Computer Networking and Distributed Systems

Test your knowledge of computer networking concepts including IP addressing, OSI model, DNS, network protocols, and distributed systems principles.

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the range of WPAN?

  1. 1-2 km
  2. Worldwide
  3. 0.15-1.5 km
  4. 10-30 m
  5. 5-50 km
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The IP address 10.100.0.1 belongs to class

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

__________ means the message received is identical to the one sent and no messages are delivered twice.

  1. Authentication
  2. Throughput
  3. Security
  4. Validity
  5. Integrity
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The situation in which multiple users in a distributed system send concurrent request to its resources is called

  1. redundancy
  2. transparency
  3. scalability
  4. concurrency
  5. security
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

__________ software requires a domain name to be returned given an IP address.

  1. Reverse resolution
  2. Host information
  3. Well-known services
  4. Host name resolution
  5. Mail host location
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which layer transfers data packets between computers in a specific network?

  1. Physical
  2. Data link
  3. Network
  4. Transport
  5. Application
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

Which protocol is used to send mail between computers?

  1. Telnet
  2. HTTP
  3. FTP
  4. SMTP
  5. Socket
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the internet address space, ______ class is reserved for internet multicast communication.

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

FTP is a part of ___ layer.

  1. session
  2. transport
  3. network
  4. application
  5. data link
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

_____ selects one of the server stub procedures according to the procedure identifier in the request message.

  1. Communication module
  2. Service procedure
  3. Dispatcher
  4. Client stub procedure
  5. Client program
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Resources are identified using

  1. HTTP
  2. URL
  3. HTML
  4. Server
  5. Client
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the generic domain for US military organisation?

  1. int
  2. edu
  3. com
  4. mil
  5. gov
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the global system of interconnected computer networks called?

  1. Internet
  2. Intranet
  3. Operating system
  4. Software
  5. Server
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How many layers are there in ISO OSI reference model?

  1. 7
  2. 5
  3. 4
  4. 6
  5. 3
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The set of rules and formats to be used for communication between processes is called

  1. adaptive routing
  2. protocol stack
  3. packet
  4. broadcast
  5. protocol