Quiz 3

Question 1

Why use a LAN?

Answer 1

Information sharing
Resource sharing
Software sharing
Device management

Question 2

What are LAN components?

Answer 2

Clients
Servers
Network interface cards (NICs)
Network cables
Hubs/Switches/Access Points
Software

Question 3

Network Interface Cards (NICs)

Answer 3

Is used to connect the computer to the network cable in a wired network. In a wireless network the NIC is a radio transmitter.

Question 4

Network Cables

Answer 4

Wired LANs, UTPs, STP, Fiber-optic cable, Wireless LANs (WLANs),

Question 5

Wireless LANs (WLANs)

Answer 5

Use radio transmissions, usually operate in two frequency ranges; 2.4 and 5 GHz range. APs don’t interfere with each other.

Question 6

Hubs and Switches

Answer 6

Link cables from more device, sometimes more than one type of cabling. Thought of as junction box, acts as repeaters, reconstructing, and strengthening incoming signals.

Question 7

Access Points (APs)

Answer 7

Use radio waves to connect wireless clients to the wired network (instead of using hubs/switches)

Question 8

Software

Answer 8

Network operating service (NOS). NOS server software enables the file server, print server, or database server to operate.