Exam 7: Telecommunications, the Internet, and Wireless Technology

A networking approach where many control functions for managing the movement of data on a network are managed by a central program separately from the network itself is known as:

What has made the Google search engine so successful?

How are modern telephone and computer networks different from what firms used in the past?

RFID technology is being gradually replaced by less costly technologies such as WSNs.

To create a computer network, you must have at least two computers.

The WiMax standard can transmit up to a distance of approximately:

Which of the following is not one of the four layers of the TCP/IP communications model?

Bluetooth can be used to link up to ________ devices within a 10-meter area using low-power, radio-based communication.

TCP/IP was developed in the 1950s.

IPv6 was developed in order to:

Which of the following is not a characteristic of packet switching?

Which organization helps define the overall structure of the Internet?

Networks of interconnected wireless devices that are embedded in the physical environment to provide measurements of many points over large spaces are known as:

An analog signal is a discrete, binary waveform that transmits data coded into two discrete states such as 1-bits and 0-bits.

The number of cycles per second that can be sent through any telecommunications medium is measured in kilobytes.

The advanced networking consortium representing more than 500 universities, businesses, and government agencies is known as:

Which of the following enables multiple users to create and edit web documents?

________ integrate(s) disparate channels for voice communications, data communications, instant messaging, email, and electronic conferencing into a single experience.

Coaxial cable is similar to that used for cable television and consists of thickly insulated copper wire.

The most common web server today, controlling 65 percent of the market, is: