Exam 7: Local Area Networks: Part I

When two or more hubs are interconnected and a workstation transmits data, all the workstations connected to all the hubs receive the data. This is an example of a(n) ____.

Explain the cut-through architecture including its advantages and disadvantages.

In a shared segment network, each workstation then has a private or dedicated connection.

Most modern local area networks provide the capabilities of transferring video images and video streams.

The spanning tree algorithm allows you to run cable spans between two or more networks.

By keeping all of the application on the server, the network can control access to the software and can reduce the amount of disk storage required on each user's workstation for this application.

Link aggregation allows you to combine two or more data paths, or links, into one higher-speed link.

A transparent bridge creates the internal port table by using a form of ____.

A(n) ____________________ protocol is one in which you cannot calculate the time at which a workstation will transmit.

A relatively new standard, IEEE ____, was designed to allow multiple devices to intercommunicate and work together to create a virtual LAN.

The ____ sublayer contains a header, computer (physical) addresses, error-detection codes, and control information.

____ was the standard created for fiber-optic systems.

If the network is experiencing a high amount of traffic, the chances for collision are small.

The bus/tree topology was the first physical design used when local area networks became commercially available in the late 1970s.

If the circuit cards are ____________________, it is possible to insert and remove cards while the power to the unit is still on.

A(n) ____ protocol is the software that allows a workstation to place data onto a local area network.

The hub, in most applications, has been replaced with the switch.

A(n) _________________________ 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.

The ____ is used to connect local area networks to wide area networks.

The term "Base", such as in 100BaseT, is an abbreviation for baseband signals using a Manchester encoding.