DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND
COMPUTER NETWORK SOLUTIONS
MANUAL WITH COMPLETE EXAM
QUESTIONS (8TH EDITION)
UPDATED 2025/2026
The ____ is essentially the interface device between the wireless user device and
the wired local area network. - ANSWER ✓ access point
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 209)
_______ , or unsolicited commercial bulk e-mail, has become a major nuisance to
corporate users as well as individuals. - ANSWER ✓ spam
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 228)
Windows Server 2000 incorporated Microsoft's answer to the highly popular
NetWare NDS directory system: ____. - ANSWER ✓ Active Directory
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 228)
__________ is a technology in which both the mobile device and the access point
have multiple, smart antennae that help to reduce signal interference and
reflections. - ANSWER ✓ Multiple input multiple output
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 211)
A _________ is the program initially loaded into computer memory when the
computer is turned on. - ANSWER ✓ Operating System
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 215)
Popular operating systems for microcomputers include Mac OS X, ____, Linux,
and the various forms of Windows XP/Vista/7. - ANSWER ✓ Unix
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 216)
First released in August 1996, Windows ____ contained a number of significant
features that quickly made it a serious competitor in the network operating system
market. - ANSWER ✓ NT Version 4
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 220)
,____ was founded in 1983 and was one of the first developers of network
operating systems. - ANSWER ✓ Novell
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 217)
In a _________ operating system, multiple programs can be running at the same
time. - ANSWER ✓ multitasking
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 215)
To protect the server from catastrophic disk failure, the disk drives on most
network servers support one of the ____ techniques. - ANSWER ✓ redundant
array of independent disks (RAID)
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 225)
The ____ server is usually a high-powered workstation that maintains a large file
system of data sets, user profiles, and access information about all the network
peripherals. - ANSWER ✓ network
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 225)
____ technique is also known as disk mirroring. - ANSWER ✓ RAID-1
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 225)
Windows 2008 Server is a network operating system designed to run over a
network of microcomputer workstations and provide file sharing and peripheral
sharing. - ANSWER ✓ True
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 222)
______ can "listen" to traffic on a network and determine if invalid messages are
being transmitted, report network problems such as malfunctioning NICs, and
detect traffic congestion problems. - ANSWER ✓ Sniffers
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 229)
A _____ may not have any servers but allows communications between
workstations, as if the workstations were all equals. - ANSWER ✓ (Ch. 8 - Pg.
227)
In reality, a multitasking operating system runs only one program at a time. -
ANSWER ✓ True
, (Ch. 8 - Pg. 215)
A ____ license allows a software package to be installed on any and all
workstations and servers at a given site. - ANSWER ✓ site
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 231)
A ____ is a data network connection that makes use of the public
telecommunications infrastructure but maintains privacy through the use of a
tunneling protocol and security procedures. - ANSWER ✓ virtual private network
(VPN)
A ____ is a device that interconnects two or more workstations in a star-wired bus
local area network and immediately retransmits the data it receives from any
workstation out to all other workstations connected. - ANSWER ✓ hub
A ____ is a device that interconnects two segments of local area networks and acts
as a filter. - ANSWER ✓ switch
A _____ port is a connection in which eight data lines transmit an entire byte of
data at one moment in time - ANSWER ✓ parallel
A ____ is a valuable device in the event of a power failure. - ANSWER ✓
uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
An interface standard can consist of four parts, or components: the electrical
component, the mechanical component, the ____ component, and the procedural
component. - ANSWER ✓ functional
(Ch. 4)
Cycles per second, or frequency, is represented by ____. - ANSWER ✓ hertz
(Ch. 2)
First released in August 1996, Windows ____ contained a number of significant
features that quickly made it a serious competitor in the network operating system
market. - ANSWER ✓ NT Version 4
COMPUTER NETWORK SOLUTIONS
MANUAL WITH COMPLETE EXAM
QUESTIONS (8TH EDITION)
UPDATED 2025/2026
The ____ is essentially the interface device between the wireless user device and
the wired local area network. - ANSWER ✓ access point
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 209)
_______ , or unsolicited commercial bulk e-mail, has become a major nuisance to
corporate users as well as individuals. - ANSWER ✓ spam
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 228)
Windows Server 2000 incorporated Microsoft's answer to the highly popular
NetWare NDS directory system: ____. - ANSWER ✓ Active Directory
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 228)
__________ is a technology in which both the mobile device and the access point
have multiple, smart antennae that help to reduce signal interference and
reflections. - ANSWER ✓ Multiple input multiple output
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 211)
A _________ is the program initially loaded into computer memory when the
computer is turned on. - ANSWER ✓ Operating System
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 215)
Popular operating systems for microcomputers include Mac OS X, ____, Linux,
and the various forms of Windows XP/Vista/7. - ANSWER ✓ Unix
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 216)
First released in August 1996, Windows ____ contained a number of significant
features that quickly made it a serious competitor in the network operating system
market. - ANSWER ✓ NT Version 4
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 220)
,____ was founded in 1983 and was one of the first developers of network
operating systems. - ANSWER ✓ Novell
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 217)
In a _________ operating system, multiple programs can be running at the same
time. - ANSWER ✓ multitasking
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 215)
To protect the server from catastrophic disk failure, the disk drives on most
network servers support one of the ____ techniques. - ANSWER ✓ redundant
array of independent disks (RAID)
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 225)
The ____ server is usually a high-powered workstation that maintains a large file
system of data sets, user profiles, and access information about all the network
peripherals. - ANSWER ✓ network
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 225)
____ technique is also known as disk mirroring. - ANSWER ✓ RAID-1
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 225)
Windows 2008 Server is a network operating system designed to run over a
network of microcomputer workstations and provide file sharing and peripheral
sharing. - ANSWER ✓ True
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 222)
______ can "listen" to traffic on a network and determine if invalid messages are
being transmitted, report network problems such as malfunctioning NICs, and
detect traffic congestion problems. - ANSWER ✓ Sniffers
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 229)
A _____ may not have any servers but allows communications between
workstations, as if the workstations were all equals. - ANSWER ✓ (Ch. 8 - Pg.
227)
In reality, a multitasking operating system runs only one program at a time. -
ANSWER ✓ True
, (Ch. 8 - Pg. 215)
A ____ license allows a software package to be installed on any and all
workstations and servers at a given site. - ANSWER ✓ site
(Ch. 8 - Pg. 231)
A ____ is a data network connection that makes use of the public
telecommunications infrastructure but maintains privacy through the use of a
tunneling protocol and security procedures. - ANSWER ✓ virtual private network
(VPN)
A ____ is a device that interconnects two or more workstations in a star-wired bus
local area network and immediately retransmits the data it receives from any
workstation out to all other workstations connected. - ANSWER ✓ hub
A ____ is a device that interconnects two segments of local area networks and acts
as a filter. - ANSWER ✓ switch
A _____ port is a connection in which eight data lines transmit an entire byte of
data at one moment in time - ANSWER ✓ parallel
A ____ is a valuable device in the event of a power failure. - ANSWER ✓
uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
An interface standard can consist of four parts, or components: the electrical
component, the mechanical component, the ____ component, and the procedural
component. - ANSWER ✓ functional
(Ch. 4)
Cycles per second, or frequency, is represented by ____. - ANSWER ✓ hertz
(Ch. 2)
First released in August 1996, Windows ____ contained a number of significant
features that quickly made it a serious competitor in the network operating system
market. - ANSWER ✓ NT Version 4
