MIS 140, Homework 1 Quiz

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According to John Chambers, CEO of Cisco (a leading networking technology company), the information age is the second Industrial Revolution.

True

At the transport layer in the Internet model, TCP is responsible for breaking large files received from the application layer into smaller messages and opening a connection to a server for transferring them.

True

In which layer of the Internet model would the HTTP protocol be used?

application

Which of the following is not true about a server?

can only perform one function on a network.

A(n) _________ is a LAN that uses the same technologies as the Internet but is open to only those inside the organization.

intranet

The _________ layer is responsible for routing of messages from the sender to the final destination.

network layer

A junior network administrator has used the wrong cable type to connect his/her computer to the administrative port on a router and cannot establish a terminal session with the device. What layer of the Internet model does this problem appear to reside at?

physical

Which of the following correctly represents order of the seven layers of the OSI model from layer 1 to layer 7?

physical, data link, network, transport, session, presentation, application

Which of the following would be a standard or protocol used at the Data Link layer of the Internet or OSI model?

Ethernet

Ethernet is an example of a network layer protocol.

False

The OSI model is currently the most widely implemented network model used to develop and build networks of any size, including the Internet itself.

False

The application layer is the seventh layer of the Internet model and specifies the type of connection and the electrical signals that pass through it.

False

Which of the following is a term used to group together the physical and data link layers?

Hardware layers

The Internet standards organization that will allow anyone to join is __________________.

IETF

Due to advances in high speed communication networks, the information lag, or the time it takes for information to be disseminated around the world, has been significantly shortened.

True

The network layer performs the same functions in both the OSI and Internet models and is responsible for routing messages from the source computer to the destination computer.

True

A local area network is:

a group of personal computers or terminals located in the same general area and connected by a common cable (communication circuit) so they can exchange information such as a set of rooms, a single building, or a set of well-connected buildings.

Which of the following is not an application layer standard?

T1

Which of the following is not true about de jure standards?

They are always developed before de facto standards.

Which of the following is not true about de facto standards?

They never evolve into de jure standards.

A car manufacturer may give access to certain portions of its network to some of its suppliers via the Internet. This is an example of an extranet.

True

ANSI is a voting participant in the ISO.

True

A(n) _________ is a LAN that uses the same technologies as the Internet but is provided to invited users outside the organization who access it over the Internet.

extranet

The ____________ layer of the OSI model is responsible for data format translation.

presentation

A(n) _____________ is a set of rules that determine what a layer would do and provides a clearly defined set of messages that software at the layer needs to understand.

protocol

In the Internet model, the application layer corresponds to the ________ layer(s) of the OSI model.

session, presentation and application

Which of the following is not a function of the data link layer?

specifying the type of connection, and the electrical signals, radio waves, or light pulses that pass through it


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