980+ Computer Networks Solved MCQs

401.

Which one of the following protocol is used to receive mail messages?

A. smtp
B. post office protocol (pop)
C. internet message access protocol (imap)
D. ftp
Answer» D. ftp
402.

What is on-demand mail relay (ODMR)?

A. protocol for smtp security
B. an smtp extension
C. protocol for web pages
D. protocol for faster mail transfer
Answer» B. an smtp extension
403.

An email client needs to know the _________ of its initial SMTP server.

A. ip address
B. mac address
C. url
D. name
Answer» A. ip address
404.

An SMTP session may not include _______

A. zero smtp transaction
B. one smtp transaction
C. more than one smtp transaction
D. one http transaction
Answer» D. one http transaction
405.

SMTP defines _______

A. message transport
B. message encryption
C. message content
D. message password
Answer» A. message transport
406.

SMTP is not used to deliver messages to ______

A. user’s terminal
B. user’s mailbox
C. user’s word processor
D. user’s email client
Answer» C. user’s word processor
407.

The entire hostname has a maximum of ___________

A. 255 characters
B. 127 characters
C. 63 characters
D. 31 characters
Answer» A. 255 characters
408.

A DNS client is called _________

A. dns updater
B. dns resolver
C. dns handler
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» B. dns resolver
409.

Servers handle requests for other domains _______

A. directly
B. by contacting remote dns server
C. it is not possible
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» B. by contacting remote dns server
410.

DNS database contains _______

A. name server records
B. hostname-to-address records
C. hostname aliases
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» D. all of the mentioned
411.

If a server has no clue about where to find the address for a hostname then _______

A. server asks to the root server
B. server asks to its adjcent server
C. request is not processed
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» A. server asks to the root server
412.

Wildcard domain names start with label _______

A. @
B. *
C. &
D. #
Answer» B. *
413.

The domain name system is maintained by _______

A. distributed database system
B. a single server
C. a single computer
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» A. distributed database system
414.

Secure shell (SSH) network protocol is used for __________

A. secure data communication
B. remote command-line login
C. remote command execution
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» D. all of the mentioned
415.

SSH can be used in only _____________

A. unix-like operating systems
B. windows
C. both unix-like and windows systems
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» C. both unix-like and windows systems
416.

SSH uses ___________ to authenticate the remote computer.

A. public-key cryptography
B. private-key cryptography
C. any of public-key or private-key
D. both public-key & private-key
Answer» A. public-key cryptography
417.

Which standard TCP port is assigned for contacting SSH servers?

A. port 21
B. port 22
C. port 23
D. port 24
Answer» B. port 22
418.

Which one of the following is a file transfer protocol using SSH?

A. scp
B. sftp
C. rsync
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» D. all of the mentioned
419.

SSH-2 does not contain ______________

A. transport layer
B. user authentication layer
C. physical layer
D. connection layer
Answer» C. physical layer
420.

Which one of the following feature was present in SSH protocol, version 1?

A. password changing
B. periodic replacement of session keys
C. support for public-key certificates
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» D. none of the mentioned
421.

SCP protocol is evolved from __________ over SSH.

A. rcp protocol
B. dhcp protocol
C. mgcp protocol
D. gcp protocol
Answer» A. rcp protocol
422.

Which one of the following authentication method is used by SSH?

A. public-key
B. host based
C. password
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» D. all of the mentioned
423.

DHCP (dynamic host configuration protocol) provides __________ to the client.

A. ip address
B. mac address
C. url
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» A. ip address
424.

DHCP is used for ________

A. ipv6
B. ipv4
C. both ipv6 and ipv4
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» C. both ipv6 and ipv4
425.

The DHCP server _________

A. maintains a database of available ip addresses
B. maintains the information about client configuration parameters
C. grants a ip address when receives a request from a client
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» D. all of the mentioned
426.

IP assigned for a client by DHCP server is

A. for a limited period
B. for an unlimited period
C. not time dependent
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» A. for a limited period
427.

DHCP uses UDP port _________ for sending data to the server.

A. 66
B. 67
C. 68
D. 69
Answer» B. 67
428.

DHCP client and servers on the same subnet communicate via _________

A. udp broadcast
B. udp unicast
C. tcp broadcast
D. tcp unicast
Answer» A. udp broadcast
429.

WPA2 is used for security in _______

A. ethernet
B. bluetooth
C. wi-fi
D. email
Answer» C. wi-fi
430.

VPNs are financially speaking __________

A. always more expensive than leased lines
B. always cheaper than leased lines
C. usually cheaper than leased lines
D. usually more expensive than leased lines
Answer» C. usually cheaper than leased lines
431.

Storage management comprises of _______________

A. san management
B. data protection
C. disk operation
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» D. all of the mentioned
432.

Which of the following is not a storage device?

A. switch
B. raid arrays
C. tape drives
D. hub
Answer» D. hub
433.

Which protocols are used for Storage management?

A. snmp
B. ldap
C. pop3
D. mib
Answer» A. snmp
434.

How do Storage administrators ensure secure access to storage devices?

A. by using zoning
B. by putting a physical lock on the storage device
C. by keeping devices shutdown when not in use
D. by keeping devices when used
Answer» A. by using zoning
435.

Effective Storage management does not include __________

A. security
B. backups
C. reporting
D. connection
Answer» D. connection
436.

SMI-S Standard uses which of the following?

A. java rmi
B. cim-xml/http
C. corba
D. .net
Answer» B. cim-xml/http
437.

Full duplex mode increases the capacity of each domain by ________

A. 10 to 20 mbps
B. 20 to 30 mbps
C. 30 to 40 mbps
D. 40 to 50 mbps
Answer» A. 10 to 20 mbps
438.

Configuration management can be divided into which two subsystems?

A. reconfiguration and documentation
B. management and configuration
C. documentation and dialing up
D. configuration and dialing up
Answer» A. reconfiguration and documentation
439.

To use a Simple Network Management System, we need _______

A. servers
B. ip
C. protocols
D. rules
Answer» D. rules
440.

The main difference between SNMPv3 and SNMPv2 is _______

A. management
B. integration
C. classification
D. enhanced security
Answer» D. enhanced security
441.

BER stands for ________

A. basic encoding rules
B. basic encoding resolver
C. basic encoding rotator
D. basic encoding router
Answer» A. basic encoding rules
442.

SNMP is the framework for managing devices in an internet using the ______

A. tcp/ip protocol
B. udp
C. smtp
D. none
Answer» A. tcp/ip protocol
443.

Structure of Management Information (SMI), is the guideline of ________

A. http
B. snmp
C. url
D. mib
Answer» B. snmp
444.

The application layer protocol used by a Telnet application is ________

A. telnet
B. ftp
C. http
D. smtp
Answer» A. telnet
445.

_______ allows you to connect and login to a remote computer

A. telnet
B. ftp
C. http
D. smtp
Answer» A. telnet
446.

Telnet is used for _______

A. television on net
B. network of telephones
C. remote login
D. teleshopping site
Answer» C. remote login
447.

Which one of the following is not correct?

A. telnet is a general purpose client-server program
B. telnet lets user access an application on a remote computer
C. telnet can also be used for file transfer
D. telnet can be used for remote login
Answer» C. telnet can also be used for file transfer
448.

Which operating mode of telnet is full duplex?

A. default mode
B. server mode
C. line mode
D. character mode
Answer» C. line mode
449.

If we want that a character be interpreted by the client instead of server _________

A. interpret as command (iac) escape character has to be used
B. control functions has to be disabled
C. it is not possible
D. cli character has to be used
Answer» A. interpret as command (iac) escape character has to be used
450.

Telnet protocol is used to establish a connection to __________

A. tcp port number 21
B. tcp port number 22
C. tcp port number 23
D. tcp port number 25
Answer» C. tcp port number 23
451.

Which one of the following is not true?

A. telnet defines a network virtual terminal (nvt) standard
B. client programs interact with nvt
C. server translates nvt operations
D. client can transfer files using to remote server using nvt
Answer» D. client can transfer files using to remote server using nvt
452.

All telnet operations are sent as ________

A. 4 bits
B. 8 bits
C. 16 bits
D. 32 bits
Answer» B. 8 bits
453.

AbsoluteTelnet is a telnet client for _______ Operating system.

A. windows
B. linux
C. mac
D. ubuntu
Answer» A. windows
454.

The decimal code of Interpret as Command (IAC) character is _______

A. 252
B. 253
C. 254
D. 255
Answer» D. 255
455.

Which of the following is false with respect to TCP?

A. connection-oriented
B. process-to-process
C. transport layer protocol
D. unreliable
Answer» D. unreliable
456.

In TCP, sending and receiving data is done as _______

A. stream of bytes
B. sequence of characters
C. lines of data
D. packets
Answer» A. stream of bytes
457.

TCP groups a number of bytes together into a packet called _______

A. packet
B. buffer
C. segment
D. stack
Answer» C. segment
458.

Communication offered by TCP is ________

A. full-duplex
B. half-duplex
C. semi-duplex
D. byte by byte
Answer» A. full-duplex
459.

The value of acknowledgement field in a segment defines _______

A. sequence number of the byte received previously
B. total number of bytes to receive
C. sequence number of the next byte to be received
D. sequence of zeros and ones
Answer» C. sequence number of the next byte to be received
460.

Size of TCP segment header ranges between ___________

A. 16 and 32 bytes
B. 16 and 32 bits
C. 20 and 60 bytes
D. 20 and 60 bits
Answer» C. 20 and 60 bytes
461.

Connection establishment in TCP is done by which mechanism?

A. flow control
B. three-way handshaking
C. forwarding
D. synchronization
Answer» B. three-way handshaking
462.

SYNC flooding attack belongs to a type of security attack known as ___________

A. sync flooding attack
B. active attack
C. passive attack
D. denial-of-service attack
Answer» D. denial-of-service attack
463.

What allows TCP to detect lost segments and in turn recover from that loss?

A. sequence number
B. acknowledgment number
C. checksum
D. both sequence & acknowledgment number
Answer» B. acknowledgment number
464.

Which of the following is false with respect to UDP?

A. connection-oriented
B. unreliable
C. transport layer protocol
D. low overhead
Answer» A. connection-oriented
465.

Return value of the UDP port “Chargen” is _______

A. string of characters
B. string of integers
C. array of characters with integers
D. array of zero’s and one’s
Answer» A. string of characters
466.

Beyond IP, UDP provides additional services such as _______

A. routing and switching
B. sending and receiving of packets
C. multiplexing and demultiplexing
D. demultiplexing and error checking
Answer» D. demultiplexing and error checking
467.

What is the main advantage of UDP?

A. more overload
B. reliable
C. low overhead
D. fast
Answer» C. low overhead
468.

Port number used by Network Time Protocol (NTP) with UDP is ________

A. 161
B. 123
C. 162
D. 124
Answer» B. 123
469.

What is the header size of a UDP packet?

A. 8 bytes
B. 8 bits
C. 16 bytes
D. 124 bytes
Answer» A. 8 bytes
470.

The port number is “ephemeral port number”, if the source host is _______

A. ntp
B. echo
C. server
D. client
Answer» D. client
471.

“Total length” field in UDP packet header is the length of _________

A. only udp header
B. only data
C. only checksum
D. udp header plus data
Answer» D. udp header plus data
472.

Which is the correct expression for the length of UDP datagram?

A. udp length = ip length – ip header’s length
B. udp length = udp length – udp header’s length
C. udp length = ip length + ip header’s length
D. udp length = udp length + udp header’s length
Answer» A. udp length = ip length – ip header’s length
473.

The ______ field is used to detect errors over the entire user datagram.

A. udp header
B. checksum
C. source port
D. destination port
Answer» B. checksum
474.

IPsec defines two protocols: _______ and ________

A. ah; ssl
B. pgp; esp
C. ah; esp
D. pgp; ssl
Answer» C. ah; esp
475.

IP Security operates in which layer of the OSI model?

A. network
B. transport
C. application
D. physical
Answer» A. network
476.

ESP does not provide ________

A. source authentication
B. data integrity
C. privacy
D. error control
Answer» D. error control
477.

Two broad categories of congestion control are

A. open-loop and closed-loop
B. open-control and closed-control
C. active control and passive control
D. active loop and passive loop
Answer» A. open-loop and closed-loop
478.

In open-loop control, policies are applied to __________

A. remove after congestion occurs
B. remove after sometime
C. prevent before congestion occurs
D. prevent before sending packets
Answer» C. prevent before congestion occurs
479.

Retransmission of packets must not be done when _______

A. packet is lost
B. packet is corrupted
C. packet is needed
D. packet is error-free
Answer» D. packet is error-free
480.

Discarding policy is mainly done by _______

A. sender
B. receiver
C. router
D. switch
Answer» C. router
481.

Closed-Loop control mechanisms try to _________

A. remove after congestion occurs
B. remove after sometime
C. prevent before congestion occurs
D. prevent before sending packets
Answer» A. remove after congestion occurs
482.

Backpressure technique can be applied only to _______

A. congestion networks
B. closed circuit networks
C. open circuit networks
D. virtual circuit networks
Answer» D. virtual circuit networks
483.

The packet sent by a node to the source to inform it of congestion is called _______

A. explicit
B. discard
C. choke
D. backpressure
Answer» C. choke
484.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Virtual Circuit Network?

A. there are setup and teardown phases in addition to the data transfer phase
B. resources can be allocated during setup phase or on demand
C. all packets follow the same path established during the connection
D. virtual circuit network is implemented in application layer
Answer» D. virtual circuit network is implemented in application layer
485.

Which of the following is not a phase of virtual circuit network?

A. setup phase
B. data transfer phase
C. termination phase
D. teardown phase
Answer» C. termination phase
486.

Steps required in setup process are ___________

A. setup request and acknowledgement
B. setup request and setup response
C. setup request and setup termination
D. setup and termination steps
Answer» A. setup request and acknowledgement
487.

Delay of the resource allocated during setup phase during data transfer is ________

A. constant
B. increases for each packet
C. same for each packet
D. different for each packet
Answer» C. same for each packet
488.

Delay of the resource allocated on demand during data transfer is ________

A. constant
B. increases for each packet
C. same for each packet
D. different for each packet
Answer» D. different for each packet
489.

In data transfer phase, how many columns does the table contain?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer» D. 4
490.

ATM and frame relay are ________

A. virtual circuit networks
B. datagram networks
C. virtual private networks
D. virtual public networks
Answer» A. virtual circuit networks
491.

ATM uses _______________

A. asynchronous frequency division multiplexing
B. asynchronous time division multiplexing
C. asynchronous space division multiplexing
D. asynchronous amplitude division multiplexing
Answer» B. asynchronous time division multiplexing
492.

ATM standard defines _______ layers.

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
Answer» B. 3
493.

ATM can be used for ________

A. local area network
B. wide area network
C. campus area network
D. networks covering any range
Answer» D. networks covering any range
494.

An ATM cell has the payload field of __________

A. 32 bytes
B. 48 bytes
C. 64 bytes
D. 128 bytes
Answer» B. 48 bytes
495.

Frame relay has error detection at the ______

A. physical layer
B. data link layer
C. network layer
D. transport layer
Answer» B. data link layer
496.

Virtual circuit identifier in frame relay is called ______

A. data link connection identifier
B. frame relay identifier
C. cell relay identifier
D. circuit connection identifier
Answer» A. data link connection identifier
497.

Frame relay has _______

A. only physical layer
B. only data link layer
C. only network layer
D. both physical and data link layer
Answer» D. both physical and data link layer
498.

In frame relay networks, extended address is used _______

A. to increase the range of data link connection identifiers
B. for error detection
C. for encryption
D. for error recovery
Answer» A. to increase the range of data link connection identifiers
499.

What is FRAD in frame relay network?

A. frad assembles and disassembles the frames coming from other protocols
B. frad is used for modulation and demodulation
C. frad is used for error detection
D. frad is used for error recovery
Answer» A. frad assembles and disassembles the frames coming from other protocols
500.

Frame Relay is cheaper than other _____

A. lans
B. wans
C. mans
D. multipoint networks
Answer» B. wans
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