JTO PH-II Test-I on Data Communications

Tutorial on Data Communications

PHYSICAL LAYER:-
Q.1 State true or False (If False, Please correct the Statement): -

1. Interconnecting Media is part of the Physical Layer.

2. Frame / Character level synchronisation is responsibility of the Physical Layer.

3. Physical layer incorporates the Error Control function.

4. EIA-232 D is a Physical Layer Interface connecting DTE and DCE.

5. RS-449 Interface can support higher bit rates as compared to EIA 232-D

6. RS- 449 supports only Balanced Mode of transmission.

7. Physical Layer converts ________ into electrical signals and vice versa.

8. Maximum permissible length of the Cable EIA 232 D is ____ feet approx.

9. Maximum Data rate allowed for EIA 232 D is _________ Kbps.

10.RS-422 A and RS-423 A gives _______________ Specifications.

Data Comm. Concepts, Modems & Error Control: -

1. In Asynchronous Transmission, synchronisation is achieved by transmitting

START & STOP bits. (T/F)

2. In a Serial Transmission all the bits of a Byte are transmitted simultaneously. (T/F)

3. Character Synchronisation is achieved by ____________ and _________ bits.

4. In Synchronous Transmission the Incoming Data is decoded with:

a) Transmit Clock supplied by DCE
b) Transmit Clock supplied by DTE
c) Receive Clock recovered from the Incoming Carrier.

5. If incoming carrier is detected on the Half Duplex Modem it gives clearance to local
DTE to transmit. (T/F)

6. The clock extraction cct. in a Modem supplies Receive Clock to DTE only when
Incoming carrier is present on the line. (T/F)

7. Synchronous Modems uses

a) Only Transmit Clock of Modem (DCE) to transmit Data.
b) Only Transmit Clock of DTE to transmit Data.
c) Any one of the above.

8. Echo Canceller cct. is required in:

a) 4 wire Full Duplex high speed Modems.
b) 2 wire Half Duplex high speed Modems.
c) 2 wire Full Duplex high speed Modems.

9. No of ‘1’ s in Even Parity including the Parity bit is ___________ (even / odd)
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10. Longitudinal Redundancy Check (LRC) and Vertical Redundancy Check (VRC) are
used to detect errors and can correct maximum _____ bit / bits error

11.Parity checking method fails when there are Burst errors. (T/F)

12.PVC stands for ______________ ______________ ______________.

13.SVC stands for ______________ ______________ ______________.

DLC/ HDLC: -

1. HDLC is a protocol for ______________ layer of OSI Reference Model

2. HDLC has _______ No. Of Modes for communication and they are
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
____

3. X.25 at Layer 2 (Data Link Layer) uses a subset of HDLC called _____________.

4. Link utilization is better in Stop and Wait mechanism than Sliding Window
Mechanism. (T/F)

5. If Modulo 8 counting (0 to 7) is used for frame sequence numbers maximum

window size for sliding window mechanism will be __________.

6. Three types of stations defined in HDLC protocol are ___________ station,

____________station and ______________ station.

7. Three types of HDLC frames are known as __________________,

_________________ and ________________________.

8. The first two bits of the control field in Supervisory frame are a) 00 b) 01
c) 10 d) 11

9. Unnumbered frames (U-frames) are classified into Commands &

_____________.

10. SABM means

_____________________________________________________.

11. UA means
________________________________________________________.

12. RR - 4 from Stn B means ________________________________________

And in response to this Stun A will send its Frame No. __________.

13. RNR - 4 from Stn B means ________________________________________

And Stn A responds with a) an I-frame b) RR- x frame c) RNR-x frame
d) No response.

14. REJ - 3 from Stn B means __________________________________________

And Stn A responds with Frame No. ___________ Onwards.

15. _____________________ is a unique 8-bit word FLAG pattern that identifies the
start and end of a HDLC frame.

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16. When Primary Station issues command the Address field contains
a) Address of Destination (Secondary Station)
b) Own Address (Primary Station)
c) None of the above.

17. When Secondary Station responds the Address field contains

a) Address of Destination (Primary Station)
b) Own Address (Secondary Station)
c) None of the above.

18. In HDLC frame Transparency is achieved at the transmitting end by Stuffing

__________ after ________ continuous ‘1’ s.

19. In the case of Information frame the first bit of Control field is ________.

20. In I - frame (HDLC) the control field information

N(s) = 5 means _____________________________________
& N(r) = 4 means _____________________________________

PAD and Related protocols (X.3 / X.28 / X.29): -

1. CCITT has defined _________ No. Of X.3 parameters.

2. PAD stands for __________________________________________.

3. PAR? Command is used to display the X.3 parameters of

a) Local PAD
b) Remote PAD

4. RPAR? Command is used to display the X.3 parameters of

a) Local PAD b) Remote PAD

5. SET? Command is used to modify the parameters of

a) Local PAD
b) Remote PAD

6. RSET? Command is used to modify the parameters of

a) Local PAD
b) Remote PAD

7. The Domain of the X.29 protocol is from DTE-P (Pkt. Mode) to

a) Local PAD
b) Remote PAD

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