DCOM 101 Midterm 2023/2024 verified to pass

DCOM 101 Midterm 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 computers 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 responds 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 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