ITN 101 NVCC EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
1) Which of the following is true of a repeater? -- Answer ✔✔ Receives bit signals and
strengthens them
2) Which of the following is true of a hub? (Choose all that apply.) -- Answer ✔✔
Transmits regenerated signals to all connected ports. Usually has four or more ports
3) Which of the following is the unit of measurement by which a hub's bandwidth is
usually specified? -- Answer ✔✔ Bits per second
4) Which of the following describes how devices connected to a hub use the speed at
which the hub can transmit data? -- Answer ✔✔ Bandwidth sharing
5) Which of the following is a likely indicator light on a hub? (Choose all that apply.) --
Answer ✔✔ Link status. Connection speed. Activity
6) Which of the following describes how devices connected to a switch use the speed
at which the switch can transmit data? -- Answer ✔✔ Dedicated bandwidth
, 7) What does a switch use to create its switching table? -- Answer ✔✔ Source MAC
addresses
8) What purpose does the timestamp serve in a switching table? -- Answer ✔✔ Tells
the switch when to delete an entry
9) What feature of a switch allows devices to effectively communicate at 200 Mbps on a
100 Mbps switch? -- Answer ✔✔ Full-duplex mode
10) To which device is a wireless access point most similar in how it operates? --
Answer ✔✔ Hub
11) What's the purpose of an RTS signal in wireless networking? -- Answer ✔✔ It allows
a client to notify the AP that it's ready to send data.
12) Which of the following is a common operational speed of a wireless network? --
Answer ✔✔ 11 Mbps
13) Which of the following is a task performed by a NIC and its driver? (Choose all that
apply.) -- Answer ✔✔ Provides a connection to the network medium. Receives
packets from the network protocol and creates frames
14) Which of the following best describes a MAC address? -- Answer ✔✔ Two 24-bit
numbers, in which one is the OUI
SOLUTIONS
1) Which of the following is true of a repeater? -- Answer ✔✔ Receives bit signals and
strengthens them
2) Which of the following is true of a hub? (Choose all that apply.) -- Answer ✔✔
Transmits regenerated signals to all connected ports. Usually has four or more ports
3) Which of the following is the unit of measurement by which a hub's bandwidth is
usually specified? -- Answer ✔✔ Bits per second
4) Which of the following describes how devices connected to a hub use the speed at
which the hub can transmit data? -- Answer ✔✔ Bandwidth sharing
5) Which of the following is a likely indicator light on a hub? (Choose all that apply.) --
Answer ✔✔ Link status. Connection speed. Activity
6) Which of the following describes how devices connected to a switch use the speed
at which the switch can transmit data? -- Answer ✔✔ Dedicated bandwidth
, 7) What does a switch use to create its switching table? -- Answer ✔✔ Source MAC
addresses
8) What purpose does the timestamp serve in a switching table? -- Answer ✔✔ Tells
the switch when to delete an entry
9) What feature of a switch allows devices to effectively communicate at 200 Mbps on a
100 Mbps switch? -- Answer ✔✔ Full-duplex mode
10) To which device is a wireless access point most similar in how it operates? --
Answer ✔✔ Hub
11) What's the purpose of an RTS signal in wireless networking? -- Answer ✔✔ It allows
a client to notify the AP that it's ready to send data.
12) Which of the following is a common operational speed of a wireless network? --
Answer ✔✔ 11 Mbps
13) Which of the following is a task performed by a NIC and its driver? (Choose all that
apply.) -- Answer ✔✔ Provides a connection to the network medium. Receives
packets from the network protocol and creates frames
14) Which of the following best describes a MAC address? -- Answer ✔✔ Two 24-bit
numbers, in which one is the OUI
