulation for the digital encoding A. Inability to handle analog signals
of speech signals B. High error rate as a result of quantizing noise
A. R.V.L Hartley C. Not compatible with TDM
B. J.R. Carson D. The large bandwidth required
C. H. Nyquist
D. Alex Reeves 49. The reason why companding is employed in PCM
systems is
40. In what year did computers and terminals start A. To solve quantizing noise problem
communicating with each other over long distance? B. To allow amplitude limiting in the receiver
A. 1950’s C. To protect small signals in PCM From quantizing
B. 1960’s distortion
C. 1970’s D. To overcome impulse noise in PCM receivers
D. 1980’s
50. The highest theoretical frequency that can be processed
41. Store-and-forward multiple-access network at a sampling rate(fs) without aliasing
A. ARPANET A. Folding frequency
B. ALOHA B. Resonant frequency
C. PRNET C. Critical frequency
D. Packet switching D. Natural frequency

42. A source code-whose average word length approaches 51. The overlapping of the original spectrum and the first
the fundamental ----------- set by the entropy of a discrete translated component is known as
memoryless source A. Dc wandering
A. Prefix code B. Aliasing
B. Source code C. Droop
C. Entropy code D. Distortion
D. Huffman code
52. Transmission sent in both directions simultaneously
43. Who promulgate communications related military A. Full duplex
standards (MIL-STD)? B. Half duplex
A. DOD C. Simplex
B. DCA D. Echoplex
C. DOD-STD
D. ANSI-MIL 53. Multiplexing in a time division multiplexer occurs based
upon
44. What is the class of probability in error detection A. The position of data within a frame
techniques that is known as residual error rate? B. The position of a frame within a group of frames
A. P1 C. The activity of connected device
B. P2 D. The priority assigned to a connected device
C. P3
D. P4 54. What is multiplexing?
A. The process of increasing bandwidth on a channel
45. RS 232 is normally an interface between DTE and DCE, B. A technique that enables more than one data
what is its signal rate? source to share the use of common line
A. 20 kbps C. Mailing letter at the post office
B. 30 kbps D. The ability to share frequency by time
C. 40 kbps
D. 50 kbps 55. One of the reasons why FDM is being replaced by TDM
A. There is more time than frequency
46. Digital switching concepts that can handle more channels B. If is difficult to place channels side by side
A. SDS
 C. Noise is amplified with voice when an FDM 64. The line speed of Bell system carrier system is
system is used A. 64 kbps
D. Most available frequencies have been used B. 3.152 Mbps
C. 1.544 Mbps
56. In ___________ modulation the carrier is a periodic train D. 6.312 Mbps
of pulses
A. Amplitude
65. How many channels does a line carry?
B. Analog
A. 24
C. Digital
B. 48
D. Pulse
C. 96
D. 672
57. The process that uses the orthogonality of sines and
cosines that makes possible to transmit and receive to
66. The capacity of the standard 4-kHz telephone channel
different signals simultaneously on the same carrier
with 30dB S/N is
frequency is
A. 455225 bps
A. TDM
B. 42525 bps
B. FDM
C. 39846 bps
C. Quadrature multiplexing
D. 39840 bps
D. Duplexing
67. How many channels does a super group have?
58. Which of the following pulse modulation technique is a
A. 60
digital transmission system?
B. 600
A. Pulse duration modulation
C. 1800
B. Pulse position modulation
D. 10800
C. Pulse width modulation
D. Pulse code modulation 68. The output frequency at the channel combiner of channel
7 is
59. Which of the following is not an advantage of digital
A. 76 – 80 kHz
transmission?
B. 80 – 84 kHz
A. Noise immunity
C. 84 – 88 kHz
B. Ease of multiplexing
D. 88 – 92 kHz
C. Bandwidth utilization
D. Ease of encryption 69. The carrier frequency of the supergroup D25 is
A. 2652 kHz
60. _________ is the ratio of the largest possible magnitude
B. 2900 kHz
to the smallest possible magnitude that can be decoded
C. 2356 kHz
by the DAC
D. 2108 kHz
A. Resolution
B. Quantization 70. Which of the following is not a hybrid data?
C. Dynamic range A. Data in voice
D. Voltage ratio B. Data under voice
C. Data above voice
61. A process where the higher amplitude analog signals are
D. Data in video
compressed prior to transmission then expanded at the
receiver 71. ____ was the first fixed-length 5-bit character code.
A. Compressing A. EBCDC
B. Expanding B. ASCII
C. Encoding C. Morse code
D. Companding D. Baudot code

62. For a resolution of 0.01V and analog sample voltage of 72. CCITT V.26 modem has a modulation rate of _______
0.05V, the 12-bit linear sign-magnitude code is A. 1200 Hz
A. 000000000101 B. 1200 bauds
B. 100000000101 C. 1560 cps
C. 100010010011 D. 9600 bauds
D. 000001010001
73. What can a smart modem do?
63. ___________ uses a signal bit PCM code to achieve a A. Detect transmission errors and correct them
digital transmission of analog signal automatically
A. Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) B. Correct answer multiple choice quizzes
B. Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) C. Accepts commands from the terminal via RS 232
C. Delta Modulation (DM) interface
D. Phase Modulation (PM) D. Do a smart game
74. One is an advantage of PTM over PAM 84. Band of frequencies in a transmission medium allotted to
A. Much better noise immunity each communication channel on a continuous time basis
B. Low sampling rate required A. TDM
C. Simpler to generate B. FDM
D. Less costly C. CDMA
D. Broadband
75. When did ISO adapt the seven-layer OSI model?
A. 1983 85. Error control used in high frequency radio data
B. 1973 transmission
C. 1963 A. FEC
D. 1953 B. ARQ
C. Hamming
76. Amplitude shift keying is also known as __________ D. Parity
A. Up/down keying
B. On/off keying 86. What are the steps to follow to produce a PCM signal?
C. Front/back keying A. Sampling, coding and quantizing
D. I/O keying B. Sampling, quantizing and coding
C. Quantizing, sampling and coding
77. Which modulation system is used in telephony? D. Coding, quantizing and sampling
A. FSK
B. PCM 87. __________ identifies how the different stations in a
C. Two-tone modulation multipoint system are interconnected
D. Single-tone modulation A. Network topology
B. Star network
78. Modulation used by asynchronous data C. Ring network
A. QPSK D. Bus network
B. FSK
C. PSK 88. A transmission where data are inputted directly on the
D. QAM cable
A. Broadband
79. PCM systems require ____________ B. Baseband
A. Analog signals C. Digital
B. Large bandwidth D. Analog
C. Digital signals
D. Fiber optics cable 89. A transmission where data are inputted inside the carrier
wave
80. Which theorem sets the limit on the maximum capacity of A. Broadband
a channel with a given noise level? B. Baseband
A. Nyquist theorem C. Digital
B. Hartley theorem D. Analog
C. Shannon-Hartley theorem
D. Shannon theorem 90. Transmission system for a multidrop network
A. Token passing
81. Quantizing noise is present in _______ system B. CSMA/CD
A. PCM C. Polling
B. ATM D. CSMA/CA
C. TDM
D. PAM 91. Before attempting to transmit data, each station has to
listen to the channel
82. _______________ is the difference between the original A. CSMA /CD
and reconstructed signal B. Token passing
A. Quantizing noise C. CSMA/CA
B. Fade margin D. Polling
C. Noise margin
D. Noise figure 92. Synchronous modems cost more than asynchronous
modems because
83. What is the reason why companding is employed in PCM A. They are larger
systems? B. They must contain clock recovery circuits
A. To solve quantizing noise problem C. The production volume is larger
B. To allow amplitude limits in the receivers D. They must operate on a larger bandwidth
C. To protect small signals in PCM from quantizing
distortion 93. When one station is designated as master and the rest of
D. to overcome impulse noise in PCM receivers the stations are considered slaves, massage handling is
_________
 A. Store and forward C. Gateway
B. Polling D. Node
C. CSMA/CD
D. Token passing 103. A _______ interconnects LAN that has totally different
protocols and format
94. The computer that initiates information transfer A. Bridge
A. Master B. Router
B. Slave C. Gateway
C. DCE D. WAN
D. DTE
104. All bits in a character can be sent/receiver
95. A store and forward switching simultaneously
A. Circuit switching A. Serial data
B. Packet switching B. Parallel data
C. Message switching C. Full duplex
D. PSTN D. Duplex

96. It is used to connect computers in the same building or in 105. The bits in a character which are sen/received one at a
same area time
A. LAN A. Parallel data
B. WAN B. Serial data
C. MAN C. Simplex
D. PBX D. Half duplex

97. Two or more LAN linked together over a wide 106. A system that perform parallel-to-serial and serial-to-
geographical area parallel conversion of a data link
A. HAN A. DTE
B. MAN B. DCE
C. WAN C. Modem
D. RAN D. FEP

98. Which systems allows different types of networks to be 107. EIA stands for
linked together? A. Electronic Institute Association
A. OSI B. Electronic Industry Association
B. CCITT C. Electronic Improvements Ads
C. Bell system D. Electrical Industrial Association
D. AT &T
108. An acoustic modem converts a computer digital signal
99. OSI consists of how many layers of interconnection? into
A. 3 A. Serial form
B. 5 B. Parallel form
C. 7 C. Radio tones
D. 9 D. Audio tones

100. Which network layer determine if the user can send or 109. Which mode of transmission achieves les than full-
receive based on whether they can send and receive duplex but more than half-duplex?
simultaneously or alternately? A. Full /full duplex
A. Physical layer B. Echoplex
B. Data link layer C. Isochronous
C. B. Transport layer D. Synchronous
D. Session layer
110. Rules governing the transmission of digital information
101. A ___________ that interconnects LAN having identical A. Data communications standard
protocols at the physical and data link layers. B. Line protocol
A. Bridge C. Isochronous
B. Router D. Digital communication
C. Gateway
D. Hub 111. Codes must be
A. Eight bits per character
102. A _________ interconnects LAN having identical B. Either seven or eight bits per character
protocols at the physical protocols at the physical data C. Agreed upon in advance between sender and
link and network layers receiver
A. Bridge D. The same in all modem computers
B. Router
112. The standard ASCII
A. Is version II of ASC 121. What is the best type of data communications test
B. Has 132 characters including 32 control equipment?
characters A. Simulator
C. Is subset of a 8-bit EBCDC code B. Protocol analyzer
D. Is used only in US and Canada C. DTE
D. Breakout box
113. The Baudot code
A. Was invented by the Baudot brothers 122. What is the data rate of the ISBN basic access B
B. Required the escape character to print numbers channel?
C. Requires shift characters to provide sufficient A. 32 kbps
combinations B. 64 kbps
D. A descendant of Morse code C. 144 kbps
D. 192 kbps
114. The corrections and accuracy of the transmitted
message content is 123. What s the data rate of the ISDN basic access D
A. Verified by the modem channel?
B. Determined by the sender and the receiver A. 64 kbps
C. Ensured by the use of digital techniques B. 16 kbps
D. Dependent on the communications system used C. 8 kbps
D. 144 kbps
115. Framing is
A. Concerned with the boundaries between 124. Baudot code uses how many bits per symbol?
characters A. 9
B. Referred to parallel-to-serial-conversion B. 7
C. Concerned with synchronous system C. 5
D. Concerned with individual bits D. 8

116. Asynchronous transmission is 125. How many bits are there to present 8 combinations?
A. Is less efficient but simpler A. 3
B. Is much faster than synchronous transmission B. 4
C. Is another name for synchronous transmission C. 2
D. The most sought-after transmission D. 5

117. Digital transmission provides a higher level of signal 126. How much number of equiprobable events is there for 8-
quality than analog transmission because bits of information?
A. Repeaters regenerate digital pulses and remove A. 256
distortion B. 132
B. Digital signals are smaller than analog signals and C. 2400
cannot easily be distorted D. 512
C. Analog signals are continuous and are not easily
distorted 127. Which computer terminal can be programmed to
D. Digital signals are easier to sample than analog perform new functions?
signals A. Dumb terminal
B. Smart terminal
118. Digital to analog converter in synchronous modems C. Intelligent terminal
send signals to the D. Super terminal
A. Modulator
B. Transmission lines 128. Which character code is used without parity bit?
C. Terminal A. CCITT number 2
D. Equalizer B. ASCCII
C. CCITT number 5
119. Binary codes are transformed in modems into D. EBCDIC
A. Hexadecimal
B. Hullman code 129. Which hardware is used when the host computer and
C. Gray code the terminal are in separate locations?
D. Octal A. LCU
B. FEP
120. Synchronous modems cost more than asynchronous C. Muldem
modem because D. Modem
A. They are larger
B. They must contain clock recovery circuits 130. _______ is a data communications hardware that
C. They production volume is larger assists the host computer in handling inut and output
D. They must operate on a larger bandwidth tasks.
 A. Hub C. Fixed analog voltage
B. Cluster controller D. Reconstructed intelligence signal
C. Front end processor
D. Concentrator 140. Serial printer
A. Are used to transmit grain prices
131. ASCII means B. Faster than CRT terminals and offers than CRT
A. Terminals using synchronous transmission in terminals and offers more flexibility
EBCDIC C. Prints one character at a time
B. Terminals using synchronous transmission in ASCII D. Usually uses serial interfaces
C. Terminals using asynchronous transmission in
ASCII 141. Delta modulation is a/an
D. Any terminal having and American (dollar-sign) A. 5-bit modulation
keyboard B. Integral PCM system
C. 1-bit differential PCM system
132. A unit of information used in data communication D. From of PDM
A. Dit
B. Bit 142. Alternative way of digitizing analog signals
C. Byte A. PCM
D. Baud B. Delta modulation
C. PPM
133. Transmission of binary signals requires D. DPCM
A. Less bandwidth than analog
B. More bandwidth than analog 143. One dit is equal to _______ bits
C. The same bandwidth as analog A. 3
D. A license from the NTC B. 3.5
C. 3.32
134. What is the modulation rate if the CCITT V. 26 modem? D. 4
A. 56 kbps
B. 1200 bauds 144. Information theory was developed by ______
C. 1560 cps A. Shannon
D. 9600 bauds B. Nyquist
C. Reeves
135. The digital-to-analog converter in a synchronous modem D. Hartley
sends signal to the ___________
A. Modulator 145. Disadvantage of digital transmission
B. Transmission line A. More bandwidth and precise timing are required
C. Terminal B. Requires ADC and DAC device
D. Equalizer C. Incompatible with existing analog facilities
D. All of these
136. The number of bits that are zeros in each symbol when
one is transmitting odd-partly coded symbols 146. A quadratic signaling has _____ possible states
A. Even A. 16
B. Odd B. 4
C. Unknown C. 8
D. One D. 32

137. A digital modulation technique that results in two 147. What is the smallest unit of information in binary
different frequencies representing 1 and 0 transmission system?
A. FSK A. Byte
B. QPSK B. Digit
C. ASK C. Bit
D. DPSK D. Nibble

138. What is the input to the digital-to-analog converter of a 148. The lowest layer in the ISO protocol hierarchy
PCM decoder circuit? A. Network layer
A. A series of sampled amplitudes B. Physical layer
B. A parallel binary words C. Transport layer
C. A series of bits D. Data link layer
D. A reconstructed intelligence Signal
149. Basic speed rate of digital system
139. The output of the DAC at a PCM decoder circuit is a A. 1,44 kbps
_______ B. 144 kbps
A. Series of binary-coded digits C. 64 kbps
B. Parallel output of binary-coded digits D. 2,048 kbps
150. A formal set of conventions governing the formatting 159. Used by Bell 103/113 series for full duplex, 2
and relative timing of message exchange between two transmission speeds of 0 to 300 bps
communication system A. FSK
A. Simplex B. PSK
B. Tail circuit C. BPSK
C. Queuing D. ASK
D. Protocol
160. What is the Nyquist sample rate for a voice of 10 kHz?
151. A device that connects 2 data terminal equipment (DTE) A. 10 kHz
directly by emulating the physical connections of a data B. 20 kHz
communications equipment (DCE) C. 30 kHz
A. Short haul modem D. 40 kHz
B. Null modem
C. X.25 device 161. What is the minimum number of bits required in PCM
D. Smart modem code for a range of 10 000?
A. 12
152. Impact printer B. 9
A. Receives-only-printer with a keyboard C. 14
B. Includes ink-jet and terminal devices D. 8
C. Rapidly becoming obsolete
D. Strikes a ribbon against the paper to produce 162. How many levels can be represented in PCM
character image transmission system if the binary numbers 00000000 to
11111111 are used to represent signal levels?
153. Modem is referred to as A. 256
A. Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter B. 54
B. Universal synchronous receiver transmitter C. 128
C. Data terminal equipment D. 512
D. Data communications equipment
163. Channel capacity is directly proportional to
154. A signaling method relating to a multiplicity of circuits is A. Bandwidth
conveyed over a single channel by labeled messages B. Noise
A. Code signaling C. Number of bits
B. Synchronous D. Power
C. Common channel signaling
D. Asynchronous 164. Which does not affect noise in a channel?
A. Bandwidth
155. A data highway in LAN, this type of topology allows B. Temperature
workstations to be connected to a common line where all C. Quantizing level
message pass stations on the way to their destination D. Resistance
A. CSMA/CD
B. Bus 165. _____ is a character oriented protocol
C. Ring A. BOP
D. Star B. Bisync
C. ETX
156. A packet format has an error detecting code at D. BCC
A. The start of the packet framing sequence
B. The destination address 166. ______ character signifies the start of the test for Bisync
C. The packet number A. ETX
D. The end of packet framing B. STX
C. SOH
157. It is a protocol used to connect the other packet D. BCC
switching network
A. X.75 167. In __________ the clock pulse is used to time the
B. X.25 sending and receiving of the characters
C. X.50 A. Asynchronous data
D. X.10 B. Synchronous data
C. Bisynchronous data
158. ________ is a network operating system within several D. Isochronous data
buildings in compound
A. Internet 168. All bits in a character are sent and received in ________
B. Novell Network in serial port
C. 10BASE-T A. One at a time
D. Intranet B. Simultaneously
 C. In groups of 2 bits B. BAUDOT
D. In groups of 3 bits C. ASCII
D. HOLLERITH
169. Bridge can only interconnect LANs having identical
protocols at the _______ layers 179. An equipment that interfaces the data terminal
A. Session and presentation equipment to the analog transmission line
B. Network and transport A. Modem
C. Physical and data link B. Muldem
D. Presentation and session C. Multiplexer
D. Codec
170. OSI stands for
A. Out-of-band signaling interconnect 180. Set of rules governing the orderly exchange of data
B. Organization for system interconnection information
C. Open system interconnection A. CCIR recommendation
D. Organization system interconnection B. Protocol
C. CCITT recommendation
171. ISO stands for D. Standard
A. International system organization
B. International standardization organization 181. A communication network designed for transferring of
C. Interconnection for system organization data information
D. International subscribers organization A. Public telephone network (PTN)
B. Public data network (PDN)
172. Message switching is ____________ C. Value added network (VAN)
A. Hold and forward D. Packet switching network (PSN)
B. Forward
C. Hold 182. Radio communications between points using a single
D. Store and forward share frequency
A. Simplex
173. Packet switching is _______________ network B. Full duplex
A. Hold and forward C. Half-duplex
B. Forward D. Full/full duplex
C. Hold
D. Store and forward 183. The number of pins in the RS232C interface
A. 20
174. Polling is an invention by the primary to secondary B. 25
equipment to ______ a message C. 39
A. Store D. 30
B. Receive
C. Transmit 184. A modem is sometimes referred to as ____
D. Read A. Data terminal equipment
B. Data communication equipment
175. Bit rate is __________ C. Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter
A. The rate of change at the output of the modulator D. Universal synchronous receiver transmitter
B. The rate of change at the input of the modulator
C. The reciprocal of the time of one output signaling 185. Provide post equalization to the received analog signal
element A. Line equalizers
D. The reciprocal of the time of one input signaling B. Graphic equalizers
element C. Adaptive equalizers
D. Post equalizers
176. A code that uses three unequal length symbols, dots,
dash, and space to encode a character 186. The receive equalizer in a synchronous modem is called
A. Gray code A. A compromise equalizer
B. Baudot code B. A statistical equalizer
C. Morse code C. An adaptive equalizer
D. Hollerith code D. An impairment equalizer

177. A 5-bit character code 187. Compromise equalizer settings typically affect
A. EBCDIC A. Amplitude only
B. BAUDOT B. Amplitude delay
C. ASCII C. Delay only
D. HOLLERITH D. Neither amplitude nor delay

178. An 8-bit character code

A. EBCDIC
188. Training sequence (a bit pattern used to synchronize the B. A statistical equalizer
receive modem) accomplishes one of the following C. An adaptive equalizer
functions D. A line equalizer
A. Activate RLSD
B. Enable any echo suppressors in the circuit 198. The minimum-quality circuit available using the PTN is
C. Initialize the scrambler circuit called
D. Deactivate RLSD A. Basic voice grade (VG)
B. Basic voice channel (VC)
189. When asynchronous data are used with synchronous C. Basic voice band (VB)
modems this is called D. Basic telephone channel
A. Synchronous transmission
B. Isochronous transmission 199. Direct distance dialing (DDD) network is commonly
C. Asynchronous transmission called
D. Bisynchronous transmission A. Private line network
B. PT network
190. ___ is defined as a figure of merit used to express the C. Dial-up network
degree of modulation achieved in an FSK modulator D. Trunk network
A. Modulation index
B. Modulation ratio
C. Deviation factor 200. The line control unit (LCU) operates in the data when it
is in digital form and is therefore called
D. H factor
a. data terminal equipment (DTE)
b. data communications equipment (DCE)
191. What channel in the 103 modem occupies a passband c. modem
from 300 to 1650 Hz d. UART
A. Low-band channel
B. Voice band channel 201. With ___________, each character is framed between a
C. High-band channel start and a stop bit.
D. Message channel a. synchronous data
b. isochronous data
c. asynchronous data
192. Low speed modems generally have bit rates of
d. nonsynchronous
A. 9600 bps
B. 2400 bps 202. With ____________, rather than frame each character
C. 4800 bps independently with start and stop bits, a unique
D. Up to 2000 bps synchronizing character called a SYN character is
transmitted at the beginning of each message.
193. Medium speed modems have bit rates of a. synchronous data
A. 9600 bps b. isochronous data
c. asynchronous data
B. 2400 bps d. nonsynchronous
C. 4800 bps
D. 2400 – 4800 bps 203. A logic ___________ is used for the start bit.
a. 0 c. 1
194. High speed modems have bit rates of b. 0 or 1 d. 0 and 1
A. 9600 bps
B. 2400 bps 204. All stop bits are logic
a. o c. 1
C. 4800 bps
b. 0 or 1 d. 0 and 1
D. 2000 bps
205. ______________ ensures that the transmitter and
195. A means of improving the quality of a private-line circuit receiver agree on a prescribed time slot for the
by adding amplifiers and equalizers to it occurrence of a bit.
A. Line equalizing a. Bit or clock synchronization
B. Line amplifying b. Modern or carrier synchronization
C. Line conditioning c. Character synchronization
d. Message synchronization
D. Line encoding
206. Characters that must be transmitted other than data are
196. A voice-grade circuit using the PTN has an ideal called
passband from a. parity c. overhead
A. 0 to 4 Hz b. error d. hamming bits
B. 0 to 4 MHz
C. 0 to 4 kHz 207. In the United States, the most common CRC code is
a. CRC - 16 c. CRC - 17
D. 0 to 4 GHz
b. CRC - 8 d. CRC – 32
197. The digital-to-analog converter in a synchronous modem 208. The generating power polynomial x7 + x5 + x 4 + x2 + x1
is called + x 0 is equivalent to
A. A post equalizer a. 101101110
 b. 101101111 220. Describes the mechanism used by a station to gain
c. 010010001 access to local area network.
d. 10110111 a. Channel multiplexing
b. CSMA/CD
209. Parallel transmission is also called c. Channel assessing
a. parallel-by-bit d. CSMA/CA
b. serial-by-bit
c. serial-by-character 221. Broadband uses
d. A and C above a. TDM
b. Space multiplexing
210. Data means c. FDM
a. digital information d. Statistical multiplexing
b. both digital and analog
c. analog information 222. A typical multiplexing scheme used by baseband
d. neither digital nor analog transmission.
a. TDM
211. Go-ahead sequence b. Space multiplexing
a. 10111111 c. FDM
b. 00000010 d. Statistical multiplexing
c. 11111110
d. 01111111 223. ___________ uses the connecting medium as a single-
channel device.
212. Used to achieve character synchronization in SDLC a. Broadband transmission
a. Address field b. Digital transmission
b. Control field c. Baseband transmission
c. Flag field d. Analog transmission
d. Frame check field
224. ____________ uses the connecting medium as a multi-
213. A command that places a secondary station in the channel device.
normal disconnect mode. a. Broadband transmission
a. RD c. DISC b. Digital transmission
b. DM d. SIM c. Baseband transmission
d. Analog transmission
214. Character oriented protocol
a. Asynchronous 225. The use of coaxial cables in interconnecting networks is
b. SDLC limited to an overall length of approximately
c. ISO HDLC a. 1500 ft c. 1500m
d. Synchronous b. 1500 km d. 1500 kft

215. Determines which network configuration is most 226. Identifies how the stations are interconnected in a
appropriate network.
a. Applications a. topology
b. Network layer b. topology or architecture
c. Data link layer c. architecture
d. Presentation layer d. topology and architecture

216. A standard that combines previous standards 6159 (E) 227. A data communications network that is designed to
(unbalanced) and 6256 (E) (balanced) and outlines the provide two-way communications between a large
class of operation necessary to establish the link-level varieties of data communications terminal equipment
protocol within a relatively small geographic area.
a. ISO 7809 a. Private Area Network
b. ISO 3309 b. Wide Area Network
c. ISO 4335 c. Local Area Network
d. ISO 2230 d. Ethernet

217. Ethernet is a baseband system using CSMA/CD 228. The type of encoding used in the transmission of data
operating at on an ISDN line between a customer’s premises and a
a. 10 Mbps c. 20 Mbps carrier’s central office.
b. 30 Mbps d. 40 Mbps a. Quadrature amplitude
b. 2B1Q encoding
218. A type of digital encoding technique used to detect c. Manchester
collision in CSMA/CD d. UPRZ
a. UPRZ c. UPNRZ
b. BPRZ d. Manchester 229. A mode of transmission in public data network in which
data are transferred from source to the network to the
219. With ____________, a station monitors the line to destination in an asynchronous data format.
determine if the line is busy a. Synchronous mode
a. CSMA/CD b. Packet mode
b. CSMA/CA c. Start/Stop mode
c. Token passing d. Circuit mode
d. FDDI
230. IEEE 802.3 standard is
 a. CSMA/CD 243. A recommendation which allows a synchronous modern
b. CSMA/CA to be used to transmit asynchronous characters without
c. Token passing error control.
d. FDDI a. V.14 c. V.22
b. V.13 d. V.23
231. IEEE 802.4 standard is
a. CSMA/CD 244. The scrambler in a synchronous modern is found in the
b. CSMA/CA a. modulator section
c. Token passing for bus topology b. receiver section
d. Token passing for ring topology c. transmitter section
d. demodulator section
232. IEEE 802.5 standard is
a. CSMA/CD 245. A CCITT recommendation which gives the definition for
b. CSMA/CA the interchange circuits between DTE’s and DCE’s
c. Token passing for bus topology a. V.24 c. V.26
d. Token passing for ring topology b. V.25 d. V.27

233. What is the data rate of the ISDN basic access B 246. Binary codes are sometimes transformed in modems
channel? into
a. 32 kbps c. 144 kbps a. octal codes
b. 64 kbps d. 192 kbps b. Huffman codes
234. What is the data rate of the ISDN basic access D c. Gray code
channel? d. Hamming codes
a. 644 kbps c. 8 kbps
b. 16 kbps d. 144 kbps 247. A Western Electric 2911 modem operates with a carrier
frequency of
235. What equation defines the composition of an ISDN a. 1400 Hz c. 1800 Hz
Basic access line? b. 1200 Hz d. 800 Hz
a. 2B + D c. B + 2D
b. B + D d. 2B + 2D 248. A special bit pattern used to denote the start and end of
a data link layer frame.
236. What is the number of channels on which different a. EBCDIC c. Fiber
operations can occur simultaneously on one ISDN Basic b. Gateway d. Flag
access line?
a. 1 c. 5 249. A bipolar violation
b. 2 d. 3 a. represents a zero bit followed by one bit
b. occurs when two successive pulses have the
237. Digital telephones and integrated voice-data same polarity and are separated by a zero level
workstations are examples of what type of ISDN c. Occurs when two successive pulses have the same
equipment? polarity and are separated by one level
a. TE c. NT2 d. Represents as one bit followed by a zero bit
b. TA d. TP
250. What is a flow control?
238. How many OSI layers are covered under the X.25 a. Refers to opening and closing of flood control gates.
standard? b. The process whereby the modem matches the rate of
a. 3 c. 7 the receiver.
b. 4 d. 2 c. The process of starting and stopping the terminal
output to avoid loss of characters by the receiving
239. An Open System Interconnection (OSI) layer which has device.
the responsibility for the physical transportation of the d. The process of switching “on” and “off”
bits of data from one end of a point-to-point link to the
other. 251. Buffering refers to
a. Data link layer a. the storage of data within the transmitting modem until
b. Physical layer the receiver is ready to receive
c. Network layer b. a method of reducing the severity of communications
d. Session layer headaches
c. temporarily storing data to allow for small
240. A technique involving signaling by the ends of a link to variations in device speed
ensure correct data transfer d. the process of isolating critical stages in a
a. Collision c. Handshaking communications system
b. Burst d. Stuffing
252. What is the reason why many cables have RS-232
241. XON/XOFF is connectors with some wires crossed?
a. seldom used a. RS-232 is the prevalent standard
b. always enabled b. Asynchronous modems reverse the direction of
c. a method of flow control transmitted and received data from the standard
d. a data compression function c. Many computers and peripherals us RS-232 serial
interface, but not as DTE or DCE
242. An example of outband signaling is d. These connectors are readily available and cheaper
a. XON/XOFF c. RS-232
b. RTS d. CTS 253. RS-232, RS-530, RS-449, V.21 and V.24 are examples
of
 a. standards for end-to-end performance of data c. Fiber optic cable
communications systems d. Coax
b. standards for interfaces between modems and
transmission facilities 265. Not a local area network (LAN)
c. standards for various types of transmission channel a. PBX system
d. standards for interfaces between terminals and b. Hospital system
modems c. Office building system
d. Cable TV system
254. Request To Send (RTS) / Clear To Send (CTS)
a. is the way the modem indicates ringing and the way 266. CCITT standard concentrating on data communications
the terminal indicates that it is ready for the call to be over the telephone network.
answered a. V-series c. I-series
b. is the way the DTE indicates that is ready to b. X-series d. T-series
transmit data or the way the DCE indicates that it is
ready to accept data 267. One of the following items cannot be provided in a
c. is the pain that represents received transmissions and broadband LAN.
carrier transmissions a. Voice circuit
d. is always activated prior to actual b. Fiber optic transmission
transmission/reception c. CCTV
d. Frequency angle modems
255. Extended command sets supported by modern modems
a. are prefixed with the letter E 268. A small telephone switching system that can be used as
b. can be counted on to provide a high-speed data a LAN
transfer capability with without requiring flow control a. Ring c. UART
c. are standardized b. WAN d. PBX
d. use different commands to control many
advanced modem treasures 269. A LAN architecture that can be expanded to the greatest
total system bandwidth
256. Which of the following can be done by a smart modem? a. Digital PBX
a. Detection and correction of transmission errors b. Token passing networks
b. Correct answers in multiple choice quizzes c. Broadband cable system
c. Accepts command from the terminal via the RS- d. CSMA/CD baseband systems
232 interface
d. Converts digital signal to analog signal 270. Which is considered as the fastest LAN topology?
a. Ring c. Star
257. ________________ always have a set of symbols b. Bus d. Square
a. Communications protocol
b. Headers 271. Data communications refers to the transmission of
c. Standards a. voice
d. Codes b. video
c. computer data
258. The Baudot code uses how many bits per symbol? d. facsimile signal
a. 5 c. 7
b. 6 d. 8 272. ____________ is a procedure or rule that defines how
data is to be transmitted
259. Which protocol adjusts its block size based on the line a. Standard
error rate? b. Protocol
a. XMODEM c. ZMODEM c. Data specifications
b. YMODEM d. BOP d. Code

260. Which of the following is not a common DNA repeater? 273. Which of the following is a popular PC protocols?
a. DESPR c. DEREP-RA a. Parity c. CRC
b. DEREP-AA d. DEREP-RB b. XMODEM d. LRC

261. What is the number of bits that are zeros when 274. What is the most widely used data communications
transmitting odd-parity coded symbols? code?
a. Odd c. Unknown a. Gray c. Baudot
b. Even d. Four b. EBCDIC d. ASCII
262. Standard for the 7-layer model for Open Systems
Interconnection. 275. The ASCII code has how many bits?
a. X.75 c. X.400 a. 4 c. 6
b. X.200 d. X.500 b. 5 d. 7

263. One of the following options is a characteristic of a LAN. 276. What methods are used in data communications?
a. Parallel transmission a. Analog method
b. Low cost access for low bandwidth channels b. Digital method
c. Application-independent interfaces c. Both analog and digital methods
d. Serial transmission d. Neither analog nor digital methods

264. Not a common LAN medium 277. One of the following is not primarily a type of data
a. Twin lead communications
b. Twisted pair a. Teletype c. Telegraph
 b. Telephone d. CW 291. What is the basic modulator/demodulator circuit in PSK?
278. Mark and space refer respectively to a. PLLs
a. binary 1 and binary 0 b. Balanced modulators
b. dot and dash c. Linear summer
c. message and interval d. VCO
d. on and off
292. What is the main reason why serial transmission is
279. A modem converts preferred over parallel transmission?
a. analog signals to digital a. It is faster
b. digital signals to analog b. It is cheaper
c. both of the above c. It requires multiple channels
d. None of the above d. It requires only a single channel

280. An I-series recommendation which describe what an 293. Limitation of 10base-2 network
ISDN is a. 30 stations per segment
a. I.112 c. I.120 b. 20 bytes per data field
b. I.210 d. I.130 c. 50 feet of cable
d. 40 segments
281. Slow speed modems use ___________ digital
modulation method. 294. A transmission media is not readily suitable to CSMA
a. BPSK c. QAM operation.
b. QPSK d. FSK a. Microwave radio
b. Coaxial cable
282. When the data signal is transmitted directly over the c. Twisted pair
medium, this is called __________ transmission. d. Optical Fiber
a. baseband c. analog
b. broadband d. digital 295. Which of the following refers to the measurement of an
uncertainty?
283. _____________ is the technique of using modulation a. Probability c. Feasibility
and FDM to transmit multiple data channels of a b. Entropy d. All of these
common medium.
a. baseband c. ring 296. Not an important characteristic of the physical layer.
b. broadband d. bus a. Electrical c. Logical
b. Mechanical d. All of these
284. The causes of bit errors in data transmission
a. Noise 297. The bit rate of B-channel is ___________ kbps.
b. Equipment failure a. 16 c. 64
c. Human encoder b. 8 d. 32
d. Poor S/N ratio at the receiver
298. Defines a 2400-bps, PSK, half-duplex modem operating
285. What is the other name for parity? at 1200 baud.
a. BCC c. VRC a. V.26bis c. V.27
b. LRC d. CRC b. V.26terbo d. V.28

286. QAM is the combination of 299. Which of the following ITU standards describes the
a. ASK and FSK interconnection techniques between PDNs and PSTNs?
b. ASK and QPSK a. V.100 c. V.300
c. ASK and MSK b. V.200 d. V.400
d. FSK and PSK

287. A CCITT standard that refers to various aspects of

Integrated Serial Digital Network (ISDN).
a. I-series c. X-series
b. V-series d. D-series

288. Which of the following is not a part of QAM modulator?

a. XNOR
b. Bit splitter
c. Balanced modulator
d. 2-to-4 level converter

289. Not a commonly used method of error detection.

a. Parity c. CRC
b. BCC d. Redundancy

290. What is produced by a longitudinal redundancy check

(LRC)?
a. Parity bit
b. Block check character (BCC)
c. CRC
d. Hamming code