HW4

True/False Questions
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Media access controls refer to the need to control when computers transmit.
Polling is the process of permitting all clients to transmit or receive at any time.
Contention is commonly used with Ethernet local area networks.
Crosstalk occurs when the signal transmitted on one circuit or channel of a transmission system
creates an undesired effect in another circuit or channel.
The distance between repeaters or amplifiers on a telephone circuit is determined by the amount of
power gained per unit length of the transmission.
For effective error detection and correction, extra error detection data must be included with each
message
Forward error correction is commonly used in satellite transmission.
Gaussian noise is a special type of attenuation.
Data transmission errors are typically uniformly distributed in time.
Token passing is a term that refers to hub polling, in which one computer starts a poll and passes it to
the next computer on a multipoint circuit.

Multiple choice Questions

1. As part of the five-layer network model used in this textbook, the data link layer
sits directly between:
a. the physical and the application layers
b. the network and the application layers
c. the network and transport layers
d. the physical and the application layers
e. the physical and the network layers
2. ____________ is not a function of a data link protocol.
a. Media access control
b. Message delineation
c. Amplitude shift keying
d. Indicating when a message starts and stops
e. Error control
3. Which of the following is true about roll call polling?
a. It can not be modified to increase priority of clients or terminals.
b. It does not require a server or host or special device that performs the
polling.
c. It is also called token passing.
d. It is a type of contention approach to media access control.
e. It typically involves some waiting because the server has to wait for a
response from the polled client or terminal.

4. In general, controlled approaches:

a. work better than contention approaches for small networks that have low
usage
b. work better than contention approaches for large networks that have high
usage
c. work better than contention approaches for all sizes of networks
d. do not require a host, server, or active monitor to assign media access
control
e. have many collisions
5. Which of the following media is least susceptible to noise?
a. fiber optic cable
b. coaxial cable
c. twisted pair
d. unshielded twisted pair
e. shielded twisted pair
6. The familiar background static on radios and telephones is called:
a. echoes
b. intermodulation noise
c. impulse noise
d. cross-talk
e. white noise
7. If a signal with a frequency of 500 MHz combines with a another signal of 1500
MHz and they form a new signal of 2000 MHz; this is an example of:
a. intermodulation noise
b. attenuation
c. echo
d. white noise
e. cross-talk
8. _____________ is an effective way to prevent attenuation.
a. Shielding wires
b. Adding fluorescent lights
c. Adding repeaters or amplifiers to a circuit
d. Changing multiplexing techniques
e. Shorting a circuit
9. With odd parity (assume that the parity bit (in bold) has been placed at the end of each of the
following) and a 7-bit ASCII code, which of the following is incorrect?
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01101011
00011011
00100101
10110110
11111110

10.With __________ ARQ, the sender immediately sends the next message or packet
of data.
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continuous
immediate
open window
stop-and-wait
halt and be recognized (HBR)

Essay and Short answer Questions

1. What does the data link layer do? What are its primary responsibilities?
Where does the data link layer sit in terms of the simplified five layer
network model?
2. Compare and contrast roll call polling, hub polling (or token passing), and
contention. Which is better, hub polling or contention? Explain.
3. What are three ways of reducing errors and the types of noise they affect?
4. What is transmission efficiency? How do information bits differ from
overhead bits? What are three issues which might effect packet
throughput rates? Which is better for file transfer, large packet sizes or
small packet sizes?
5. Compare and contrast stop-and-wait ARQ and continuous ARQ.