Hardware Chapter 16

Front 1

A WLAN covers a large geographical area and is made up of many smaller networks.

Back 1

False

Front 2

A half duplex connection allows a device to send and receive, but not at the same time.

Back 2

True

Front 3

Phone cords are a type of twisted-pair cable and use an RJ-45 connector.

Back 3

False

Front 4

10Base5 cabling runs at speeds up to 1 Gbps and distances to 500 meters.

Back 4

False

Front 5

A punchdown tool is used to wire twisted-pair cabling to a keystone jack.

Back 5

True

Front 6

Which of the following network types covers a large campus or city?

Back 6

MAN

Front 7

Which physical topology uses a centralized device to manage traffic on the network?

Back 7

star

Front 8

What type of network can you set up to share files if you have two laptops with wireless NICs but there is no Wi-Fi hotspot available?

Back 8

ad hoc network

Front 9

Which network technology that is used to connect to the Internet has a maximum speed of 44 Mbps, uses dedicated lines, and is used by large companies?

Back 9

T3

Front 10

Which of the following is true about cable Internet?

Back 10

you share the cable infrastructure with your neighbors

Front 11

What does a NIC use to connect to wired network media?

Back 11

RJ-45 port

Front 12

What should you choose in the properties of a network connection so that Windows will use the best possible speed and duplex mode?

Back 12

Auto Negotiation

Front 13

Which feature should you configure on a network adapter to control which applications have priority on the network?

Back 13

QoS

Front 14

What is the unit of information called when a network adapter adds the source and destination MAC address to the segment of data before it is transmitted on the network?

Back 14

frame

Front 15

Which type of network device keeps a table of the MAC addresses of the devices connected to it?

Back 15

switch

Front 16

What type of device do you need if you want to connect two network segments together such as a wireless network and a wired network?

Back 16

bridge

Front 17

What device should you consider if you want to have access to hard drives via an Ethernet connection?

Back 17

NAS

Front 18

Which of the following cabling systems uses fiber-optic cable?

Back 18

1000BaseFX

Front 19

Which type of cabling should you use for Gigabit Ethernet?

Back 19

Cat-6

Front 20

Which of the following is true about 10-Gigabit Ethernet?

Back 20

it is a good choice for backbone networks

Front 21

Under what circumstance might you use a loopback plug?

Back 21

to test a network cable

Front 22

Which of the following provides multiple network ports for cables that converge in an electrical closet?

Back 22

patch panel

Front 23

Which of the following is true about a crossover cable?

Back 23

it can be used to connect two PCs together

Front 24

Which of the following is a reason that there are twists in the wires used for network cabling?

Back 24

the twists reduce crosstalk

Front 25

What’s the first thing you should do to troubleshoot a network problem related to hardware?

Back 25

check the indicator lights

Front 26

a TCP/IP protocol that manages voice communication over the Internet

Back 26

VoIP

Front 27

the arrangement of connections between computers

Back 27

physical topology

Front 28

a networking technology that carries more than one type of signal

Back 28

broadband

Front 29

uses a covering or shield around wire pairs

Back 29

STP

Front 30

used to connect a computer to a switch

Back 30

patch cable

Front 31

the average of the actual speed of a network

Back 31

throughput

Front 32

allows a device to transmit and receive but not at the same time

Back 32

half duplex

Front 33

a device used in a star topology that keeps a table of MAC addresses

Back 33

switch

Front 34

delays in network transmission

Back 34

latency

Front 35

each node on a network is responsible for sending to any other node

Back 35

mesh network