IT QUiz

Fault-tolerant

A computer network that maintains its connectivity even when faced with equipment malfunctions is considered to be:

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A full mesh network with 28 links would have how many nodes?

Protocol

A rule for doing something is a:

False

When designing a fault-tolerant network, the more single points of failure are included, the better.

Base-16

Hexadecimal is also referred to as?

Increase the bandwidth (data rate) of the network.

A network is experiencing delays which annoy the users of real-time applications. What could be done to fix this problem?

All of the other answers are correct.

Which of the following is the reason for connecting computers to a network?

VoIP

Which of the following is an example of a "real-time" application

Payroll processing

Which of the following would be an example of a typical "batch" application?

Printer

Which of the following peripherals is a resource that is commonly shared among users via a computer network?

Packet

Which PDU is handled by Layer 3 of the OSI model?

Network

Routing is handled by which layer of the OSI model?

Star

Which physical topology is used by WiFi, in which computers are connected by radio waves to a wireless access point?

Ring

Which physical network topology resembles a "daisy-chain"?

Increase the priority of real-time data.

A network is experiencing delays which annoy the users of real-time applications. What could be done to fix this problem?

Sneakernet

Moving application and data files between computers using punched cards, floppy disks, USB flash or other removable storage media is referred to as?

Encryption and/or compression would be handled by which layer number of the OSI model?

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