Question 1

Coaxial cable refers to a type of cable composed of four (or more) copper wires twisted around each other within a plastic sheath.

Accepted Answer

Twisted-pair cable refers to a type of cable composed of four (or more) copper wires twisted around each other within a plastic sheath.

Question 2

Simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) is TCP/IP's own messaging system for email.

Accepted Answer

Simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) is TCP/IP's own messaging system for email.

Question 3

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) allows web browsers and servers to send and receive web pages.

Accepted Answer

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) allows web browsers and servers to send and receive web pages.

Question 4

What is a telecommunications system?
A)a system that enables the transmission of data over public or private networks
B)a communications, data exchange, and resource-sharing system created by linking two or more computers and establishing standards, or protocols, so that they can work together
C)any network without a central file server and in which all computers in the network have access to the public files located on all other workstations
D)a computer that is designed to request information from a server

Accepted Answer

A telecommunications system enables the transmission of data over public or private networks.

Question 5

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) allows files containing text, programs, graphics, numerical data, and so on to be downloaded off or uploaded onto a network.

Accepted Answer

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) allows files containing text, programs, graphics, numerical data, and so on to be downloaded off or uploaded onto a network.

Question 6

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) allows networked nodes to be managed from a single point.

Accepted Answer

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) allows networked nodes to be managed from a single point.

Question 7

Wireless media are transmission material manufactured so that signals will be confined to a narrow path and will behave predictably.

Accepted Answer

Wire media are transmission material manufactured so that signals will be confined to a narrow path and will behave predictably.

Question 8

Transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP) provides the technical foundation for the public Internet as well as for large numbers of private networks.

Accepted Answer

Transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP) provides the technical foundation for the public Internet as well as for large numbers of private networks.

Question 9

The application layer handles end-to-end packet transportation.

Accepted Answer

The transport layer handles end-to-end packet transportation.

Question 10

Fiber optic (or optical fiber) refers to the technology associated with the transmission of information as light impulses along a glass wire or fiber.

Accepted Answer

Fiber optic (or optical fiber) refers to the technology associated with the transmission of information as light impulses along a glass wire or fiber.

Question 11

A WAN is a physical and data layer technology for LAN networking.

Accepted Answer

Ethernet is a physical and data layer technology for LAN networking.

Question 12

The transport layer formats the data into packets, adds a header containing the packet sequence and the address of the receiving device, and specifies the services required from the network.

Accepted Answer

The Internet layer formats the data into packets, adds a header containing the packet sequence and the address of the receiving device, and specifies the services required from the network.

Question 13

Twisted-pair cable can carry a wide range of frequencies with low signal loss.It consists of a metallic shield with a single wire placed along the center of a shield and isolated from the shield by an insulator.

Accepted Answer

Coaxial cable is cable that can carry a wide range of frequencies with low signal loss.It consists of a metallic shield with a single wire placed along the center of a shield and isolated from the shield by an insulator.

Question 14

Network transmission media refers to the various types of media used to carry the signal between computers.

Accepted Answer

Network transmission media refers to the various types of media used to carry the signal between computers.

Question 15

What is a network?
A)enables the transmission of data over public or private networks
B)a communications, data exchange, and resource-sharing system created by linking two or more computers and establishing standards, or protocols, so that they can work together
C)any network without a central file server and in which all computers in the network have access to the public files located on all other workstations
D)a computer that is designed to request information from a server

Accepted Answer

A network is a communications, data exchange, and resource-sharing system created by linking two or more computers and establishing standards, or protocols, so that they can work together.

Question 16

File transfer protocol (FTP) allows files containing text, programs, graphics, numerical data, and so on to be downloaded off or uploaded onto a network.

Accepted Answer

File transfer protocol (FTP) allows files containing text, programs, graphics, numerical data, and so on to be downloaded off or uploaded onto a network.

Question 17

FTP provides terminal emulation that allows a personal computer or workstation to act as a terminal, or access device, for a server.

Accepted Answer

Telnet protocol provides terminal emulation that allows a personal computer or workstation to act as a terminal, or access device, for a server.

Question 18

Which of the following is not one of the differentiating factors of a network?
A)architecture
B)topology
C)protocols
D)telecommunication system

Accepted Answer

Telecommunication systems are not one of the differentiating factors of a network.

Question 19

The application layer serves as the window for users and application processes to access network services.

Accepted Answer

The application layer serves as the window for users and application processes to access network services.

Question 20

The network interface layer places data packets on the network for transmission.

Accepted Answer

The network interface layer places data packets on the network for transmission.

Quiz 11: Networks and Telecommunications

Coaxial cable refers to a type of cable composed of four (or more) copper wires twisted around each other within a plastic sheath.

Simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) is TCP/IP's own messaging system for email.

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) allows web browsers and servers to send and receive web pages.

What is a telecommunications system?

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) allows files containing text, programs, graphics, numerical data, and so on to be downloaded off or uploaded onto a network.

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) allows networked nodes to be managed from a single point.

Wireless media are transmission material manufactured so that signals will be confined to a narrow path and will behave predictably.

Transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP) provides the technical foundation for the public Internet as well as for large numbers of private networks.

The application layer handles end-to-end packet transportation.

Fiber optic (or optical fiber) refers to the technology associated with the transmission of information as light impulses along a glass wire or fiber.

A WAN is a physical and data layer technology for LAN networking.

The transport layer formats the data into packets, adds a header containing the packet sequence and the address of the receiving device, and specifies the services required from the network.

Twisted-pair cable can carry a wide range of frequencies with low signal loss.It consists of a metallic shield with a single wire placed along the center of a shield and isolated from the shield by an insulator.

Network transmission media refers to the various types of media used to carry the signal between computers.

What is a network?

File transfer protocol (FTP) allows files containing text, programs, graphics, numerical data, and so on to be downloaded off or uploaded onto a network.

FTP provides terminal emulation that allows a personal computer or workstation to act as a terminal, or access device, for a server.

Which of the following is not one of the differentiating factors of a network?

The application layer serves as the window for users and application processes to access network services.

The network interface layer places data packets on the network for transmission.