6.1.7 Practice Questions Networking Overview
Which of the following is the best definition for a LAN?
A network in a small geographic area, like in an office.
Which of the following is a rating of the amount of data that can be sent over a network in a period of time?
Bandwidth
Which of the following terms describes a group of computers and users that utilize centralized resources, administration, and security settings?
Domain Directory
A network in a small geographic area that typically uses wires to connect systems together.
Local Area Network (LAN)
A set of subnets connected to each other, typically by wires, using at least one router.
Local Area Network (LAN)
You have implemented an ad-hoc wireless network that doesn't employ a wireless access pint. Every wireless network card can communicate directly with any other wireless network card on the network. What type of physical network topology has been implemented in this type of networks?
Mesh
You have a network that uses a logical bus topology. How do messages travel through the network?
Messages are broadcast to all devices connected to the network.
You have a network that uses a logical ring topology. How do messages travel through the network?
Messages travel from one device to the next until they reach the destination device.
A network that is typically owned and managed by a city as a public utility.
Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)
A network that covers an area as small as a few city blocks to as large as an entire city.
Metropolitan Area Network (MAN).
A small network used for connecting devices, such as a notebook computer, a wireless headset, a wireless-printer, and a smartphone.
Personal Area Network (PAN).
Which of the following are advantages of using a domain to manage a network?
Scalability Centralized administration.
Which of the following topologies connects each network device to a central hub?
Star
A group of networks that are geographically isolated, but are connected to form a large internetwork.
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Similar to a standard LAN, but uses radio signals instead of wires to connect systems together.
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)
Which of the following terms refers to a network resource sharing model that uses access control lists saved on each computer?
Workgroup Peer-to-peer
