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WorksheetsLAN or WAN
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 8mins
What does LAN stand for?
(a)
What does WAN stand for?
(a)
Tick all of the options which you think would use a LAN network
School
The Internet
NHS National Network
Home Network
Cash Machines
Tick all of the options that you think would use a WAN network
School
Cash Machine
The Internet
Your home network
The NHS national network
If I want to send a file to another teacher in the building I would use a....
WAN
LAN
If I want to send a photo to my friend in Australia I would use a...
LAN
WAN
When we do our school work from home we use a...
LAN
WAN
When we work in school we use a...
LAN
WAN
A benefit of LAN networks is...
It's free
It's better than WANs
Resources can be shared easily
There are no security risks
A drawback of LAN networks is...
There aren't any
You can only have a few computers connected to them
They break all the time
They are expensive to install
A benefit of WAN networks is...
It's completely secure
You can communicate with people from far away
It's free to use
It always works
A drawback to WAN networks is...
Security becomes more of an issue
They constantly go down
Anyone can connect to them
They have a size limit
