Computer Fundamentals Chapter 12 Test Review

A ______ is a group of two or more computers, or nodes, configured to share information and resources.

• bus

• router

• network

• bridge

A ________ network can contain servers as well as individual computers.

• bridge

• client/server

• switch

• peer-to-peer

In a ________ network, each node connected to the network communicates directly with every other node.

• client/server

• router

• bridge

• peer-to-peer

The computers in a lab on a floor of a building would be connected using a ________.

• WAN

• LAN

• PAN

• MAN

A ________ uses the Internet communications infrastructure to build a secure and private network.

• HAN

• VPN

• PAN

• WAN

A(n) ________ server tracks who is logging on to the network as well as which services on the network are available to each user.

• authentication

• application

• dedicated

• file

A(n) ________ server is a server that stores and manages files for network users.

• e-mail

• file

• authentication

• print

A network ________ is a set of rules for how information and communications are exchanged.

• protocol

• packet

• token

• frame

In a ________ network, data collisions can occur fairly easily because the network is essentially composed of a single cable.

• bus

• star

• hierarchical

• cluster

________ is the amount of data that can be transmitted across a transmission medium measured in bits per second.

• Bandwidth

• Infusion

• Scalability

• Data Capacity