TEST BANK for Business Data Communications
and Networking 14th Edition by Jerry
FitzGerald
ALL CHAPTERS INCLUDED| A+ PASS GUARANTEED
Page | 1
, Chapter 1
Introduction to Data Communications
True-False Questions
The following are possible True/False questions for tests. The statement is given and the answer is
provided in square brackets. The level of difficulty (easy, moderate, difficult) and the page number(s)
relevant to the topic are also furnished.
1. According to John Chambers, CEO of Cisco (a leading networking technology company), the
information age is the second Industrial Revolution.
Correct Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 4
2. Due to recent advances in high speed communication networks, the information lag, or the time it takes
for information to be disseminated around the world, has been significantly shortened.
Correct Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p.4
3. One perspective of data communications and networking as stated in the textbook, examines the
management of networking technologies, including security, network design, and managing the network
on a day-to-day basis and long term basis.
Correct Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 5
4. The first electronic data communication system was the telephone developed by Alexander Graham
Bell.
Correct Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 5
5. The first transcontinental telephone service was established in the 1940s.
Correct Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 6
6. An Inter-Exchange Carrier (IXC) provides only local telephone services to homes and businesses.
Correct Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 6
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,7. Common carriers include the RBOCs, IXCs, and Cable TV companies.
Correct Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 7
8. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 now permits the RBOCs to provide long distance outside the
region in which they provide local telephone services.
Correct Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 7
9. The Internet was started by the U.S. Department of defense in 1969 as a network of four computers
called ARPANET.
Correct Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 9
10. Telecommunications is the transmission of voice and video as well as data and implies transmitting a
longer distance than in a data communication network.
Correct Answer: False Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 11
11. A local area network (LAN) connects other LANs and BNs located in different areas to each other
and to wide area networks in a span from 3 to 30 miles.
Correct Answer: False Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 13
12. An intranet is a LAN that uses Internet technologies and is publicly available to people outside of the
organization.
Correct Answer: False Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 15
13. A car manufacturer may give access to certain portions of its network to some of its suppliers via
Internet. This is an example of an Extranet.
Correct Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 15
14. The OSI model is the most widely used network model to develop and build networks today.
Correct Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 16
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and Networking 14th Edition by Jerry
FitzGerald
ALL CHAPTERS INCLUDED| A+ PASS GUARANTEED
Page | 1
, Chapter 1
Introduction to Data Communications
True-False Questions
The following are possible True/False questions for tests. The statement is given and the answer is
provided in square brackets. The level of difficulty (easy, moderate, difficult) and the page number(s)
relevant to the topic are also furnished.
1. According to John Chambers, CEO of Cisco (a leading networking technology company), the
information age is the second Industrial Revolution.
Correct Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 4
2. Due to recent advances in high speed communication networks, the information lag, or the time it takes
for information to be disseminated around the world, has been significantly shortened.
Correct Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p.4
3. One perspective of data communications and networking as stated in the textbook, examines the
management of networking technologies, including security, network design, and managing the network
on a day-to-day basis and long term basis.
Correct Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 5
4. The first electronic data communication system was the telephone developed by Alexander Graham
Bell.
Correct Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 5
5. The first transcontinental telephone service was established in the 1940s.
Correct Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 6
6. An Inter-Exchange Carrier (IXC) provides only local telephone services to homes and businesses.
Correct Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 6
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,7. Common carriers include the RBOCs, IXCs, and Cable TV companies.
Correct Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 7
8. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 now permits the RBOCs to provide long distance outside the
region in which they provide local telephone services.
Correct Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 7
9. The Internet was started by the U.S. Department of defense in 1969 as a network of four computers
called ARPANET.
Correct Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 9
10. Telecommunications is the transmission of voice and video as well as data and implies transmitting a
longer distance than in a data communication network.
Correct Answer: False Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 11
11. A local area network (LAN) connects other LANs and BNs located in different areas to each other
and to wide area networks in a span from 3 to 30 miles.
Correct Answer: False Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 13
12. An intranet is a LAN that uses Internet technologies and is publicly available to people outside of the
organization.
Correct Answer: False Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 15
13. A car manufacturer may give access to certain portions of its network to some of its suppliers via
Internet. This is an example of an Extranet.
Correct Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 15
14. The OSI model is the most widely used network model to develop and build networks today.
Correct Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 16
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