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BLAKE - CH10 Local Area Network PDF
BLAKE - CH10 Local Area Network PDF
MULTIPLE CHOICE
4. Most LANs:
a. are based on Ethernet c. use UTP cable
b. use CSMA/CD d. all of the above
ANS: D
6. In a circuit-switched network:
a. communication is half-duplex only
b. each channel carries only one data stream
c. connection is usually done using a bus topology
d. all of the above
ANS: B
9. The key feature of a star network is that individual workstations are connected to:
a. a central ring c. a node
b. a central bus d. none of the above
ANS: D
11. When two or more PCs try to access a baseband network cable at the same time, it is called:
a. a collision c. excess traffic
b. contention d. multiple access
ANS: B
12. When two PCs send data over a baseband network cable at the same time, it is called:
a. a collision c. excess traffic
b. contention d. multiple access
ANS: A
14. In an Ethernet-based network, a switch can be used to reduce the number of:
a. nodes c. packets
b. users d. collisions
ANS: D
22. The reason a CSMA/CD network has a minimum length for packets is:
a. to increase the data rate
b. to prevent packets from reaching all other nodes during transmission
c. to make sure all other nodes hear a collision in progress
d. all of the above
ANS: C
23. The reason a CSMA/CD network has a maximum length for cables is:
a. to increase the data rate
b. to prevent packets from reaching all other nodes during transmission
c. to make sure all other nodes hear a collision in progress
d. all of the above
ANS: C
28. A hub:
a. sends incoming packets out to all other terminals connected to it
b. sends incoming packets out to specific ports
c. cannot be used in an Ethernet-type network
d. are more common in token-passing networks
ANS: A
29. A switch:
a. sends incoming packets out to all other terminals connected to it
b. sends incoming packets out to specific ports
c. cannot be used in an Ethernet-type network
d. are more common in token-passing networks
ANS: B
32. Using one node in the network to hold all the application software is done in:
a. peer-to-peer networks c. both a and b
b. client-server networks d. none of the above
ANS: B
33. Record locking is used to:
a. store records securely on a server
b. prevent multiple users from looking at a document simultaneously
c. prevent one user from reading a record that another user is writing to
d. none of the above
ANS: C
COMPLETION
ANS: Local
ANS: networks
ANS: star
ANS: circuit
ANS: topology
ANS: token
ANS: packet
8. ____________________ is when two nodes try to seize the same cable at the same time.
ANS: Contention
9. A ____________________ occurs when two nodes transmit simultaneously on the same baseband cable.
ANS: collision
ANS: detected
11. Carrier-Sense means that a node "listens" for the cable to be ____________________ before using it.
ANS:
quiet
free
unused
available
ANS: backbone
13. 100BaseT cables can reliably carry up to ____________________ bits per second.
14. In CSMA/CD, packets must have a ____________________ length to ensure that collisions are detected.
ANS: minimum
15. In CSMA/CD, the ____________________ of a cable is limited to ensure that collisions are detected.
ANS: length
ANS: NIC
ANS: fiber-optic
ANS: stacked
ANS: address
20. The effect of a switch is to greatly reduce ____________________.
ANS: contention
SHORT ANSWER
ANS:
A token-passing network sends the token from node to node in a prescribed order. So it doesn't matter
how the physical connection is made. It still works like a token-passing ring.
ANS:
A hub sends incoming packets out to all other ports on the hub. A switch sends a packet to a specific port
based on the address in the packet.
ANS:
If the central computer in a star network fails, the entire network is inoperative. If a node fails in a
CSMA/CD network, it can be disconnected and the network still functions.
ANS:
If a packet is too short, nodes at either end of a cable could get on, send a packet, and get off before the
packets travel far enough to collide. The collision would not be detected.
ANS:
The address is a long binary number "burned" into a NIC's memory chip at the factory. Each factory uses
a different sequence of numbers, so the chances of two NICs on the same network having the same
address is extremely small.