Exam

Name___________________________________

MULTIPLECHOICE. Choosetheonealternativethatbestcompletesthestatementor
answersthequestion.
1) Toimprovecommunicationeffectivenessinawirelessnetwork,youcan

1) _______
doallofthefollowingEXCEPT
A) addawirelessaccesspoint(WAP)tothenetwork.

B) repositionthecomputeryouareusing.

C) moveyourcomputernexttoacementwall.

D) movethecomputersinthenetworkclosertogether.

2) Distributeddenialofservice(DDoS)attackshavebeenassociatedwith

2) _______
A) theftoffinancialdataattheIRS.

B) identitytheft.

C) misuseofcreditcardinformation.

D) attacksonfamousblogs,eBay,andAmazon.com.

3) Themostlikelymethodahackerwouldusetoaccessacomputeris

3) _______
A) enteringthroughacompanyintranet.

B) enteringthroughtheInternet.

C) sittingdownatacomputerandinstallinghackingsoftware.

D) overhearingyourpasswordand/orlog-oninformation.

4) AnEthernetadapterisa

4) _______
A) devicethatusesasimplealgorithmtomovedata.

B) transmissionmedium.

C) specifictypeofNIC.

D) specifictypeofrouter.

5) Whichofthefollowingisformallydefinedasanycriminalaction

5) _______
perpetratedprimarilythroughtheuseofacomputer?
A) cybercrime

B) phishing

C) socialnetworking

D) hacking

6) Most__________allowyoutoconnectwirelessandwiredcomputersto

6) _______
thesamenetwork.
A) servers

B) wirelessrouters

C) modems

D) transceivers

7) WhichofthefollowingdevicesisneededtoshareanInternetconnection

7) _______
onawirelessnetwork?
A) afiber-opticcable

B) amodem

C) awirelesshub

D) awirelessrouter

8) Normaltelephonewireis

8) _______
A) ethernetcable.

B) coaxialcable.

C) fiber-opticcable.

D) twisted-paircable.

9) WhichofthefollowingisNOTanexampleofaWAN?

9) _______
A) LANsconnectedinasinglebuilding

B) thecomputersinalabatyourschoolconnectedtothecomputers

inalabat

anotherschoolinyourtown
C) acomputeratabanksmainbranchconnectedwithaLANatthe

banksbranchofficeacrosstown
D) aLANatthemainuniversitycampusconnectedwithaLANatthe

universityextensionsite

10) WhichofthefollowingisNOTanexampleofanetworknode?

A) anNOS

B) aprinter

C) amodem

D) acomputer

11) Themostcommontypeofnetworkis

A) aclient/servernetwork.

B) apeer-to-peer(P2P)network.

C) aWAN.

D) atokenringLAN.

12) Duetotheexpansionofmediafilesonhomecomputers,__________

optionsarenowbeingmarketed; however,theyarenotasfullfeatured
astheirbusiness-worldcounterparts.
A) homeserver

B) externalharddrive

C) onlinestorage

D) megaflashdrives

13) ThemajordifferenceintypesofP2Pnetworksisthe__________by

whichthenodesareconnected.
A) networkinterfacecard

B) software

C) port

D) transmissionmedium

14) Tosecureawirelessnetwork,youshouldtakeallthefollowing

precautionsEXCEPT
A) disablingSSIDbroadcast.

B) turningyourcomputeroffatnight.

C) changingthedefaultpasswordonyourrouter.

D) changingyournetworkname.

15) Whichofthefollowingisaprogramthatappearstobesomethinguseful

ordesirablebutatthesametimedoessomethingmaliciousinthe
background?
A) avirus

B) azombie

C) aTrojanhorse

D) aworm

16) Networksallowuserstoshare

A) paper.

B) phones.

C) flashdrives.

D) peripherals.

17) Inaclient/servernetwork,thereareusuallymanymore__________than

__________.
A) servers,clients

B) clients,servers

C) clients,computers

D) printers,computers

18) Whichofthefollowingnetworkadaptersismostlikelytobe

preinstalledinatypicalnotebookcomputertoday?
A) atransceiver

B) amodem

10) ______

11) ______

12) ______

13) ______

14) ______

15) ______

16) ______

17) ______

18) ______

C) awirelessnetworkadapter

D) apower-lineadapter

19) Thedatatransferrateofawirelessnetworkisusuallymeasuredin

A) Gbps.

B) Mbps.

C) Kbps.

D) Tbps.

20) __________

makesbroadbandusersmorevulnerabletoattacks..
A) Staticaddressing

B) Dynamicaddressing

C) Greaterbandwidth

D) IPaddressing

21) Apacketsnifferisaprogramthatcanenableahackertodoallofthe

followingEXCEPT
A) useyourdebitcardinformationtopurchaseitemsillegally.

B) assumeyouridentity.

C) launchadenialofservice(DoS)attackonyourcomputer.

D) stealyourlogonandpasswordsforvariousaccounts.

22) Ifyoufrequentlytransferlargedatafilesbetweennodesonanetwork,

whichofthefollowingnetworkswouldbethebestchoice?
A) wireless

B) power-line

C) Ethernet

D) dial-up

23) Quarantiningwithregardtocomputerprotectionisdefinedas

A) updatingyourantivirussoftware.

B) repairingtheinfectedfile.

C) placingafoundvirusinasecureareaontheharddrive.

D) deletingtheinfectedfile.

24) Theweakestlinkinanycomputersecuritysystemis

A) theusers.

B) USBports.

C) thenetwork.

D) theoperatingsystem.

25) ThepurposeofNetworkAddressTranslationisto

A) translateIPaddressesfromtheInternet.

B) dynamicallyassignIPaddressesviaanISP.

C) hideuserIPaddressesfromtheInternet.

D) convertlogicalportstophysicalportconfigurations.

26) WhichtypeofviruswasthefamousMichelangelovirus?

A) ascriptvirus

B) ane-mailvirus

C) aworm

D) atimebomb

27) Whichofthefollowingisnecessarytosenddatabetweenahome

networkandtheInternet?
A) ahub

B) aswitch

C) arouter

D) acable

28) Maximumcablerun(length)forEthernetnetworksusingUTPcableis

approximately:
A) 328feet.

B) 50feet.

C) 550feet.

D) 1,100feet.

29) Sophisticatednetworksgenerallyusewhichofthefollowinghardware

devicestoeasetheflowofdatapacketsthroughoutthenetwork?

19) ______

20) ______

21) ______

22) ______

23) ______

24) ______

25) ______

26) ______

27) ______

28) ______

29) ______

A) routersandswitches

B) USBports

C) networkinterfacecards(NICs)

D) firewalls

30) A(n)__________allowssharingofabroadbandInternetconnection.

A) adapter

B) hub

C) phonecord

D) router

31) ManufacturerssuchasLinksys,D-Link,andNetgearmakewhichofthe

followingdevicesthatcandoubleasfirewalls?
A) networks

B) modems

C) routers

D) NICs

32) PublicplaceswhereyoucanwirelesslyconnecttotheInternetare

knownas
A) hotspots.

B) gateways.

C) links.

D) wiredspots.

33) Whichofthefollowingdevicestranslateselectronicdataintoradio

waves?
A) amodem

B) atransceiver

C) areceiver

D) afiber-opticcable

34) Anetworkthathastenormorenodesisusuallyconfiguredasa

A) client/servernetwork.

B) peer-to-peernetwork.

C) homenetwork.

D) WAN.

35) Whatisthebestthingacompanycandotopreventitselectronicdata

frombeingstolen?
A) establishdetailedsecuritypolicies

B) shutoffaccessoncomputerstoflashdrives

C) disconnectemployeescomputersfromtheInternet

D) installhiddencameras

36) Mostcomputerstodaycontainnetworkadaptersinstalledinsideas

expansioncards.Suchadaptersarereferredtoas
A) networkadaptercards.

B) networkexpansioncards.

C) ethernetcards.

D) networkinterfacecards.

37) Awirelessnetworkuseswhichofthefollowingasitstransmission

medium?
A) radiowaves

B) soundwaves

C) fiber-opticwaves

D) laserwaves

38) ThemostpopulartransmissionmediumoptionforwiredEthernet

networksis
A) unshieldedtwisted-paircable(UTP).

B) fiber-opticcable.

C) coaxialcable.

D) power-linecable.

39) Networkadapters

30) ______

31) ______

32) ______

33) ______

34) ______

35) ______

36) ______

37) ______

38) ______

39) ______

A) enablenodesinanetworktocommunicatewitheachother.

B) arealwaysEthernetNICs.

C) arebuiltintothemotherboardoneachnode.

D) arenecessaryonlyonserversinaclient/servernetwork.

40) Acomputernetworkisdefinedastwoormorecomputersconnected

with__________sothattheycancommunicatewitheachother.
A) softwareandhardware

B) theInternet

C) software

D) hardware

41) Howmanyvirusesandvirusvariantsexisttoday?

A) millions

B) hundreds

C) tens

D) thousands

42) Throughput,theactualspeedofdatatransferthatisachievedina

network,isusually
A) lessthanthedatatransferrate.

B) thesameasthedatatransferrate.

C) dependentonthecablesbendradius.

D) morethanthedatatransferrate.

43) Whichofthefollowingclassificationsofviruseschangesitsowncode?

A) multipartite

B) worm

C) polymorphic

D) stealth

44) RulesforcreatingpasswordsincludeallofthefollowingEXCEPT

A) keepyourpasswordasecret.

B) createahard-to-guesspassword,withacombinationofletters

andnumbers.
C) changeyourpasswordfrequently.

D) keepyourpasswordwrittendown,andputitinyourwallet.

45) Onecanthwartmosthackingproblemsbyinstallinga

A) hub.

B) network.

C) firewall.

D) securitypolicy.

46) Networkarchitecturesareclassifiedaccordingto

A) thedistancebetweenthehubandtherouter.

B) thebandwidthsuppliedbytheconnection.

C) thewaytheyarecontrolledandthedistancebetweentheirnodes.

D) thespeedatwhichtheprocessorruns.

47) Client/servernetworksarecontrolledbyacentralserverthatrunsa

specializedpieceofsoftwarecalled
A) WindowsVista.

B) NetWare.

C) afirewall.

D) anetworkoperatingsystem(NOS).

48) Allofthefollowingarereasonsforusingapower-linenetworkinstead

ofanEthernetnetworkEXCEPT
A) power-linenetworkscanbeeasiertoinstall.

40) ______

41) ______

42) ______

43) ______

44) ______

45) ______

46) ______

47) ______

48) ______

B) youareexperiencinginterferencewithawirelessEthernet

network.
C) power-linenetworkscostless.

D) youdontneedtorunnewwireswithapower-linenetwork.

49) Ethernetnetworksarenamedfor

A) thetypeofNICinstalledineverynode.

B) thetypeofoperatingsysteminstalledoneverynode.

C) theprotocolused.

D) thetypeoftransmissionmediumused.

50) Whensettingupanetwork,youshouldsetupanycomputersrunning

theMicrosoftVistaoperatingsystem
A) Theorderdoesnotmatter.

B) last.

C) onlybeforeanycomputersrunningLinux.

D) first.

51) Whichtransmissionmediumisabletotransmitdatathefastest?

A) coaxialcable

B) wireless

C) fiber-opticcable

D) twisted-paircable

TRUE/FALSE. WriteTifthestatementistrueandFifthestatementisfalse.
52) The802.11gstandardsupportstransferratesofupto30Mbps.

53) Asinglecomputercanfunctionasbothaclientandaserver,but

performancewillbedegraded.

54) Itisnotpossibletoconfigureaclient/servernetworkforhomeuse.

55) ExtremeGandEnhancedGstandardswerebothbasedon802.11g

standardsbutusedproprietaryhardwareandsoftwaretweaksto
increaseperformance.

56) SMTPusesport21.

57) Themajorityofinvestigationsrelatedtocybercrimeinvolvedebitcard

fraud.

58) Repeaterscanextendanetworksrangebyamplifyingthesignal.

59) Thepracticeofpiggybackingisillegal.

60) OnecanhavebothwiredandwirelessnodesonasingleP2Pnetwork.

61) Anetwork-readydeviceisadevicethatmaybeattachedtoanetwork

butstillhastoconnecttoanetworkedcomputerfirst.

62) P2Pnetworksaremorecommonlyusedinsmallbusinessesthanin

homes.

63) TheMasterBootRecordexecuteseverytimeacomputerbootsup.

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64) Wirelessnetworksarenomorevulnerabletopacketsniffersthanany

othertypeofnetwork.

65) AwirelessNICfromonemanufacturermaynotworkwithaDSLrouter

fromanothermanufacturer,evenwhenbothdevicesclaimtobe
developedusingthesamestandards.

66) MostcomputerstodaycomewithEthernetadaptersalreadyinstalled.

67) Switchesreceivedatapacketsandsendthemtothenodeforwhichthey

areintendedonthesamenetwork.

68) White-hathackersperformaneededlegalserviceforsociety.

69) Inapeer-to-peernetwork,onecomputeractsastheserver.

70) Cybercriminalsareusuallysecurityindividualswhoworkinlarge

corporationswithavastknowledgebaseofcomputingandnetworking.

71) Whenconfiguredcorrectly,networkfirewallscanhelpprotectyour

network.

72) Aclientcomputeristhecomputeronwhichusersaccomplishspecific

tasks.

73) TheInternetisanexampleofaclient/servernetwork.

74) AP2Pnetworkneedsnetworkoperatingsystemsoftwareinstalledon

everynode.

75) Wirelessnetworksaremorevulnerabletoattackthanwirednetworks.

76) MANstandsformobileareanetwork

77) Whenanetworkissponsoredbyagovernmententitytoprovide

Internetaccesstoaspecificgeographicarea,thatnetworkwillgenerally
bedesignatedasaMAN.

78) 802.11devicesarelesssusceptibletointerferencethan802.11gdevices

are.

79) SMTPstandsforSimpleMailTransferProtocol.

80) ThecostofaP2Pnetworkisslightlygreaterthanthecostofa

client/servernetwork.

81) TheMacOSdoesNOTsupportP2Pnetworking.

82) Mostdesktopandnotebooksystemssoldtodayarenetworkready.

83) DatatransferratedoesNOTaffectthespeedatwhichausercan

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WAN.

84) Ethernetnetworksarealwaysconnectedusingtwisted-paircable

technology.

85) 802.11gdevices

haveafasterthroughputthan802.11ndevices.

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