Chapter 10

Which of the following terms is an electrical disturbance that can degrade communications?

Many home users are connecting multiple computers and devices together into a system. What is the name for this system?

Which of the following can be avoided if a computer or mobile device has a motherboard that integrates networking capability?

Which of the following is a central communications device that allows computers and devices to transfer data wirelessly among themselves or to transfer data wirelessly to a wired network?

What kind of communications device sends and receives data and information to and from a digital line, such as ISDN and cable?

Which statement best describes how the RFID standard works?

What term is used to describe the time it takes a signal to travel from one location to another on a network?

Which of the following is not a technology used by hot spots?

You own a third-party business that provides networking services such as EDI, secure data and information transfer, storage, and email. Into what category of business does this business fall?

How many wired and/or wireless computers and mobile devices might a router be able to connect?

What is a NIC?

Which of the following is a communications device that connects multiple computers together and transmits data to its correct destination on a network?

Which of the following is a 4G standard?

Which of the following technologies is the new tollbooth on the local highway most likely to use?

What is the maximum transfer transmission rate for Bluetooth?

Your smartphone, digital camera, and printer are all part of a network in your workspace. What type of network is likely in use?

Which of the following is not true of communications software?

For smaller business and home networks, which of the following *allows multiple computers to share a single broadband Internet connection* such as through a cable modem or DSL modem?

Which of the following statements is not true of peer-to-peer networks?

About which of the following do privacy advocates worry can destroy a person's anonymity?

Which of the following is true of DSL?

Which of the following is a network standard that specifies no central computer or device on the network should control when data can be transmitted?

Which of the following kinds of devices is any type of hardware capable of transmitting data, instructions, and information between a sending device and a receiving device?

Which of the following terms identifies any network based on the 802.11 family of standards?

You run a large network in which it is important to keep a duplicate of the central devices in case the primary one fails. What category of network topology does this network use?

Which of the following is not an example of a dedicated line?

You are a technology expert and you have been asked to predict which technology will become the Internet standard for data transmission, *replacing T3 lines*. Which of the following are you most likely to predict?

What is a receiving device?

Which of the following is the *data transfer rate equivalent to one million bits per second*?

The design of computers, devices, and media in a network is categorized as either client/server or peer-to-peer. What is the term used to refer to this characterization?

Which is the best description of a coaxial cable?

Which of the following kinds of modems is a modem that sends and receives digital data over and information to and from a digital line?

What term describes the process in which *two or more computers or devices transfer data, instructions, and information*?

What is the term *used to connect a device to a network that has an IP address*?

Which of the following *defines how a network uses close-range radio signals to communicate between two devices* or objects equipped with this technology?

Which of the following technologies is your *new inventory tracking system at your small business* most likely to use?

Which of the following offers an alternative to infrared communications with high bandwidth transmissions?

Which of the following is the greatest problem with regard to a bus network?

Which of the following is not an application of communications satellite technology?

What is the purpose of hubs and switches?

What is the definition of a protocol, as it applies to networks?

Which of the following is the maximum transfer transmission rate for communications satellites?

Which of the following defines guidelines that specify the way computers access the medium to which they are attached, the type(s) of medium used, the speeds used on different types of networks, and the type(s) of physical cable and/or the wireless technology used?

How are standards such as EDI used by businesses?

Which of the following is the least likely technology PANs would use?

Your school computer library has a network that connects computers and devices within a few small rooms. What type of network does it likely use?

You are purchasing a new mobile phone, and are learning about categories of cellular transmissions. You ask the sales person what the 'G' stands for in the categories 1G, 2G, 3G, and 4G. What does he reply?

Which of the following has the fastest maximum transfer transmission rate?

Who invented the Ethernet?

Which of the following kinds of cable consists of a single copper wire surrounded by at least three layers: an insulating material, a woven or braided metal, and a plastic outer coating?

What is the approximate distance most Bluetooth devices can be from each other to communicate, without using additional equipment?

You love to take pictures of your family. What standard do you use to print pictures directly from your camera?

Which of the following technologies is your new wireless headset most likely to use?

You own a third-party business that provides networking services such as EDI, secure data and information transfer, storage, and email. Into what category of business does this business fall?

What is a NIC?

Which of the following is true of broadcast radio with regard to physical transmission media?

What is the maximum transfer transmission rate for Bluetooth?

Which of the following technologies is your new mobile phone payment device most likely to use?

Which of the following can detect problems—such as why traffic is flowing slowly—on networks that use the TCP/IP protocol?

What is the purpose of hubs and switches?

Which of the following has the fastest transfer rate?

What is another term for an Internet peer-to-peer network?

You run a large network in which it is important to keep a duplicate of the central devices in case the primary one fails. What category of network topology does this network use?

For best performance of a communications channel, which of the following should be true?

What is another term for servers that control access to the hardware, software, and other network resources?

What does EFT stand for?

For smaller business and home networks, which of the following allows multiple computers to share a single broadband Internet connection such as through a cable modem or DSL modem?

Which of the following is a LAN that uses no physical wires?

Which of the following technologies is your new remote control most likely to use?

Which of the following communications technologies does not use broadcast radio signals?

Which network type connects each computer and device to a central device?

The amount of data, instructions, and information that can travel over a communications channel sometimes is called which of the following?

Which of the following did Sven Mattisson and Jaap Haartsen invent?

Which of the following terms identifies any network based on the 802.11 family of standards?

Which of the following offers an alternative to infrared communications with high bandwidth transmissions?