Computer Networks

Questions of Computer Networks for GATE

20 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following digits are known as the area code of the Network User Address (NUA)?

  1. First four digits
  2. 8-12 digits
  3. 5-7 digits
  4. 13-14 digits
  5. None of these
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following layer protocols are responsible for user and the application program support such as passwords, resource sharing, file transfer and network management?

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

Which of the following protocols is a very common bit oriented data link protocol issued by IOS?

  1. RARP (Reverse Address Resolution Protocol)
  2. FTP(File Transfer Protocol)
  3. SNMP(Simple Network Management Protocol)
  4. TFTP(Trivial File Transfer Protocol )
  5. HDLC(High Level Data Link Control)
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How many digits of the DNIC (Data Network Identification Code) identify the country?

  1. First five
  2. First four
  3. First three
  4. First two
  5. None of these
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A medium access control technique for multiple access transmission media is

  1. amplitude Shift Key(ASK)
  2. amplitude
  3. aloha
  4. attenuation
  5. amplitude modulation
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A continuous frequency, capable of being modulated or impressed with a second signal, is called

  1. Common Gateway Interface(CGI)
  2. Carrier
  3. ColdFusion
  4. Cladding
  5. Collision
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What frequency range is used for FM radio transmission?

  1. 30 MHz to 300 MHz
  2. 300 KHz to 3 MHz
  3. 300 MHz to 3 GHz
  4. 30 GHz to 300 GHz
  5. 3 MHz to 30 MHz
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Frame relay operates in the

  1. physical layer
  2. data link layer
  3. physical layer and data link layer
  4. network layer
  5. physical layer, data link layer and network layer
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which network standard is used for connecting stations to a packet-switched network?

  1. X.25
  2. X.75
  3. X.21
  4. X.69
  5. None of these
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following TCP/IP internet protocols diskless machine is used to obtain its IP address from a server?

  1. RARP (Reverse Address Resolution Protocol)
  2. RIP (Routing Information Protocol)
  3. RPB (Reverse Path Broadcasting)
  4. SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
  5. RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol)
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following protocols is used for performing RPCs between applications in a language and system independent way?

  1. SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
  2. SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
  3. HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol)
  4. SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)
  5. TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The technique of temporarily delaying outgoing acknowledgements, so that they can be hooked onto the next outgoing data frame, is known as

  1. bit stuffing
  2. piggy backing
  3. broadcasting
  4. pipelining
  5. None of these
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following methods is used for a dedicated communication path between two devices through one or more intermediate switching nodes?

  1. Packet switching
  2. Circuit switching
  3. Message switching
  4. Banyan switch
  5. None of these
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A technique in which an analog signal is sampled; the result is a series of pulses based on the sampled data is called

  1. Pulse amplitude modulation (PAM)
  2. Pulse code modulation (PCM)
  3. Pulse stuffing
  4. Pruning
  5. Quantization
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In data communication, ATM is an acronym for

  1. automatic teller machine
  2. automatic transmission model
  3. asynchronous telecommunication method
  4. asynchronous transfer mode
  5. None of these
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the following protocols with layers of OSI in which they are used:

 
List - I
        </strong>|<strong>List - II</strong>|

|a. Application Layer|1. TCP|
|b. Transport Layer|2. HDLC|
|c. Network layer|3. HTTP|
|d. Data Link Layer|4. BGP|

  1. a - 2, b - 1, c - 4, d - 3
  2. a - 3, b - 4, c - 1, d - 2
  3. a - 3, b - 1, c - 4, d - 2
  4. a - 2, b - 4, c - 1, d - 3
  5. a - 2, b - 3, c - 1, d - 4
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An error detecting code, inserted as a field in a block of data to be transmitted, is known as

  1. frame check sequence
  2. checksum
  3. flow control
  4. frame bursting
  5. fourier analysis
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An access method, when two or more stations attempt to use the same channel at the same time, is called

  1. Contention
  2. Carrier
  3. ColdFusion
  4. Decibel(dB)
  5. Distortion
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following digits are known as the sub-address digits (for use by the user) of the Network User Address (NAU)?

  1. First four digits
  2. 5-7 digits
  3. 8-12 digits
  4. 13-14 digits
  5. None of these
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A form of modulation in which the amplitude of a carrier wave is varied in accordance with some characteristic of the modulating signal is known as

  1. Attenuation
  2. Amplitude modulation
  3. Modem
  4. Multiplexer
  5. Distortion