Networking Flashcards
What is a group of one or more LANs over a large geographic area?
WAN (Wide Area Network)
What is a smaller version of a WAN known as:
MAN (Metropolitan Area Network)
What is a smaller computer network used for communication by smartphones, PDAs and other small computing devices?
PAN (Personal Area Network)
What is the original connecting device for computers on the LAN that creates a simple shared physical plant that all computers use to send data?
Hub
What is a central connecting device that all computers connect to but takes the signal and sends it to the correct computers by identifying their MAC addresses instead of broadcasting it out to every port?
Switch
What enables data communications over the air if your computer is equipped with a wireless networking adapter?
Wireless access point (WAP)
What is a device that can either connect two LANs together or separate them into two sections?
Bridge
What is a device that contains multiple hard drives that connects directly to the network?
Network Attached Storage (NAS)
They offer high speed and have no operating system.
What is a device that allows a computer access to the Internet by changing the digital signals of the computer to analog signals used by a typical land-based phone line?
Modem
What is any device that enables easy connectivity to the Internet called?
Internet Appliance
What is used to connect two or more networks together to form an inter-network?
Router
What is any hardware appliance or software application that protects a computer from unwanted intrusion?
Firewall
What is a collection of technologies, devices, and protocols that allow voice communication over IP based networks?
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
What is a group of computers and other devices that are usually located in a small area?
LAN (Local Area Network)
What is the most common computer topology?
Star topology
What type of topology uses a central connecting device (such as a switch) to unite all of the computers on the LAN?
Star
What type of topology uses a backbone cable that all computers are connected to?
Bus
What type of topology has no central connecting device and is essentially a ring of computers formed together?
Ring
What type of topology has every device connected to every other device?
Mesh
What type of topology connects two different topologies together?
Hybrid
Example: A Star-Bus topology
Which of the following is a group of computers located in a small area?
A. LAN
B. WAN
C. PAN
D. MAN
A. LAN
Which of the following are most often used to connect a group of computers in a LAN? (Select the two best answers.)
A. Hub
B. Switch
C. Bridge
D. WAP
B and D.
What device contains multiple hard drives and is connected directly to the network?
A. Internet Appliance
B. Router
C. NAS
D. Firewall
C. NAS
Which of the following allows voice communication over IP-based networks?
A. Firewall
B. Modem
C. NAS
D. VoIP
D. VoIP