Computer Networking Quiz S3C1

Which of these is attached to the display of a laptop?

• hard drive

• Bluetooth antenna

• RAM

• LAN card

How does Windows keep specific settings for connecting to different networks?

• gateways

• network profiles

• remote access

• Wake-on-LAN

What network device can filter access to a network?

• hub spot

• proxy server

• DNS server

• IPv4 node

Hansel is setting up a network in his home so that his computers can connect to each other and use a shared printer. What type of network would BEST describe his setup?

• local area network (LAN)

• wireless mesh network (WMN)

• wide area network (WAN)

• personal area network (PAN)

When Alice types in her company's web address, she cannot reach the company's home page. However, if she enters the IP address of the web server, it shows up fine. Why would she be having this problem?

• The DHCP is not assigning an address.

• The wake-on-LAN is malfunctioning.

• The DNS server is not available.

• The firewall is blocking the site.

A company has many freelance workers that come and go to the company's offices at various times. In order to increase security, the company's network administrator is looking for a centralized way to manage all the freelancers' devices that request network access on the company's network. What type of solution are they looking for?

• intrusion protection system

• OSI

• endpoint management

• TCP/IP

An administrator wants to use a Power over Ethernet (PoE) switch to connect an older camera that does not support PoE to the network. How can they do this?

• bridge

• managed switch

• PoE splitter

• access point

In a carrier-sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) network, what does a transmitting node do when it detects a collision?

• retransmits the data at a fixed amount of time later

• stores the data to analyze it later

What functionality of a proxy server helps prevent server crashes?

• location hiding

• traffic balancing

• file caching

• traffic compression

Which tool automatically assigns IP addresses?

• wide area network (WAN)

• dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server

• network basic input/output system (NetBIOS)

• automatic private IP addressing (APIPA)