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What is the primary function of a client in a network?
What is the primary function of a client in a network?
- To maintain the network operating system
- To store and distribute shared data
- To manage network protocols
- To access and use network resources (correct)
What is the purpose of transmission media in a network?
What is the purpose of transmission media in a network?
- To store and manage network data
- To interconnect computers in a network (correct)
- To provide power to network devices
- To control the flow of network traffic
What is the role of a Network Interface Card (NIC) in a network?
What is the role of a Network Interface Card (NIC) in a network?
- To manage the local operating system
- To establish network protocols for communication
- To control the network operating system
- To send and receive data, and control data flow between the computer and the network (correct)
What is the purpose of a Local Operating System?
What is the purpose of a Local Operating System?
What is the purpose of a Network Operating System?
What is the purpose of a Network Operating System?
What is the purpose of a MAC Address?
What is the purpose of a MAC Address?
What does POLAN allow you to do?
What does POLAN allow you to do?
What is the primary purpose of a Home Area Network (HAN)?
What is the primary purpose of a Home Area Network (HAN)?
What is the main characteristic of a Peer-to-Peer network?
What is the main characteristic of a Peer-to-Peer network?
What is the primary purpose of an Enterprise Private Network?
What is the primary purpose of an Enterprise Private Network?
What is the main purpose of a Virtual Private Network (VPN)?
What is the main purpose of a Virtual Private Network (VPN)?
What is the main purpose of a Campus Area Network (CAN)?
What is the main purpose of a Campus Area Network (CAN)?
What layer is responsible for establishing and terminating connections between local and remote applications?
What layer is responsible for establishing and terminating connections between local and remote applications?
Which layer provides the means of transferring data sequences from one node to another in different networks?
Which layer provides the means of transferring data sequences from one node to another in different networks?
What is the responsibility of the Media Access Control (MAC) layer within the data-link layer?
What is the responsibility of the Media Access Control (MAC) layer within the data-link layer?
Which layer corrects errors that can occur at the physical layer?
Which layer corrects errors that can occur at the physical layer?
What does the Logical Link Control layer do within the data-link layer?
What does the Logical Link Control layer do within the data-link layer?
Which layer builds on the network layer to provide data transport from a source machine to a destination machine?
Which layer builds on the network layer to provide data transport from a source machine to a destination machine?
What is the primary purpose of a computer network?
What is the primary purpose of a computer network?
Which of the following is NOT an advantage of a computer network?
Which of the following is NOT an advantage of a computer network?
What is the primary function of a switch in a computer network?
What is the primary function of a switch in a computer network?
Which component in a computer network allows sharing a single internet connection among multiple devices?
Which component in a computer network allows sharing a single internet connection among multiple devices?
What is the primary function of a server in a computer network?
What is the primary function of a server in a computer network?
What is the purpose of a hub in a computer network?
What is the purpose of a hub in a computer network?
What was the initial purpose of the OSI model?
What was the initial purpose of the OSI model?
Which layer of the OSI model interacts directly with the end-user's application program?
Which layer of the OSI model interacts directly with the end-user's application program?
What is the primary function of the presentation layer in the OSI model?
What is the primary function of the presentation layer in the OSI model?
Which layers of the OSI model are primarily implemented in hardware?
Which layers of the OSI model are primarily implemented in hardware?
In which year was the OSI architecture formally adopted by ISO as an international standard?
In which year was the OSI architecture formally adopted by ISO as an international standard?
Which statement best describes the upper layers of the OSI model?
Which statement best describes the upper layers of the OSI model?
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