TEST BANK for Business Data Communications
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and Networking 14th Edition by Jerry FitzGerald
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ALL CHAPTERS INCLUDED| A+ PASS GUARANTEED
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, Chapter 1 b
Introduction to Data Communications b b b
True-False Questions b
The following are possible True/False questions for tests. The statement is given and the answer is
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provided in square brackets. The level of difficulty (easy, moderate, difficult) and the page number(s)
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relevant to the topic are also furnished.
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1. According to John Chambers, CEO of Cisco (a leading networking technology company), the
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information age is the second Industrial Revolution.
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Correct Answer: True b b Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 4 b b b b
2. Due to recent advances in high speed communication networks, the information lag, or the time it takes
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for information to be disseminated around the world, has been significantly shortened.
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Correct Answer: True b b Difficulty: Easy Reference: p.4 b b b
3. One perspective of data communications and networking as stated in the textbook, examines the
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management of networking technologies, including security, network design, and managing the
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network on a day-to-day basis and long term basis.
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Correct Answer: True b b Difficulty: Moderate b Reference: p. 5 b b
4. The first electronic data communication system was the telephone developed by Alexander Graham
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Bell.
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Correct Answer: False b b b b Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 5 b b b b
5. The first transcontinental telephone service was established in the 1940s.
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Correct Answer: False b b b b Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 6 b b b b
6. An Inter-Exchange Carrier (IXC) provides only local telephone services to homes and businesses.
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Correct Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 6
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,7. Common carriers include the RBOCs, IXCs, and Cable TV companies.
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Correct Answer: True b b Difficulty: Moderate b Reference: p. 7 b b
8. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 now permits the RBOCs to provide long distance outside the
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region in which they provide local telephone services.
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Correct Answer: True b b b b Difficulty: Moderate b Reference: p. 7 b b
9. The Internet was started by the U.S. Department of defense in 1969 as a network of four computers
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called ARPANET.
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Correct Answer: True b b b b Difficulty: Moderate b Reference: p. 9 b b
10. Telecommunications is the transmission of voice and video as well as data and implies transmitting a
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longer distance than in a data communication network.
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Correct Answer: False b b b b Difficulty: Moderate b Reference: p. 11 b b
11. A local area network (LAN) connects other LANs and BNs located in different areas to each other
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and to wide area networks in a span from 3 to 30 miles.
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Correct Answer: False Difficulty: Moderate
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12. An intranet is a LAN that uses Internet technologies and is publicly available to people outside of the
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organization.
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Correct Answer: False Difficulty: Moderate
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13. A car manufacturer may give access to certain portions of its network to some of its suppliers via
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Internet. This is an example of an Extranet.
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Correct Answer: True b b b b Difficulty: Moderate b Reference: p. 15 b b
14. The OSI model is the most widely used network model to develop and build networks today.
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Correct Answer: True b b b b Difficulty: Moderate b Reference: p. 16 b b
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, 15. The network layer is responsible for routing messages from the source computer to the destination
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computer.
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Correct Answer: Trueb b b b Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 17 b b b b
16. In the OSI model, the application layer is the end user‟s access to the network.
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Correct Answer: Trueb b b b Difficulty: Moderate b Reference: p. 18 b b
17. The application layer is the seventh layer of the Internet model and provides the end user‟s access to
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the network.
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Correct Answer: Trueb b b b Difficulty: Moderate b Reference: p. 18 b b
18. At the transport layer in the Internet model, TCP is responsible for breaking large files received
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from the application layer into smaller packets and opening a connection to a server for transferring the
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packets.
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Correct Answer: Trueb b b b Difficulty: Difficult b Reference: p. 17 b b
19. Ethernet is an example of a network layer protocol.
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Correct Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 17
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20. Data communication standards enable each layer in the sending computer to communicate with its
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corresponding layer in the receiving computer.
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Correct Answer: Trueb b b b Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 22 b b b b
21. The specification stage of the formal standardization process consists of developing nomenclature and
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identifying the problems to be addressed.
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Correct Answer: Trueb b b b Difficulty: Moderate b Reference: p. 23 b b
22. ANSI is a voting participant in the ISO.
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Correct Answer: Trueb b b b Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 23 b b b b
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and Networking 14th Edition by Jerry FitzGerald
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ALL CHAPTERS INCLUDED| A+ PASS GUARANTEED
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Page | 1
b b
, Chapter 1 b
Introduction to Data Communications b b b
True-False Questions b
The following are possible True/False questions for tests. The statement is given and the answer is
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provided in square brackets. The level of difficulty (easy, moderate, difficult) and the page number(s)
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relevant to the topic are also furnished.
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1. According to John Chambers, CEO of Cisco (a leading networking technology company), the
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information age is the second Industrial Revolution.
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Correct Answer: True b b Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 4 b b b b
2. Due to recent advances in high speed communication networks, the information lag, or the time it takes
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for information to be disseminated around the world, has been significantly shortened.
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Correct Answer: True b b Difficulty: Easy Reference: p.4 b b b
3. One perspective of data communications and networking as stated in the textbook, examines the
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management of networking technologies, including security, network design, and managing the
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network on a day-to-day basis and long term basis.
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Correct Answer: True b b Difficulty: Moderate b Reference: p. 5 b b
4. The first electronic data communication system was the telephone developed by Alexander Graham
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Bell.
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Correct Answer: False b b b b Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 5 b b b b
5. The first transcontinental telephone service was established in the 1940s.
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Correct Answer: False b b b b Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 6 b b b b
6. An Inter-Exchange Carrier (IXC) provides only local telephone services to homes and businesses.
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Correct Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 6
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Page | 2 b b
,7. Common carriers include the RBOCs, IXCs, and Cable TV companies.
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Correct Answer: True b b Difficulty: Moderate b Reference: p. 7 b b
8. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 now permits the RBOCs to provide long distance outside the
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region in which they provide local telephone services.
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Correct Answer: True b b b b Difficulty: Moderate b Reference: p. 7 b b
9. The Internet was started by the U.S. Department of defense in 1969 as a network of four computers
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called ARPANET.
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Correct Answer: True b b b b Difficulty: Moderate b Reference: p. 9 b b
10. Telecommunications is the transmission of voice and video as well as data and implies transmitting a
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longer distance than in a data communication network.
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Correct Answer: False b b b b Difficulty: Moderate b Reference: p. 11 b b
11. A local area network (LAN) connects other LANs and BNs located in different areas to each other
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and to wide area networks in a span from 3 to 30 miles.
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Correct Answer: False Difficulty: Moderate
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12. An intranet is a LAN that uses Internet technologies and is publicly available to people outside of the
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organization.
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Correct Answer: False Difficulty: Moderate
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13. A car manufacturer may give access to certain portions of its network to some of its suppliers via
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Internet. This is an example of an Extranet.
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Correct Answer: True b b b b Difficulty: Moderate b Reference: p. 15 b b
14. The OSI model is the most widely used network model to develop and build networks today.
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Correct Answer: True b b b b Difficulty: Moderate b Reference: p. 16 b b
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, 15. The network layer is responsible for routing messages from the source computer to the destination
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computer.
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Correct Answer: Trueb b b b Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 17 b b b b
16. In the OSI model, the application layer is the end user‟s access to the network.
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Correct Answer: Trueb b b b Difficulty: Moderate b Reference: p. 18 b b
17. The application layer is the seventh layer of the Internet model and provides the end user‟s access to
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the network.
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Correct Answer: Trueb b b b Difficulty: Moderate b Reference: p. 18 b b
18. At the transport layer in the Internet model, TCP is responsible for breaking large files received
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from the application layer into smaller packets and opening a connection to a server for transferring the
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packets.
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Correct Answer: Trueb b b b Difficulty: Difficult b Reference: p. 17 b b
19. Ethernet is an example of a network layer protocol.
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Correct Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 17
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20. Data communication standards enable each layer in the sending computer to communicate with its
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corresponding layer in the receiving computer.
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Correct Answer: Trueb b b b Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 22 b b b b
21. The specification stage of the formal standardization process consists of developing nomenclature and
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identifying the problems to be addressed.
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Correct Answer: Trueb b b b Difficulty: Moderate b Reference: p. 23 b b
22. ANSI is a voting participant in the ISO.
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Correct Answer: Trueb b b b Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 23 b b b b
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