Topologies and Technologies Quiz

The Internet is a large, globally distributed network that is divided into layers, governed by protocols, and connects a wide variety of devices.

• True

• False

• Partially True

• None of the above

Physical links include optical cables that send signals using light, cables that send signals using electrical pulses, and wireless networks that send signals over radio waves.

• True

• False

• Only optical cables are included

• Only wireless networks are included

Networks carry two types of information: those that allow for the controlling of the data and the data itself.

• True

• False

• Only data is carried

• Only control information is carried

The OSI model became more widely used than the TCP/IP model.

• True

• False

• They are equally used

• OSI is not a model

Modems are devices that typically are the access point from your ISP.

• True

• False

• Modems are not related to ISPs

• Modems are only for home networks

IoT stands for Internet of Technology.

• True

• False

• Internet of Things

• Internet of Telecommunications

The data link layer is at the bottom of the Open System Interconnect (OSI) model responsible for the transmission of data between two or more devices.

• True

• False

• It is at the top

• It is in the middle

What is the Internet described as in the document?

• A small, local network

• A large, globally distributed network

• A private, secure network

• A single-layered network

What do physical links include according to the document?

• Optical cables, electrical cables, and fiber optics

• Optical cables, cables that send signals using electrical pulses, and wireless networks

• Fiber optics, wireless networks, and satellite links

• Electrical cables, fiber optics, and satellite links

What types of information do networks carry?

• Only data

• Only control signals

• Data and control signals

• Only voice signals