Networking Chapter 1

What type of network allows computers in a home office or a remote office to connect to a corporate network?

• small home network

• small office home office network

• medium to large network

• world wide network

A basic unit of information that represents one of two discrete states is know as a:

• bit

• byte

• octet

• electrical signal

Which of the following methods of signal transmission uses frequencies or pulses of light

• electrical signals

• optical signals

• wireless signals

The capacity of the medium to carry data is known as:

• throughput

• speed

• bandwidth

• data rate

Which of the following measurements includes any latency encountered during data transmissions?

• throughput

• speed

• bandwidth

• data rate

Bandwidth is typically measured in:

• total number of bytes

• bytes per second

• bytes per millisecond

• total number of bits

• bits per second

Which term is used to describe a network device with the primary function of providing information to other devices

• workstation

• server

• console

• client

What allows digital devices to interconnect and transmit data?

• a smartphone

• a global positioning sensor

• a sensor

• a network

What is a characteristic of a peer-to-peer application

• Both host devices load a user interface and the same background service during the communication

• It can only be used on a peer-to-peer network

• The host who initiates the communication become the client and the other host becomes the server

• Peer-to-peer application developers typically provide their own transport layer protocol for their applications

What is the delay in the amount of time for data to travel between two points of a network?

• throughput

• latency

• goodput

• bandwidth