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Student Solutions Out of 16 questions, you answered 11 correctly with a final grade of 69%
11 correct (69%)
5 incorrect (31%)
0 unanswered (0%)
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The correct answer for each question is indicated by a .
1 A local area network (LAN) is defined by _______________.
INCORRECT
A) the geometric size of the network
B) the maximum number of hosts in the network
C) the maximum number of hosts in the network and/or the geometric size of the network
D) the topology of the network
2 CORRECT The largest geographic area a wide area network (WAN) can span is _______________.
A) a town
B) a state
C) a country
D) the world
3 A proposed standard is elevated to ________ standard status after at least two successful tries.
INCORRECT
A) informational
B) historic
C) draft
D) None of the choices are correct
4 CORRECT Which of the following is not one of the components of a data communication system?
A) Message
B) Sender
C) Medium
D) All of the choices are correct
5 CORRECT Which of the following is not one of the characteristics of a data communication system?
A) Delivery
B) Accuracy
C) Jitter
D) All of the choices are correct
6 CORRECT Data can flow only in one direction all of the times in a _________ mode.
A) simplex
B) half-duplex
C) full-duplex
D) None of the choices are correct
7 CORRECT Data can flow only in both direction all of the times in a _________ mode.
A) simplex
B) half-duplex
C) full-duplex
D) None of the choices are correct
8 CORRECT Which of the following is not one of the network criteria?
A) Performance
B) Reliability
C) Security
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D) All of the choices are correct
9 CORRECT In a _____________ communication, the media needs to be shared between devices.
A) point-to-point
B) multipoint
C) mesh
D) None of the choices are correct
10 In a _____________ communication, the media is dedicated.
CORRECT
A) point-to-point
B) multipoint
C) mesh
D) None of the choices are correct
11 In a fully connected mesh topology with six computers, we need ________ links.
CORRECT
A) 6
B) 36
C) 15
D) None of the choices are correct
12 In a star topology with six computers, we need ________ links.
CORRECT
A) 6
B) 1
C) 5
D) None of the choices are correct
13 An RFC is labeled ________ if it must be implemented by all Internet systems.
CORRECT
A) required
B) elective
C) recommended
D) None of the choices are correct
14 In the original ARPANET, _______ were directly connected to each other.
INCORRECT
A) interface message processors (IMPs)
B) host computers
C) networks
D) routers
15 _______ was formed to connect universities with no defense ties.
INCORRECT
A) ARPANET
B) CSNET
C) NSFNET
D) ANSNET
16 Currently _______ is responsible for the management of Internet domain names and addresses.
INCORRECT
A) NIC
B) ICANN
C) ISOC
D) IEFE
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