Chapter 7 Quiz

Which of the following is the best description of a protocol in a telecommunications network architecture?

A standard set of rules and procedures for the control of communications in a network

The amount of digital information that can be transmitted through any telecommunications medium is measured in:

Bps

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.

Which of the following is a device that makes possible the translation of digital signals to analog sound signals used by a computer network?

Modem

Which of the following involves slicing digital messages into parcels, transmitting them along different communications paths, and reassembling then at their destinations?

Packet Switching

Which of the network treats all processes equally and allows peripheral devices to be shared without going to a separate server?

Peer-to-peer

Which of the following is a device that sends packets of data through different networks assuring they go to the correct address?

Router

On which of the following protocols is the Internet based?

TCP/IP

The domain .gov is a(n):

Top-level domain.