Test bank for digital business networks 1st edition by dooley

A digitization, growth of data gathering, an era of delegation, the Internet as a common tool, and pervasive computing B analog signals, growth of data communications, an era of deregula

TEST BANK FOR DIGITAL BUSINESS NETWORKS 1ST EDITION BY DOOLEY 1.1 Multiple Choice Questions

1) What are the five evolution phases of data communications?

A) digitization, growth of data gathering, an era of delegation, the Internet as a common tool, and pervasive computing

B) analog signals, growth of data communications, an era of deregulation, the Internet as a common tool, and pervasive computing

C) digitization, growth of data communications, an era of deregulation, the Internet as a common tool, and pervasive computing

D) digitization, growth of data communications, an era of deregulation, the evolution of Voice-over-IP (VoIP) as a common tool, and pervasive computing

Answer: C

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2) In what year did computer technology begin to transform our social, economic, and

governmental infrastructures?

A) 1960s, when Internet became a core in our technology

B) 1950s, when ARPA research was formed

C) 1980s, when the Internet was introduced

D) 1990s, when the Internet was enhanced

Answer: A

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3) The technology used in the 1960s called was/were very large and expensive and used proprietary architectures that did not support cross-platform communications

A) Department of Defense PCs

B) the Internet

C) personal computers

D) mainframes

Answer: D

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4) The term generally refers to a technology or product that is copyrighted and not available for use without some type of fee or payment to its owner

A) Internet technology

B) RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology

C) Proprietary

D) IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electrical Engineers) technology

Answer: C

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5) A series of legal battles, beginning in the late and continuing into the , introduced an era of deregulation that in resulted in the federally mandated breakup of Bell Telephone/AT&T into two components

A) 1970s, 1980s, 1988

B) 1960s, 1970s, 1984

C) 1960s, 1970s, 1988

D) 1980s, 1990s, 1994

Answer: B

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6) A key goal of is to allow competitors to enter a market so that consumers in that market can have a wider selection of service providers from which to choose

A) digitization

B) the Internet

C) deregulation

D) All of the above

Answer: C

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7) In 1958, in response to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik, the U.S Department of Defense established

A) Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)

B) Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)

C) Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

D) Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)

Answer: A

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8) The Internet mostly in use today, especially in the U.S., is known as version IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) What is the next improved and enhanced Internet Protocol technology? A) Internet protocol v5

B) Internet protocol v3

C) Internet protocol v9

D) Internet protocol v6

Answer: D

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9) Data communications is formally considered as a subset of

A) Internet

B) AT&T Bell lab technologies

C) Telecommunications

D) All of the above

Answer: C

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10) Telecommunications includes many different types of communication besides data, such as voice and video, and includes telephony, telegraphy, and television Where does the prefix "tele" come from?

A) The Latin word communications

B) The Roman word for traveling

C) The English word for telecommute

D) The Greek word for distance

Answer: D

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11) Telecommunications historically has supported other purposes beyond communications between and

A) computers, networks

B) World Wide Web, DNS

C) DHCP, mainframes

D) File Transfer Protocols, Proxy Servers

Answer: A

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12) A number of , both national and international, specify how, where, when, what, and who can provide telecommunications services

A) Internet and network organizations

B) protocols

C) standards-setting bodies

D) Internet technologies

Answer: C

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13) Today, the term data encompasses a much broader range of elements, no longer consisting of just numbers and text What other elements might data include?

A) graphic images, sound files, or video elements

B) sound files, but not video

C) video elements, but not sound files

D) None of the above

Answer: A

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14) One binary coding scheme in particular that will affect data communications technologies is

A) Internet subnet mask

B) Internet Protocol (IP)

C) binary code

D) Unicode

Answer: D

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15) What are the three questions that must be considered with regards to data communications? A) (1) how the data are delivered, (2) how accurate the data are once delivered, and (3) how accessible the data are to those who need to use it

B) (1) how the data are received, (2) how accurate the data are once delivered, and (3) how accessible the data are to those who need to use it

C) (1) how the data are delivered, (2) how accurate the data are once received, and (3) how accessible the data are to those who need to use it

D) (1) how the data are delivered, (2) how accurate the data are once delivered, and (3) how accessible the data are to those who sent it

Answer: A

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16) A/an is a set of rules that determine how something is performed or accomplished A) standard

B) Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

C) protocol

D) Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)

Answer: C

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17) In data communications, protocols must possess how many key characteristics in order for communications to successfully and effectively occur?

A) three

B) four

C) two

D) five

Answer: B

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18) When a sending device sends its data to a receiving device, the two devices must agree on the of speed that will be used in the transmission

A) protocol

B) standard

C) quality

D) rate

Answer: D

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19) When two devices need to communicate, one of the devices may not be available for a variety of reasons: hardware failure, a downed communication link, , or A) system repair, network upgrading

B) system repair, software upgrading

C) system repair, mainframe upgrading

D) PC repair, software upgrading

Answer: B

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20) Evolving data communications technologies, which are or depending on how one views them, are having dramatic effects on the ethical standards of conduct within our society

A) invasive, pervasive

B) similar, different

C) active, interactive

D) small, large

Answer: A

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21) If a business wants to be able to keep accurate records of its inventory, what should the business utilize?

A) Wireless technologies to be connected to the network all the time

B) More resources to keep track of what has been sold and what has been purchased

C) GPS (Global Positioning System)

D) RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)

Answer: D

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22) What are the two main types of standards?

A) invasive or pervasive

B) TCP/IP and Ethernet

C) formal and informal

D) IPv4 and IPv6

Answer: C

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23) Standards provide well-known and published upon which a technology can be based

A) guidelines

B) rules

C) policies

D) All of the above are correct

Answer: D

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24) standards are either proprietary or nonproprietary

A) Formal

B) Non-formal

C) FCC (Federal Communications Commission)

D) De facto

Answer: D

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25) A famous example of a de facto standard that later became a formal standard is A) Internet subnet mask

B) Internet Protocol (IP)

C) Ethernet protocol

D) Unicode

Answer: C

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26) Ethernet was created by Xerox Corporation and later formalized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) as what standard?

A) 801.2

B) 802.1

C) 802.11

D) 802.3

Answer: D

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27) ISO is one of the standards-setting bodies ISO stands for

A) Internet Standardization Organization

B) International Standards Organization

C) International Systems Organizations

D) Internet Systems Organization

Answer: B

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28) One of the major standards-setting body organizations is ANSI, which stands for A) American Native Standards Institute

B) American National Standards of Internet

C) American National Standards Institute

D) American Nation Systems Institute

Answer: C

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29) The ISO attempts to create international technological compatibility by supporting and establishing worldwide

A) standards

B) protocols

C) IP addresses

D) Ethernet protocol

Answer: A

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30) The defines many standards for both local area networks (LANs) and backbone networks

A) ISO

B) ANSI

C) IEEE

D) FCC

Answer: C

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31) The is a nonprofit organization accredited by the American National Standards Institute to develop voluntary industry standards for a wide variety of telecommunications products

A) IANA

B) IETF

C) FCC

D) TIA

Answer: D

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32) The attempts to create international technological compatibility by supporting and establishing worldwide standards in the field of information technology

A) FCC

B) OSI

C) ISO

D) IEEE

Answer: C

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33) of a technology know that, by following standards, they will create a product of much greater appeal to their market of interest

A) Network engineers

B) Software engineers

C) Managers

D) Developers

Answer: D

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34) of a technology appreciate standards because it makes for easier maintenance, upgrade, and troubleshooting of their technology infrastructures

A) Managers

B) Developers

C) Help desk users

D) All of the above

Answer: A

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35) The is an open-member professional society, meaning you could join it if you wanted to It is the closest the Internet has to an owning organization It represents more than 100 countries

A) OSI

B) ISO

C) ISOC

D) IETF

Answer: C

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36) The is an international community, consisting of researchers, vendors, and

network designers Its concern is with the evolution of the Internet's architecture and its efficient functioning

A) IEEE

B) FCC

C) ANSI

D) IETF

Answer: D

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37) The is responsible for actions associated with, and the final specifications of, Internet standards

A) IESG

B) FCC

C) ANSI

D) IETF

Answer: A

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38) The Internet Architecture Board (IAB) provides strategic direction and guidance to the IESG and the

A) IANA

B) FCC

C) ANSI

D) IETF

Answer: D

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39) The IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) governs the assignment of IP A) standards

B) numbers

C) binary codes

D) All of the above

Answer: B

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40) The oversees and authorizes interstate and international electrical communication systems originating in the U.S

A) IESG

B) FCC

C) ANSI

D) IETF

Answer: B

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41) The plays a major role in ensuring that the national telephone system operates effectively

A) IESG

B) ISO

C) FCC

D) IETF

Answer: C

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42) The spearheaded the development of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and reviews performance standards for bridges, routers, and router protocols

A) ISO

B) IEEE

C) IETF

D) FCC

Answer: C

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43) The plays a fundamental role in the defining of standards for electrical and functional characteristics of interface equipment

A) TIA

B) IEEE

C) IETF

D) FCC

Answer: A

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44) _'s membership list includes industry associations, consumer groups, governmental bodies, professional associations, and other interested parties

A) ISO

B) IETF

C) IEEE

D) ANSI

Answer: D

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45) The has established standards that define data transmission over phone lines, e-mail and directory services, and transmission over public digital networks

A) ISO

B) ITU-T

C) IEEE

D) ANSI

Answer: B

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46) determine the speed at which sending and receiving devices can communicate based on the capabilities of each device

A) Protocols

B) Standards

C) IPv4s

D) IPv6s

Answer: A

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1.2 True/False Questions

1) Networked data communications are not changing our world

Answer: FALSE

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2) In 720 B.C., the Greeks used homing pigeons to carry messages

Answer: FALSE

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3) Global Positioning System (GPS) provides instant messaging and assistance

Answer: FALSE

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4) The evolution of data communications can be divided into five phases

Answer: TRUE

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5) The evolution of data communications can be divided into six phases

Answer: FALSE

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6) Deregulation is one of the six evolution phases of data communications

Answer: FALSE

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7) Deregulation is not one of the five evolution phases of data communications

Answer: FALSE

8) The evolution of the Internet came to existence in 1972.

Answer: FALSE

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9) The Internet is one of the six evolution phases of data communications

Answer: FALSE

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10) The evolution of the Internet took place in 1990s

Answer: TRUE

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11) In the 1970s, computer technology began to transform our social, economic, and

governmental infrastructures

Answer: FALSE

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12) Computer technology began to transform our social, economic, and governmental

infrastructures in the 1960s

Answer: TRUE

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13) Mainframe computers are primarily used for storing small amounts of data

Answer: FALSE

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14) Mainframe computers were very large and expensive and used proprietary architectures that did not support cross-platform communications

Answer: TRUE

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15) A closed architecture technology does not permit competing technologies to directly interface

or interact with it

Answer: TRUE

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16) Because they were large, expensive, and simple, mainframes were used mostly by

governments, major research institutes, and large corporations

Answer: FALSE

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17) Because they were large, expensive, and complex, personal computers were used mostly by governments, major research institutes, and large corporations

Answer: FALSE

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18) The first data communications infrastructures used the existing circuit-based telephone system

Answer: TRUE

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19) In 1986, the U.S Congress passed the Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act

Answer: FALSE

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20) In 1958, in response to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik, the U.S Department of Defense established the Advanced Resource Projects Agency (ARPA)

Answer: FALSE

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21) In 1968, in response to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik, the U.S Department of Defense established the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)

Answer: FALSE

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22) According to IMS Research, the total number of devices connected to the Internet was expected to exceed 15 billion as of August 2010

Answer: FALSE

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23) The Internet mostly in use today, especially in the U.S., is known as Internet Protocol version 4

Answer: TRUE

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24) IPv4 will ultimately be replaced with the new improved Internet, IPv9 (Internet Protocol version 9)

Answer: FALSE

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25) A technology so commonly used that it is taken for granted within a society is referred to as a pervasive technology

Answer: TRUE

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26) A famous example of a commonly used pervasive technology in industrial countries is the cars we drive

Answer: FALSE

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