Midterm Preparation Quiz

A local telephone network is an example of a _______ network.

• packet-switched

• message-switched

• circuit-switched

• none of the above

The local loop has _______ cable that connects the subscriber telephone to the nearest end office.

• fiber-optic

• coaxial

• twisted-pair

• none of the above

______ refers to the physical or logical arrangement of a network.

• Topology

• Mode of operation

• Data flow

• None of the above

A ______ is a data communication system spanning states, countries, or the whole world.

• MAN

• WAN

• LAN

• none of the above

A _______ connection provides a dedicated link between two devices.

• primary

• multipoint

• point-to-point

• secondary

A television broadcast is an example of _______ transmission.

• half-duplex

• simplex

• full-duplex

• automatic

A _______ is a data communication system within a building, plant, or campus, or between nearby buildings.

• LAN

• MAN

• WAN

• none of the above

In _______ transmission, the channel capacity is shared by both communicating devices at all times.

• simplex

• half-duplex

• full-duplex

• half-simplex

When data are transmitted from device A to device B, the header from A's layer 4 is read by B's _______ layer.

• Transport

• Application

• Physical

• None of the above

The ______ layer is responsible for moving frames from one hop (node) to the next.

• transport

• data link

• physical

• none of the above