CH 6
More than ________ percent of all online content is written in English. 25 90 50 75
50
A network between Mars and the Earth would be a ________. WAN MAN LAN PAN
WAN
_______ refers specifically to two or more individuals who act together to perform a task. Workflow A workgroup Collaboration A virtual team
a workgroup
A(n) ________ portals offers a single point of entry to an entire community of affiliated interests. industrywide commercial corporate affinity
affinity
Eriteans who have access to the Internet typically use ________. Dial-up DSL Cable Fiber
dial-up
_______ is NOT an advantage of twisted-pair wire. High bandwidth Easy to work with Cost Availability
high bandwidth
The ________ layer of TCP/IP places packets on, and receives them from, the network medium, which can be any networking technology. transport application Internet network interface
network interface
_______ is the slowest cable medium.
twisted-pair
_______ is an example of the third type of peer-to-peer processing that allows for advanced search and file sharing. Microsoft SharePoint Workspace Bit Torrent SETI@home Grid computing
Bit Torrent
_______ involves ________ a task to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call. Crowdsourcing; outsourcing Telecommuting; outsourcing Crowdsourcing; insourcing Telecommuting; insourcing
Crowdsourcing; outsourcing
_______ modems use the digital portion of a voice telephone to offer broadband access. Fiber DSL Dial-up Cable
DSL
______ refers to learning supported by the web; ________ refers to any learning situation in which teachers and students do not meet face to face. E-learning; distance learning Distance learning; long-distance learning Distance learning; e-learning E-learning; long-distance learning
E-learning; distance learning
135.62.128.91 is an example of an ________ address. IPv2 IPv6 IPv8 IPv4
IPv4
________ are exchange points for Internet traffic. NSPs NAPs ISPs IAPs
NAPs
Which of the following is NOT a basic function of TCP/IP? Manages the movement of data packets between computers by establishing a connection between the computers Sequences the transfer of packets Responsible for disassembling, delivering, and reassembling data during transmission Acknowledges the packets have been transmitted
Responsible for disassembling, delivering, and reassembling data during transmission
________ leads to the ideas of fat and thin clients where ________ clients have no local storage and only limited processing power. Peer-to-peer processing; fat Client/server computing; thin Peer-to-peer processing; thin Client/server computing; fat
client/server, thin
_______ is the largest-volume application running over the Internet. Voice communication E-mail Chat FTP
________ is a broadcast medium. Twisted-pair Coaxial Fiber-optic Satellite
satellite
_______ is an obstacle of Raytheon's CAVE. Space for the 3D screens Discovering problems during production Getting customers to trust the designs Cost to bring in suppliers
space for 3D screens
_______ is an advantage of telecommuting. Socialization Visibility Promotion time Stress-level
stress-level
According to the textbook, ________ is the most widely available cable medium. fiber-optic radio twisted-pair microwave
twisted-pair
