Computer Networks Fundamentals: OSI Layers and Signal Transmission

Test your knowledge of computer networking concepts including OSI model layers and digital signal encoding techniques.

5 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Where can a long string of 0s and 1s cause a drift and make it difficult for the receiver to decode correctly?

  1. Baseline wandering
  2. Data encoding
  3. Data rate
  4. Line coding
  5. Data element
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following provides user interface and support for services, such as electronic mail, remote file access and transfer and shared database management?

  1. Application layer
  2. Network layer
  3. Data link layer
  4. Physical layer
  5. Peer process
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following presents problems for a system that cannot pass low frequencies or a system that uses electrical coupling?

  1. Bandwidth
  2. DC components
  3. Self synchronization
  4. Signal rate
  5. Dispersion
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following layers is concerned with the syntax and semantics of the information exchanged between two systems?

  1. Session layer
  2. Physical layer
  3. Presentation layer
  4. Open system
  5. ISO standard
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a procedure of constraining something from a continuous set of values to a discrete set?

  1. Quantization
  2. Quantization level
  3. Quantization error
  4. Attenuation
  5. Thermal