December 2014 - Paper 3

26:  

Which of the following is not a field in TCP header ?

A.

Sequence number

B.

Fragment offSet

C.

Checksum

D.

Window size

 
 

Option: B

Explanation :

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27:  
What is the propagation time if the distance between the two points is 48,900 ? Assume the propagation speed to be 2.4 x 108 metre/second in cable.
A.

0.5 ms

B.

20 ms

C.

50 ms

D.

200 ms

 
 

Option: D

Explanation :

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pankaj said: (9:01pm on Saturday 20th June 2015)
Distance=48000Propagation speed=2.4*10^8 metre/secondPropagation time=distance/speed=48000/2.4*10^8=2*10^-4sec*10^6=200ms
Kashish said: (12:16am on Thursday 25th June 2015)
please explain the answer. I think it is 0.2 ms which is not an option. Moreover, I had 48,000 distance in my paper.

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28:  

----------- is a bit-oriented protocol for communication over point-to-point and multipoint links . 

A.

Stop-and-wait

B.

HDLC

C.

Sliding window

D.

Go-back-N

 
 

Option: A

Explanation :

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29:  

Which one of the following is true for asymmetric-key cryptography?

A.

Private key is kept by the receiver and public key is announced to the public.

B.

Public key is kept by the receiver and private key is announced to the public.

C.

Both private key and public key are kept by the receiver.

D.

Both private key and public key are announced to the public.

 
 

Option: A

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30:  

Any decision tree that sorts n elements has height .

A.

Ω (n)

B.

Ω(/gn)

C.

Ω(n/gn)

D.

Ω(n2)

 
 

Option: D

Explanation :

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