Networking Examination ( Part III )

Check Your Understanding

Instructions: Complete all the review questions to test your understanding of the topics and concepts. Post to your blog the answer.

1. The connection to the Internet can be broken down into which of the following?
..... A. Physical connection
..... B. Logical connection
..... C. Applications
..... D. All of the above

2. What is the main circuit board of a computer?
..... A. PC subsystem
..... B. Motherboard
..... C. Backplane
..... D. Computer memory

3. What are PCMCIA slots?
..... A. Slots used in Laptops
..... B. Slots used as expansion slots in all computers
..... C. Expansion slots for a NIC
..... D. Slots for certain specialized devices

4. What is a NIC?
..... A. A WAN adapter
..... B. A printed circuit board that provides network communication
..... C. A card used only for Ethernet networks
..... D. A standardized data link layer address

5. Which of the following is/are the resource(s) you need before you intall a NIC?
..... A. Knowledge of how the network card is configured
..... B. Knowledge of how to use the network card diagnostics
..... C. Capability to resolve hardware resources conflicts
..... D. All of the above

6. Which number system is based on powers of 2?
..... A. Octal
..... B. Hexadecimal
..... C. Binary
..... D. ASCII

7. The smallest unit of data in a computer?
..... A. Bit
..... B. Byte
..... C. kpbs
..... D. MHz

8. A standard measurement of the rate at which data is transferred over a network connection?
..... A. Bit
..... B. Byte
..... C. kbps
..... D. MHz

9. A unit of frequency; the rate of change in the state or cycle in a sound wave, alternating current, or another cylical waveform?
..... A. Bit
..... B. Byte
..... C. kbps
..... D. MHz

10. A unit of measurement that describes the size of a data file, the amount of space on a disk or another storage medium, or the amount of data being tranferred over a network?
..... A. Bit
..... B. Byte
..... C. kpbs
..... D. MHz