Ch6 Telecommunications and Networking Practice Test Bank

Package Title: Practice Questions

Course Title: Rainer, Introduction to Information Systems, Fifth Canadian Edition

Chapter Number: 06

Shuffle: No

Question type: True/False

1) Voice and data communication networks are becoming more expensive.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Compare and contrast the major types of networks.

Section Reference 1: What Is a Computer Network?

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

2) Network neutrality is a policy whereby Internet service providers charge customers different rates for their Internet use based on the type of content they are downloading.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective 1: Describe the wireline communications media and transmission technologies.

Section Reference 1: Network Fundamentals

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

Bloomcode: Knowledge

3) Broadband refers to a network with a high transmission capacity.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Describe the wireline communications media and transmission technologies.

Section Reference 1: Network Fundamentals

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

4) Digital signals have two parameters: amplitude and frequency.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Describe the wireline communications media and transmission technologies.

Section Reference 1: Network Fundamentals

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

5) File sharing is a type of peer-to-peer processing.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Describe the wireline communications media and transmission technologies.

Section Reference 1: Network Fundamentals

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

6) The Internet is managed by a central agency which bears all the costs and responsibilities.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Describe the most common methods for accessing the Internet.

Section Reference 1: The Internet and the World Wide Web

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

7) Ethernet, packet switching, HTTP, and TCP/IP are all examples of network protocols.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Describe the most common methods for accessing the Internet.

Section Reference 1: The Internet and the World Wide Web

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

8) Distributed computing refers to the distribution of computing tasks among one or more computers.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Describe the most common methods for accessing the Internet.

Section Reference 1: The Internet and the World Wide Web

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

9) An Intranet is a scaled-up version of the Internet that uses similar technologies.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Describe the most common methods for accessing the Internet.

Section Reference 1: The Internet and the World Wide Web

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

10) A browser is used to prevent Web surfing.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Describe the most common methods for accessing the Internet.

Section Reference 1: The Internet and the World Wide Web

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

11) DNS is a convenient alternative to the difficult-to-remember IP naming system for computers.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Describe the most common methods for accessing the Internet.

Section Reference 1: The Internet and the World Wide Web

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

12) A free software package is called a browser.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Describe the most common methods for accessing the Internet.

Section Reference 1: The Internet and the World Wide Web

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Question type: Multiple Choice

13) A collection of the following locally connected devices—two desktop computers, three laptops, two smartphones and a printer—can be described as a(n)

a) LAN.

b) network server.

c) WAN.

d) all of these

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Compare and contrast the major types of networks.

Section Reference 1: What Is a Computer Network?

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

14) A(n) ___ can consist of one or more ___.

a) LAN, WANs

b) WAN, enterprise networks

c) LAN, enterprise networks

d) enterprise network, LANs

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective 1: Compare and contrast the major types of networks.

Section Reference 1: What Is a Computer Network?

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

15) Which of the following are advantages of computer networks?

a) They enable organizations to be more flexible.

b) They enable companies to share hardware, computer applications, and data.

c) They enable geographically dispersed employees to work together.

d) They provide a critical link between businesses and their customers.

e) all of the above

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective 1: Compare and contrast the major types of networks.

Section Reference 1: What Is a Computer Network?

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

Bloomcode: Knowledge

16) Place the different types of wireline communication channels in order of speed, ranging from slowest to fastest.

a) Coaxial cable, Fibre-optic cable, Twisted-pair cable

b) Twisted-pair wire, Coaxial cable, Fibre-optic cable

c) Fibre-optic cable, Digital subscriber line, Coaxial cable

d) Digital subscriber line, Twisted-pair wire, Fibre-optic cable

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective 1: Describe the wireline communications media and transmission technologies.

Section Reference 1: Network Fundamentals

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

17) ___ are high-speed central networks to which multiple smaller networks connect.

a) Local area networks

b) Routers

c) Backbone networks

d) Network servers

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Describe the wireline communications media and transmission technologies.

Section Reference 1: Network Fundamentals

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

18) Which wireline communication has the highest security?

a) twisted-pair wire

b) coaxial cable

c) fibre-optic cable

d) All of the wireline communications channels listed have good security and are difficult to tap.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective 1: Describe the wireline communications media and transmission technologies.

Section Reference 1: Network Fundamentals

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

19) Which transmission technology utilizes existing telephone lines?

a) DSL

b) ATM

c) SONET

d) T-carrier systems

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective 1: Describe the wireline communications media and transmission technologies.

Section Reference 1: Network Fundamentals

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

20) Which of the following is not a basic function of the transmission control protocol?

a) managing the movements of packets between computers

b) sequencing the transfer of packets

c) analyzing the packets for size

d) acknowledging that packets have been transferred

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective 1: Describe the wireline communications media and transmission technologies.

Section Reference 1: Network Fundamentals

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

21) If broadband is not available in your area, which of the following Internet connection methods would allow you to connect to the Internet?

a) cable modem

b) DSL

c) satellite

d) You could potentially connect using any of these methods.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Describe the wireline communications media and transmission technologies.

Section Reference 1: Network Fundamentals

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

22) A modem can perform which of the following operations?

a) Convert analog signals to digital signals only.

b) Convert digital signals to analog signals only.

c) Both of the following are correct: Convert analog signals to digital signals only; and convert digital signals to analog signals only.

d) Modems do not convert signals.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Describe the wireline communications media and transmission technologies.

Section Reference 1: Network Fundamentals

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

23) Network protocols describe

a) the number of nodes in the network.

b) the rules for communication within the network.

c) the connections between the nodes in the network.

d) the number of nodes in the network and the connections between them.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Describe the wireline communications media and transmission technologies.

Section Reference 1: Network Fundamentals

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

24) Where in a domain name do you find the top-level domain (TLD)?

a) to the right

b) to the left

c) in the middle

d) A TLD is not found within the domain name.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Describe the most common methods for accessing the Internet.

Section Reference 1: The Internet and the World Wide Web

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

25) IPv6 will allow for ___ unique IP addresses.

a) 2³²

b) 2⁶⁴

c) 2¹²⁸

d) 2²⁵⁶

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Describe the most common methods for accessing the Internet.

Section Reference 1: The Internet and the World Wide Web

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

26) Most Internet search engines maintain an index of billions of webpages. These indexes are updated using

a) the users of the search engine.

b) dedicated employees.

c) automated web crawlers.

d) a combination of all of these

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Explain the impact that discovery network applications have had on business and everyday life.

Section Reference 1: Network Applications: Discovery

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

27) Networks enable which of the following applications?

a) Discovery

b) Communications

c) Collaboration

d) all of the above

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Explain the impact that discovery network applications have had on business and everyday life.

Learning Objective 2: Explain the impact that communication network applications have had on business and everyday life.

Learning Objective 3: Explain the impact that collaboration network applications have had on business and everyday life.

Section Reference 1: Network Applications: Discovery

Section Reference 2: Network Applications: Communication

Section Reference 3: Network Applications: Collaboration

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Comprehension

28) An Intranet that allows limited access to its partners, suppliers, and customers is called a(n)

a) secure intranet.

b) extranet.

c) corporate website.

d) portal.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Explain the impact that communication network applications have had on business and everyday life.

Section Reference 1: Network Applications: Communication

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

29) With ___, phone calls are treated as just another kind of data.

a) Voice over Internet Protocol

b) chat rooms

c) teleconference

d) all of the above

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Explain the impact that communication network applications have had on business and everyday life.

Section Reference 1: Network Applications: Communication

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

30) ___ portals support communities such as hobby groups or a political party.

a) Industrywide

b) Personal

c) Affinity

d) Corporate

e) Commercial

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Explain the impact that communication network applications have had on business and everyday life.

Section Reference 1: Network Applications: Communication

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

31) Many organizations have implemented corporate portals for which of the following reasons?

a) to cut costs

b) to free up time for busy managers

c) to improve profitability

d) to offer customers self-service opportunities

e) all of the above

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Explain the impact that communication network applications have had on business and everyday life.

Section Reference 1: Network Applications: Communication

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

Bloomcode: Knowledge

32) Workflow, groupware, and telepresence systems are examples of which network application?

a) Discovery

b) Communications

c) Collaboration

d) none of the above

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Explain the impact that collaboration network applications have had on business and everyday life.

Section Reference 1: Network Applications: Collaboration

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

33) Which of the following is NOT a potential benefit of e-learning?

a) very current content

b) flexibility to learn from different locations

c) high costs to develop

d) ability to learn at your own pace

e) availability 24/7

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Explain the impact that collaboration network applications have had on business and everyday life.

Section Reference 1: Network Applications: Education

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

34) The popularity of online classes and online universities can be attributed to which of the following network applications?

a) Discovery

b) Communications

c) Collaboration

d) Educational

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Explain the impact that educational network applications have had on business and everyday life.

Section Reference 1: Network Applications: Education

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Question type: Multiple-Selection

35) The following can be considered as broadband technologies (choose all that are correct):

a) DSL

b) dial-up

c) cable

d) all of these

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Describe the wireline communications media and transmission technologies.

Section Reference 1: Network Fundamentals

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge

36) Fibre-optic cables are preferred over coaxial and twisted-pair cables because (choose all that are correct):

a) fibre-optic cables are less difficult to tap.

b) fibre-optic cables offer higher security.

c) fibre-optic cables are susceptible to interference.

d) fibre-optic cables have very high bandwidth.

Answer 1: a

Answer 2: b

Answer 3: d

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective 1: Describe the wireline communications media and transmission technologies.

Section Reference 1: Network Fundamentals

AACSB: Technology

Bloomcode: Knowledge