Chapter 3 Network Hardware & Software

Question 1

NAME 4 COMMON TYPES OF NETWORK HARDWARE?

Answer 1

1. STATIONS
2. SERVERS
3. SWITCHES
4. ROUTERS

Question 2

WHAT DEVICE IS USED TO ACCESS AN ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORK?

Answer 2

STATION

Question 3

WHAT TYPE OF STATION CONNECTS THE NETWORK OVER CABLING OR A SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS CONNECTION?

Answer 3

LOCSL STATION

Question 4

WHAT TYYPE OF STATION CONNECTS THE NETWORK OVER A WIRED OR WIRELESS TLECOMMUNICATIONS CIRCUIT MANAGED BY AN SP, ISP OR AP?

Answer 4

REMOTE STATION

Question 5

WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF LOCAL STATION?

Answer 5

DESKTOP COMUPTER

Question 6

WHEN WOULD A STATION BE CONFIGEURED WITHOUT INTERNAL STORAGE DEVICES AND WITH THE EXTERNAL STORAGE DEVICES DIDSABLED?

Answer 6

WHENEVER DATA SECURITY IS CRITICAL

Question 7

What hardware component
connects a station to the
network medium?

Answer 7

NIC

Question 8

Which device manages one
or more resources shared by
users and administrators on
a network?

Answer 8

SERVER

Question 9

NAME 2 ADVANTAGES OF SERVER UTILIZATION?

Answer 9

1. SPACE SAVINGS
2. EASE OF CONFIGURATION AND MAINTENANCE BY NETWROK ADMINISTRATORS

Question 10

WHAT IS SERVER CLUSTERING?

Answer 10

LINKING MULTIPLE SERVERS TOGETHER TO PROVIDE GREATER PEROMANCE AND LOWER RESPONSE TIMES THAN A SINGLE SERVER.

Question 11

WHAT IS FAILOVER ACCESS?

Answer 11

A PROCESS IN WHICH ALL ACTIVITIES FOR A SINGLE FAILED SERVER IS TRANSFERRED FROM THE FAILED SRVER TO ONE OR MORE OF THE OTHER SERVERS IN THE CLUSTER.

Question 12

DEFINE HIGH AVAILABILITY IN TERMS OF SERVER CLUSTERING?

Answer 12

THE IMPROVED NETWORK RELIABILITY ENABLED BY CLUSTERING.

Question 13

Which network access
device provides a
centralized point for LAN
communications, media
connections, and
management activities?

Answer 13

SWITCH

Question 14

OSI model layer(s) does a
switch function?

Answer 14

LAYER 1 & LAYER 2

Question 15

WHAT IS A ROUTER?

Answer 15

A combination of hardware and
software, typically in the form of
a specialized device

Question 16

What process allows
network administrators to
direct, modify, and refine
network traffic flows on the
basis of organizational
priorities?

Answer 16

TRAFFIC ENGINEERING (TRAFIC SHAPING)

Question 17

What term is used to
describe the process of
running multiple OSS
simultaneously in a single
server?

Answer 17

SERVER VIRTUALIZATION

Question 18

HOW DOES STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY?

Answer 18

BY ENABLING MANY STORAGE UNITS TO APPEAR AS A SINGLE CONSOLIDATED POOL ON THE NETWORK.

Question 19

NAME 4 COMPNENTS OF A THIN CLIENT DEVICE?

Answer 19

1. MONITOR
2. KEYBAORD
3. MOUSE
4. NETWROK CONNECTION

Question 20

HOW DOES STATION VIRTUALIZATION IMPOVE SECURITY?

Answer 20

All data remains in the computer
room (CR). In the event of
desktop failure or theft, a new
thin client can quickly replace
the old one with no loss of data.

Question 21

Name 3 types of software
that are used to transform
a stand-alone computer
into a network station.

Answer 21

1. DRIVERS
2. UTILITIES
3. CLIENTS

Question 22

What type of software is
needed to link a station’s
NIC to the OS?

Answer 22

DRIVER

Question 23

What is an integrated set of
programs designed to
control and coordinate all
access to network
resources?

Answer 23

NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM (NOS)

Question 24

What does the directory
service of a NOS provide to
users and administrators?

Answer 24

A GLOBAL VIEW OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORK

Question 25

WHAT IS A FLAT NETWORK?

Answer 25

A conventional LAN that uses a single broadcast domain to span all of its hubs and switches as well as the devices connected to their ports

Question 26

What devices does a VLAN use to divide a single broadcast domain into multiple smaller ones?

Answer 26

ROUTER