Chapter 7 Practice Test Questions

In a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) file, the markers are the codes that tell the browser how to format the text or graphics that will be displayed.

• True

• False

A telecommunications protocol is any material substance that carries an electronic signal to support communications between a sending and receiving device.

• True

• False

An internal corporate network built using Internet and World Wide Web standards and products is known as a(n) _____.

• mesh network

• local area network

• extranet

• intranet

A _____ is a telecommunications network that connects users and their computers in a geographical area that spans a campus or a city.  

• metropolitan area network (MAN)

• local area network (LAN)

• wide area network (WAN)

• personal area network (PAN)

Domain names must always have at least _____ parts, with each part separated by a dot (period).  

• two

• three

• four

• five

One reason AT&T and Verizon have plans to expand their 5G networks is that _____.

• they increase latency as compared with 4G networks, from 1 ms to 10 ms

• 5G cells broadcast farther than 4G cells, requiring fewer cell towers

• they can support many more devices at one time than 4G networks

• 5G equipment is less costly to deploy and maintain than 4G equipment

What emerging approach allows administrators to manage a network via a controller that does not require physical access to all the network devices?

• WAN management

• network topology

• MDM software networking

• software-defined networking

Which of the following statements is true of network-management software?

• One disadvantage of network-management software is that it increases the time spent on routine tasks.

• With network-management software, a manager on a networked personal computer can scan for viruses.

• Network-management software allows software to be copied, modified, or downloaded legally or illegally.

• Network-management software complicates the process of updating files and programs on computers on the network.

A podcast is a video broadcast over the Internet.

• True

• False

Network-management software is systems software that controls the computer systems and devices on a network and allows them to communicate with each other.

• True

• False