M4 - Topic 7 : Network Interface Card

What does NIC stand for?

• Network Interface Career
• Network Interface Card
• Network Intermittent Card
• New Interface Card

Network Interface Card (NIC) is also known as

• Card server.
• Network adapter.
• Application server.
• Peripheral adapter.

A printed circuit board that provides network communication is known as

• LAN Card.
• Network Interface Card.
• Peripheral Interface Card.
• Communication Interface Card.

Which one of the following is not an interface for a Network adapter?

• AGP.
• PCI.
• USB.
• PCMCIA.

I am usually built into the motherboard and have a cat cable plugged into me - what am I?

• Graphics card
• Network interface card (NIC)
• Audio card
• Router

What are most NICs built into nowadays?

• The CPU
• The ROM
• The RAM
• A PC's motherboard

Name this device

• USB Dongle
• Terminator
• Network Interface Card
• Server

What's this an image of?

• A wireless NIC
• A wireless computer
• A motherboard
• Inside of an old mobile phone

Which of these statements about a network card/network adaptor is false?

• It connects a computer to a network.
• Every NIC created has a a hardware number permanently burned into it. This number is called a MAC address which is a unique hexadecimal number.
• The NIC formats the data being sent from the computer into a required format according to network protocols (rules).
• Network interface cards support wired but not wireless networks.

An older laptop does not have Wi-Fi capability but has some rectangular slots on its side. Which of the following is the port that would take a Wi-Fi card in this laptop?

• SODIMM

• PCMCIA

• SD

• Compact flash