Exam 6: Data Communication: Delivering Information Anywhere and Anytime

_____ is responsible for packet forwarding.

_____ is the electronic transfer of data from one location to another.

Describe the two categories of wireless technologies.

Identify an advantage of the bus topology.

How is a Service Set Identifier (SSID)used to improve the security of a wireless network?

In data communication,_____ refers to integrating voice,video,and data so that multimedia information can be used for decision making.

_____ refers to using a cellular phone outside of a carrier's limited service area.

Terrestrial microwave systems use Earth-based transmitters and receivers for transmitting data.

A(n)_____ is a device that connects a user to the Internet.

A _____ works well for companies that are geographically dispersed.

In the bus topology,a hardware device called _____ is used at each end of the cable to absorb the transmitted signal.

_____ are used to connect computers,hubs,switches,and routers to a network in a local area network (LAN).

In a centralized processing system,processing power is distributed among several locations.

A _____ is a hardware device that allows several nodes to share one communication channel.

Identify an advantage of centralized processing.

In _____ data transmission,multiple pieces of data are sent simultaneously to increase the transmission rate.

In the context of security of wireless networks,which is true of Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)?

_____ have the highest bandwidth of any communication medium.

_____ is the physical link between a network and a workstation.

Describe a ring topology.