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WorksheetsClass 7 (Networking Unit 8.1)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
A computer network is a system of:
two or more computing devices connected to one another
Data transfer and information storage
Sharing devices like scanners
A whole lot of individual machines working on their own
Select 3 reasons for using a network
Increased security - user access to the network is controlled
Data transfer can be controlled
Sharing resources and devices
Centralisation of data
The computers in Peter's office building are linked so that staff can share files and printers. This type of network is known as .
WAN
GAN
PAN
LAN
Choose an example of a WAN
School
College
Netflix
Single site
What type of network would be created if you and a friend used Bluetooth to transfer a photo from one mobile to another?
LAN
PAN
WAN
WLAN
Which of the following hardware devices is most likely to be shared on a network?
What is the potential effect of malware on a computer system?
What is a potential effect of a ransomware attack on a computer system?
Improved internet connection
Loss of data
Enhanced system performance
Increased productivity
(a) wire also known as Ethernet Cable
(a) transmit data as pulses of light
Which of the following is the full form of ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
Analytical Scientific Code for Information Interchange
Asian Standard Code for Information Interchange
Analytical Standard Code for Intermitted Information
In which technique hackers uses a dictionary to try to discover passwords automatically
Social Engineering
Using information in an unauthorized way
Brute-Force Attack
Spyware
(a) work in the same way as a standard operating system, but offer some additional features that are useful to network administrators.
(a) is a computer that offers a service to other devices on a network, such as file-sharing services and printer-sharing services
_____ monitors the target computer's action for example, details of the keys that the user presses on the keyboard may be sent to the hacker
Shareware
Ransomware
Freeware
Spyware
which hardware device stores the MAC address of every device that is connected to it
Switch
Network Interface Controller
Wireless Access Point
Router
Which server offer a devices on a network a place to store and access files.
Print Server
File Server
Web Server
Mail Server
Which server provide internet-accessible files and transmit files to users over the world wide web
File Sever
Print Server
Mail Server
Web Server
(a) are the three types of network
In which transmission 8 bits of data are transferred simultaneously
Serial Transmission
Parallel Transmission
