Test Bank for Business Data Communications and Networking 14th Edition (Wiley, 2020) by Jerry Fitzgerald, Allan Dennis and Alexandra Durcikova, Isbn no; 9781119702849, all 12 Chapters Covered

TEST BANK
BUSINESS DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING
14TH EDITION (WILEY, 2020) BY JERRY FITZGERALD,
ALLAN DENNIS AND ALEXANDRA DURCIKOVA, ISBN NO;
9781119702849, ALL 12 CHAPTERS COVERED




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, Test Bank for Business Data Communications and Networking 14th
Edition (Wiley, 2020) by Jerry Fitzgerald, Allan Dennis and Alexandra
Durcikova, Isbn no; 9781119702849, all 12 Chapters Covered
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part One – Introduction


1. Introduction to Data Communications

(foundational concepts, models, standards, MIS context)

Part Two – Fundamental Concepts

2. Application Layer

3. Physical Layer

4. Data Link Layer

5. Network and Transport Layers

(covers core OSI/TCP-IP layers and key protocols)

Part Three – Network Technologies

6. Network Design

7. Wired and Wireless Local Area Networks

8. Backbone Networks

9. Wide Area Networks

(network architecture planning and major technologies)

Part Four – Network Management

10. The Internet

11. Network Security

12. Network Management

(insight into global networking, cybersecurity, operations)




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,Test Bank for Business Data Communications and Networking 14th Edition (Wiley, 2020) by
Jerry Fitzgerald, Allan Dennis and Alexandra Durcikova, Isbn no; 9781119702849
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.
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.
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.
Answer:True Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 5
4. The first electronic data communication system was the telephone developed by
Alexander Graham Bell.
Answer:False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 5
5. The first transcontinental telephone service was established in the 1940s.
Answer:False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 6
6. An Inter-Exchange Carrier (IXC) provides only local telephone services to homes
and businesses.
Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 6
7. Common carriers include the RBOCs, IXCs, and Cable TV companies.
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.
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.
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.
Answer:False Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 11



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, 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.
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.
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.
Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 15
14. The OSI model is the most widely used network model to develop and build
networks today.
Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 16
15. The network layer is responsible for routing messages from the source computer to
the destination computer.
Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 17
16. In the OSI model, the application layer is the end user’s access to the network.
Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 18
17. The application layer is the seventh layer of the Internet model and provides the end
user’s access to the network.
Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 18
18. At the transport layer in the Internet model, TCP is responsible for breaking large
files received from the application layer into smaller packets and opening a connection to a
server for transferring the packets.
Answer: True Difficulty: Difficult Reference: p. 17
19. Ethernet is an example of a network layer protocol.
Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 17
20. Data communication standards enable each layer in the sending computer to
communicate with its corresponding layer in the receiving computer.
Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 22
21. The specification stage of the formal standardization process consists of developing
nomenclature and identifying the problems to be addressed.
Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 23
22. ANSI is a voting participant in the ISO.
Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 23



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