8.2 - HP5 answer sheet

Question 1

With _______________, the PAD at the sending site takes the outgoing message, strips off the _______________, and uses the IP address to route the packet through the carrier’s packet-switched network to its final destination

Answer 1

IP services… Ethernet frame

Question 2

Most connections specify a ____________________________, which is the maximum rate that the network will attempt to provide over and above the ________________________(CIR)

Answer 2

maximum allowable rate (MAR)…. committed information rate (CIR)

Question 3

The _______________ is the location at which the _______________________ network connects into the local telephone exchange

Answer 3

point of presence…packet-switched

Question 4

Connections between the different locations in the packet network are called ______________________________ (PVCs)

Answer 4

permanent virtual circuits

Question 5

The user’s connection into the network is called ______________________________, which can be owned and operated by the customer or by common carrier

Answer 5

packet assembly/disassembly device (PAD)

Question 6

____________________________ enable multiple connections to exist simultaneously between computers over_______________ physical circuit

Answer 6

Packet-switched services…the same

Question 7

In frame relay, if the network becomes _______________, discard eligible packets are _______________

Answer 7

overloaded… discarded

Question 8

An advantage of packet-switched services is that different locations can have different _______________ into the common carrier cloud

Answer 8

connection speeds