Which network
model ensures that no computer on the network has more authority than another?
c. peer-to-peer
Which type of service supports e-mail?
a. communications
_________ services allow remote users to connect to
the network.
- Access
The process of determining the best path from Point
A on one network to Point B on another is known as ____.
b. routing
Which certification requires candidates to pass lab
exams?
b. CISCO CCIE
Dependability is a characteristic of ____.
c. soft skills
Clients on a client/server network share their
resources directly with each other.
False
The simplest form of a network is a client/server
network.
False
Network functions are associated with only one layer
of the OSI model.
False
Which statement describes an advantage of networks?
b. Networks enable multiple users to share
resources.
Which Data Link sublayer manages access to the
physical medium?
c. MAC
____ services refer to the capability of a server to
share data files, applications, and disk storage space.
b. File
Standards assist in network design.
True
Which IEEE standard describes Ethernet?
802.3
____ provide a Web-based client for checking e-mail.
b. Mail servers
Often, separate LANs are interconnected and rely on
several ____ running many different applications and managing resources other
than data.
b. servers
A ____ network is confined to a relatively small
space.
c. LAN
Security auditing is handled by ____.
b. network management services
Which IEEE standard describes
specifications for wireless transmissions?
b. 802.11
A ____ facilitates communication and
resource sharing between other computers on the network.
c. server
To prepare to enter the networking field,
a student should master a number of general networking technologies.
True
Which network topology is the most
common?
a. Star
Very large peer-to-peer networks have
emerged to take advantage of the Internet.
True
____ networks are the most popular type
of network for medium- and large-scale organizations.
a. Client/server
Each network node has ____ types of
addresses.
b. two
____ is a popular career
development tool for job seekers and a measure of an employee’s qualifications
for employers.
c. Certification
____ is the process of reconstructing
segmented data.
b. Reassembly
A common way of sharing resources on a
peer-to-peer network is by modifying the ____ controls using the computer’s
operating system.
c. file-sharing
Which type of protocol is useful when
data must be transferred quickly?
b. Connectionless
Hardware diagnosis and failure alert are
handled by ____.
a. network management services
In which OSI model layer does TCP
operate?
b. Transport
____ oversees the IAB (Internet
Architecture Board).
ISOC
A ____ is a specialized device that
allows multiple networks or multiple parts of one network to connect and
exchange data.
a. connectivity device
The ____ is a specialized United Nations
agency that provides developing countries with technical expertise and
equipment to advance those nations’ technological bases.
c. ITU
Standards define the ____ performance of
a product or service.
c. minimum acceptable
Hands-on experience to improve networking
hardware and software skills is important when attempting to enter the
networking field.
True
Modulation can be used to make a signal
conform to a specific pathway.
True
In IPv4 addressing, a node with an IP
address of 168.34.88.29 belongs to a Class ____ network
b. B
In IPv4 addressing, an IP address whose
first octet is in the range of 192–223 belongs to a Class ____ network.
a. C
In modulation, a simple wave called a(n)
____ wave, is combined with another analog signal to produce a unique signal
that gets transmitted from one node to another.
a. carrier
Which term describes the hardware that
makes up the enterprise-wide cabling system?
b. Cable plant
The maximum distance a signal can travel
and still be interpreted accurately is equal to a segment’s maximum length.
True
A(n) ____ number is the address on a host
where an application makes itself available to incoming or outgoing data.
c. port
The strength of an electrical signal is
directly proportional to its frequency.
False
In dotted decimal notation, a(n) ____
separates each decimal.
b. period
The data transmission characteristic most
frequently discussed and analyzed by networking professionals is ____.
c. throughput
____ is more efficient than TCP for
carrying messages that fit within one data packet.
a. UDP
The distance between corresponding points
on a wave’s cycle is called its ____.
a. wavelength
____ describes a popular serial data
transmission method.
c. EIA/TIA RS-232 (Recommended Standard
232)
Ethernet is an example of a baseband
system found on many LANs.
True
In the TCP/IP protocol suite, ____ is the
core protocol responsible for logical addressing.
b. IP
The command used to view IP information
on a Windows workstation is ipconfig.
True
In most cases, BOOTP has been surpassed
by the more sophisticated IP addressing utility, ____.
a. DHCP
When signals are free to travel in both
directions over a medium simultaneously, the transmission is considered ____.
b. full-duplex
____ is a terminal emulation protocol
used to log on to remote hosts using the TCP/IP protocol suite.
c. Telenet
TCP is a(n) ____ subprotocol.
a. connection-oriented
