MNGT 220 - Ch. 7 Test Questions

What involves slicing digital messages into parcels, transmitting them along different communication paths, and reassembling them at their destinations?

Packet switching

What can be used to help website achieve a higher ranking with the major search engines?

SEO

Apple Pay uses an RFID-related technology called near field communication.

True

Fiber-optic cable is more expensive and harder to install than other physical transmission media.

True

In a large company today, you will often find an infrastructure that includes a large number of small LANs linked to each other as well as to corporate-wide networks.

True

The Internet of Things is based on billions of Internet-connected sensors throughout the physical world.

True

Two computers using TCP/IP can communicate even if they are based on different hardware and software platforms.

True

Wikis allow visitors to change or add to the original posted material.

True

Which process is used to protect transmitted data in a VPN?

Tunneling

Bandwidth is the:

difference between the highest and lowest frequencies that can be accommodated on a single channel.

A(n) ________ signal is a discrete, binary waveform that transmits data coded into two discrete states: 1-bits and 0-bits.

digital

Client/server computing is a:

distributed computing model where clients are linked to one another through a network that is controlled by a network server computer.

A VPN:

is an encrypted private network configured within a public network.

In the domain name "http://books.pearson.com", which element is the second-level domain?

pearson.com

Predictive search in Google's search engine:

predicts what you are looking for as you enter words into the query box.

The domain .gov is a(n):

top-level domain

What signal types are represented by a continuous waveform?

Analog

A computer network consists of at least three computers.

False

Computer networks are based on the same principles as traditional telephone networks.

False

T1 and T3 lines:

are high-speed, leased data lines providing guaranteed service levels.