Question 1

What is a large computer network usually spanning a city?

Accepted Answer

A) Client/server network 
B) Corporate network 
C) Metropolitan area network 
D) Peer-to-peer network 
A) Client/server network 
B) Corporate network 
C) Metropolitan area network 
D) Peer-to-peer network

Question 2

What is cable that can carry a wide range of frequencies with low signal loss?

Accepted Answer

A) Twisted-pair wiring 
B) Coaxial cable 
C) Fiber-optic cable 
D) Transmission control protocol/internet protocol 
A) Twisted-pair wiring 
B) Coaxial cable 
C) Fiber-optic cable 
D) Transmission control protocol/internet protocol

Question 3

What spans a large geographic area, such as a state, province, or country?

Accepted Answer

A) Local area network 
B) Wide area network 
C) Metropolitan area network 
D) Peer-to-peer network 
A) Local area network 
B) Wide area network 
C) Metropolitan area network 
D) Peer-to-peer network

Question 4

What allows Web browsers and servers to send and receive Web pages?

Accepted Answer

A) File transfer protocol (FTP) 
B) Simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) 
C) Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) 
D) Simple network management protocol (SNMP) 
A) File transfer protocol (FTP) 
B) Simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) 
C) Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) 
D) Simple network management protocol (SNMP)

Question 5

Media includes coaxial, twisted-pair, and fiber-optic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What is a telecommunications system?

Accepted Answer

A) Enables the transmission of data over public or private networks 
B) A communications, data exchange, and resource-sharing system created by linking two or more computers and establishing standards, or protocols, so that they can work together 
C) Any network without a central file server and in which all computers in the network have access to the public files located on all other workstations 
D) A computer that is designed to request information from a server 
A) Enables the transmission of data over public or private networks 
B) A communications, data exchange, and resource-sharing system created by linking two or more computers and establishing standards, or protocols, so that they can work together 
C) Any network without a central file server and in which all computers in the network have access to the public files located on all other workstations 
D) A computer that is designed to request information from a server

Question 7

A router is an intelligent connecting device that examines each packet of data it receives and then decides which way to send it onward toward its destination.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What is designed to connect a group of computers in close proximity to each other such as in an office building, a school, or a home?

Accepted Answer

A) Local area network 
B) Wide area network 
C) Metropolitan area network 
D) Peer-to-peer network 
A) Local area network 
B) Wide area network 
C) Metropolitan area network 
D) Peer-to-peer network

Question 9

Describe TCP/IP along with its primary purpose.

Accepted Answer

Transmission Control Protocol/

Question 10

Transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP)provides the technical foundation for the public Internet as well as for large numbers of private networks.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Coaxial cable refers to a type of cable composed of four (or more)copper wires twisted around each other within a plastic sheath.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What refers to the technology associated with the transmission of information as light impulses along a glass wire or fiber?

Accepted Answer

A) Twisted-pair wiring 
B) Coaxial cable 
C) Fiber-optic cable 
D) Transmission control protocol/internet protocol 
A) Twisted-pair wiring 
B) Coaxial cable 
C) Fiber-optic cable 
D) Transmission control protocol/internet protocol

Question 13

Which of the following is not one of the differentiating factors of a network?

Accepted Answer

A) Architecture 
B) Topology 
C) Protocols 
D) Telecommunication system 
A) Architecture 
B) Topology 
C) Protocols 
D) Telecommunication system

Question 14

What runs a network, steering information between computers and managing security and users?

Accepted Answer

A) Client 
B) Server 
C) Peer-to-peer network 
D) Network operating system 
A) Client 
B) Server 
C) Peer-to-peer network 
D) Network operating system

Question 15

Which of the following is not a commonly used type of guided media?

Accepted Answer

A) Twisted-pair wiring 
B) Coaxial cable 
C) Fiber-optic cable 
D) Transmission control protocol/internet protocol 
A) Twisted-pair wiring 
B) Coaxial cable 
C) Fiber-optic cable 
D) Transmission control protocol/internet protocol

Question 16

What is interoperability?

Accepted Answer

A) An intelligent connecting device that examines each packet of data it receives and then decides which way to send it onward toward its destination. 
B) Refers to the geometric arrangement of the actual physical organization of the computers and other network devices)in a network. 
C) A standard that specifies the format of data as well as the rules to be followed during transmission. 
D) The capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers. 
A) An intelligent connecting device that examines each packet of data it receives and then decides which way to send it onward toward its destination. 
B) Refers to the geometric arrangement of the actual physical organization of the computers and other network devices)in a network. 
C) A standard that specifies the format of data as well as the rules to be followed during transmission. 
D) The capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers.

Question 17

Twisted-pair cable can carry a wide range of frequencies with low signal loss. It consists of a metallic shield with a single wire placed along the center of a shield and isolated from the shield by an insulator.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

What is a large computer network usually spanning a city?

What is cable that can carry a wide range of frequencies with low signal loss?

What spans a large geographic area, such as a state, province, or country?

What allows Web browsers and servers to send and receive Web pages?

Media includes coaxial, twisted-pair, and fiber-optic.

What is a telecommunications system?

A router is an intelligent connecting device that examines each packet of data it receives and then decides which way to send it onward toward its destination.

What is designed to connect a group of computers in close proximity to each other such as in an office building, a school, or a home?

Describe TCP/IP along with its primary purpose.

Transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP)provides the technical foundation for the public Internet as well as for large numbers of private networks.

Coaxial cable refers to a type of cable composed of four (or more)copper wires twisted around each other within a plastic sheath.

What refers to the technology associated with the transmission of information as light impulses along a glass wire or fiber?

Which of the following is not one of the differentiating factors of a network?

What runs a network, steering information between computers and managing security and users?

Which of the following is not a commonly used type of guided media?

What is interoperability?

Twisted-pair cable can carry a wide range of frequencies with low signal loss. It consists of a metallic shield with a single wire placed along the center of a shield and isolated from the shield by an insulator.

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Exam 11: Networks and Telecommunications

What is a large computer network usually spanning a city?

What is cable that can carry a wide range of frequencies with low signal loss?

What spans a large geographic area, such as a state, province, or country?

What allows Web browsers and servers to send and receive Web pages?

Media includes coaxial, twisted-pair, and fiber-optic.

What is a telecommunications system?

A router is an intelligent connecting device that examines each packet of data it receives and then decides which way to send it onward toward its destination.

What is designed to connect a group of computers in close proximity to each other such as in an office building, a school, or a home?

Describe TCP/IP along with its primary purpose.

Transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP)provides the technical foundation for the public Internet as well as for large numbers of private networks.

Coaxial cable refers to a type of cable composed of four (or more)copper wires twisted around each other within a plastic sheath.

What refers to the technology associated with the transmission of information as light impulses along a glass wire or fiber?

Which of the following is not one of the differentiating factors of a network?

What runs a network, steering information between computers and managing security and users?

Which of the following is not a commonly used type of guided media?

What is interoperability?

Twisted-pair cable can carry a wide range of frequencies with low signal loss. It consists of a metallic shield with a single wire placed along the center of a shield and isolated from the shield by an insulator.

Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS

Decisions and Processes: Value Driven Business

Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value

Ethics and Information Security: MIS Business Concerns

Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies

Data: Business Intelligence

Networks: Mobile Business

Enterprise Applications: Business Communications

Systems Development and Project Management: Corporate Responsibility

Hardware and Software Basics

Designing Databases

Emerging Trends and Technologies

Filters