Exam 7: Local Area Networks: Part I

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

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

Baseband signaling typically uses multiple digital signals to transmit data over the bus.

____ was the standard created for fiber-optic systems.

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

Switches can significantly decrease interconnection traffic and increase the throughput of the interconnected networks or segments.

____ was a system designed for twisted pair wiring,but with only a 1-Mbps data transfer rate for 500 meters.

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

The switch operates in place of a ____.

How does a star-wired bus topology work?

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

A hub is designed to perform much faster than a switch.

Designed for LANs,the ____________________ observes network traffic flow and uses this information to make future decisions regarding frame forwarding.

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

In IEEE 802.3 standard for CSMA/CD,frames shorter than 64 bytes are considered ____________________,or frame fragments.

If a switch has eight 100-Mbps ports,the backplane has to support a total of ____ Mbps.

One of the most common standards for broadband (analog)Ethernet was the ____________________ specification.

The main hardware of the switch is called the ____________________.

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