Questions: 1-16 

1.   Question: (TCO A) A backbone network is (Points : 10)

2.   Question: (TCO B) With a client-based network, one fundamental problem is that (Points : 10)

3.   Question: (TCO B) What technique is used by most videoconferencing applications to reduce the amount of data being transmitted? (Points : 10)

4.   Question: (TCO C) Which of the following would be considered a type of wireless media? (Points : 10)

5.   Question: (TCO D) The network architecture component that contains the organization’s servers is called the (Points : 10)

6.   Question: (TCO D) A ____ is used by ISPs to authenticate its customers (Points : 10)

7.   Question: (TCO E) Threat of intrusion comes from (Points : 10)

8.   Question: (TCO F) Which of the following is false about staff costs for a network? (Points : 10)

9.   Question: (TCO F) Two fundamentally different types of data are (Points : 10)

10.  Question: (TCO G) ____ refers to managing and documenting the network’s hardware and software configuration (Points : 10)

11.  Question: (TCO A) Describe the seven layers in the OSI network model and what they do (Points : 25)

12.  Question: (TCO B) Which is less expensive: host-based networks or client-server networks? Explain (Points : 25)

13.  Question: (TCO C) Which is better, controlled access or contention? Explain (Points : 25)

14.  Question: (TCO D) What is an RFP, and why do companies use them? (Points : 25)

15.  Question: (TCO F) Explain how routed backbones work (Points : 25)

16.  Question: (TCO G) What do network management software systems do, and why are they important? (Points : 25)