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Module 4 - ATM Technology                                                                                                                      Slide 44 of 46 _________________                                                                                  __________

 Quiz for Module 4

1. Which of the following factors are behind ATM technology development?

    a. LAN / WAN interconnection

    b. Multimedia information transmission

    c. A protocol for desktop-to-desktop communications

    d. Globalized communications 

2. The ATM standard specifies:

    a. A switching standard for broadband services

    b. A data bit rate

    c. A technique to start and stop data

    d. A network management system

3. The ATM standard defines:

    a. The ATM frame size 

    b. The ATM cell size

    c. ATM services

    d. ATM Adaptation Layers

4. The fixed ATM cell:

    a. Makes it faster to switch cells in the ATM switch

    b. Minimizes latency delay in the network

    c. Allows real-time information transmission

    d. None of the above

5. The purpose of the ATM Adaptation Layers is to:

    a. Condition the transmission lines

    b. Prepare data for segmentation for sending

    c. Reassemble data in the original form at the receiving end

    d. Error checking

6. Which of the following statements hold for the ATM Services:

    a. ATM services are defined by the type of preparation required for the information to be placed
        on ATM network

    b. CBR ATM service is suited for LAN-to-LAN networking     

    c. UBR ATM service is suitable for text/image/data transfer

    d. ATM services do not provide QOS

7. Which of the following statements hold true for the ATM Services and ATM Adaptation Layers:

    a. AAL-1 is used for CBR ATM service

    b. AAL-1 is used for UBR ATM service  

    c. AAL5 is used to support VBR ATM service

    d. ATM Adaptation Layers are not required for ATM services

8. Match the following:

    Applications                        ATM Services                    Adaptation Layers
                                        (CBR, VBR, ABR, UBR)        (AAL-1, AAL-2, AAl-3/4, AAL-5)

    a. Compressed Video

    b. Digitized Voice   

    c. LAN-to-LAN connection

    d. Frame Relay traffic

9. Which of the following is not true for the ATM network architecture?

    a. Edge layer ATM switches support OC-3 connection to customer premises

    b. Core ATM switches only provide trunks to other Core ATM switches 

    c. Access ATM switches do not consolidate traffic

    d. Access ATM switches provide switching of customer premises data

10. True or false:

    a. ATM is better suited to multimedia application than Frame Relay technology

    b. ATM has a built-in QOS mechanism

    c. SONET rides on ATM

    d. ATM and SONET are used for Metropolitan Area Networks

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        Please complete the quiz for Module 4 without going back and forward on the Module 4 slides.
       Once  completed then go  to the next  slide,  slide  45,  to  check the answers  to  the  Module 4 quiz.