Networking

Question 1

What are the primary Network Components?

Answer 1

Servers
Client or workstations
Resources

Question 2

what are the 5 primary network topologies?

Answer 2

Bus
Star
Ring
Mesh
Hybrid

Question 3

Bus Topology Advantage and disadvantage

Answer 3

Advantage: Cheap. Easy to instal
Disadvantage: Difficult to reconfigure. A break in the bus disables the entire network.

Question 4

Star Advantage and disadvantage

Answer 4

Advantage: Cheap. Very easy to instal and reconfigure. More resilient to a single cable failure
Disadvantage: More expensive than a bus

Question 5

Ring Advantage and disadvantage

Answer 5

Advantage: Efficient. Easy to install
Disadvantage: Reconfiguration is extremely difficult, extremely expensive.

Question 6

Mesh Advantage and disadvantage

Answer 6

Advantage: Best fault tolerance
Disadvantage: Reconfiguration is extremely difficult, extremely expensive, and very complex.

Question 7

Hybrid Advantage and disadvantage

Answer 7

Advantage: give a combination of the best features of each topology used.
Disadvantage: Complex (less so than mesh)

Question 8

Mesh Topology equation

Answer 8

(X *(X-1) ) / 2

Question 9

OSI Layer 7

Answer 9

Application Layer

Question 10

OSI Layer 6

Answer 10

Presentation Layer

Question 11

OSI Layer 5

Answer 11

Session Layer

Question 12

OSI Layer 4

Answer 12

Transport Layer TCP/IP

Question 13

OSI Layer 3

Answer 13

Network Layer

Question 14

OSI Layer 2

Answer 14

Data Link Layer (MAC address NIC)

Question 15

OSI Layer 1

Answer 15

Physical Layer

Question 16

OSI mnemonic

Answer 16

“All People Seem To Need Data Processing”