Question 1

The campus network (e.g., SDSU network) is an example of _______:

Accepted Answer

A)  WAN (wide area network) 
B)  PAN (personal area network) 
C)  NFC (near field communication) 
D)  LAN (local area network) 
E)  MAN (metropolitan area network)

Question 2

Which CORRECTLY represents the degree of link redundancy from low to high?

Accepted Answer

A)  hub and spoke - full mesh - partial mesh 
B)  hub and spoke - partial mesh - full mesh 
C)  partial mesh - full mesh - hub and spoke 
D)  full mesh - partial mesh - hub and spoke 
E)  partial mesh - hub and spoke - full mesh

Question 3

What is the topology used to create the following WAN connections among distributed branch locations of a company?

Accepted Answer

A)  star 
B)  partial mesh 
C)  tree 
D)  bus 
E)  ring

Question 4

If I want to know the MAC and IP addresses of my Windows computer, I can use the _____ command at the command prompt (e.g., C:/ ).

Accepted Answer

A)  ipconfig /all 
B)  traceroute 
C)  netstat -n -a 
D)  ping 
E)  telnet or SSH

Question 5

Which is NOT an attribute unique to analog signals?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wavelength 
B)  Frequency 
C)  Phase 
D)  Amplitude 
E)  Clock cycle

Question 6

Imagine that, after processing human input, the browser's HTTP protocol produces
"GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: www.savetrees.org".
Then, according to the _______ , the message means 'Please send me the main page of www.savetrees.org using the HTTP protocol, version 1.1.'

Accepted Answer

A)  semantic rule 
B)  lexicon rule 
C)  syntactic rule 
D)  message rule 
E)  link rule

Question 7

Choose a CORRECT statement on network addressing.

Accepted Answer

A)  The network interface card of a computer has at least one IP address printed on it. 
B)  The MAC address is stored in a computer's hard drive. 
C)  A permanent IP address is dynamically allocated to a host station whenever it submits a request. 
D)  The MAC address does not have to be bound to a node physically. 
E)  To access LAN, a host station needs a pair of MAC and IP addresses.

Question 8

Which is an inter-networking device?

Accepted Answer

A)  switch 
B)  router 
C)  wireless access point 
D)  bridge 
E)  network printer

Question 9

Which two metrics of analog signals should be inversely associated?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wavelength and amplitude 
B)  Wavelength and frequency 
C)  Wavelength and phase 
D)  Frequency and phase 
E)  Frequency and amplitude

Question 10

Below are intermediary devices EXCEPT _________:

Accepted Answer

A)  routers 
B)  switches 
C)  bridges 
D)  wireless access points 
E)  servers

Question 11

Network nodes include ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  intra-networking and inter-networking devices 
B)  intermediary devices and hosts 
C)  intermediary devices and network links 
D)  intermediary devices and networking devices 
E)  end devices and network links

Question 12

The following figure shows the process of _______ in data transmissions?

Accepted Answer

A)  time division multiplexing 
B)  frequency division multiplexing 
C)  amplitude modulation 
D)  frequency modulation 
E)  statistical time division multiplexing

Question 13

The MAC address of a NIC should be set ___.

Accepted Answer

A)  by the manufacturer 
B)  by the network administrator 
C)  by the DHCP server 
D)  when the computer restarts 
E)  by the operating system

Exam 1: Networking: Fundamental Concepts