Chapter 10: Local Area Networks

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. CSMA stands for: a. Client-Server Multi-Access b. Carrier Sense Multiple Access ANS: B 2. The CD in CSMA/CD stands for: a. Carrier Detection b. Carrier Delay ANS: C 3. The Internet is: a. a network of networks b. a very large client-server network ANS: A 4. Most LANs: a. are based on Ethernet b. use CSMA/CD ANS: D 5. Dumb terminals are still used: a. in token-passing networks b. in networks requiring central monitoring c. in networks that cannot provide central monitoring d. none of the above ANS: B 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 7. Each computer on a network is called a: a. hub b. token ANS: C 8. Compared to CSMA/CD systems, token-passing rings are: a. slower c. not as widely used c. node d. circuit c. use UTP cable d. all of the above c. a very large CSMA/CD network d. not really a network at all c. Collision Detection d. Collision Delay c. Carrier Server Master Application d. none of the above

b. more expensive ANS: D

d. all of the above

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 10. On networks, long messages are divided into "chunks" called: a. packets c. carriers b. nodes d. tokens ANS: A 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 13. One type of network that never has a collision is: a. CSMA c. token-passing b. Ethernet d. all networks have collisions ANS: C 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 15. The effect of too many collisions is: a. the network goes down b. the network slows down ANS: B 16. MAU stands for: a. Multistation Access Unit b. Multiple Access Unit ANS: A 17. The standard that describes Ethernet-type networks is: a. EIA 232 c. IEEE 802.3 c. Multiple Auxiliary Units d. none of the above c. the cable overheats d. data is lost

b. IEEE 488.1 ANS: C 18. Ethernet was invented by: a. IBM b. INTEL ANS: C

d. CCITT ITU-E

c. Xerox d. Digital Equipment Corporation

19. An Ethernet running at 10 Mbits / second uses: a. Manchester encoding c. NRZ encoding b. Three-Level encoding d. AMI encoding ANS: A 20. A 100BaseT cable uses: a. fiber-optic cable b. twisted-pair copper wires ANS: B 21. The word "Base" in 10BaseT means: a. the cable carries baseband signals b. the cable has a base speed of 10 Mbps c. it can be used as the base for a backbone cable system d. none of the above ANS: A 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 24. NIC stands for: a. Network Interface Card b. Network Interface Cable ANS: A 25. 10BaseT cable typically uses: a. a BNC connector c. an RJ45 connector c. Network Interface Code d. Network Internal Code c. RG-58U coaxial cable d. 50-ohm coaxial cable

b. a T connector ANS: C 26. UTP stands for: a. Untwisted-Pair copper wire b. Unshielded Twisted-Pair copper wire ANS: B

d. an RS11 connector

c. Uninterruptible Terminal Packet d. Unicode Text Packet

27. Compared to twisted-pair telephone cables, CAT-5 cables: a. are cheaper c. allow faster bit rates b. are easier to crimp connectors onto 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 30. An advantage of using a switch instead of a hub is: a. it is cheaper when used in large networks b. it is faster when used in large networks c. it reduces the number of collisions in large networks d. all of the above ANS: C 31. Broadband LANs: a. modulate the data onto a carrier b. use coaxial cables c. are provided by cable TV companies for Internet access d. all of the above ANS: D 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 34. The software that runs a client-server network must be: a. UNIX-based c. multitasking b. WINDOWS-based d. Novell certified ANS: C 35. A "thin" client is: a. basically, a PC with no disk drives b. a node that rarely sends data ANS: A COMPLETION 1. A LAN is a ____________________ Area Network. ANS: Local 2. The Internet is a network of ____________________. ANS: networks 3. In a ____________________ network, all nodes are connected to a central computer. ANS: star 4. In a ____________________-switched network, users have a dedicated channel for the duration of communications. ANS: circuit 5. The ____________________ of a network describes how it is physically connected together. ANS: topology 6. Ring networks often use ____________________-passing. ANS: token 7. A ____________________ is a short section of a message in digital form. ANS: packet c. same as a "dumb" terminal d. all of the above

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 10. In CSMA/CD networks, all collisions must be ____________________. ANS: detected 11. Carrier-Sense means that a node "listens" for the cable to be ____________________ before using it. ANS: quiet free unused available 12. A "____________________" cable links clusters of computers together. ANS: backbone 13. 100BaseT cables can reliably carry up to ____________________ bits per second. ANS: 100 mega 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 16. A unique numerical address is provided to a node by its ____________________. ANS: NIC 17. A 100BaseTX cable is a ____________________ cable. ANS: fiber-optic 18. Hubs can be ____________________ to form, in effect, one big hub. ANS: stacked 19. A switch looks at the ____________________ of each incoming packet. ANS: address

20. The effect of a switch is to greatly reduce ____________________. ANS: contention SHORT ANSWER 1. Explain how a network can be a physical bus but a logical ring. 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. 2. What is the key difference between a hub and a switch? 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. 3. What is the advantage of a CSMA/CD network over a basic star network? 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. 4. Why do CSMA/CD packets have a minimum size limit? 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. 5. What is a NIC address, and why is it unique? 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.