Test Bank Chapter 12

________ is the amount of data that can be transmitted across a transmission medium in a certain amount of time.

Bandwidth

In a ________ network, data collisions can occur fairly easily because the network is essentially composed of a single cable.

Bus

Which of the following is NOT a factor to consider when selecting network cabling?

Cable diameter

Which of the following is NOT a common network topology?

Cluster

For business networks, which of the following is NOT a main cable type?

Duplex

________ is the standard communications protocol used on most client/server networks

Ethernet

________ cable is NOT subject to electromagnetic interference or radio frequency interference.

Fiber-optic

A(n) ________ address is the address that external entities use when communicating with your network.

IP

The computers in a lab on a floor of a building would be connected using a ________.

LAN

A ________ is a group of two or more computers, or nodes, designed to share information and resources.

Network

Which of the following is the most commonly used client/server network topology?

Star

A ________ uses the Internet communications infrastructure to build a secure and private network.

VPN

A(n) ________ server tracks who is logging on to the network as well as which services on the network are available to each user.

authentication

A(n) ________ server is a heavily secured server located between a company's secure internal network and its firewall.

bastion host

A ________ sends data from one collision domain to another.

bridge

Configuring an account to disable itself after a set number of login attempts using invalid passwords is a method of countering a ________.

brute force attack

The physical address assigned each network adapter is called its ________.

media access control (MAC)

Packet ________ is a form of protection for your computer that looks at each packet that comes into your computer network.

screening

A print server uses a print ________ as a software holding area for jobs waiting to be printed.

spooler

The ends of the cable in a bus network use a(n) ________ to absorb signals so that they are not reflected back to network components that have already received the signals.

terminator

A ________ network can contain servers as well as individual computers.

client/server

A(n) ________ server is a server that stores and manages files for network users.

file

A ________ keeps your computer safe by determining who is trying to access it.

firewall

A ________ topology uses more than one topology when building a network.

hybrid

In a ________ network, each node connected to the network communicates directly with every other node.

peer-to-peer

A ________ is a set of rules for how information and communication are exchanged.

protocol

A ________ sends data between two networks.

router

Ring networks use the ________ method to avoid data collisions.

token

Most home networks use ________ cable, which is most susceptible to interference.

unshielded twisted-pair