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Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 10mins
'Witches use switches' helps us to remember that...
Switches forward data 'intelligently'
Switches work by magic and spells
Switches are efficient, but not as much as hubs
Switches use CAT5 Ethernet and witches usually have a cat
Which of these is NOT hardware used to create a network?
Hub
SSD
Wireless Access Point
Switch
Which of these statements about Clients and Servers is FALSE?
Servers sometimes have a 'failover' partner as a backup.
Servers can authenticate log-ins
Clients usually have more storage space than servers
Clients can use software running on servers
Which of these is FALSE about LANs?
LAN stands for Local Area Network
LANs cover a small area or single building
LANs are usually wired with Ethernet cable
LANs cannot use fibre optic cable
Which of these is NOT an advantage of networking computers?
Printers can be shared
Fewer cables are needed
Files are easier to share
Installs can be done on many computers at once
MyBank plc runs a private WAN. What will join it all together?
Normal telephone wires
The Internet
Private lines leased from BT
Ethernet cables
Which one of these should NOT slow down the performance of a network?
Lots of users on at once
Everyone on WiFi instead of cabled connections
Lots of malware infections
Using fibre optic cable to join different parts together
Which of these is true about peer-to-peer networks?
They are illegal
Resources are not held on a central server
They are mainly used on the 'dark web'
They are only used with a home hub.
Which of these servers would probably NOT be found in a school LAN?
Proxy server
File server
Print server
Web server
Why are there about 20 wireless access points around school?
We got a really good price for buying in bulk
They have short ranges, so you need them every 30 metres or so
Because there are more students with phones these days
Every extra one makes the WiFi stronger.
A router...
Turns ethernet signals into Internet signals
Directs network traffic based on IP addresses
Cannot be used in a LAN - only on the Internet
Repeats incoming packets to ALL ports
A network interface card is...
A card used to join two networks
Hardware that joins a device to a network
Like a business card used at networking meetings
Used to send greetings on National Network Interface Day
Which of these are NOT used to transmit data in a network
Radio waves in the air
Fibre optic cable
Metal cables made of copper
High tensile steel cables
Which is the best description of the Internet?
A network of interconnected computer networks
WiFi and Ethernet all connected
The cloud
All the webpages in the world
Which one of these is a NIC?
A DNS server...
Is another name for a router
Is the central server on a typical LAN
Looks up IP addresses from URLs
Organises data in packets
Hosting means...
A company with loads of servers runs your website or online shop
Downloading songs from a P2P network
Translating IP addresses into URLs
Pretending to be someone you are not on the Internet
Which of these does NOT offer Cloud storage to users?
Which of these is FALSE?
Cloud storage is 100% free
Cloud storage reduces the need to spend money on hardware
Cloud storage is a flexible way to increase and decrease your storage capacity
Cloud storage removes the need to take responsibility for backing up data
Which statement is true about a VPN?
You can access the Internet anonymously via an encrypted connection to a server
It's when you share your phone's WiFi with a friend
VPNs are illegal
It stands for Virtual Public Network
