Computer Networking Quiz

What is a domain name?

• A number assigned to any item connected to the internet

• A wireless method of sending information using radio waves

• Text that a user types into a browser window to reach a particular website

• A device that forwards data packets along networks

What is the function of a modem?

• A connection that uses light to transmit information

• A wireless method of sending information using radio waves

• A method of sending information using telephone or television cables

• Enables a computer to transmit data over telephone or cable lines

What is the purpose of DNS (Domain Name Service)?

• Translates URLs to IP addresses

• An easy-to-remember address for calling a webpage

• A wireless method of sending information using radio waves

• A private network based on TCP/IP protocols

What is the difference between LAN and WAN?

• LAN connects through large geographical areas, while WAN interconnects computers within a small area

• LAN is a computer network that interconnects computers within a small area, while WAN connects through large geographical areas

• LAN is a private network based on TCP/IP protocols, while WAN is a global system of interconnected computer networks

• LAN is a wireless networking technology, while WAN uses radio waves to provide wireless high-speed Internet

What is the function of a router?

• A wireless method of sending information using radio waves

• A device that enables a computer to transmit data over telephone or cable lines

• A device that forwards data packets along networks

• A connection that uses light to transmit information

What is the Internet?

• A network of networks

• A wireless method of sending information using radio waves

• A group of computers and servers that are connected to each other

• A private network based on TCP/IP protocols

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 The difference between a LAN and WAN is

• Gives more info than required

• LANs over any distance via telephone lines and radio waves.

  
  

• Use a variety of recognition techniques.

• that the wide-area network spans a relatively large geographical area.

What is the World Wide Web?

• a system of Internet servers that support specially formatted documents.

• text that a user types into a browser window

• A number assigned to any item that is connected to the internet

•  a network called a node, and various nodes can be connected physically through cables or wirelessly through radio frequencies.

Which device is NOT wireless?

• Laptop

• cell phone

• desktop

• Smart TV