Chapter 7

In telecommunications, NIC stands for:

• network interconnected corp.

• national information control

• network interface card

• network information control

A simple device connecting PCs to the network at the physical layer is called switch.

• True

• False

A device connecting various networks (at the network layer) is called:

• NIC

• hub

• switch

• router

Which is NOT true about client-server computing?

• based on distributed model

• clients controlled by servers

• largely replaced mainframe computing

• servers set in the cloud

The method of slicing digital messages into parcels, sending them along different paths, and then reassembling them at destination is called:

• slicing assembling

• circuit switching

• packet switching

• parcel reassembling

Packet switching technique is more cost efficient than circuit switching.

• True

• False

In telecommunications, IP stands for:

• internet project

• internet purpose

• internet program

• internet protocol

The TCP/IP model consists of four layers of standards, not including:

• application layer

• internet layer

• transport layer

• Wi-Fi layer

The type of network communicated in a close range of approximately 4cm is called:

• WAN

• LAN

• MAN

• NFC

The type of network typically operated on a near-me (10 meters) range is called:

• PAN

• WAN

• LAN

• MAN