Exam 4: Networks

A ___________ portal is the most popular portal on the Internet.

The __________ type of peer-to-peer processing is real-time, person-to-person collaboration.

_____ portals offer content for diverse communities and are intended for broad audiences.

The _____ is a global wide-area network that connects approximately 1 million organizational computer networks.

Which of the following is a drawback of e-learning?

Electronic mail is the largest-volume application running over the Internet.

Which of the following statements concerning packet switching is not true?

An extranet is a network that uses Internet technologies and is designed to serve the information needs of a single organization.

Many organizations have implemented corporate portals for which of the following reasons?

Which of the following is a disadvantage of telecommuting for employers?

Which of the following is NOT a reason networks are essential?

Domain names are read from __________ to __________.

In order to ensure that computers developed by different manufacturers can communicate, _____ have been developed.

The World Wide Web is a system with universally accepted standards for storing, retrieving, formatting, and displaying information via a client/server architecture.

A protocol is:

A major problem of the discovery applications of networks is the huge amount of information available.

The function of _____ is to convert digital signals to analog signals and vice-versa.

An ______________ is a restricted network within a company.

Employees who telecommute have generally found that the experience enhances their careers.

A(n)_____ is a network designed to serve the internal informational needs of a single organization.