Network Components: Host Roles Quiz

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What is the role of a web server in a network?

  • Storing corporate and user files
  • Running web server software to provide web pages to clients (correct)
  • Sending requests to retrieve information from servers
  • Running email server software to provide email to clients

In a network, what is the role of an email server?

  • Running web server software to provide web pages to clients
  • Sending requests to retrieve information from servers
  • Storing corporate and user files
  • Running email server software to provide email to clients (correct)

What type of network design allows a device to be both a client and a server?

  • Distributed Network
  • Peer-to-Peer Network (correct)
  • Centralized Network
  • Hybrid Network

What is a common advantage of a Peer-to-Peer Network design?

<p>Less complex setup (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of end devices in a network?

<p>Originating or receiving messages (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of client devices in a network?

<p>Sending requests to retrieve information from servers (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is an example of an intermediary network device?

<p>Wireless access point (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of an intermediary network device?

<p>Maintain information about pathways in the network (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of medium uses electrical impulses for communication across a network?

<p>Metal wires within cables (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a WAN network infrastructure span?

<p>A wide geographical area (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an intranet?

<p>A private collection of LANs and WANs internal to an organization (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of internet connection runs over a telephone line?

<p>DSL (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What medium uses modulation of specific frequencies of electromagnetic waves for wireless transmission?

<p>Wireless transmission (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a LAN network infrastructure span?

<p>A small geographical area (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an extranet?

<p>A private collection of LANs and WANs internal to an organization (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the major benefit of satellite internet connections?

<p>Benefit to rural areas without Internet Service Providers (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of a web server in a network?

<p>Providing information to end devices through web pages (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of client devices in a network?

<p>Sending requests to retrieve information from servers (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an advantage of a Peer-to-Peer Network design?

<p>Lower cost and ease of setup (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In a network, what is the role of an email server?

<p>Providing information to end devices through emails (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of tasks are Peer-to-Peer Networks commonly used for?

<p>Transferring files and sharing printers (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of a file server in a network?

<p>Storing corporate and user files (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of an intermediary device in a network?

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of network infrastructure spans a small geographical area?

<p>LAN (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the major benefit of using satellite internet connections?

<p>Beneficial for rural areas without Internet Service Providers (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of internet connection uses a cell phone network to connect to the internet?

<p>Cellular (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does an intranet represent within an organization?

<p>A private collection of LANs and WANs internal to an organization (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of management of data as it flows through a network?

<p>Role of intermediary devices (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of medium uses pulses of light for communication across a network?

<p>Glass or plastic fibers within cables (fiber-optic cable) (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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