CNET 157 Quiz 1

Which component, located on the motherboard, carries out all the instructions provided by computer programs?

CPU

a network that connects devices in a small geographic area

LAN

An extranet is a private network, such as a school or company network, in which the devices and servers are available only to users connected to the internal network. True or False?

False

Each component of a computer is designed to perform only one specific task-either input, processing, or output. True or False?

False

Every NIC has a unique address that consists of a 12-digit hexadecimal value. What is this address called?

MAC address

Which of the following are examples of output devices? (Choose all that apply.) Monitor, printer, speakers, keyboard, CPU

Monitor, Printer, Speakers

Which of the following are examples of input devices? (Choose all that apply.) Mouse, Monitor, Keyboard, Printer, Scanner

Mouse, Keyboard, Scanner

You are building a gaming computer and you want to install a dedicated graphics card that has a fast GPU and 4GB of memory on board. You need to make sure that you have the right connector available on your motherboard. What type of connector would be appropriate?

PCI-Express

You have just started a new business. You need to have three to four workstations available for your employees who simply need to share some files and a printer, but you don't have a large budget. Security is not a major concern, but costs are. Which network model would be the most appropriate for your situation?

Peer-to-peer network

A domain is a collection of users and computers whose accounts are managed by Windows servers called domain controllers. True or False?

True

A frame is a packet that has been encapsulated with the source and destination MAC addresses in the header and an error-checking code in the trailer. True of False?

True

A network that connects LANs in different countries is most likely a WAN. True or False?

True

A packet is a chunk of data with the source and destination IP addresses added to it. True or False?

True

In order to find out your MAC address, you should open a command prompt and type ipconfig /all. True or False?

True

The process of encapsulation adds IP addresses and then MAC addresses to chunks of data before sending the data onto the network. True or False?

True

The three basic functions of a computer are input, processing, and output. True or False?

True

What makes a computer a "server" is the fact that it has a server operating system installed on it. True or False?

True

The XYZ company has two offices, one in Chicago, and a brand new office in Pittsburgh. To connect the two offices, they will need a dedicated line, probably leased from the phone company. What type of network will they be implementing to connect their two offices?

WAN

You're the network administrator for a company located in Arizona that has just opened an office in Texas. You need to make sure that the two locations can communicate. What type of network are you implementing?

WAN

a networked collection of LANs tied together by devices such as routers

WAN

network that is geographically dispersed

WAN

What is one of the disadvantages of a server-based network compared to a peer-to-peer network?

additional costs

Which unit of data stores a single value that can be a 0 or a 1?

bit

Windows 10 is an example of which of the following?

client operating system

an instance of a processor inside a single CPU chip

core

Which component manages the details of communicating with the NIC hardware to send and receive data to and from network media?

device driver

a collection of users and computers in a Windows server-based network

domain

When data is being prepared for transmission onto the network, it is broken into small pieces and a header and trailer are added to each piece to help identify it. What is this process called?

encapsulation

information added to the front end of a chunk of data

header

You are the network administrator for a company and you want to separate the traffic from the accounting department from the rest of the network. However, the accounting department still needs to have access to other network resources. What type of network do you need to implement?

internetwork

What is one of the disadvantages of a peer-to-peer network compared to a server-based network?

limited security

You want a fast CPU for the new computer you are building and your motherboard only has one CPU socket. To increase the processing power, you need a CPU that provides more than one processor. What type of CPU are you looking for?

multicore

What command would you issue from a command prompt to see a listing of the computers in your workgroup?

net view

Air waves are an example of what type of network component?

network medium

Which part of the network communication process is responsible for sending and receiving data to and from the network media?

network protocol

the software defining the rules and formats a computer must use when sending information across the network

network protocols

the firmware of a computer is stored in this type of storage

nonvolatile memory

a chunk of data with source and destination IP addresses in the header

packet

the term used to describe an OS designed mainly to share network resources

server

Using the physical mail analogy, what part of an address on an envelope is most like the IP address?

zip code