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Ch 01: Introduction to Computer Networks
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1. A network that connects LANs in different countries is most likely a WAN.
LANs, Internetworks, WANs, and MANs
2. In order to find out your MAC address, you should open a command prompt and type ipconfig /all.
How Two Computers Communicate on a LAN: Some Details
3. What makes a computer a “server” is the fact that it has a server operating system installed on it.
4. Each component of a computer is designed to perform only one specific task-either input, processing, or
output.
Basic Functions of a Computer
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8. Windows 10 is an example of which of the following?
9. What is one of the disadvantages of a peer-to-peer network compared to a server-based network?
more difficult to setup and install
higher administration costs
Peer-to-Peer/Workgroup Model
10. What command would you issue from a command prompt to see a listing of the computers in your
workgroup?
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11. What is one of the disadvantages of a server-based network compared to a peer-to-peer network?
decentralized data access
12. Which component manages the details of communicating with the NIC hardware to send and receive data to
and from network media?
13. When data is being prepared for transmission onto the network, it is broken into small pieces and a header
and trailer are added to each piece to help identify it. What is this process called?
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Basic Functions of a Computer
26. The three basic functions of a computer are input, ____________, and output.
Basic Functions of a Computer
27. A ____________ is a packet that has been encapsulated with the source and destination MAC addresses in
the header and an error-checking code in the trailer.
28. A ____________ is a chunk of data with the source and destination IP addresses added to it.
29. A ______________ is a collection of users and computers whose accounts are managed by Windows
servers called domain controllers.
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Server/Domain-Based Model
30. The process of ____________ adds IP addresses and then MAC addresses to chunks of data before sending
the data onto the network.
Match each item with a statement below.
31. the term used to describe an OS designed mainly to share network resources
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32. the software defining the rules and formats a computer must use when sending information across the
network
33. a collection of users and computers in a Windows server-based network
34. a network that connects devices in a small geographic area
35. information added to the front end of a chunk of data
36. a chunk of data with source and destination IP addresses in the header
37. network that is geographically dispersed
38. the firmware of a computer is stored in this type of storage
39. a networked collection of LANs tied together by devices such as routers
40. an instance of a processor inside a single CPU chip
41. Judy has just sent a ping message from her computer to John’s computer using John’s computer’s IP address
to verify that she has connectivity. List the steps that the message takes to get to the other computer and what
layer of the network communication process each step relates to.
First, Judy opens a command prompt and types the command ping 192.168.0.10. This
is the user application layer. The next step is for Judy’s computer to create the ping message
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organizations to access resources without making resources available to the wider Internet.
Internet, Intranet, and Extranet