Test Item File Questions
Module A
Networking Concepts
A-1 The terms octet and byte mean the same thing.
TRUE
FALSE
Answer: TRUE
Page: 437
Question:1a
Difficulty: Easy
A-2 A device attached to a network is called a _____.
a. client
b. server
c. host
d. Neither A nor B
Answer: C
Page: 437
Question:437
Difficulty: Easy
A-3 When your home PC is on a network, it is a host.
TRUE
FALSE
Answer: TRUE
, Page: 437
Question: 1c
Difficulty: Easy
A-4 When your mobile phone is on a network, it is a host.
TRUE
FALSE
Answer: TRUE
Page: 437
Question: 1c
Difficulty: Easy
A-5 In this book, when internet is spelled with a capital I, it means the global
Internet.
TRUE
FALSE
Answer: TRUE
Page: 437
Question: 1d
Difficulty: Easy
A-6 A residential access router usually contains _____.
a. a DHCP server
b. an Ethernet switch
c. Both A and B
d. Neither A nor B
Answer: C
Page: 438-439
Question:2a
Difficulty: Difficult
A-7 Intercepting wireless LAN transmissions is difficult.
TRUE
FALSE
Answer: FALSE
, Page: 439
Question:2e
Difficulty: Easy
A-8 A network that runs on the customer premises is a _____.
a. LAN
b. WAN
c. Both A and B
d. Neither A nor B
Answer: A
Page: 440
Question:3a
Difficulty: Medium
A-9 User computers connect to _____ switches
a. core
b. primary
c. workgroup
d. terminal
Answer: C
Page: 440
Question: 3c
Difficulty: Easy
A-10 Attackers can read signals traveling over UTP without tapping the cord.
TRUE
FALSE
Answer: TRUE
Page: 440-441
Question: 3d
Difficulty: Easy
, A-11 Companies use carriers for WAN transmission because _____.
a. companies lack rights of way
b. carriers have extremely strong security
c. Both A and B
d. Neither A nor B
Answer: A
Page: 442
Question: 4b
Difficulty: Medium
A-12 The organization that funded the creation of the Internet is ______.
a. the IETF
b. ISO
c. DARPA
d. the National Science Foundation
Answer: C
Page: 443
Question: 5a
Difficulty: Medium
A-13 In internets, different networks are connected by _____.
a. switches
b. routers
c. Both A and B
d. Neither A nor B
Answer: B
Page: 443
Question: 5b
Difficulty: Easy
A-14 Frames are messages traveling through _____.
a. LANs
b. WANs
c. Both A and B
Module A
Networking Concepts
A-1 The terms octet and byte mean the same thing.
TRUE
FALSE
Answer: TRUE
Page: 437
Question:1a
Difficulty: Easy
A-2 A device attached to a network is called a _____.
a. client
b. server
c. host
d. Neither A nor B
Answer: C
Page: 437
Question:437
Difficulty: Easy
A-3 When your home PC is on a network, it is a host.
TRUE
FALSE
Answer: TRUE
, Page: 437
Question: 1c
Difficulty: Easy
A-4 When your mobile phone is on a network, it is a host.
TRUE
FALSE
Answer: TRUE
Page: 437
Question: 1c
Difficulty: Easy
A-5 In this book, when internet is spelled with a capital I, it means the global
Internet.
TRUE
FALSE
Answer: TRUE
Page: 437
Question: 1d
Difficulty: Easy
A-6 A residential access router usually contains _____.
a. a DHCP server
b. an Ethernet switch
c. Both A and B
d. Neither A nor B
Answer: C
Page: 438-439
Question:2a
Difficulty: Difficult
A-7 Intercepting wireless LAN transmissions is difficult.
TRUE
FALSE
Answer: FALSE
, Page: 439
Question:2e
Difficulty: Easy
A-8 A network that runs on the customer premises is a _____.
a. LAN
b. WAN
c. Both A and B
d. Neither A nor B
Answer: A
Page: 440
Question:3a
Difficulty: Medium
A-9 User computers connect to _____ switches
a. core
b. primary
c. workgroup
d. terminal
Answer: C
Page: 440
Question: 3c
Difficulty: Easy
A-10 Attackers can read signals traveling over UTP without tapping the cord.
TRUE
FALSE
Answer: TRUE
Page: 440-441
Question: 3d
Difficulty: Easy
, A-11 Companies use carriers for WAN transmission because _____.
a. companies lack rights of way
b. carriers have extremely strong security
c. Both A and B
d. Neither A nor B
Answer: A
Page: 442
Question: 4b
Difficulty: Medium
A-12 The organization that funded the creation of the Internet is ______.
a. the IETF
b. ISO
c. DARPA
d. the National Science Foundation
Answer: C
Page: 443
Question: 5a
Difficulty: Medium
A-13 In internets, different networks are connected by _____.
a. switches
b. routers
c. Both A and B
d. Neither A nor B
Answer: B
Page: 443
Question: 5b
Difficulty: Easy
A-14 Frames are messages traveling through _____.
a. LANs
b. WANs
c. Both A and B
