IB CS QUIZ-04 NETWORK

Choose all the valid reasons for joining a computer network

• To access a central file server

• To access shared files and resources

• To be able to access e-mail and WWW

• To be able to access networked printers and storage devices

Which of these is a characteristic of a LAN?

• It covers a wide geographical area

• Computers are connected together using a leased line or a satellite

• User can share files and peripherals

• Data can only be transmitted at a slow rate

For any device attached to a network, which communicates and sends/receives data across the network - it has TWO unique numbers associated with it.

What is the name, or term given to the number on the TOP of this image - 9C-35-5B-5F4C-D7 - which uniquely identifies this hardware?

• domain name

• Ethernet address

• IP address

• MAC address

Which of these is a characteristic of a WAN

• It covers a small geographical area

• Normally has a lower bandwidth than a LAN

• It is contained within one building

• User are not able to share files and peripherals

What is a protocol?

• The law of computers

• set of rules for how devices to communicate

• set of ideas of communication

• processes to which devices must obey

Which of these statements is true?

• A client-server network has a central computer that provides services to the rest of the network

• A client-server network is cheap and easy to set up

• A client-server network cannot be used to share files

• Each computer on a client-server network is maintain separately

Which of these networks are defined by their spatial scope (geographical size)?

• LAN

• PAN

• WAN

• VLAN

• VPN

A distributed networking model without servers, where connected computers can act as both clients and servers at the same time.

• peer-to-peer network

• client-server network

• Virtual Private Network

• Wide Area Network

Which of these is a benefit of a peer-to-peer network?

• Antivirus scans can be run across all computers from one computer

• All software updates can be run across all computers from one computer

• All computers can be maintained from one computer

• Files and peripherals can be shared

Choose all the valid types of network communications media.

• CAT-5 copper cable

• Fibre optic

• Radio waves

• USB

• Power Cord