Exam 7: The Connected Computer

A cable modem attaches to a laptop or tablet using a USB port.

A(n) ____ is a communications device that connects a communications channel such as the Internet to a device such as a computer.

Peer-to-peer networks have a domain controller that acts as a gateway to the network and its resources. _________________________

The Internet2 is a for-profit project founded in 1996.

Links can include ____.

To connect small groups of people, use a LAN.

Which of the following is NOT a network device?

Networks can span unlimited areas outside of your home office or school.

Hackers often use a botnet to launch a ____, or a bombardment of network traffic or messages designed to overload a server.

Storage devices, printers, servers, and communications hardware are ____.

Networks can be simple or complex.

A common set of rules or ____, must be followed by network devices to communicate to each other. Bandwith bandwith

All devices interconnect with each other using a ____ network.

Which of the following is NOT a network topology?

Which of the following is NOT a common type of server?

In tree topology , each device on the network is connected to every other device on the network. _________________________

____ is the largest network in the world. 

A ____ covers a large geographic region.

With a ____ topology, some devices are connected to all other devices, while others are connected to only those devices with which they exchange the most data.

The Ethernet standard dictates how devices transmit data.