CE 8 Review Test MIS 351

Which of the following is a component of the user tier?

A computer that has browsers that request and process Web pages

Which of the following wireless protocols is designed for transmitting data over short distances?

Bluetooth

The distinguishing characteristic of a local area network (LAN) is that it ________.

Connects computers at a single location

Which of the following purposes does a Hypertext Transport Protocol (http) serve?

Enabling communication between a browser and server

The IEEE 802.3 protocol standard is also known as the ________.

Ethernet

Which protocol standard used for wired local area network (LAN) connections specifies hardware characteristics, such as the signal to be carried by each wire?

Ethernet

Which of the following protocols is commonly used for wireless local area networks (LANs)?

IEEE 802.11

Which of the following protocols is commonly used by wired local area networks (LANs)?

IEEE 802.3

Which of the following statements is true of local area network (LAN) protocols?

IEEE LAN protocols always start with the numbers 802

Which of the following statements defines an IP address?

It is a number that identifies a particular device

Which of the following statements is true of the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)?

It is used to transmit voluminous data between browsers and servers

Which of the following statements is true of an Internet service provider (ISP)?

It provides a legitimate Internet address and serves as a user's gateway to the Internet.

A ________ is used to provide a seamless flow of data across networks.

Layered protocol

A common use of the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is to ________.

Move files over the Internet

A(n) ________ is a set of rules that programs on two communicating devices follow.

Protocol

S in https stands for ________.

Secure

Which of the following is the second tier in the three tier architecture arrangement?

Server tier

________ is a common TCP/IP application layer protocol that is used for email transmissions.

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

A ________ is a networking device that detects the speed that a given device on a local area network (LAN) can handle and communicates with it at that speed.

Switch

Which of the following statements is true of an IP address?

The IP address that a domain name points to can be changed

What does the term 10/100/1000 Ethernet in most computer systems indicate?

The rate at which data can be transmitted

Which of the following statements is true of cable lines?

The signals from cable lines do not interfere with TV signals

Which of the following statements is true of digital subscriber lines (DSLs)?

Their signals do not interfere with voice telephone services

Which of the following statements is true of Web servers?

They send and receive Web pages to and from clients

Which of the following refers to an address on the Internet?

Uniform resource locator

Which of the following statements is true of protocols supporting Web services?

WSDL documents are read by developer tools to configure a programming environment

________ are programs that run on a server tier computer and manage traffic by sending and receiving Web pages to and from clients.

Web servers

A(n) ________ connects computers at different geographical locations.

Wide area network

Computers in two separate company sites must be connected using a(n) ________.

Wide area network

________ is a language used for transmitting documents in Web services and the cloud.

eXtensible Markup Language

Which of the following statements is true of service

oriented architecture (SOA)?-JavaScript is written to invoke services defined by a server application.

A ________ is a worldwide

unique identity that is affiliated with a public IP address.-Domain name