Exam 3: Networks Network Basics

 With wired connections, such as Ethernet, the rated speed and range are usually quite different to actual performance.​ 

 Connection speed is technically a measure of capacity.​ 

 Mobile broadband can be used to access the Internet from a laptop or desktop computer.​ 

 Napster spurred the development of sophisticated, distributed protocols such as BitTorrent.​ 

 The maximum speed of a dial-up connection is _____ Kbps,​

 _______ involves the use of high-capacity fiber-optic cables to connect homes to broader municipal networks.​

 Packet loss of less than 2% is required for acceptable streaming, gaming, Skype, and voice calls.​ 

 When a router connects to and communicates over the Internet, it has a ________ IP address that is routable over the Internet.​

 The mechanism for tracking domain names and their corresponding IP addresses is called the ________.​

 You can set up Wi-Fi to use wireless mesh topology OR star topology.​ 

 Internet addresses are controlled by which one of the following protocols?​ 

 _______ is a high-speed, digital, always-on, Internet access technology that runs over standard phone lines.​

 ​UDP is faster than TCP but does not perform error checking. 

 Which type of network topology connects multiple devices to a central device?​ 

 Most wireless LANs use licensed frequencies that require applying to the FCC for permission.​ 

 Suppose you wanted to run a Web server or FTP server from your home. What type of IP address would you want?​ 

 ​Network channels that are capable of moving at least two megabits of data per second are classified as _________ channels.

 When interference affects a wireless signal, data must be re-transmitted.​ 

 Domain name servers maintain lists of all domain names and their corresponding IP addresses.​ 

 A Web site cannot be accessed by its domain name until the name is added to the domain name server lists.​