Computer Networking Quiz

What is a Local Area Network (LAN)?

• A computer network that links devices within a city or metropolitan area

• A computer network that links devices within a building or group of adjacent buildings

• A network where all devices, servers, virtual machines, and data centers are connected

• A communication channel that carries the information from the sender to the receiver

What does a Client Server denote?

• A standalone computer system that is not linked or dependent on any other computer

• A hardware component installed on a computer so it can connect to a network

• A computer system in which a central server provides data to a number of networked workstations

• A network device that allows wireless devices to connect to a wired network

What is a Wireless Access Point used for?

• Connecting offices, data centers, cloud applications, and cloud storage together

• Sharing files and access to devices such as printers without requiring a separate server computer

• Allowing wireless devices to connect to a wired network

• Linking devices within a building or group of adjacent buildings

What is the role of a Network Interface Card?

• It is a communication channel that carries information from the sender to the receiver

• It is a naming database for internet domain names

• It is a hardware component, typically a circuit board or chip, installed on a computer so it can connect to a network

• It is a network that links devices within a building or group of adjacent buildings

What are Virtual Networks?

• Networks that connect your offices, data centers, cloud applications, and cloud storage together

• Networks where two or more PCs share files and access to devices such as printers without requiring a server

• Networks where all devices, servers, virtual machines, and data centers that are connected are done so through software and wireless technology

• Self-contained computer systems that are not linked or dependent on any other computer

What is a Wide Area Network (WAN)?

• A network device that allows wireless devices to connect to a wired network

• A hardware component installed on a computer so it can connect to a network

• A computer network that links devices within a building or group of adjacent buildings

• Technology that connects your offices, data centers, cloud applications, and cloud storage together

What is a Peer to Peer network?

• A network where all devices, servers, virtual machines, and data centers are connected

• A network in which two or more PCs share files and access to devices such as printers without requiring a separate server computer or server

• A standalone computer system that is not linked or dependent on any other computer

• A communication channel that carries the information from the sender to the receiver

What is a Standalone Computer?

• A hardware component, typically a circuit board or chip, installed on a computer so it can connect to a network

• A self-contained computer system that is not linked or dependent on any other computer

• A computer system in which a central server provides data to a number of networked workstations

• A network device that allows wireless devices to connect to a wired network

What is Transmission Media?

• overworked computer

• car transmission

• Channel carrying information from sender to receiver.

  
  

• standalone

What is a Domain Name Server?

• Database translating domain names to IP addresses.

  
  

• unknown domain

• server with no signal

• computer