5 Written Questions

1. Devices are connected by a receiver/transmitter to a special network interface card that transmits signals between a computer and a server.
2. All devices are connected to a central device, called a hub.
3. a standard that specifies the format of data as well as the rules to be followed during transmission.
4. 1. Twisted-pair wiring 2. Coaxial cable 3. Fibre-optic cable
5. - computer network that uses a cable or radio signals to link two or more computers within a geographically limited area.

5 Matching Questions

1. Hybrid
2. TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)
3. FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
4. Wi-fi (Wireless fidelity)
5. Fibre-Optic Cable

1. a allows files containing text, programs, graphics, numerical data, and so on to be downloaded off or uploaded onto a netwok
2. b means of linking computers using infrared or radio signals.
3. c provides the technical foundation for the public Internet as well as for large numbers of private networks.
4. d technology associated with the transmission of info as light impulses along a glass wire or fibre.
5. e Groups of star-configured workstations are connected to a linear bus backbone cable, combining the characteristics of the bus and star topologies.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. communications, data exchange, and resource-sharing system created by linking two or more computers and establishing standards, or protocols, so that they can work together. 2 principle benefits: 1. the ability to communicate 2. ability to share
   1. Hybrid
   2. Star
   3. Network
   4. Protocol
2. - allows web browsers and servers to send and receive Web pages
   1. SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
   2. FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
   3. Telnet Protocol
   4. HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
3. - provides connectivity in a geographic area or region larger than that covered b y a LAN, but smaller than a WAN.
   1. (MAN) Metropolitan Area Network
   2. (LAN) Local Area Network
   3. VPN Virtual Private Network
   4. (WAN) Wide Area Network
4. a model for applications in which the bulk of the back-end processing, such as performing a physical serach of a database, takes place on a server.
   1. (WAN) Wide Area Network
   2. VAN Value Added Network
   3. Network
   4. Client/Server Networks
5. technologies use active or passive tags in the form of chips or smart labels that can store unique identifiers and relay this info to electronic readers.
   1. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
   2. Network Transmission Media
   3. VAN Value Added Network
   4. Architecture

5 True/False Questions

1. (SNMP) Simple Network Management Protocol → TCP/I's own messaging system for email

   True        False

2. Ring → All devices are connected to a central device, called a hub.

   True        False

3. Coaxial Cable → technology associated with the transmission of info as light impulses along a glass wire or fibre.

   True        False

4. VAN Value Added Network → - provides data communication services for business in geographically dispersed areas (across country or around world)

   True        False

5. Wire Media → Devices are connected by a receiver/transmitter to a special network interface card that transmits signals between a computer and a server.

   True        False