DCOM 101 MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2026-2027
What is located inside the system unit (the "box") of a microcomputer? - correct answer-
motherboard, power supply, hard disk, and DVD disk
What is located on the motherboard? - correct answer-RAM and Microprocessor
Why is it important to understand the components of a computer in a networking course? -
correct answer-because a network is composed of interconnected computers
because if there is a problem with a network, it could very well be a problem with one of the compute
rs in the network
Which of the following are storage devices? - correct answer-hard disk
Which of the following are controller cards (also known as interface cards or adapter cards)? -
correct answer-NIC (Network Interface Card), Video card, and sound card
What does BIOS stand for? - correct answer-Basic Input/Output System
What is stored in the BIOS setup? - correct answer-time & date and boot order
What is typically stored on the hard disk? - correct answer-operating system and applications
Which of the following are components of a typical server-based LAN? - correct answer-
PC's, sever, switch, and NIC's (Network interface cards)
Why would you save a file to a shared folder on the hard disk in the server instead of your USB drive
? - correct answer-so other users could access the file
What is meant by the term ""collaboration"?" - correct answer-people working together on a project
, If a user is at workstation in a server-based network, where can her or she save data? - correct answer-
the hard disk in the workstation, the USB drive in the workstation, the hard disk in the server
Where should a user save data if he or she wants other people to be able to access it? - correct answer-
the hard disk in the server (this would include either a server in the LAN or a cloud server)
What does the IPCONFIG command do? - correct answer-displays the IP address of the computer
What does the PING command do? - correct answer-
displays the IP address of the computer, sends a signal to another computer to see if that computers res
ponds
Types of servers include: - correct answer-domain controller,
printer server,file server, applications server
What is a domain controller? - correct answer-a login server,
Which of the following describes a LAN? - correct answer-
network that connects computers in a single geographic area (such as the CCBC Catonsville campus)
What is in a packet header? - correct answer-the IP address of the destination computer
What is in the data portion of a packet - correct answer-
the data which is being sent from one user to another
How is binary value 00000010 represented in decimal? - correct answer-2
What are advantages of a using a network? - correct answer-
data sharing, resource sharing (printer sharing for example), communications (including Web and email
)
Which of the following is the purpose of an SSID? - correct answer-identifies a wireless network
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2026-2027
What is located inside the system unit (the "box") of a microcomputer? - correct answer-
motherboard, power supply, hard disk, and DVD disk
What is located on the motherboard? - correct answer-RAM and Microprocessor
Why is it important to understand the components of a computer in a networking course? -
correct answer-because a network is composed of interconnected computers
because if there is a problem with a network, it could very well be a problem with one of the compute
rs in the network
Which of the following are storage devices? - correct answer-hard disk
Which of the following are controller cards (also known as interface cards or adapter cards)? -
correct answer-NIC (Network Interface Card), Video card, and sound card
What does BIOS stand for? - correct answer-Basic Input/Output System
What is stored in the BIOS setup? - correct answer-time & date and boot order
What is typically stored on the hard disk? - correct answer-operating system and applications
Which of the following are components of a typical server-based LAN? - correct answer-
PC's, sever, switch, and NIC's (Network interface cards)
Why would you save a file to a shared folder on the hard disk in the server instead of your USB drive
? - correct answer-so other users could access the file
What is meant by the term ""collaboration"?" - correct answer-people working together on a project
, If a user is at workstation in a server-based network, where can her or she save data? - correct answer-
the hard disk in the workstation, the USB drive in the workstation, the hard disk in the server
Where should a user save data if he or she wants other people to be able to access it? - correct answer-
the hard disk in the server (this would include either a server in the LAN or a cloud server)
What does the IPCONFIG command do? - correct answer-displays the IP address of the computer
What does the PING command do? - correct answer-
displays the IP address of the computer, sends a signal to another computer to see if that computers res
ponds
Types of servers include: - correct answer-domain controller,
printer server,file server, applications server
What is a domain controller? - correct answer-a login server,
Which of the following describes a LAN? - correct answer-
network that connects computers in a single geographic area (such as the CCBC Catonsville campus)
What is in a packet header? - correct answer-the IP address of the destination computer
What is in the data portion of a packet - correct answer-
the data which is being sent from one user to another
How is binary value 00000010 represented in decimal? - correct answer-2
What are advantages of a using a network? - correct answer-
data sharing, resource sharing (printer sharing for example), communications (including Web and email
)
Which of the following is the purpose of an SSID? - correct answer-identifies a wireless network
