NetFund Lesson 1

What type of network is easy to implement and inexpensive to build?

• Client-server

• Peer-to-peer

What type of network would be used in a small geographic area, like an office

• PAN

• LAN

• WAN

• MAN

• CAN

What type of network is small and used for communicating between personal devices

• PAN

• LAN

• WAN

• MAN

• CAN

What type of network consists of a group of LANs that are geographically isolated, but connected to form a large network.

• PAN

• LAN

• WAN

• MAN

• CAN

What type of network is designed to allow communication between microcontrollers and devices?

• PAN

• LAN

• WAN

• MAN

• CAN

A portion of a network with a common network address is known as a

• internetwork

• intranet

• subnet

• extranet

A private network that uses internet technologies to provide services that are only available to hosts that are connected to the private network.

• internetwork

• intranet

• subnet

• extranet

A private network that uses internet technologies to provide services that are available to external, but trusted, users

• internetwork

• intranet

• subnet

• extranet

This topology consists of a trunk cable with nodes attached directly to the trunk or tapped into the trunk using drop cables.

• Mesh

• Ring

• Star

• Bus

This topology connects neighboring nodes. Signals travel in one direction with each device acting as a repeater to send the signal to the next device.

• Mesh

• Ring

• Star

• Bus