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1

In a Go-Back-N ARQ, if the window size is 63, what is the range of sequence numbers?
A)0 to 63
B)0 to 64
C)1 to 63
D)1 to 64
2

In Go-Back-N ARQ, if frames 4, 5, and 6 are received successfully, the receiver may send an ACK _______ to the sender.
A)5
B)6
C)7
D)any of the above
3

ARQ stands for _______.
A)Automatic repeat quantization
B)Automatic repeat request
C)Automatic retransmission request
D)Acknowledge repeat request
4

For Stop-and-Wait ARQ, for 10 data packets sent, _______ acknowledgments are needed.
A)exactly 10
B)less than 10
C)more than 10
D)none of the above
5

HDLC is an acronym for _______.
A)High-duplex line communication
B)High-level data link control
C)Half-duplex digital link combination
D)Host double-level circuit
6

Data link control deals with the design and procedures for ______ communication.
A)node-to-node
B)host-to-host
C)process-to-process
D)none of the above
7

_______ in the data link layer separates a message from one source to a destination, or from other messages going from other sources to other destinations.
A)Digitizing
B)Controlling
C)Framing
D)none of the above
8

In _______ framing, there is no need for defining the boundaries of frames.
A)fixed-size
B)variable-size
C)standard
D)none of the above
9

In ________ framing, we need a delimiter (flag) to define the boundary of two frames.
A)fixed-size
B)variable-size
C)standard
D)none of the above
10

_________framing uses two categories of protocols: character-oriented and bit-oriented.
A)Fixed-size
B)Variable-size
C)Standard
D)None of the above
11

In a ________ protocol, the data section of a frame is a sequence of characters.
A)bit-oriented
B)character-oriented
C)either (a) or (b)
D)none of the above
12

In a _________ protocol, the data section of a frame is a sequence of bits.
A)byte-oriented
B)bit-oriented
C)either (a) or (b)
D)none of the above
13

In _________ protocols, we use ________.
A)character-oriented; byte stuffing
B)character-oriented; bit stuffing
C)bit-oriented; character stuffing
D)none of the above
14

Byte stuffing means adding a special byte to the data section of the frame when there is a character with the same pattern as the ______.
A)header
B)trailer
C)flag
D)none of the above
15

In ________ protocols, we use ________.
A)byte-oriented; bit stuffing
B)character-oriented; bit stuffing
C)bit-oriented; bit stuffing
D)none of the above
16

Bit stuffing means adding an extra 0 to the data section of the frame when there is a sequence of bits with the same pattern as the ________.
A)header
B)trailer
C)flag
D)none of the above
17

_______ control refers to a set of procedures used to restrict the amount of data that the sender can send before waiting for acknowledgment.
A)Flow
B)Error
C)Transmission
D)none of the above
18

______ control refers to methods of error detection and correction.
A)Flow
B)Error
C)Transmission
D)none of the above
19

The Simplest Protocol and the Stop-and-Wait Protocol are for ______ channels.
A)noisy
B)noiseless
C)either (a) or (b)
D)neither (a) nor (b)
20

The Stop-And-Wait ARQ, Go-Back-N ARQ, and the Selective Repeat ARQ are for ______ channels.
A)noisy
B)noiseless
C)either (a) or (b)
D)neither (a) nor (b)
21

The ____ Protocol has neither flow nor error control.
A)Stop-and-Wait
B)Simplest
C)Go-Back-N ARQ
D)Selective-Repeat ARQ
22

The _______Protocol has flow control, but not error control.
A)Stop-and-Wait
B)Simplest
C)Go-Back-N ARQ
D)Selective-Repeat ARQ
23

The _______Protocol has both flow control and error control.
A)Stop-and-Wait
B)Go-Back-N ARQ
C)Selective-Repeat ARQ
D)both (b) and (c)
24

In the _____ Protocol, the sender sends its frames one after another with no regard to the receiver.
A)Stop-and-Wait
B)Simplest
C)Go-Back-N ARQ
D)Selective-Repeat ARQ
25

In the _____ Protocol, the sender sends one frame, stops until it receives confirmation from the receiver, and then sends the next frame.
A)Stop-and-Wait
B)Simplest
C)Go-Back-N ARQ
D)Selective-Repeat ARQ
26

The _________Protocol, adds a simple error control mechanism to the _______Protocol.
A)Stop-and-Wait ARQ; Stop-and-Wait
B)Go-Back-N ARQ; Stop-and-Wait
C)Selective Repeat ARQ; Go-Back-N ARQ
D)none of the above
27

In the _________Protocol, if no acknowledgment for a frame has arrived, we resend all outstanding frames.
A)Stop-and-Wait ARQ
B)Go-Back-N ARQ
C)Selective-Repeat ARQ
D)none of the above
28

In the _________ protocol we avoid unnecessary transmission by sending only frames that are corrupted.
A)Stop-and-Wait ARQ
B)Go-Back-N ARQ
C)Selective-Repeat ARQ
D)none of the above
29

Both Go-Back-N and Selective-Repeat Protocols use a _________.
A)sliding frame
B)sliding window
C)sliding packet
D)none of the above
30

In Go-Back-N ARQ, if 5 is the number of bits for the sequence number, then the maximum size of the send window must be _____
A)15
B)16
C)31
D)1
31

In Go-Back-N ARQ, if 5 is the number of bits for the sequence number, then the maximum size of the receive window must be _____
A)15
B)16
C)31
D)1
32

In Selective Repeat ARQ, if 5 is the number of bits for the sequence number, then the maximum size of the send window must be _____
A)15
B)16
C)31
D)1
33

In Selective Repeat ARQ, if 5 is the number of bits for the sequence number, then the maximum size of the receive window must be _____
A)15
B)16
C)31
D)1
34

High-level Data Link Control (HDLC) is a _______ protocol for communication over point-to-point and multipoint links.
A)bit-oriented
B)byte-oriented
C)character-oriented
D)none of the above
35

The most common protocol for point-to-point access is the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), which is a _________protocol.
A)bit-oriented
B)byte-oriented
C)character-oriented
D)none of the above
36

_______ control refers to a set of procedures used to restrict the amount of data that the sender can send before waiting for acknowledgment.
A)Flow
B)Error
C)Transmission
D)none of the above
37

_________control in the data link layer is based on automatic repeat request, which is the retransmission of data.
A)Flow
B)Error
C)Transmission
D)none of the above
38

In Stop-and-Wait ARQ, we use sequence numbers to number the frames. The sequence numbers are based on __________arithmetic.
A)modulo-2
B)modulo-4
C)modulo-m
D)none of the above
39

In Stop-and-Wait ARQ, the acknowledgment number always announces in ______ arithmetic the sequence number of the next frame expected.
A)modulo-2
B)modulo-4
C)modulo-m
D)none of the above
40

In the Go-Back-N Protocol, if the size of the sequence number field is 8, the sequence numbers are in ________ arithmetic,
A)modulo-2
B)modulo- 8
C)modulo-256
D)none of the above
41

Stop-and-Wait ARQ is a special case of Go-Back-N ARQ in which the size of the send window is 1.
A)2
B)1
C)8
D)none of the above
42

In _________, the station configuration is unbalanced. We have one primary station and multiple secondary stations.
A)ABM
B)NRM
C)ARM
D)NBM
43

In _________, the configuration is balanced. The link is point-to-point, and each station can function as a primary and a secondary.
A)ABM
B)NRM
C)ARM
D)NBM
44

In PPP, the ________ is responsible for establishing, maintaining, configuring, and terminating links.
A)NCP
B)LCP
C)CHAP
D)PAP
45

In PPP, ________ is a simple authentication procedure with a two-step process:
A)NCP
B)LCP
C)CHAP
D)PAP
46

In PPP, _______ is a three-way hand-shaking authentication protocol in which the password is kept secret; it is never sent online.
A)NCP
B)LCP
C)CHAP
D)PAP







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