TEST BANK
BUSINESS DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING 13TH
EDITION (WILEY, 2017) BY JERRY FITZGERALD, ALAN
DENNIS, ALEXANDRA DURCIKOVA, ISBN NO;
9781119368830, ALL 11 CHAPTERS COVERED
Page 1 of 273
, Test Bank for Business Data Communications and Networking 13th Edition (Wiley, 2017) by Jerry
FitzGerald, Alan Dennis, Alexandra Durcikova, Isbn no; 9781119368830, all 11 Chapters Covered
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part One – Introduction
1.Introduction to Data Communications
Part Two – Fundamental Concepts
2. Application Layer
3. Physical Layer
4. Data Link Layer
5. Network and Transport Layers
Part Three – Network Technologies
6. Network Design
7. Wired and Wireless Local Area Networks
8. Backbone Networks
9. Wide Area Networks
10. The Internet
Part Four – Network Management
11. Network Management (Performance & Fault Management, Configuration, Support, Cost, Security
Implications)
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, Test Bank for Business Data Communications and Networking 13th Edition (Wiley, 2017) by Jerry
FitzGerald, Alan Dennis, Alexandra Durcikova, Isbn no; 9781119368830, all 11 Chapters Covered
Chapter 1 Introduction to Data Communications
True-False Questions
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.
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, 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
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BUSINESS DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING 13TH
EDITION (WILEY, 2017) BY JERRY FITZGERALD, ALAN
DENNIS, ALEXANDRA DURCIKOVA, ISBN NO;
9781119368830, ALL 11 CHAPTERS COVERED
Page 1 of 273
, Test Bank for Business Data Communications and Networking 13th Edition (Wiley, 2017) by Jerry
FitzGerald, Alan Dennis, Alexandra Durcikova, Isbn no; 9781119368830, all 11 Chapters Covered
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part One – Introduction
1.Introduction to Data Communications
Part Two – Fundamental Concepts
2. Application Layer
3. Physical Layer
4. Data Link Layer
5. Network and Transport Layers
Part Three – Network Technologies
6. Network Design
7. Wired and Wireless Local Area Networks
8. Backbone Networks
9. Wide Area Networks
10. The Internet
Part Four – Network Management
11. Network Management (Performance & Fault Management, Configuration, Support, Cost, Security
Implications)
Page 2 of 273
, Test Bank for Business Data Communications and Networking 13th Edition (Wiley, 2017) by Jerry
FitzGerald, Alan Dennis, Alexandra Durcikova, Isbn no; 9781119368830, all 11 Chapters Covered
Chapter 1 Introduction to Data Communications
True-False Questions
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.
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, 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
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