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At the transport layer in the Internet model, TCP is responsible for breaking large files received from the application layer into smaller messages and opening a connection to a server for transferring them.

True

Data communication standards enable each layer in the sending computer to communicate with its corresponding layer in the receiving computer.

True

Due to advances in high speed communication networks, the information lag, or the time it takes for information to be disseminated around the world, has been significantly shortened. T/ F?

True

It is not uncommon for companies to end up spending more money on network management and security tasks than they do on the actual computer equipment itself. T/F?

True

The specification stage of the de jure standardization process consists of developing nomenclature and identifying the problems to be addressed.

True

The OSI model is currently the most widely implemented network model used to develop and build networks of any size, including the Internet itself. T/F?

False

Taken together, the physical and data link layers are called the ____________________.

Hardware layer

Which of the following is a term used to group together the physical and data link layers?

Hardware layers

The Internet standards organization that will allow anyone to join is __________________.

IETF

The network layer of the Internet model uses the _____________ protocol to route messages though the network.

IP

Which of the following is not true about ITU-T:

Its membership is limited to U.S. telephone companies

The application layer is the seventh layer of the Internet model and specifies the type of connection and the electrical signals that pass through it.

False

According to John Chambers, CEO of Cisco (a leading networking technology company), the information age is the second Industrial Revolution.

True

In the OSI model, the application layer provides a set of utilities for applications and is the end user's access to the network. T/F?

True

Telecommunications is the transmission of voice and video as well as data and usually implies transmitting a longer distance than in a data communication network.

True

The network layer performs the same functions in both the OSI and Internet models and is responsible for routing messages from the source computer to the destination computer.

True

Which is not a function of the physical layer:

providing error-free transmission of data.

In the Internet model, the application layer corresponds to the ________ layer(s) of the OSI model.

session, presentation and application

The three stages of the de jure standardization process are ______________________.

specification, identification of choices and acceptance.

Which of the following is not a function of the data link layer?

specifying the type of connection, and the electrical signals, radio waves, or light pulses that pass through it

Which of the following is not true about de facto standards? A. They never evolve into de jure standards. B. They are those standards that emerge in the marketplace. C. They tend not to be developed by an official industry or government body. D. They are generally supported by more than one vendor but de facto standards have no official standing. E. They tend to emerge based upon the needs/response of the marketplace.

A. They never evolve into de jure standards.

Which of the following is not true about de jure standards? A. They can take several years to develop. B. They are always developed before de facto standards. C. They can be developed by a government body. D. They can be developed by an official industry body. E. One example exists for network layer software (IP).

B. They are always developed before de facto standards.

BYOD stands for

Bring Your Own Device

Which of the following would be a standard or protocol used at the Data Link layer of the Internet or OSI model?

Ethernet

A local area network (LAN) connects other LANs and backbone networks (BNs) located in different areas to each other and to wide area networks in a span from 3 to 30 miles. T/F?

False

ANSI is a voting participant in the ISO. T/F?

False

An intranet is a LAN that uses Internet technologies and is publicly available to people outside of the organization.

False

The _________ layer is responsible for routing of messages from the sender to the final destination.

Network

___________ is an orderly close to a dialogue between end users.

Session Termination

__________ ensure that hardware and software produced by different vendors work together.

Standards

Which of the following is not an application layer standard?

T1

A car manufacturer may give access to certain portions of its network to some of its suppliers via the Internet. This is an example of an extranet.

True

A local area network is:

a group of personal computers or terminals located in the same general area and connected by a common cable (communication circuit) so they can exchange information such as a set of rooms, a single building, or a set of well-connected buildings.

A backbone network is:

a high speed central network that connects other networks in a distance spanning up to several miles.

Which of the following is true about ISO?

all of the above

A network administrator has received several reports from users of the network that the intranet website on one of company servers is not accessible, but the same users are still able to retrieve their email being stored on the same server. What layer of the Internet model does this problem appear to reside at?

application

In which layer of the Internet model would the HTTP protocol be used?

application

Which of the following is not a data link layer standard? A. POP B. T1 C. HTML D. HTTP E. IMAP

b. T1

When a user accesses an application via a web browser on their mobile device, this is referred to as

brower-based approach

Which of the following is not true about a server?

can only perform one function on a network.

A _____________ is the input-output hardware device at the end user's end of a communication circuit in a client-server network.

client

Which of the following is not a property of a WAN:

connects a group of computers in a small geographic area such as room, floor, building or campus.

Which standards body is responsible for the development of local area network (LAN) standards? a. ANSI b. ISO c. IETF d. IEEE e. ITU-T

d. IEEE

Which of the following is a function of the transport layer? a. linking the physical layer to the network layer b. formatting messages by indicating where they start and end c. deciding which route the message should take d. breaking long messages into several smaller messages e. specifying the type of connection and the electrical signals, radio waves, or light pulses that pass through it

d. breaking long messages into several smaller messages

A(n) _________ is a LAN that uses the same technologies as the Internet but is provided to invited users outside the organization who access it over the Internet.

extranet

A(n) ___________ is similar to an intranet in that it uses Internet technologies, but is developed for users outside the organization.

extranet

A(n) _________ is a LAN that uses the same technologies as the Internet but is open to only those inside the organization.

intranet

The American National Standards Institute:

is the coordinating organization for the United States' national system of standards

A MOOC is an example of a(n)

massively online technology

Data communications and networking can be considered as a global area of study because:

new technologies and applications emerge from a variety of countries and speed around the world. && the technologies enable global communication.

Networks that are designed to connect similar computers that share data and software with each other are called:

peer-to-peer networks

A junior network administrator has used the wrong cable type to connect his/her computer to the administrative port on a router and cannot establish a terminal session with the device. What layer of the Internet model does this problem appear to reside at?

physical

Which of the following correctly represents order of the seven layers of the OSI model from layer 1 to layer 7?

physical, data link, network, transport, session, presentation, application

The ____________ layer of the OSI model is responsible for data format translation.

presentation

The function of the file server is to :

store data and software programs that can be used by client computers on the network.

The fourth layer of the OSI model is called the __________ layer.

transport

Which layer of the OSI model is responsible for ensuring flow control so that the destination station does not receive more packets that it can process at any given time?

transport

Which layer of the OSI model is responsible for ensuring that all packets sent are received by the destination station by dealing with end-to-end issues?

transport

Ethernet is an example of a network layer protocol. T/F?

False

Which of the following is not an important future trend in communication and networking?

development of online batch systems

The primary reason for networking standards is to:

ensure that hardware and software produced by different vendors can work together

A(n) _____________ is a set of rules that determine what a layer would do and provides a clearly defined set of messages that software at the layer needs to understand.

protocol