Test Bank for Business Data Communications and Networking 12th Edition, by Jerry FitzGerald, Alan Dennis, Alexandra Durcikova

Test Bank for Business Data
Communications and
Networking 12th Edition,
True & False +
Multiple Answered Q & A’s


Chapter 2: Application Layer
Test Bank

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, medium, hard), the
reference section relevant to the topic, and learning objective are also
furnished.

1. An application architecture is the way in which the functions of the
application layer are performed solely by the clients in the network.

Answer: False
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Application Architectures
L.O. : Understand host-based, client-based, client-server, cloud-based, and peer-
to-peer application architectures

2. The four general functions of any application program are: data storage,
data access logic, application logic and presentation logic.

Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy

,Reference: Application Architectures
L.O. : Understand host-based, client-based, client-server, cloud-based, and peer-
to-peer application architectures

3. A server farm is a group of computers that are linked together so they act as
a one computer.

Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Application Architectures
L.O. : Understand host-based, client-based, client-server, cloud-based, and peer-
to-peer application architectures

4. Host-based and client-based networks are similar in that the client computer
performs most of the work.

Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Application Architectures
L.O. : Understand host-based, client-based, client-server, cloud-based, and peer-
to-peer application architectures

5. The earliest data communications networks were client-server networks.

Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Application Architectures
L.O. : Understand host-based, client-based, client-server, cloud-based, and peer-
to-peer application architectures

6. As the demand for more and more network applications grow; host-based
computing becomes the best solution.

Answer: False
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Application Architectures
L.O. : Understand host-based, client-based, client-server, cloud-based, and peer-
to-peer application architectures

, 7. One major drawback to a client-server network lies in the fact that client-
server networks enable software and hardware from different vendors to be
used together.Your typical web browsing scenario where a person using a
web browser accesses a web page from a server on the Internet is a good
example of a client-server application architecture.

Answer: True
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Application Architectures
L.O. : Understand host-based, client-based, client-server, cloud-based, and peer-
to-peer application architectures

8. In a client-server network, the presentation logic is the responsibility of the
client computer.

Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Application Architectures
L.O. : Understand host-based, client-based, client-server, cloud-based, and peer-
to-peer application architectures

9. The two functions of middleware are to: 1) provide a standard way of
communicating that can translate between software from different vendors,
and 2) manage the message transfer between clients and servers so that
clients do not need to ‘know’ which server contains the application’s data.

Answer: True
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Application Architectures
L.O. : Understand host-based, client-based, client-server, cloud-based, and peer-
to-peer application architectures

10. Middleware is the software that sits between the application software on the
client and the application software on the server.

Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Application Architectures