This is the MCQs in Network Management: SNMP from book the Data Communications and Networking 4th Edition by Behrouz A. Forouzan. If you are looking for a reviewer in Electronics Systems and Technologies (Communications Engineering) this will definitely help you before taking the Board Exam.
Topic Outline
- NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
- Configuration Management
- Fault Management
- Performance Management
- Security Management
- Accounting Management
- SIMPLE NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL (SNMP)
- Concept
- Management Components
- Structure of Management Information
- Management Information Base (MIB)
- Lexicographic Ordering
- SNMP
- Messages
- UDP Ports
- Security
Begin and Good luck!
Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions.
1. A manager is a host that runs the SNMP _______ process.
- A) client
- B) server
- C) both a and b
- D) none of the above
2. An SNMP agent can send _______ messages.
- A) Response
- B) GetRequest
- C) SetRequest
- D) none of the above
3. SMI uses another standard, ___________, to encode data to be transmitted over the network.
- A) MIB
- B) ANS.1
- C) BER
- D) none of the above
4. We can compare the task of network management to the task of writing a program. Both tasks need variable declarations. In network management this is handled by _________.
- A) SMNP
- B) MIB
- C) SMI
- D) none of the above
5. We can compare the task of network management to the task of writing a program. Both tasks need rules. In network management this is handled by ___________.
- A) SMNP
- B) MIB
- C) SMI
- D) none of the above
6. The _______ data types are atomic data types.
- A) structure
- B) simple
- C) both a and b
- D) none of the above
7. An SNMP agent can send _______ messages.
- A) GetRequest
- B) SetRequest
- C) Trap
- D) none of the above
8. Which is a manager duty?
- A) Retrieve the value of an object defined in an agent.
- B) Store the value of an object defined in an agent.
- C) a and b
- D) none of the above
9. We can compare the task of network management to the task of writing a program. Both tasks have actions performed by statements. In network management this is handled by _______.
- A) SMNP
- B) MIB
- C) SMI
- D) none of the above
10. An agent is a host or computer that runs the SNMP _______ process.
- A) client
- B) server
- C) both a and b
- D) none of the above
11. The Trap PDU is sent from the ______ to the _______ to report an event.
- A) server; client
- B) client; server
- C) network; host
- D) none of the above
12. To name objects globally, SMI uses an object identifier, which is a hierarchical identifier based on a _______ structure.
- A) linear
- B) tree
- C) graph
- D) none of the above
13. INTEGER, OCTET STRING, and Object Identifier are _______ definitions used by SMI.
- A) MIB
- B) SNMP
- C) ASN.1
- D) none of the above
14. The Response PDU is sent from the ______ to the ______ in response to GetRequest or GetNextRequest.
- A) server; client
- B) client; server
- C) network; host
- D) none of the above
15. SMI emphasizes three attributes to handle an object: _____, ________, and _________.
- A) name; data type; size
- B) name; size; encoding method
- C) name; data type; encoding method
- D) none of the above
16. SNMP uses the services of UDP on two well-known ports, _______ and _______.
- A) 161; 162
- B) 160; 161
- C) 160; 162
- D) none of the above
17. SNMP uses two other protocols:________ and _________.
- A) MIB; SMTP
- B) SMI; MIB
- C) FTP; SMI
- D) none of the above
18. _______ runs the SNMP client program; _______ runs the SNMP server program.
- A) A manager; a manager
- B) An agent; an agent
- C) A manager; an agent
- D) An agent; a manager
19. An object id defines a _______. Add a zero suffix to define the _______.
- A) variable; table
- B) table; variable
- C) variable; variable contents
- D) none of the above
20. The _______ field in the SNMP PDU consists of a sequence of variables and their corresponding values.
- A) version
- B) community
- C) VarBindList
- D) none of the above
21. SMI defines two structured data types: ________ and _________.
- A) sequence; atomic
- B) sequence; sequence of
- C) a sequence of; array
- D) none of the above
22. The _______ field in the SNMP PDU reports an error in a response message.
- A) community
- B) enterprise
- C) error status
- D) none of the above
23. All objects managed by SNMP are given an object identifier. The object identifier always starts with _______.
- A) 1.3.6.1.2.1
- B) 1.3.6.1.2.2
- C) 1.3.6.1.2.3
- D) none of the above
24. Which of the following could be a legitimate MIB object identifier?
- A) 1.3.6.1.2.1.1
- B) 1.3.6.1.2.2.1
- C) 2.3.6.1.2.1.2
- D) none of the above
25. SMI has two broad categories of data type: _______ and _______.
- A) simple; complex
- B) simple; structured
- C) structured; unstructured
- D) none of the above
26. The _______ field in the SNMP PDU is an offset that points to the variable in error.
- A) community
- B) enterprise
- C) error index
- D) none of the above
27. SNMP defines the ___________________ to be sent from a manager to an agent and vice versa.
- A) format of the packets
- B) encoding of the packets
- C) number of packets
- D) none of the above
28. The GetRequest PDU is sent from the _______ to the __________ to retrieve the value of a variable or a set of variables.
- A) client; server
- B) server; client
- C) server; network
- D) none of the above
29. The _________ ordering enables a manager to access a set of variables one after another by defining the first variable.
- A) lexicographic
- B) linear
- C) non-linear
- D) none of the above
30. To define the data type, SMI uses fundamental _______ definitions and adds some new definitions.
- A) AMS.1
- B) ASN.1
- C) ASN.2
- D) none of the above
31. ________ defines the general rules for naming objects, defining object types, and showing how to encode objects and values.
- A) MIB
- B) BER
- C) SMI
- D) none of the above
32. For a 1-byte length field, what is the maximum value for the data length?
- A) 127
- B) 128
- C) 255
- D) none of the above
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