Test Bank For
Business Data
Communications
and Networking,
14th edition by
FitzGerald, Dennis,
Durcikova
, 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
,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
23. Passive optical networking, a key trend for the future, means that virtually any computer will
be able to communicate with any other computer in the world.
Answer: False Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 26
, 24. The high bandwidth requirements (high communications
needs)d1ford1videod1haved1slowedd1itsd1integrationd1intod1computerd1networks.
Answer:d1True Difficulty:d1 Moderate Reference:d1 p.d128
25. And1Applicationd1Serviced1Providerd1(ASP)d1developsd1ad1specificd1systemd1andd1companie
sd1purchased1ord1rentd1thed1serviced1withoutd1installingd1thed1systemd1ond1theird1ownd1co
mputers.
Answer:d1True Difficulty:d1 Moderate Reference:d1 p.d129
MULTIPLEd1CHOICE
Thed1followingd1ared1possibled1multiple-
choiced1questionsd1ford1tests.d1Thed1questiond1isd1posedd1andd1thed1answerd1isd1providedd1under
d1thed1choices.d1Thed1leveld1ofd1difficultyd1(easy,d1moderate,d1difficult)d1andd1thed1paged1numbe
r(s)d1relevantd1tod1thed1topicd1isd1alsod1furnished.
1. Datad1communicationsd1andd1networkingd1cand1bed1consideredd1asd1ad1globald1aread1ofd1studyd1bec
ause:
a. newd 1 technologiesd 1 andd 1 applicationsd 1 emerged 1 fromd 1 ad 1 varietyd1ofd 1 countrie
sd 1 andd 1 spreadd1aroundd1thed1world
b. thed1technologiesd1enabled1globald1communication
c. thed1politicald1andd1regulatoryd1issuesd1ared1exactlyd1thed1samed1ind1everyd1country
d. ad1andd1b
e. noned1ofd1thed1above
Answer:d1D Difficulty:d1Easy Reference:d 1 p.d14
2. Ind11970,d1ad1keyd1decisiond1regardingd1MCI:
a. setd1upd1thed1Telecommunicationsd1 Competitiond1andd1Deregulationd1Act
b. permittedd1MCId1tod1provided1limitedd1longd1distanced1serviced1ind1thed1U.S.
c. permittedd1telephoned1and/ord1computerd1equipmentd1thatd1wasd1notd1manufacture
dd1byd1Belld1Telephoned1tod1bed1connectedd1tod1AT&T’sd1network
d. dividedd1AT&Td1intod1twod1parts:d1oned1partd1ford1longd1distanced1service,d1andd1
ad1secondd1part,d1comprisedd1ofd1sevend1operatingd1companies,d1ford1locald1telep
honed1service
e. setd1upd1deregulationd1ford1internationald1telecommunicationsd1marketsd1ind168d1countries
Answer:d1B Difficulty:d1Easy Reference:d 1 p.d16
3. Ind11984,d1ad1federald1judged1broked1upd1ad1highlyd1contestedd1telephoned1serviced1monopoly
d1and:
a. setd1upd1thed1Telecommunicationsd1 Competitiond1andd1Deregulationd1Act
b. permittedd1MCId1tod1provided1limitedd1longd1distanced1serviced1ind1thed1U.S.
c. permittedd1telephoned1and/ord1computerd1equipmentd1thatd1wasd1notd1manufact
uredd1byd1Belld1Telephoned1tod1bed1connectedd1tod1AT&T’sd1network
d. dividedd1AT&Td1intod1twod1parts:d1oned1partd1ford1longd1distanced1service,d1an
dd1ad1secondd1part,d1comprisedd1ofd1sevend1regionald1operatingd1companies,d1fo
rd1locald1telephoned1service
e. setd1upd1deregulationd1ford1internationald1telecommunicationsd1marketsd1ind168d1countr
ies
Answer:d1D Difficulty:d1 Easy Reference:d 1 p.d16
Business Data
Communications
and Networking,
14th edition by
FitzGerald, Dennis,
Durcikova
, 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
,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
23. Passive optical networking, a key trend for the future, means that virtually any computer will
be able to communicate with any other computer in the world.
Answer: False Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 26
, 24. The high bandwidth requirements (high communications
needs)d1ford1videod1haved1slowedd1itsd1integrationd1intod1computerd1networks.
Answer:d1True Difficulty:d1 Moderate Reference:d1 p.d128
25. And1Applicationd1Serviced1Providerd1(ASP)d1developsd1ad1specificd1systemd1andd1companie
sd1purchased1ord1rentd1thed1serviced1withoutd1installingd1thed1systemd1ond1theird1ownd1co
mputers.
Answer:d1True Difficulty:d1 Moderate Reference:d1 p.d129
MULTIPLEd1CHOICE
Thed1followingd1ared1possibled1multiple-
choiced1questionsd1ford1tests.d1Thed1questiond1isd1posedd1andd1thed1answerd1isd1providedd1under
d1thed1choices.d1Thed1leveld1ofd1difficultyd1(easy,d1moderate,d1difficult)d1andd1thed1paged1numbe
r(s)d1relevantd1tod1thed1topicd1isd1alsod1furnished.
1. Datad1communicationsd1andd1networkingd1cand1bed1consideredd1asd1ad1globald1aread1ofd1studyd1bec
ause:
a. newd 1 technologiesd 1 andd 1 applicationsd 1 emerged 1 fromd 1 ad 1 varietyd1ofd 1 countrie
sd 1 andd 1 spreadd1aroundd1thed1world
b. thed1technologiesd1enabled1globald1communication
c. thed1politicald1andd1regulatoryd1issuesd1ared1exactlyd1thed1samed1ind1everyd1country
d. ad1andd1b
e. noned1ofd1thed1above
Answer:d1D Difficulty:d1Easy Reference:d 1 p.d14
2. Ind11970,d1ad1keyd1decisiond1regardingd1MCI:
a. setd1upd1thed1Telecommunicationsd1 Competitiond1andd1Deregulationd1Act
b. permittedd1MCId1tod1provided1limitedd1longd1distanced1serviced1ind1thed1U.S.
c. permittedd1telephoned1and/ord1computerd1equipmentd1thatd1wasd1notd1manufacture
dd1byd1Belld1Telephoned1tod1bed1connectedd1tod1AT&T’sd1network
d. dividedd1AT&Td1intod1twod1parts:d1oned1partd1ford1longd1distanced1service,d1andd1
ad1secondd1part,d1comprisedd1ofd1sevend1operatingd1companies,d1ford1locald1telep
honed1service
e. setd1upd1deregulationd1ford1internationald1telecommunicationsd1marketsd1ind168d1countries
Answer:d1B Difficulty:d1Easy Reference:d 1 p.d16
3. Ind11984,d1ad1federald1judged1broked1upd1ad1highlyd1contestedd1telephoned1serviced1monopoly
d1and:
a. setd1upd1thed1Telecommunicationsd1 Competitiond1andd1Deregulationd1Act
b. permittedd1MCId1tod1provided1limitedd1longd1distanced1serviced1ind1thed1U.S.
c. permittedd1telephoned1and/ord1computerd1equipmentd1thatd1wasd1notd1manufact
uredd1byd1Belld1Telephoned1tod1bed1connectedd1tod1AT&T’sd1network
d. dividedd1AT&Td1intod1twod1parts:d1oned1partd1ford1longd1distanced1service,d1an
dd1ad1secondd1part,d1comprisedd1ofd1sevend1regionald1operatingd1companies,d1fo
rd1locald1telephoned1service
e. setd1upd1deregulationd1ford1internationald1telecommunicationsd1marketsd1ind168d1countr
ies
Answer:d1D Difficulty:d1 Easy Reference:d 1 p.d16
