Block 2, Chapter 2

Question 1

A small network usually confined to a single building or group of buildings is a

Answer 1

Local Area Network - LAN

Question 2

A geographically dispersed network that can cover across the country or worldwide is known as

Answer 2

Wide Area Network - WAN

Question 3

A ______ is designed to cover a geographic area the size of a town or city

Answer 3

Metropolitan Area Network - MAN

Question 4

A wired network can provide wireless connection through a

Answer 4

Wireless Access Point - WAP

Question 5

A very small network utilizing wireless devices such as Bluetooth.

Answer 5

Wireless Personal Area Network - WPAN

Question 6

This network appears private, but actually uses a public network.

Answer 6

Virtual Private Network - VPN

Question 7

A VPN is not secure and does not offer any privacy. T/F

Answer 7

False

Question 8

What is the protocol that encrypts VPN

Answer 8

Internet Protocol Security - IPSEC

Question 9

Which technology allows two-way video and audio transmission between two or more locations?

Answer 9

Video telecommunications - VTC

Question 10

What types of data may be shared over video teleconference?

Answer 10

Whiteboards, Screen Sharing, Documents

Question 11

The way information is passed through the network is the _________ topology

Answer 11

Logical

Question 12

The geographic layout of the network devices and their interconnections is known as

Answer 12

Physical Topology

Question 13

Bus physical topology requires what to be installed on both ends of the backbone cable?

Answer 13

Terminators or resistive end connectors

Question 14

Which topology uses a central point called a hub or switch?

Answer 14

Star topology

Question 15

What components used in star topology can cause bottlenecks?

Answer 15

Hubs or switches

Question 16

Which active topology uses each station as a repeater?

Answer 16

Ring topology

Question 17

This topology offers superior redundancy and reliability

Answer 17

Mesh topology

Question 18

What topology combines the characteristics of linear bus and star topologies?

Answer 18

Hybrid topology

Question 19

Which topology fails to meet one of the basic topology definitions?

Answer 19

Hybrid topology

Question 20

What are the two most common logical topologies?

Answer 20

Logical Bus and Logical Ring

Question 21

In logical ring topologies, workstations can only transmit when they have the

Answer 21

Token

Question 22

This topology is bound to network protocols

Answer 22

Logical topology

Question 23

Logical bus topology commonly uses an access method called

Answer 23

Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection - CSMA/CD

Question 24

What acts as a ticket, enabling the owner to send a message across the network?

Answer 24

Token

Question 25

What does the acronym CSMA/CD mean?

Answer 25

Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection