Computer Networks Homework

What is the time it takes for a message to transfer called?

• Bandwidth

• Latency

• Throughput

• Collision

Which technology is still widely used today that was developed in the early 1970s at Xerox PARC?

• Bluetooth

• WiFi

• Ethernet

• Token Ring

What does MAC address stand for?

• Machine Allocation Control

• Media Allocation Code

• Machine Access Code

• Media Access Control

What is the general term for the approach used by Ethernet and WiFi to transmit data?

• Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum

• Carrier Sense Multiple Access

• Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum

• Time Division Multiple Access

What happens when two computers on the same network attempt to transmit data at the same time?

• The data is lost

• The network crashes

• The data is duplicated

• A collision occurs

What is the method called that Ethernet uses to avoid collisions?

• Collision Detection

• Exponential Backoff

• Frequency Division

• Signal Retiming

What device is used to reduce the likelihood of collisions by creating separate collision domains?

• Router

• Repeater

• Network Switch

• Bridge

What is the term for the approach of connecting two distant computers or networks by allocating a communication line for their exclusive use?

• Route Bridging

• Message Switching

• Circuit Switching

• Packet Switching

What is the name of the first packet-switched network and the ancestor to the modern internet?

• The World Wide Web

• The ARPANET

• Ethernet

• The Intranet

What does IP stand for in the context of computer networks?

• Internet Protocol

• Internal Protocol

• Information Protocol

• Interconnect Protocol