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1. A network consists of: a. phone numbers, telephones, trunk links, operators,

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Question

1.      A network consists of:

a.   phone numbers, telephones, trunk links, operators, users, and automated attendants.

b.   voice lines, data lines, and trunk links.

c.   clients, servers, applications, switches, trunk links, access links, and messages.

d.   file servers, print servers, switches, work stations, and trunk links.

2.      What may you have to add to a Windows PC to make it a client PC?

a.   a NIC

b.   a network operating system

c.       Both of the above.

3.      Pairs of switches are linked by:

a.   directory servers.

b.   file servers.

c.   trunk links.

d.   access links.

e. network interface cards.

4.      A switch is connected to a PC by a(n):

a.   directory server.

b.   file server.

c.   trunk link.

d.      access link.

5.      In a single network, devices that accept a message in one port and send it out another port are called:

a.   servers.

b.   file servers.

c.   switches.

d.   access links.

e.       network interface cards.

6.      In a single network, a message is called a _____.

a.   packet

b.   frame

c.   segment

d.   datagram

e.   Trick question. Transmission is bit-by-bit, so there are no messages.

7.      Quality of service (QOS) includes considerations such as:

a.   correctness, accuracy, timeliness, speed, and ease of use.

b.   redundancy, reliability, frequency, and multiplexing.

c.   speed, maximum latency, availability, error rate.

d.   authentication, access, error rate, and speed.

8.      The percentage of time a network is working is called ____.

a.   scalability

b.   latency

c.   availability

d.   its non-error rate

e.   throughput

9.      The path that a particular packet takes through an internet is referred to as the packet

Explanation / Answer

1. c

2. b

3. c

4.d

5. c

6. a

7. a

8. d

9. c

10. a

11. c

12. d

13. c

14. 4

15. 3

16. 2

17. a

18. c

19. b

20. b

21. d

22. b

23. a

24. d

25. c

26. d

27. b

28. d

29. c

30. a

31. b

32. b