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Chapter 6 Local Area Networks True-False Questions The following are possible True/False questions for tests. The statement is given and the answer is provided . The level of difficulty (easy, moderate, difficult) and the page number(s) relevant to the topic are also furnished. 1. As discussed in this textbook, three layers of a network model are required for a typical network, including local area networks. 2. Answer: False Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p.198 Traditional Ethernet and switched Ethernet account for almost 95 percent of all LANs installed today. 3. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 199 Resource sharing refers to having users access the same data files, exchange information via e-mail, or use the Internet. 4. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 199 On a network, it is always legal to purchase one copy of software, such as a word processing package, that multiple users use simultaneously. 5. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 200 LAN metering software can be used to prohibit using more copies of a package than there are installed licenses. 6. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 200 Software Publishers Association has embarked upon an aggressive software audit program to check the number of illegal software copies on LANs. 7. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 200 LANs can be categorized as either dedicated (with a dedicated server) or peer-to-peer (without a dedicated server). 8. 9. 10. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 200 Peer-to-peer networks have computers that are permanently assigned as network servers Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 201 A Network Operating System (NOS), such as Novell or Windows NT, must be used in addition to the ‘normal’ operating system, such as Windows, on a server in a dedicated server LAN. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 201 By offloading printing tasks from the main LAN server, a print server increases network efficiency. Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 201 11. 12. The Network Interface Card (NIC) permits a computer to be physically connected to a network’s cable, which provides the network layer connection among the computers in the network. Answer: False Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 202 Some computers have a special port that enables network cards to be installed without physically opening them (PCMCIA slots). 13. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 202 LANs that run on infrared or radio frequencies use a type of conducted media. 14. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 203 Fiber optic cable is thicker and heavier than unshielded twisted pair. Answer: False 15. Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 203 Many network hubs incorporate repeaters or amplifiers to regenerate signals so that attenuation of the signal does not occur 16. Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 204 The NOS software for the server computer provides the physical, data link, and network layer functions. 17. Answer: False Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 206 One of the most important functions of Network Operating System (NOS) is a directory service. 18. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy LDAP is an industry standard directory protocol. Reference: p. 207 19. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 208 A hardware device that is not included in a network profile cannot be accessed by another computer on the network. 20. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 209 User profile refers to what resources on each server are available on the network for use by other computers and which devices or people are allowed access on the network. Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate Traditional Ethernet is also known as shared Ethernet. Reference: p. 209 21. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Ethernet is a layer 3 protocol, which operates at the network layer. Reference: p. 209 22. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy The Ethernet standard was developed first by the IEEE. Reference: p. 209 23. Answer: False Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 209 24. 25. Topology refers to the geometric layout of the network and describes how the computers are interconnected.. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 209 A collision on a bus circuit means that two computers on that circuit have transmitted at the same time. Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 211 26. The three latest versions of Ethernet run at speeds of 1Gbps, 10Gbps, and 50 Gbps. 27. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p.212 1000Base-LX is a version of 1000Base-T than runs on four pairs of CAT 5 cable. 28. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 212 A workgroup switch is designed to work on the Backbone Network (BN). 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 214 A switch broadcasts all the packets it receives to all the computers that are connected to the switch. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 214 A switch-forwarding table tells a switch which port it should send out a packet to get to the destination computer. Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 214 When a switch receives a packet with a destination address that is not in its forwarding table, the switch will broadcast the packet to all of its ports. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 214 Cut through switching has fewer errors than store and forward switching. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 215 Store and forward switching cannot be used unless incoming and outgoing data circuit has the same data rate. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy A switch can send and receive on all circuits simultaneously. Reference: p. 215 Answer: True Reference: p. 214 Difficulty: Easy MULTIPLE CHOICE The following are possible multiple-choice questions for tests. The question is posed and the answer is provided under the choices. The level of difficulty (easy, moderate, difficult) and the page number(s) relevant to the topic is also furnished. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. _____________ refers to having users who access the same data files, exchange information via electronic mail, or search the Internet for information. a. Resource sharing b. User grouping c. User profiling d. Information sharing e. Data pirating Answer: D Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 199 ____________ refers to one computer legally sharing a software package, such as Microsoft Word, with other computers on the network to save costs. a. Software metering b. Information sharing c. Resource sharing d. Software pirating e. Network routing Answer: C Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 199 A dedicated server LAN: a. can only use simple LAN software b. is limited to handling small databases c. has one or more permanently assigned servers that can enable users to share files, for example d. can not connect with other networks e. is limited to handling small files Answer: C Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 200 Which of the following is not a critical software component in a dedicated server LAN? a. application software on server computers b. network operating system in the dedicated server c. network communication software on the client d. LAN metering software e. application software on client computers Answer: D Difficulty: Moderate A(n) _____________ is not a common type of dedicated server. a. file server b. print server c. database server d. collision server e. remote access server Reference: p. 200 Answer: D Reference: p. 201 Difficulty: Moderate 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. A(n) ____________ can permit users calling into a LAN remotely to retrieve their email, for example. a. print server b. database server c. file server d. piconet server e. remote access server Answer: E Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 201 A peer-to-peer LAN: a. has more capability than a dedicated server b. supports a higher number of computers than a dedicated server c. is generally cheaper in hardware and software than a dedicated server d. is not appropriate for sharing resources in a small LAN e. is often much faster than dedicated server networks Answer: C Difficulty: Moderate Which of the following is not a basic LAN component? a. client b. PAD c. server d. network interface card e. network operating system Reference: 201 Answer: B Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 202-203 Which of the following is not an advantage of using Cat5 unshielded twisted pair for cabling LANs? a. cost (relative to fiber) b. thickness (relative to coax) c. weight (relative to coax) d. flexibility (relative to coax) e. security (relative to fiber) Answer: E Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 203 Of the following, which is not true about fiber optic cable? a. it is thinner than unshielded twisted pair cable b. it is lighter than unshielded twisted pair cable c. it has a very low capacity d. it is more expensive than CAT5 unshielded twisted pair cable e. it is a type of guided media Answer: C Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 203 Which of the following is not a purpose for using hubs in a network? a. to act as a communications server b. to connect network cables c. to prevent attenuation d. to act as a junction box e. none of the above Answer: A Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 203-204 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Which of the following type of media is most commonly used in backbone networks because of its high capacity? a. fiber b. infrared frequencies c. coax cable d. unshielded twisted pair e. shielded twisted pair Answer: A Difficulty: Easy Hubs: a. usually incorporate repeaters or amplifiers b. have connection points called handles c. limit the distance of a network to a few meters in length d. are a difficult method to connect network cables e. operate at the application layer Reference: p. 203 Answer: A Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 204 __________ is not true with respect to network hubs. a. Each port in a hub has a unique number. b. A good network plan includes hubs in areas, such as a telecommunications wiring closet, in which a network may expand c. Simple hubs are commonly available in 4-, 8-, 16-, and 24-port sizes d. Many hubs act as repeaters or amplifiers e. Hubs provide a complicated way to connect network cables Answer: E Difficulty: Moderate _____________ is the software that controls the network. a. Network Operating System b. Client Operating System c. Embedded Operating System d. Network Control System e. Network Software System Reference: p. 203 Answer: A Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 206 The server version of the Network Operating System does not: a. provide the software that performs the functions associated with the physical layer b. provide the software that performs the functions associated with the data link layer c. provide the software that performs the functions associated with the application layer d. provide the software that performs the functions associated with the network layer e. usually provide the software that performs the functions associated with the computer’s own operating system Answer: A Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 206 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. _____________ provide information about resources on the network that are available to the users, such as shared printers, file servers and application software. a. Network Services b. Directory Services c. Client Services d. Computing Services e. Remote Access Services Answer: A Difficulty: Moderate A _________ is a group of related resources. a. workgroup b. domain c. server d. client e. sharepoint Reference: p. 206 Answer: B Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 208 A hierarchical tree of domains within one organization that are linked to other trees in the organization is called a ___________. a. ADS b. domain c. forest d. tree e. NDS Answer: B Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 208 A __________ indicates what resources on each server are available on the network for use by other computers and what people are allowed what access to the network. a. user profile b. user access log c. network profile d. network operating system e. server allocation list Answer: C Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 208-209 The cheapest time to install network cabling is: a. during the construction of the building b. as soon as the building is completed c. as soon as the building is occupied d. about five years after the building is occupied so that the exact office locations for each network computer is known e. any time that a network needs to be installed Answer: A Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 205 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. Ethernet LAN was developed by: a. IBM b. ARPANET c. DEC, Xerox, and Intel d. University of Minnesota e. CERN laboratory in Geneva Answer: C Difficulty: Easy ___________ is how the network works conceptually. a. Physical topology b. Logical topology c. Network topology d. Ethernet e. Media access control Reference: p. 209 Answer: B Difficulty: Easy The type of logical topology that Ethernet uses is a: a. ring b. bus c. star d. mesh e. interconnected Reference: p. 209 Answer: B Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 209 A logical bus topology: a. is always used by token ring protocol LANs b. has all computers connected to each other in point-to-point connections c. is limited to short distances since devices like a hub or repeater cannot be used with this type of topology d. permits every message to be received by every computer on the bus, even when those messages are intended for other computers e. has a central control device, such as a mainframe Answer: D Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 197 Media access control refers to: a. the price of fiber optic cable b. security over floppy disks in a user environment c. the ability for a user to use multimedia equipment in a LAN d. controlling access to a media by more than one computer in a LAN e. the control over coax cable installed by a cable service provider Answer: D Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 210 Which of the following is not true about CSMA/CD? a. The acronym refers to Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection b. It is used in token ring protocol LANs c. It is a contention-based media access control technique d. When a collision has occurred, the computers that wish to transmit wait a random amount of time after a colliding message before attempting to retransmit e. Computers on the circuit ‘listen’ while transmitting Answer: B Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 211 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. _________ is not a type of Ethernet specification. a. 100Base-T b. 10GbE c. 1000Base-T (1GbE) d. 10Base-T e. Securenet Answer: E Difficulty: Moderate 10Base-5: a. supports 10 Mbps data rate b. was the original Ethernet specification c. is known as Thicknet d. is capable of running 500 meters between hubs e. all of the above Reference: p. 212 Answer: E Difficulty: Moderate 1000 Base-T: a. can run at either full- or half-duplex b. is one of the oldest forms of Ethernet c. is one of the slowest forms of Ethernet d. can only be used over coaxial cables e. has only one version, 1000Base-SLCX Reference: p. 212 Answer: A Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 211-212 ________ is a hybrid version of Ethernet that uses either 10Base-T or 100Base-T. a. Mullion Ethernet b. Base-T Ethernet c. 10/100 Ethernet d. Token ring Ethernet e. FDDI Ethernet Answer: C Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 213 10/100 Ethernet: a. uses 100 Mbps throughout the entire network b. is not useful in the short run for organizations that are uncertain about which Ethernet standard to use c. uses 10 Mbps throughout 100% of the entire network d. provides traditional 10 Mbps Ethernet connections to client computers utilizing traditional 10Base-T, with 100 Mbps generally used to the server e. uses 10 Gbps throughout 100% of the entire network Answer: D Difficulty: Moderate Reference: 213 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. Which of the following is not true about 10/100 Ethernet? a. It is not a hybrid type of Ethernet. b. It provides flexibility for organizations that want to use both the 10Base-T and 100Base-T standards at the same time. c. 10/100 autosense hubs (and/or switches) are able to detect the signal transmitted by the client’s NIC and use 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps, depending on what the client uses. d. Depending upon how it is configured, a 10/100 Ethernet NIC can run at either 10 Mbps or at 100 Mbps. e. It provides flexibility for organizations that are uncertain about which Ethernet standard to use in the short term. Answer: A Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 213 Switched Ethernet: a. uses a hub to connect computers b. has a physical topology of a ring c. has a logical topology of a ring d. has a logical topology of a bus e. usually enables all attached circuits to send or receive packets simultaneously Answer: E Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 213 A switch uses a _____________ that is very similar to a routing table used in a router. a. cable plan b. forwarding table c. network server d. reversing table e. switching mullion Answer: B Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 214 Which of the following is not true about layer-2 switched Ethernet? a. A switch replaces the hub. b. The physical topology is the same as the physical topology of shared Ethernet: a ring. c. The logical topology is a star. d. The switch uses a forwarding table to route the packet to the correct circuit/computer. e. The switch chooses which packet to transmit first if it receives more than one packet destined for the same computer at the same time, and stores the other packet(s) temporarily. Answer: B Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 214 Switched Ethernet: a. always has a lower capacity than shared Ethernet. b. operates at 50% of capacity before performance becomes a problem. c. operates at about 95% of capacity before performance becomes a problem. d. is affected by the increased collisions caused by using a switched LAN design. e. decreases network performance because each computer is connected via a common multipoint circuit. Answer: C Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 219 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. Which of the following is not true about switched Ethernet? a. The probability of collision is higher than with shared Ethernet. b. It uses a switch instead of a hub. c. It has faster connections (almost immediate) than traditional Ethernet. d. It essentially provides a point-to-point connection between computers. e. It has forwarding tables in which entries are learned over time. Answer: A Difficulty: Moderate Which of the following is a mode in which a switch operates: a. fast learning switching b. routing switching c. fragment free switching d. store switching e. cut switching Answer: C Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 215 Each of the circuits connected to a switch is a separate _______________ circuit connecting the switch to a device on the network. a. multipoint b. point-to-point c. shared d. ring e. star Answer: B Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 215 Traditional 10Base-T LANs can run effectively at about _________ percent. a. 60 b. 50 c. 80 d. 95 e. 70 Answer: B Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 216 On a 10Base-T switched network with 10 computers, we could get a network capacity of: a. b. c. d. e. 43. Reference: p. 214-215 60 Mbps 50 Mbps 80 Mbps 95 Mbps 70 Mbps Answer: D Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 216 __________ is the maximum practical speed in bits that the hardware layers can be expected to provide a. Effective access time b. Effective data rate c. Latency d. Network speed e. Propagation delay Answer: B Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 217 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. LAN bottlenecks are usually found at the: a. data entry keyboard and client video monitors b. LAN server and network circuit c. hub repeaters and transducer circuit modules d. client operating system and diskette drive e. client hard drive and processor Answer: B Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 221 Which of the following can provide fault tolerance for the storage space on a server? a. RAID b. SCSI c. IDE d. USB e. EIDE Answer: A Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 223 Which of the following is not a potential bottleneck for LAN performance? a. number and speed of hard disks in the server b. amount of memory in the server c. speed of server’s CPU d. network interface card e. all of the above are potential bottlenecks for LAN performance Answer: E Difficulty: Moderate Reference: 221-225 If your LAN server is overloaded, which of the following should you not consider (to solve the server problem)? a. adding one or more additional servers b. upgrading the server’s CPU with a faster CPU c. increasing the amount of memory of the server d. increasing the number and speed of hard disks in the server e. replacing the cable with fiber optic cable Answer: E Difficulty: Moderate Reference: pp. 222-223 To increase the volume of simultaneous messages the LAN circuit can transmit from network clients to the server(s), you can: a. increase the CPU of the server b. upgrade to a bigger circuit c. increase the number of hard disks on the server d. increase the amount of disk capacity of the server e. increase the amount of memory of the server Answer: B Difficulty: Easy Breaking a network into smaller parts is called network: a. fragmentation b. segmentation c. localization d. allocation e. mitigation Answer: B Difficulty: Easy Reference: pp. 210-211 Reference: p. 224 50. Which of the following is not an effective way to reduce LAN network demand: a. move files to client computers b. use disk caching on the client machines c. find an application that places a large demand on the network and run it a time when the network is lightly loaded d. add hidden nodes e. shift the users’ routines Answer: D Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 224-225 Short Answer and Essay Questions: 1. What does a NOS do? What are the major software parts of a NOS? What is the most important characteristic of a NOS? What are two NOS product names? 2. Describe CSMA, CD and CA. How does this work, in essence? Compare this to wireless LANS? How are they similar, and how are they different in terms of MAC? 3. What is the difference between a peer to peer and dedicated server LAN? 4. Give five types of dedicated servers. 5. What are two other names for NIC cards? 6. Describe in detail the difference between a hub and a switch in a LAN. Draw a diagram of each, and then mark it to show some of the points that you have made in your discussion of the differences. Discuss the difference between shared Ethernet and switched Ethernet in light of your answer. 7. Define 802.3, 802.11b, 802.11a, 802.11g, 802.15. Draw a chart with rows for each of these technologies. Fill out the chart with columns that include “common name for standard,” “typical uses for standard,” “schematic of physical network,” (ie, draw a tiny picture of an 802.3 network, etc.), “media,” “MAC,” “speeds of network,” “example of type of application.” When might you prefer to use switched Ethernet over wireless LANs? When is a wireless LAN preferable for your applications? 8. What are four parts of a NOS? What is the network profile, what is the user profile? 9. Given a specific description of an Ethernet type, be prepared to answer questions regarding its speed, type of transmission and physical structure, e.g., 100BaseT, etc. 10. Define the three modes of switch operations. 11. What is the best practice Ethernet at the present time? Describe, and explain why this is best practice. What is the best practice wireless at the present time? Describe and explain why this is best practice. Would you install a wired or wireless Ethernet right now? Describe, if you were a manager, what your network of choice would be and why. 12. Discuss in detail how you would improve a LAN network’s performance, and what you would look for (see Figure 6-11 for input).