Computer Networking Interview Questions

1. Computers in a networking system are known as

  • A) Switches
  • B) Nodes
  • C) Routers
  • D) Gateways
Answer: Nodes

2. The interconnection of computers to a common server within a small area is known as

  • A) LAN
  • B) WAN
  • C) MAN
  • D) VPN
Answer: LAN

3. A network that spans multiple cities is known as

  • A) WAN
  • B) VLAN
  • C) PAN
  • D) CAN
Answer: WAN

4. In which topology are all network devices connected by a single cable?

  • A) Mesh topology
  • B) Tree topology
  • C) Bus topology
  • D) Star topology
Answer: Bus topology

5. Which device is used to control network security and access rules?

  • A) Hub
  • B) Bridge
  • C) Gateway
  • D) Firewalls
Answer: Firewalls

6. Which cable provides the highest bandwidth and fastest transmission rate?

  • A) Fibre optic cable
  • B) Shielded twisted pair
  • C) Cat 6 cable
  • D) Ethernet cable
Answer: Fibre optic cable

7. What does TDM stand for?

  • A) Time Division Management
  • B) Transmission Data Multiplexing
  • C) Time Division Multiplexing
  • D) Transfer Data Mode
Answer: Time Division Multiplexing

8. What does DoS stand for?

  • A) Denial-of-Service
  • B) Distribution-of-Service
  • C) Data-over-Service
  • D) Denial-of-System
Answer: Denial-of-Service

9. What does IGP stand for?

  • A) Internal Gateway Protocol
  • B) Interior Gateway Protocol
  • C) Integrated Gateway Protocol
  • D) Interconnect Gateway Protocol
Answer: Interior Gateway Protocol

10. Which is a loopback IP address?

  • A) 192.168.0.1
  • B) 127.0.0.1
  • C) 172.16.0.1
  • D) 10.0.0.1
Answer: 127.0.0.1
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