Question 1

A fully deployed smart grid has the potential of saving roughly $40 to $100 and up to 592 pounds of CO2 emissions per consumer per year in the U.S. ,according to the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

List and explain the four factors to consider when evaluating a mobile network?

Accepted Answer

The answer of List and explain the four factors to...

Question 3

IPv6 addresses have 6 groups of alphanumeric characters,which allow for 2^106 addresses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The dramatic growth in the number of power data centers,cell towers,base stations,recharge mobiles,and so on is damaging the environment because of increased energy consumption and related pollution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Scientists have concluded that increases in ________ from human activities have thrown Earth's natural carbon cycle off balance,increasing global temperatures and changing the planet's climate.

Accepted Answer

A) CO 
B) CO2 
C) GMT 
D) CH4

Question 6

There are three general types of mobile networks: wide area networks (WANs),____________,and local area networks (LANs).

Accepted Answer

The answer of There are three general types of mobile...

Question 7

Wi-Fi is a short-range wireless communications technology found in billions of devices,such as smartphones,computers,medical devices,and home entertainment products.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Extranets are used within a company for data access,sharing,and collaboration.They are portals or gateways that provide easy and inexpensive browsing and search capabilities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Each device attached to a network has a unique IP address that enables it to send and receive files.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The main international treaty on climate change is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).In 2010 parties to the UNFCCC agreed that future global warming should be limited to below 2°C.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

As technologies that make up the mobile infrastructure evolve,identifying strategic technologies and avoiding wasted investments require more ad hoc adoption of mobile devices and network infrastructure.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

One strategy for regulating network use is to ___________ traffic which means data and apps that are time-delay sensitive are given priority on the network

Accepted Answer

The answer of One strategy for regulating network use is...

Question 13

Unilever's web-based database,the Transportation Business Center (TBC),provides its 30 contract carriers with site specification requirements about pick-up and delivery locations.The TBC contains information such as contact names and phone numbers,operating hours,the number of dock doors at a location,the height of the dock doors,how to make an appointment to deliver or pick up shipments,pallet configuration,and other special requirements.Unilever's practice of providing this kind of information over a network with its carriers is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) Enterprise use of Intranets 
B) Brainstorming 
C) Virtual collaboration 
D) Enterprise search

Question 14

Basic functions of business networks are all of the following except _______.

Accepted Answer

A) Search 
B) Mobility 
C) Collaboration 
D) Routers

Question 15

The report Looking Further with Ford-2014 Trends identifies trends in how the technology explosion will affect consumer choices and behaviors.Which is not one of those trends?

Accepted Answer

A) We are actively harnessing people's energy and connections to develop the next generation of critical,thoughtful thinkers 
B) With so much information at our fingertips,downtime has given way to filling every moment with bite-sized chunks of information,education,and entertainment. 
C) Many organizations have adopted corporate social and environmental responsibility initiatives with a goal of reducing their networks' carbon footprints. 
D) In an increasingly screen-saturated,multitasking modern world,more and more evidence is emerging to suggest that when we do everything at once,we sacrifice the quality -and often safety-of each thing we do..

Question 16

When security issues are a special concern,companies want to take extra steps to make sure that transmissions can't be intercepted or compromised.In these situations they will use a network that encrypts the packets before they are transferred over the network.This solution is called a(n)___________________.

Accepted Answer

A) Intranet 
B) Extranet 
C) Virtual Private Network (VPN) 
D) SecureNet

Question 17

To insure QoS of a network,an alternative to "prioritizing traffic" is to __________,which means holding back traffic from non-time sensitive apps so that apps like voice and video run more effectively.

Accepted Answer

A) Throttle traffic 
B) Block traffic 
C) Re-direct traffic 
D) Filter traffic

Question 18

Enterprises are moving away from ad hoc adoption of mobile devices and network infrastructure to a more __________ planning build-out of their mobile capabilities.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Enterprises are moving away from ad hoc...

Question 19

While the growth of computer networks and mobile computing has resulted in many benefits to both individual users and organizations,it has also generated negative consequences.Which of the following is not a negative ethical or sustainability consequence?

Accepted Answer

A) Increased energy consumption and carbon emissions 
B) Distracted driving 
C) Decreasing global mean temperature (GMT). 
D) Health risks associated with frequent use of closely-held smartphones.

Question 20

Network capacity is measured in terms of its throughput,or bandwidth

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 4: Networks for Efficient Operations and Sustainability

A fully deployed smart grid has the potential of saving roughly $40 to $100 and up to 592 pounds of CO2 emissions per consumer per year in the U.S. ,according to the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative.

List and explain the four factors to consider when evaluating a mobile network?

IPv6 addresses have 6 groups of alphanumeric characters,which allow for 2^106 addresses.

The dramatic growth in the number of power data centers,cell towers,base stations,recharge mobiles,and so on is damaging the environment because of increased energy consumption and related pollution.

Scientists have concluded that increases in ________ from human activities have thrown Earth's natural carbon cycle off balance,increasing global temperatures and changing the planet's climate.

There are three general types of mobile networks: wide area networks (WANs),____________,and local area networks (LANs).

Wi-Fi is a short-range wireless communications technology found in billions of devices,such as smartphones,computers,medical devices,and home entertainment products.

Extranets are used within a company for data access,sharing,and collaboration.They are portals or gateways that provide easy and inexpensive browsing and search capabilities.

Each device attached to a network has a unique IP address that enables it to send and receive files.

The main international treaty on climate change is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).In 2010 parties to the UNFCCC agreed that future global warming should be limited to below 2°C.

As technologies that make up the mobile infrastructure evolve,identifying strategic technologies and avoiding wasted investments require more ad hoc adoption of mobile devices and network infrastructure.

One strategy for regulating network use is to ___________ traffic which means data and apps that are time-delay sensitive are given priority on the network

Basic functions of business networks are all of the following except _______.

The report Looking Further with Ford-2014 Trends identifies trends in how the technology explosion will affect consumer choices and behaviors.Which is not one of those trends?

To insure QoS of a network,an alternative to "prioritizing traffic" is to __________,which means holding back traffic from non-time sensitive apps so that apps like voice and video run more effectively.

Enterprises are moving away from ad hoc adoption of mobile devices and network infrastructure to a more __________ planning build-out of their mobile capabilities.

While the growth of computer networks and mobile computing has resulted in many benefits to both individual users and organizations,it has also generated negative consequences.Which of the following is not a negative ethical or sustainability consequence?

Network capacity is measured in terms of its throughput,or bandwidth