Chapter 7 Practice Test Questions

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)

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.

The World Wide Web uses a networking approach wherein many end-user computing devices request and receive services from host computers on the network, which is known as _____.

• Long Term Evolution

• software-defined networking

• Transmission Control Protocol

• client/server architecture

George is in charge of ordering supplies for his employer, and he usually buys these supplies from the same vendors. One of the vendors, Business Office Supplies, has given George limited access to their inventory system. Now George can check whether this vendor has items in stock without contacting a salesperson by using _____.

• content streaming

• an intranet

• an extranet

• SEO

Web pages are connected to each other using specially denoted text or graphics on each page that, when clicked, open a new Web page containing related content. These are called _____.

• hyperlinks

• protocols

• domain names

• URLs

_____ consists of server and client software, the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), standards, and markup languages that combine to deliver information and services over the Internet.

• The Web

• A tag

• A cache

• The Internet

Which piece of network hardware keeps a record of the MAC address of all devices connected to it and uses this information to direct data packets to the appropriate port?

• switch

• router

• server

• bus

_______________ is a wireless network that connects IT devices close to one person.

• Mesh network

• Personal area network

• Local area network

• Packet switching