Physical VS Logical Topologies

Question 1

Physical Topology

Answer 1

Is the physical layout of the device and cabling.

Question 2

The primary physical topology categories are:

Answer 2

Bus, ring, star, and mesh

Question 3

In a bus topology,

Answer 3

every workstation is connected to the main cable. Therefore, each workstation is directly connected to every other workstation in the network.

Question 4

In a ring topology,

Answer 4

computers and other network devices are cabled together in a way that the last device is connected to the first to form a circle or ring. Each device is connected to exactly two neighbors and has no direct connection to a third.

Question 5

Star topology

Answer 5

The most common physical topology. In this topology, a central cabling device connects the computers and other network devices.

Includes star and extended star topologies.

Physical connection is commonly made using twisted-pair wiring.

Question 6

Mesh

Answer 6

In a mesh topology, every network device is cabled together with many other. Redundant links increase reliability and self-healing

The physical connection is commonly made using fiber or twisted-pair wiring.

Question 7

The logical topology

Answer 7

Is the path along which data travels from one point in the network to another.