Week 1

Question 1

T/F - Devices can be clients and servers

Answer 1

True, in P2P networks

Question 2

Logical vs Physical

Answer 2

Physical has to do with the actual physical location of the devices

Question 3

Name this: Interconnected end devices in a small geographic area

Answer 3

LAN

Question 4

Interconnected LANs over a wide geographic area

Answer 4

WAN

Question 5

Name this: a worldwide collection of LANs and WANs

Answer 5

The internet

Question 6

Intranet vs Extranet

Answer 6

Intranet = private collection of WANs and LANs

Extranet = Secure (likely limited) access to data on an Intranet

Extranets are used mostly by different organizations that need access to the intranet to do a job