Important Networking MCQ Questions with Answers

    1. Which one of the following is the predecessor of modern internet?

       a. BRACNET                  b. DNET

       c. ARPANET                  d. NSFNET

    2. Company that provides internet service is called-

       a. Portal site connector            b. Internet Connection Provider

       c. Web developer                    d. Internet Service Provider

       e. None of these

3.  Which one of the following is the fastest data transmission media?

       a. Twisted pair cable               b. Coaxial cable

       c. Cat-5                                   d. Fiber-optic cable

       e. None of these

4.   Which one of the following device is required to set up a LAN?

       a. Speaker                               b. Network Interface Card

       c. ROM                                  d. Computer

       e. None of these

     5.   Repeater works in which layer of the OSI model?

   a. Physical layer         b. Transport layer

   c. Data link layer        d. None

     6. The last address of IP address represents?

   a. Unicast address         b. Network address

           c. Broadcast address    d. None

7.     To cheek to see of the Web server you are trying to reach is available

or is down, which command line utility should you use?

     a. PING               b. ICS

     c. Telnet              d. None

     8.  With respect to a network interface card, the term 10/100 refers to –

      a. Protocol speed                       b. minimum and maximum server speed

      c. megabits per second    d. None

 

     9.  Which class of IP address has the most host address available by default?

      a. A           b. B&C

      c. C          d. None

    10. A proxy server is used for Which of the following?

            a. To provide security against unauthorized users

      b. To process client requests for web page

      c. To process client requests for database access

      d. None

    11. The inventor of the World Wide Web(www) was-

     a. Bill Gates         b. Andy Grove

     c. Steve jobs        d. Tim Berners-Lee

     e. None

    12. You must install this on a networks if you want to share a broadband internet    Connection:          

     a. Router              b. Modem

     c. Node                d. Cable

     e. Scanner

    13. Which is an essential component of a LAN –

   a. Router                b. Gateway

   c. NIC                   d. Modem

    14.  In simplex transmission –

   a. Data is sent in both directions simultaneously in a controlled way     

   b. Data can travel in two directions, but only one direction at one time

   c. Data is sent in both directions simultaneously

   d. Data can travel in only one direction at all times

    15.  Bandwidth means –

   a. Byte per minute                    b. bit per second

   c. Cycle per second                  d. bit per minute

    16.  In data communication which device converts digital data to

           analog signal?

   a. Router                b. Modem

   c. Switch               d. HUB

    17. Which one is a layer 3 (Network Layer) protocol?

   a. UDP                  b. DNS

   c. TCP                  d. IP

   18.  Switch works in which layer of the OSI model?

         a. Physical layer          b. session layer

         c. Data link layer          d. None

    19. In an email address “aaa@bbb.ccc”  , the portion ‘bbb’  indicates –

         a. Domain name        b. TCP / IP Layer name

         c. Domain type          d. Protocol name

    20. The type of internet connection might be compared to a regular telephone    

  call, in terms of its duration –

   a. Baseband            b. Broadband

   c. Dial up               d. Satellite