IST7040 Week 4

Given the IPv6 address 6A3E:BA91::877B:FFEF/104, how many bits identify the host ID?

24

____ avoids congestion by requiring users to negotiate with the network regarding how much traffic they will be sending, or what resources the network must provide to satisfy the user s needs before the user sends any data.

Connection admission control

The ____ is a large, distributed database of Internet addresses and domain names.

Domain Name System (DNS)

____ is the electronic selling and buying of merchandise using the Web.

E-retailing

IP is the protocol used by most networks and network applications to create an error-free, end-to-end network connection.

False

The Internet is a static entity.

False

When a user stores data in the cloud , the data is stored on the user s premise in what is called a cloud server .

False

In 1983, the Department of Defense broke the ARPANET into two similar networks: the original ARPANET and ____.

MILNET

HTML pages are simple, static text documents that browsers read, interpret, and display on the screen.

True

Most wide area networks use some form of Dijkstra s algorithm to determine a least-cost route through a network.

True

Using a Web browser, you can download and view Web pages on a personal computer.

True

The ____ field of an IP datagram contains the version number of IP being used, just in case a new version becomes available.

Version

The practice of making telephone calls over the Internet has had a number of different names, including packet voice, voice over packet, voice over the Internet, Internet telephony, and ____.

Voice over IP (VoIP)

A ____ network is the only network that offers a dedicated path.

circuit-switched

A ____ application does not guarantee the delivery of any information or data.

connectionless

With ____ routing, routing tables are created once, typically when the network is installed, and then never updated again.

fixed

A wide area network connects its workstations through the use of a ____ design and requires routing to transfer data across the network.

mesh

The SONET network topology is a ____.

ring

A ____ is a legally binding, written document, that can include service parameters offered in the service, various types of service/support options, incentives if the service levels are exceeded, and penalties if service levels are not met.

service level agreement

A network that expands beyond a metropolitan area is a ____ area network.

wide