Test Bank for Business Data
Communications and
Networking, 14th Edition FitzGerald
,Table of Content
c c
Chapter c1. cIntroduction cto cData
c Communications. cChapter c2.
c Application cLayer.
Chapter c3. cPhysical cLayer.
Chapter c4. cData cLink cLayer.
Chapter c5. cNetwork cand cTransport
c Layers. cChapter c6. cNetwork
c Design.
Chapter c7. cWired cand cWireless cLocal cArea
c Networks. cChapter c8. cBackbone
c Networks.
Chapter c9. cWide cArea
cNetworks. cChapter c10.
cThe cInternet.
Chapter c11. cNetwork
c Security. cChapter c12.
c Network cManagement.
,Chapter c1 cIntroduction cto cData cCommunications
True-False cQuestions
The cfollowing care cpossible cTrue/False cquestions cfor ctests. cThe cstatement
cis cgiven cand cthe canswer cis cprovided cin csquare cbrackets. cThe clevel cof
cdifficulty c(easy, cmoderate, cdifficult) cand cthe cpage cnumber(s) crelevant cto
cthe ctopic care calso cfurnished.
1. According cto cJohn cChambers, cCEO cof cCisco c(a cleading
cnetworking ctechnology ccompany), cthe cinformation cage cis cthe
csecond cIndustrial cRevolution.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: cEasy Reference: c p. c4
2. Due cto crecent cadvances cin chigh cspeed ccommunication cnetworks,
cthe cinformation clag, cor cthe ctime cit ctakes cfor cinformation cto cbe
cdisseminated caround cthe cworld, chas cbeen csignificantly cshortened.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: c Easy Reference: c p.4
3. One cperspective cof cdata ccommunications cand cnetworking cas cstated
cin cthe ctextbook, cexamines cthe cmanagement cof cnetworking
ctechnologies, cincluding csecurity, cnetwork cdesign, cand cmanaging
cthe cnetwork con ca cday-to-day cbasis cand clong cterm cbasis.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: c Moderate Reference: c p. c5
4. The cfirst celectronic cdata ccommunication csystem cwas cthe
ctelephone cdeveloped cby cAlexander cGraham cBell.
Answer: cFalse Difficulty: cEasy Reference: c p. c5
5. The cfirst ctranscontinental ctelephone cservice cwas cestablished cin cthe c 1940s.
Answer: cFalse Difficulty: cEasy Reference: c p. c6
6. An cInter-Exchange cCarrier c(IXC) cprovides conly clocal
ctelephone cservices cto chomes cand cbusinesses.
Answer: cFalse Difficulty: c Easy Reference: c p. c6
7. Common ccarriers cinclude cthe cRBOCs, cIXCs, cand cCable cTV ccompanies.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: cModerate Reference: c p. c7
8. The cTelecommunications cAct cof c1996 cnow cpermits cthe
cRBOCs cto cprovide clong cdistance coutside cthe cregion cin
cwhich cthey cprovide clocal ctelephone cservices.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: cModerate Reference: c p. c7
9. The cInternet cwas cstarted cby cthe cU.S. cDepartment cof cdefense
cin c1969 cas ca cnetwork cof cfour ccomputers ccalled cARPANET.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: c Moderate Reference: c p. c9
10. Telecommunications cis cthe ctransmission cof cvoice cand cvideo
cas cwell cas cdata cand cimplies ctransmitting ca clonger cdistance
cthan cin ca cdata ccommunication cnetwork.
Answer: cFalse Difficulty: cModerate Reference: c p. c11
, 11. A clocal carea cnetwork c(LAN) cconnects cother cLANs cand cBNs clocated
cin cdifferent careas cto ceach cother cand cto cwide carea cnetworks cin ca
cspan cfrom c3 cto c30 cmiles.
Answer: cFalse Difficulty: cModerate Reference: c p. c13
12. An cintranet cis ca cLAN cthat cuses cInternet ctechnologies cand cis
cpublicly cavailable cto cpeople coutside cof cthe corganization.
Answer: cFalse Difficulty: cModerate Reference: c p. c15
13. A ccar cmanufacturer cmay cgive caccess cto ccertain cportions cof cits
cnetwork cto csome cof cits csuppliers cvia cInternet. cThis cis can cexample
cof can cExtranet.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: cModerate Reference: c p. c15
14. The cOSI cmodel cis cthe cmost cwidely cused cnetwork cmodel cto cdevelop cand
cbuild cnetworks ctoday.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: cModerate Reference: c p. c16
15. The cnetwork clayer cis cresponsible cfor crouting cmessages cfrom
cthe csource ccomputer cto cthe cdestination ccomputer.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: cEasy Reference: c p. c17
16. In cthe cOSI cmodel, cthe capplication clayer cis cthe cend cuser’s caccess cto cthe
cnetwork.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: cModerate Reference: c p. c18
17. The capplication clayer cis cthe cseventh clayer cof cthe cInternet
cmodel cand cprovides cthe cend cuser’s caccess cto cthe cnetwork.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: cModerate Reference: c p. c18
18. At cthe ctransport clayer cin cthe cInternet cmodel, cTCP cis cresponsible
cfor cbreaking clarge cfiles creceived cfrom cthe capplication clayer cinto
csmaller cpackets cand copening ca cconnection cto ca cserver cfor
ctransferring cthe cpackets.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: cDifficult Reference: c p. c17
19. Ethernet cis can cexample cof ca cnetwork clayer cprotocol.
Answer: cFalse Difficulty: cEasy Reference: c p. c17
20. Data ccommunication cstandards cenable ceach clayer cin cthe
csending ccomputer cto ccommunicate cwith cits ccorresponding
clayer cin cthe creceiving ccomputer.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: cEasy Reference: c p. c22
21. The cspecification cstage cof cthe cformal cstandardization
cprocess cconsists cof cdeveloping cnomenclature cand
cidentifying cthe cproblems cto cbe caddressed.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: c Moderate Reference: c p. c23
22. ANSI cis ca cvoting cparticipant cin cthe cISO.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: cEasy Reference: c p. c23
23. Passive coptical cnetworking, ca ckey ctrend cfor cthe cfuture, cmeans cthat
cvirtually cany ccomputer cwill cbe cable cto ccommunicate cwith cany
cother ccomputer cin cthe cworld.
Answer: cFalse Difficulty: cModerate Reference: cp. c26
Communications and
Networking, 14th Edition FitzGerald
,Table of Content
c c
Chapter c1. cIntroduction cto cData
c Communications. cChapter c2.
c Application cLayer.
Chapter c3. cPhysical cLayer.
Chapter c4. cData cLink cLayer.
Chapter c5. cNetwork cand cTransport
c Layers. cChapter c6. cNetwork
c Design.
Chapter c7. cWired cand cWireless cLocal cArea
c Networks. cChapter c8. cBackbone
c Networks.
Chapter c9. cWide cArea
cNetworks. cChapter c10.
cThe cInternet.
Chapter c11. cNetwork
c Security. cChapter c12.
c Network cManagement.
,Chapter c1 cIntroduction cto cData cCommunications
True-False cQuestions
The cfollowing care cpossible cTrue/False cquestions cfor ctests. cThe cstatement
cis cgiven cand cthe canswer cis cprovided cin csquare cbrackets. cThe clevel cof
cdifficulty c(easy, cmoderate, cdifficult) cand cthe cpage cnumber(s) crelevant cto
cthe ctopic care calso cfurnished.
1. According cto cJohn cChambers, cCEO cof cCisco c(a cleading
cnetworking ctechnology ccompany), cthe cinformation cage cis cthe
csecond cIndustrial cRevolution.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: cEasy Reference: c p. c4
2. Due cto crecent cadvances cin chigh cspeed ccommunication cnetworks,
cthe cinformation clag, cor cthe ctime cit ctakes cfor cinformation cto cbe
cdisseminated caround cthe cworld, chas cbeen csignificantly cshortened.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: c Easy Reference: c p.4
3. One cperspective cof cdata ccommunications cand cnetworking cas cstated
cin cthe ctextbook, cexamines cthe cmanagement cof cnetworking
ctechnologies, cincluding csecurity, cnetwork cdesign, cand cmanaging
cthe cnetwork con ca cday-to-day cbasis cand clong cterm cbasis.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: c Moderate Reference: c p. c5
4. The cfirst celectronic cdata ccommunication csystem cwas cthe
ctelephone cdeveloped cby cAlexander cGraham cBell.
Answer: cFalse Difficulty: cEasy Reference: c p. c5
5. The cfirst ctranscontinental ctelephone cservice cwas cestablished cin cthe c 1940s.
Answer: cFalse Difficulty: cEasy Reference: c p. c6
6. An cInter-Exchange cCarrier c(IXC) cprovides conly clocal
ctelephone cservices cto chomes cand cbusinesses.
Answer: cFalse Difficulty: c Easy Reference: c p. c6
7. Common ccarriers cinclude cthe cRBOCs, cIXCs, cand cCable cTV ccompanies.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: cModerate Reference: c p. c7
8. The cTelecommunications cAct cof c1996 cnow cpermits cthe
cRBOCs cto cprovide clong cdistance coutside cthe cregion cin
cwhich cthey cprovide clocal ctelephone cservices.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: cModerate Reference: c p. c7
9. The cInternet cwas cstarted cby cthe cU.S. cDepartment cof cdefense
cin c1969 cas ca cnetwork cof cfour ccomputers ccalled cARPANET.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: c Moderate Reference: c p. c9
10. Telecommunications cis cthe ctransmission cof cvoice cand cvideo
cas cwell cas cdata cand cimplies ctransmitting ca clonger cdistance
cthan cin ca cdata ccommunication cnetwork.
Answer: cFalse Difficulty: cModerate Reference: c p. c11
, 11. A clocal carea cnetwork c(LAN) cconnects cother cLANs cand cBNs clocated
cin cdifferent careas cto ceach cother cand cto cwide carea cnetworks cin ca
cspan cfrom c3 cto c30 cmiles.
Answer: cFalse Difficulty: cModerate Reference: c p. c13
12. An cintranet cis ca cLAN cthat cuses cInternet ctechnologies cand cis
cpublicly cavailable cto cpeople coutside cof cthe corganization.
Answer: cFalse Difficulty: cModerate Reference: c p. c15
13. A ccar cmanufacturer cmay cgive caccess cto ccertain cportions cof cits
cnetwork cto csome cof cits csuppliers cvia cInternet. cThis cis can cexample
cof can cExtranet.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: cModerate Reference: c p. c15
14. The cOSI cmodel cis cthe cmost cwidely cused cnetwork cmodel cto cdevelop cand
cbuild cnetworks ctoday.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: cModerate Reference: c p. c16
15. The cnetwork clayer cis cresponsible cfor crouting cmessages cfrom
cthe csource ccomputer cto cthe cdestination ccomputer.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: cEasy Reference: c p. c17
16. In cthe cOSI cmodel, cthe capplication clayer cis cthe cend cuser’s caccess cto cthe
cnetwork.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: cModerate Reference: c p. c18
17. The capplication clayer cis cthe cseventh clayer cof cthe cInternet
cmodel cand cprovides cthe cend cuser’s caccess cto cthe cnetwork.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: cModerate Reference: c p. c18
18. At cthe ctransport clayer cin cthe cInternet cmodel, cTCP cis cresponsible
cfor cbreaking clarge cfiles creceived cfrom cthe capplication clayer cinto
csmaller cpackets cand copening ca cconnection cto ca cserver cfor
ctransferring cthe cpackets.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: cDifficult Reference: c p. c17
19. Ethernet cis can cexample cof ca cnetwork clayer cprotocol.
Answer: cFalse Difficulty: cEasy Reference: c p. c17
20. Data ccommunication cstandards cenable ceach clayer cin cthe
csending ccomputer cto ccommunicate cwith cits ccorresponding
clayer cin cthe creceiving ccomputer.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: cEasy Reference: c p. c22
21. The cspecification cstage cof cthe cformal cstandardization
cprocess cconsists cof cdeveloping cnomenclature cand
cidentifying cthe cproblems cto cbe caddressed.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: c Moderate Reference: c p. c23
22. ANSI cis ca cvoting cparticipant cin cthe cISO.
Answer: cTrue Difficulty: cEasy Reference: c p. c23
23. Passive coptical cnetworking, ca ckey ctrend cfor cthe cfuture, cmeans cthat
cvirtually cany ccomputer cwill cbe cable cto ccommunicate cwith cany
cother ccomputer cin cthe cworld.
Answer: cFalse Difficulty: cModerate Reference: cp. c26
