Clean - Chapter 7 - Managing the Info Function

29) A network that spans a college or corporate facility is called a:

A) CAN

6) In TCP/IP, IP is responsible for which of the following?

A) Disassembling and reassembling packets during transmission

40) Which of the following is not one of the top five search engines?

A) Facebook

82) Which digital cellular standard is used widely throughout the world except the United States?

A) GSM

9) On which of the following protocols is the Internet based?

A) TCP/IP

58) Which process is used to protect transmitted data in a VPN?

A) Tunneling

81) All of the following are physical components of an RFID system except:

A) bar codes

32) The total amount of digital information that can be transmitted through any telecommunications medium is measured in:

A) bps

49) Instant messaging is a type of ________ service.

A) chat

51) A VPN:

A) is an encrypted private network configured within a public network

41) Digital subscriber lines:

A) operate over existing telephone lines to carry voice, data, and video

85) Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are used for the following tasks except:

A) processing consumer transactions

83) The concept of a future web in which it is commonplace for everyday objects to be connected, controlled, or monitored over the Internet is called:

A) the Internet of Things

53) Together, a protocol prefix, a domain name, a directory path, and a document name, are called a(n):

A) uniform resource locator

64) A(n) ________ is software for locating and managing stored web pages.

A) web server

7) Which of the following is the best description of a protocol in a telecommunications network architecture?

B) A standard set of rules and procedures for control of communications in a network

52) Web browser software requests web pages from the Internet using which of the following protocols?

B) HTTP

93) Macy's Pick to the Last Unit system, described in the chapter-opening case, is an example of which of the following?

B) IoT application

92) Based on your reading of the examples in the chapter, which of the following would be the best use of RFID for a business?

B) Managing the supply chain

25) Which of the following is a device that makes possible the translation of digital signals to analog sound signals used by a computer network?

B) Modem

55) Which of the following pulls content from websites and feeds it automatically to a user's computers?

B) RSS

45) In the domain name "http://books.azimuth-interactive.com", which element is the second-level domain?

B) azimuth-interactive.com

47) IPv6 has been developed in order to:

B) create more IP addresses.

44) The domain .gov is a(n):.

B) top-level domain

91) The WiMax standard can transmit up to a distance of approximately:

C) 30 miles

8) What are the four layers of the TCP/IP reference model?

C) Application, Transport, Internet, and Network Interface

2) The Internet is based on which three key technologies?

C) Client/server computing, packet switching, and the development of communications standards for linking networks and computers

24) Which signal types are represented by a binary waveform?

C) Digital

46) Which organization manages the domain name system of the Internet?

C) ICANN

5) Which of the following is not a characteristic of packet switching?

C) Packet switching requires point-to-point circuits.

28) Which type of network would be most appropriate for a business comprised of three employees and a manager located in the same office space, whose primary need is to share documents?

C) Peer-to-peer network

1) Which of the following is a device that sends packets of data through different networks assuring they go to the correct address?

C) Router

61) Which of the following is not a defining feature of Web 2.0?

C) Semantic search

90) The 802.11 set of standards is known as:

C) Wi-Fi

94) A(n) ________ is a box consisting of a radio receiver/transmitter and antennas that links to a wired network, router, or hub.

C) access point

31) Bandwidth is the:

C) difference between the highest and lowest frequencies that can be accommodated on a single channel

88) Bluetooth can be used to link up to ________ devices within a 10-meter area using low-power, radio-based communication.

C) eight

60) Shopping bots use ________ software for searching the Internet.

C) intelligent agent

87) The most appropriate wireless networking standard for creating PANs is:

D) Bluetooth

62) A(n) ________ is a commercial organization with a permanent connection to the Internet that sells temporary connections to retail subscribers.

D) ISP

26) Which type of network is used to connect digital devices within a city or metropolitan area?

D) MAN

84) Which of the following statements about RFID is not true?

D) RFIDs require line-of-sight contact to be read

56) Which of the following can be used to help a website achieve a higher ranking with the major search engines?

D) SEO

4) The telephone system is an example of a ________ network.

D) circuit-switched

10) Client/server computing is a:

D) distributed computing model where clients are linked to one another through a network that is controlled by a network server computer.

30) A network that covers entire geographical regions is most commonly referred to as a(n):

D) wide area network.

54) The most common web servers today are:

E) Apache HTTP Server and Microsoft IIS

43) What service converts IP addresses into more recognizable alphanumeric names?

E) DNS

86) 4G networks use which of the following standards?

E) LTE and WiMax

3) Which of the following involves slicing digital messages into parcels, transmitting them along different communication paths, and reassembling them at their destinations?

E) Packet switching

27) Which type of network treats all processors equally and allows peripheral devices to be shared without going to a separate server?

E) Peer-to-peer

59) ________ monetizes the value of the data stored by search engines.

E) Search Engine Marketing

50) ________ integrate disparate channels for voice communications, data communications, instant messaging, email, and electronic conferencing into a single experience.

E) Unified communications

42) T1 lines:

E) are high-speed, leased data lines providing guaranteed service levels

33) A(n) ________ signal is a discrete, binary waveform that transmits data coded into two discrete states such as 1-bits and 0-bits.

E) digital

89) One or more access points positioned on a ceiling, wall, or other strategic spot in a public place to provide maximum wireless coverage for a specific area are referred to as:

E) hotspots

63) The backbone networks of the Internet are typically owned by long-distance telephone companies called:

E) network service providers

48) Predictive search in Google's search engine:

E) predicts what you are looking for as you enter words into the query box

11) Computer networks are based on the same principles as telephone networks.

FALSE

12) A NOS must reside on all the local computers in a network.

FALSE

95) RFID technology is being gradually replaced by less costly technologies such as WSNs.

FALSE

97) NFC tags are always passive

FALSE

72) Digital rights activists believe differentiated pricing violates net neutrality principles.

TRUE

73) In addition to being an online retailer, Amazon is also a powerful product search engine

TRUE

74) The Internet of Things is based on billions of Internet-connected sensors throughout the physical world.

TRUE

96) Apple Pay uses an RFID-related technology called near field communication

TRUE

13) A hub is a networking device that sends packets of data to all other devices on the network.

TRUE

14) In a client/server network, a network server sets the rules of communication for the network.

TRUE

15) A computer network consists of at least two computers.

TRUE

16) Client/server computing has largely replaced centralized mainframe computing.

TRUE

17) Computer networks that use packet switching are much more efficient than telephone networks that use circuit switching.

TRUE

18) Two computers using TCP/IP can communicate even if they are based on different hardware and software platforms.

TRUE

19) In a large company today, you will often find an infrastructure that includes hundreds of small LANs linked to each other as well as to corporate-wide networks.

TRUE

20) TCP/IP was developed during the early 1970s to support efforts to help scientists transmit data among different types of computers over long distances.

TRUE

34) Coaxial cable is similar to that used for cable television and consists of thickly insulated copper wire

TRUE

35) Fiber-optic cable is more expensive and harder to install than wireless media

TRUE

36) Bandwidth refers to the range of frequencies that can be transmitted by a telecommunications channel

TRUE

65) By 2018, it is estimated that more than 200 million Americans will use mobile search.

TRUE

66) Wikis allow visitors to change or add to the original posted material.

TRUE

67) The Domain Name System (DNS) converts domain names to IP addresses.

TRUE

68) VoIP technology delivers voice information in digital form using packet switching.

TRUE

69) Web 3.0 is an effort to add a layer of meaning to the existing web in order to reduce the amount of human involvement in searching for and processing web information.

TRUE

70) Mobile search makes up more than 50% of all Internet searches.

TRUE

71) The "Internet of Things" refers to a vision of a pervasive Web, in which common objects are connected to and controlled over the Internet.

TRUE