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Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Every device in my network is connected via a switch. Which topology am I using?
a)
Ring
b)
Star
c)
Bus
2.
What is a client?
a)
Powerful Computers that provide services to other computers
b)
Computers that ask for the services a server provides
c)
Physical connection between devices
d)
A circuitboard with the components to send/receive data
3.
What are the red arrows pointing at?
a)
Terminator
b)
Node
c)
Bus
d)
Network
4.
What is a disadvantage of a star network?
a)
It is cheap
b)
It uses one cable
c)
It is expensive
d)
It has a terminator
5.
What does NIC stand for?
a)
Network Interface Career
b)
Network Interface Card
c)
Network Intermittent Card
d)
New Interface Card
6.
Which protocol would you use to transfer files?
a)
FTP
b)
SMTP
c)
POP3
d)
HTTP
7.

What is a data collision?

a)

When two devices on a network transmit data at the same time

b)

When one device on a network transmits data

c)

When two devices on a network transmit at separate times

8.
Which device allows a network to connect to the Internet?
a)
Router
b)
Switch
c)
Hub
d)
WAP
9.

What are the advantages of WLAN

a)

Data transfer rate is slower than LAN

b)

Adding new computers and devices is very easy

c)

Problems with interference, that affect the signal

d)

All computers and devices can access the service within range

10.
A company that provides customers with the internet is known as which acronym?
a)
EXE
b)
ISP
c)
PDF
d)
IPC
11.

Which of the following is an email protocol?

a)

TCP

b)

IMAP

c)

UDP

d)

FTP

12.

Which protocol is used for sending emails?

a)

FTP

b)

IMAP

c)

SMTP

d)

POP3

13.

Which is the first of the five layers in the TCP/IP model?

a)

Data link

b)

Transport

c)

Application

d)

Network

e)

Physical

14.

Which of the four layers in TCP/IP will choose the route the data will take?

a)

Application

b)

Internet

c)

Link

d)

Transport

15.

Which of the four layers in the TCP/IP model will include the hardware used at the user's end, such as a wireless router?

a)

Internet

b)

Link

c)

Transport

d)

Application

16.

What is the usual file size of the packets of data sent using TCP/IP?

a)

1 Megabyte

b)

1000 Megabytes

c)

1 Kilobyte

d)

1000 Kilobytes

17.

Which transmission media is capable of having a much higher bandwidth?

a)

Coaxial

b)

Twisted pair cable

c)

Plastic

d)

Fibre optic

18.
Which protocol would download the email from to your computer and delete it from the server?
a)
FTP
b)
SMTP
c)
POP3
d)
HTTP
19.
What is an advantage for SMTP?
a)
If you delete the email it is still stored in the server
b)
You do not have to be logged in to the Internet to read your messages
20.

Which protocol holds the email only until you receive it?

a)

SMTP

b)

FTP

c)

IMAP

d)

POP3