Exam 9: Network Connectivity

A _____________ OS enables a workstation to run applications and access shared resources,but is usually not involved in authentication or sharing resources.

a way to ignore IPv4 address class designation by using addressing that puts a slash (/)after the dotted decimal notation

a process that enables the NIC to format data for a protocol,and identify the most efficient methods for transporting it

a network device that connects two or more segments into one,or extends an existing segment

TCP establishes communication sessions among applications on two communicating computers.

You have been hired to design a small office network that will have 10 workstations and two servers. You want to use a network topology that is flexible for future growth and performance enhancements. Which topology should you choose?

You are diagnosing a network communication problem on a computer that uses the TCP/IP protocol. What address can you use to test network services without actually accessing the network?

_________ runs on Windows Server 2008 and is used to install client OSs on a mass scale.

List three networking services typically provided by a Windows server OS that is not provided by a Windows client OS.

You are called in to a business that just expanded its network onto another floor of the building. There are 30 stations on each floor. You have been told that the two groups of computers must be able to communicate but for security reasons,there must be a way to filter communication between the two networks. What device do you recommend?

Which of the following is NOT a likely consideration when purchasing a NIC?

Describe the function of a router.

A colleague has asked you where the media access control address of his computer is located? What do you tell him?

You are designing a new network that will use TCP/IP. You are trying to decide which class of IP address you should use. There will be several thousand nodes on the network and you want to use an address class suitable for medium-sized networks. What address class should you use?

The __________ is the software logic on a NIC that consists of one or more programs residing in a programmable chip on the card.

Which of the following enables the NIC to format data for a protocol and identify the most efficient methods for transporting it?

You are trying to decide which media you should use to connect the computers in a small business network that will have 15 computers. You want media that works well with LANs,is reasonably priced and is fairly flexible to aid installation.After reading about the various media available,what should you use?

A _____________ is the physical design of the network,or the path data takes when it goes from one computer to another.

an IP address in the range 169.254.0.1 to 169.254.255.254 that is automatically assigned.

Which of the following is a task typically performed by TCP?