Exam 7: Local Area Networks: Part I

With ____, you can send electrical power over the Ethernet connection.

The switch operates in place of a ____.

The ____________________ allows workstations to connect to LANs and interconnects multiple segments of LANs.

The Fast Ethernet standards are based on 1000-Mbps transmission speeds, or 1 gigabit (1 billion bits) per second.

The ____ sublayer is primarily responsible for logical addressing and providing error control and flow control information.

Whether shared or dedicated segments are involved, the primary goal of a(n) ____ is to isolate a particular pattern of traffic from other patterns of traffic or from the remainder of the network.

The ____ standard was one of the first Ethernet standards approved.

More complex bus topologies consisting of multiple interconnected cable segments are termed ____.

A(n) ____________________ examines the destination address of a frame and either forwards or does not forward the frame, depending on some address information stored within the bridge.

Using coaxial cable to transmit analog signals, 10Broad36 can transmit data at 10 Mbps for a maximum segment distance of 3600 meters.

The ______________________________ is an electronic device that performs the necessary signal conversions and protocol operations that allow the workstation to send and receive data on the network.

A ____ is a device that interconnects two or more workstations in a star-wired bus local area network and immediately retransmits the data it receives from any workstation out to all other workstations connected.

In ____ segment networks, a switch may be directly connected to a workstation, and the switch connects to the hub.

A local area network is only as strong as its strongest link.

How does a star-wired bus topology work?

A local area network (LAN) is a communications network that interconnects a variety of data communications devices within a small geographic area and broadcasts data at high data transfer rates. Expand on this definition by explaining the various terminology used.

To promote acceptance, the ____________________ suite of protocols was created to support the many different types of wireless local area networks in existence.

A(n) ____________________ protocol is basically a first-come, first-served protocol.

One of the more interesting applications for a dedicated segment network and a switch is creating a ____.

Hubs (and switches) support only twisted pair cable for interhub connection.