IST Ch 6 Telecommunications and Networking

bits

Bandwidth is stated in ________ per second.

fiber-optic

The Internet backbone is a ________ network.

NAPs

________ are exchange points for Internet traffic.

commercial

A(n) ________ portal is intended for broad and diverse audiences, and it offers routine content, some of it in real time.

network interface

The ________ layer of TCP/IP places packets on, and receives them from, the network medium, which can be any networking technology.

transport

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

corporate

A(n) ________ portal offers a personalized, single point of access through a web browser to critical business information located inside and outside an organization.

twisted-pair

According to the textbook, ________ is the most widely available cable medium.

0.1

Less than ________ percent of all web content is composed in Hindi, the first language of approximately 260 million people.

WAN

The Internet is a ________.

Cost

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

WAN, MAN, LAN, PAN

Which of the following is the correct order of networks from largest to smallest?

MOOCs

________ are/is a tool for democratizing higher education.

Infrared

________ is a broadcast medium.

Difficult to work with

________ is a disadvantage of fiber-optic cable.

Promotion time

________ is a disadvantage of telecommuting.

A virtual team

________ is a group of people working in different locations.

Productivity

________ is an advantage of telecommuting.

Stress-level

________ is an advantage of telecommuting.

A workgroup

________ refers specifically to two or more individuals who act together to perform a task.