Deck 1: Introduction to Computer Networks

Question 1

You are building a gaming computer and you want to install a dedicated graphics card that has a fast GPU and 4GB of memory on board. You need to make sure that you have the right connector available on your motherboard. What type of connector would be appropriate?

A) PCI
B) SATA
C) PCI Express
D) IDE

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The XYZ company has two offices, one in Chicago, and a brand new office in Pittsburgh. To connect the two offices, they will need a dedicated line, probably leased from the phone company. What type of network will they be implementing to connect their two offices?

A) LAN
B) WAN
C) PAN
D) SAN

Answer 2

B

Question 3

When data is being prepared for transmission onto the network, it is broken into small pieces and a header and trailer are added to each piece to help identify it. What is this process called?

A) multitasking
B) verification
C) encapsulation
D) application

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which part of the network communication process is responsible for sending and receiving data to and from the network media?

A) network software
B) network protocol
C) user application
D) network interface

Question 5

Air waves are an example of what type of network component?

A) network interface card
B) network medium
C) interconnecting device
D) network protocol

Question 6

Each component of a computer is designed to perform only one specific task-either input, processing, or output.

Question 7

What makes a computer a "server" is the fact that it has a server operating system installed on it.

Question 8

Using the physical mail analogy, what part of an address on an envelope is most like the IP address?

A) MAC address
B) street address
C) recipient name
D) zip code

Question 9

Which component manages the details of communicating with the NIC hardware to send and receive data to and from network media?

A) client
B) server software
C) network protocol
D) device driver

Question 10

Every NIC has a unique address that consists of a 12-digit hexadecimal value. What is this address called?

A) IP address
B) subnet mask
C) MAC address
D) default gateway

Question 11

In order to find out your MAC address, you should open a command prompt and type ipconfig /all.

Question 12

What is one of the disadvantages of a peer-to-peer network compared to a server-based network?

A) more difficult to setup and install
B) more expensive
C) higher administration costs
D) limited security

Question 13

An extranet is a private network, such as a school or company network, in which the devices and servers are available only to users connected to the internal network.

Question 14

A network that connects LANs in different countries is most likely a WAN.

Question 15

Windows 10 is an example of which of the following?

A) network protocol
B) client operating system
C) server software
D) server operating system

Question 16

What is one of the disadvantages of a server-based network compared to a peer-to-peer network?

A) additional costs
B) decentralized data access
C) difficult to expand
D) less secure

Question 17

You are the network administrator for a company and you want to separate the traffic from the accounting department from the rest of the network. However, the accounting department still needs to have access to other network resources. What type of network do you need to implement?

A) WPAN
B) internetwork
C) WAN
D) wireless network

Question 18

Which component, located on the motherboard, carries out all the instructions provided by computer programs?

A) hard drive
B) RAM
C) NIC
D) CPU

Question 19

You want a fast CPU for the new computer you are building and your motherboard only has one CPU socket. To increase the processing power, you need a CPU that provides more than one processor. What type of CPU are you looking for?

A) multicore
B) multiprocessing
C) multitasking
D) multilink

Question 20

What command would you issue from a command prompt to see a listing of the computers in your workgroup?

A) arp -a
B) net view
C) ipconfig /all
D) ping

Question 21

You're the network administrator for a company located in Arizona that has just opened an office in Texas. You need to make sure that the two locations can communicate. What type of network are you implementing?

A) MAN
B) WAN
C) internetwork
D) extended LAN

Question 22

Match each item with a statement below.
a.server
b.network protocols
c.domain
d.LAN
e.header
f.packet
g.WAN
h.nonvolatile memory
i.internetwork
j.core
the firmware of a computer is stored in this type of storage

Question 23

Match each item with a statement below.
a.server
b.network protocols
c.domain
d.LAN
e.header
f.packet
g.WAN
h.nonvolatile memory
i.internetwork
j.core
an instance of a processor inside a single CPU chip

Question 24

Match each item with a statement below.
a.server
b.network protocols
c.domain
d.LAN
e.header
f.packet
g.WAN
h.nonvolatile memory
i.internetwork
j.core
the term used to describe an OS designed mainly to share network resources

Question 25

Match each item with a statement below.
a.server
b.network protocols
c.domain
d.LAN
e.header
f.packet
g.WAN
h.nonvolatile memory
i.internetwork
j.core
a collection of users and computers in a Windows server-based network

Question 26

A ____________ is a packet that has been encapsulated with the source and destination MAC addresses in the header and an error-checking code in the trailer.

Question 27

Match each item with a statement below.
a.server
b.network protocols
c.domain
d.LAN
e.header
f.packet
g.WAN
h.nonvolatile memory
i.internetwork
j.core
the software defining the rules and formats a computer must use when sending information across the network

Question 28

You have just started a new business. You need to have three to four workstations available for your employees who simply need to share some files and a printer, but you don't have a large budget. Security is not a major concern, but costs are. Which network model would be the most appropriate for your situation?

A) internetwork
B) domain
C) peer-to-peer network
D) server-based network

Question 29

A ____________ is a chunk of data with the source and destination IP addresses added to it.

Question 30

Which of the following are examples of input devices? (Choose all that apply.)

A) mouse
B) monitor
C) keyboard
D) scanner
E) printer

Question 31

Match each item with a statement below.
a.server
b.network protocols
c.domain
d.LAN
e.header
f.packet
g.WAN
h.nonvolatile memory
i.internetwork
j.core
information added to the front end of a chunk of data

Question 32

The process of ____________ adds IP addresses and then MAC addresses to chunks of data before sending the data onto the network.

Question 33

Match each item with a statement below.
a.server
b.network protocols
c.domain
d.LAN
e.header
f.packet
g.WAN
h.nonvolatile memory
i.internetwork
j.core
network that is geographically dispersed

Question 34

Which unit of data stores a single value that can be a 0 or a 1?

A) byte
B) bit
C) nibble
D) word
E) bps

Question 35

The three basic functions of a computer are input, ____________, and output.

Question 36

A ______________ is a collection of users and computers whose accounts are managed by Windows servers called domain controllers.

Question 37

Match each item with a statement below.
a.server
b.network protocols
c.domain
d.LAN
e.header
f.packet
g.WAN
h.nonvolatile memory
i.internetwork
j.core
a network that connects devices in a small geographic area

Question 38

Match each item with a statement below.
a.server
b.network protocols
c.domain
d.LAN
e.header
f.packet
g.WAN
h.nonvolatile memory
i.internetwork
j.core
a networked collection of LANs tied together by devices such as routers

Question 39

Match each item with a statement below.
a.server
b.network protocols
c.domain
d.LAN
e.header
f.packet
g.WAN
h.nonvolatile memory
i.internetwork
j.core
a chunk of data with source and destination IP addresses in the header

Question 40

Which of the following are examples of output devices? (Choose all that apply.)

A) monitor
B) printer
C) keyboard
D) speakers
E) CPU

Question 41

Explain the boot procedure.

Question 42

How do you access the BIOS setup utility?

Question 43

Judy has just sent a ping message from her computer to John's computer using John's computer's IP address to verify that she has connectivity. List the steps that the message takes to get to the other computer and what layer of the network communication process each step relates to.

Question 44

What is a peer-to-peer network, and what are it's advantages and disadvantages?

Question 45

What is a server-based network, and what are it's advantages and disadvantages?

Question 46

What is the difference between a client operating system and a server operating system?

Question 47

What are the three basic tasks performed by a computer?

Question 48

What is the difference between a LAN and a WAN?

Question 49

What is the difference between short-term storage and long-term storage?

Question 50

What is the difference between an intranet and an extranet?