DL Living Online Lesson 10

Match the following

• Transfers data at high-speed bandwidth over copper telephone lines

• Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)

• Transmit data over telephone lines

• Wireless Router

• uses coaxial cable to send and receive data (similar to TV cables)

• Modem

• performs the functions of a router but also includes the functions of a wireless access point

• Cable Modem

• Fiber-optic telephone lines used for data transfer on a network

• T-1 Line

Match the following

• a worldwide system composed of thousands of smaller networks

• Extranet

• allows specific users outside of the organization to access internal information systems

• Intranet

• designed for the exclusive use of people within an organization

• Internet

Which of the following is true about e-mail?

• Enhances Communications

• It cannot be sabotaged

• It is private

When you create a password to restrict access to the computer, the BEST thing is to ____.

• change it frequently

• use the same one for all accounts

• write it down on a sticky note

A group of two or more computers linked together is know as

• Information Sharing

• Internet

• Network

Edmonson County High School would be a good example of a ___.

• Local Area Network (LAN)

• Wide Area Network (WAN)

The state of Kentucky School System would be a good example of a ___.

• Local Area Network (LAN)

• Wide Area Network (WAN)

Which of the following acts as an intermediary between the user and the Internet, restricting usage of the Internet.

• Proxy Server

• Firewalls

• Passwords

If more than one computer is able to use the same printer, this represents which benefit of networking computers?

• information sharing

• hardware sharing

• software sharing

Which of the following is a risk of networking computers together?

• hacking

• viruses

• setup costs

• all of the answers are true