Computer Networks - Introduction

The Broadcast system that supports transmission to a subset of the machines is called

• point-to-point

• multicasting

• unicasting

• a) peer-to-peer

A _____________ is a privately owned network that operates within and nearby a single building.

• Personal Area Networks

• Metropolitan Area Networks

• Local Area Networks

• Wide Area Networks

_____________

is a switching element that connects two or more transmission lines.

• Router

• Subnet

• VPN

• ISP

The

point-to-point transmission with exactly one sender and exactly one

receiver is called _________.

• broadcasting

• multicasting

• unicasting

• peer-to-peer

The

_________ allows the devices to communicate over the range of a person.

• Personal Area Networks

• Metropolitan Area Networks

• Local Area Networks

• Wide Area Networks

In

_______ algorithm, each router makes the decision as to where to send a

packet next in the network.

• forwarding

• routing

• switching

• a) flow

A

list of protocols used by a communication system is called _______.

• protocol architecture

• protocol suit

• protocol stack

• c) protocol queue

A ____________ is a set of rules governing the format and meaning of the messages that are exchanged by the peer entities within a layer.

• primitive

• service

• interface

• protocol

A

_________ is a set of primitives (operations) that a layer provides to the

layer above it.

• protocol stack

• service

• interface

• protocol

The

communication system which spans states, countries or the whole world is

____.

• Local Area Networks

• Wide Area Networks

• Metropolitan Area Networks

• Internetworks