Chapter 6 Quiz - Management Information Systems

________ modem services share bandwidth among subscribers in a locality, so speeds can decrease significantly when large numbers of neighbors access the Internet at the same time.

Cable

________ leads to the ideas of fat and thin clients where ________ clients have no local storage and only limited processing power.

Client/Server computing; thin

Which of the following is NOT a reason some US companies are moving their call center operations back to the US?

Cost.

The Internet backbone is a ________ network.

Fiber-Optic

________ cables are made of glass.

Fiber-Optic

________ is the most secure cable medium.

Fiber-Optic

Which of the following Internet services is typically NOT available in rural areas?

Fiber-Optic.

________ is NOT an advantage of twisted-pair wire.

High bandwidth

135.62.128.91 is an example of an ________ address.

IPv4

________ is the most commonly used IP addressing scheme.

IPv4

________ consists of 128 bits.

IPv6

The ________ layer of TCP/IP is responsible for addressing, routing, and packaging data packets.

Internet

Which of the following is NOT a basic function of TCP/IP?

Responsible for disassembling, delivering, and reassembling data during transmission.

________ is the protocol of the Internet.

TCP/IP

________ allows you to read a voice mail message in your e-mail inbox.

UC

________ allows participants in one location see participants, documents, and presentation at other locations.

VideoConferencing

________ is a disadvantage of telecommuting.

Visibility

A network between Mars and the Earth would be a ________.

WAN.

An/The ________ connects networks of multiple organizations so they can communicate securely.

extranet

The ________ layer of TCP/IP provides communication and packet services.

transport