Ethernet Fundamentals

Question 1

Deterministic

Answer 1

Very organized and orderly and required an electronic token to transmit (raise hand to talk, handing out the token to talk)

Question 2

Contention-Based

Answer 2

Very chaotic and can transmit whenever possible (natural way to talk/hanging out with friends) THIS IS what Ethernet uses for network access

Question 3

Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD)

Answer 3

Prevents collisions by using carrier sensing to defer transmissions until no other stations are transmitting (Use a random backoff timer)

Question 4

Collision Domain

Answer 4

Each area of the Network that shares a single segment (Devices operate in half-duplex mode when connected to a hub)

Question 5

Ethernet Switch

Answer 5

Increases scalability of a network by creating multiple collision domains