A small office wants to upgrade from a peer-to-peer (P2P) network to a client/server. What should they consider when making the decision?

• The challenge of keeping data safe

• The cost of implementing a server

• The challenge of backing up a server

• The challenge of providing printing services

A small IT company is expanding their services into the mobile app development market. Because each employee is working on a different part of a mobile app project, they need all computers to have a dedicated connection to each other on the network for reliability. What type of network topology would the company need?

• Bus

• Ring

• Mesh

• Star

To access a device over the Internet, you must use its unique IP address. What type of IP address must the device have?

• Private IPv6 address

• Private IP address

• Public IP address

• Public and private IP address

Which OSI layer ensures all packets that are sent over the network are received?

• physical

• session

• transport

• application

Which network model costs the least to implement?

• Client/server

• Local Area Network (LAN)

• Peer-to-peer (P2P)

• Mainframe/terminal

What is the term for a unique IP address that a device must have to function on the Internet?

• Public IP address

• Private IP address

• Network IP address

• TCP/IP address

Which statement about private IP addresses is true?

• It is an IP address assigned only to printers.

• Most local area networks (LANs) use private IP addresses.

• Local area networks (LANs) cannot use private IP addresses.

• It is an IP address that works only on Microsoft operating systems.

Employees want to view their medical benefits through a browser. What can a company create to support this?

• Wireless local area network (WLAN)

• Extranet

• Personal area network (PAN)

• Intranet

Maria is in charge of supervising multiple LANs. Which network hardware device can she use to connect the LANs together and also use as a firewall?

• Access point

• Switch

• Hub

• Gateway

Dev wants to use a protocol that will automatically assign a unique IP address to each device on his home network. Which protocol should he use to accomplish this?

• Simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP)

• Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)

• Domain name service (DNS)

• Dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP)