Exam 4: Network Transmission Equipment

A bridge does not perform which function?

Driver encoding means that a digital signature is placed in the driver.

____________________ is software that is stored on a chip, such as a ROM chip.

OSPF stands for _________________________.

Which is not a common type of external modem connector?

Intelligent bridges are used to join distant networks.

A(n)____________________ is the movement of a frame or packet, point-to-point, from one network to the next.

Routers, like bridges, are transparent to other network nodes, such as workstations and servers.

A router operates at the OSI ____ layer.

The figure above shows a(n)______________________________ frame in bytes.

____ switches are the best choice when implementing VLANs, since they reduce management overhead.

What is a brouter? When is one used?

Multiplexers work at the OSI ____ layer.

A(n)USB is a standard for connecting all kinds of peripherals, such as printers, modems, and tape drives, and in many cases is replacing the use of traditional parallel and serial ports.

IDSN lines require the use of a(n)____________________ to connect to a PC.

A wireless NIC generally communicates in one of ____ modes.

LAN-based switches are not used for ____.

The P in PBX stands for ____.

List and discuss the ways that modem data transfer rate is measured. Which method is used today?