Network Types and Topologies Quiz

A Local Area Network, typically confined to a single building or campus.

A Metropolitan Area Network, spans a city or large campus.

A Personal Area Network, for personal devices within a short range.

A Virtual Private Network provides secure connectivity over public networks.

Wireless Local Area Network, allows devices to connect wirelessly within a local area.

A private network designed for secure communication within an organization.

Domain Name System, translates domain names into IP addresses.

Home Area Network, best suited for home automation systems.

Protocols used for routing data within a single autonomous system, such as OSPF and BGP.

Protocols specifically designed for routing multicast traffic, including IGMP and PIM.

A transport layer protocol that ensures reliable communication, primarily TCP.

Protocol used for error reporting and diagnostics at the network layer, notably ICMP.

Protocols used to download emails from servers to clients, such as POP3 and IMAP.

Protocol responsible for logical addressing in the network layer, namely IP protocol.

Protocol used to map IP addresses to MAC addresses, known as ARP.

Protocols operating at the transport layer, such as UDP for non-reliable and TCP for reliable transport.

A WLAN is a Local Area Network that connects devices using wireless communication technology, like Wi-Fi.

A LAN is a network designed for small geographical areas, enabling high-speed communication and resource sharing.

A MAN covers a larger area than a LAN, like a city, interconnecting various LANs within that area.

DNS converts human-readable domain names into machine-readable IP addresses, essential for Internet navigation.

A PAN connects personal devices like smartphones and tablets within a short range, usually up to 10 meters.

In a Ring topology, each device connects to two others, creating a circular data path, which is vulnerable to failure.

The Network Layer (Layer 3) manages data transfer through logical addressing, especially IP addresses, to route data between nodes on a network.

The Transport Layer (Layer 4) ensures reliable data delivery, managing error detection, flow control, and retransmissions using TCP and UDP protocols.

An Access Point (AP) connects wireless devices to a wired network, functioning at the Data Link Layer (Layer 2) using Wi-Fi protocols.

A Gateway can operate at various layers, translating protocols and formats between different networks, often at the Application Layer (Layer 7).

The Data Link Layer (Layer 2) detects and corrects errors in transmission using techniques such as CRC, ensuring reliable communication over physical links.

Protocols like OSPF and BGP enable the efficient forwarding of packets across networks, ensuring optimal paths for data transmission.

In the Data Link Layer, framing refers to the method of structuring data packets for transmission across the network, ensuring organized communication.

Error detection involves identifying transmission errors in data packets and facilitating retransmission to ensure accurate communication.

An error correction technique that adds redundant bits to detect and correct single-bit errors.

Methods like CRC and Checksum used to detect errors in data transmission.

An error correction technique that corrects burst errors by adding redundant data.

An error detection technique that uses polynomial division to find errors in data.

An error detection technique that calculates the sum of data segments for integrity checks.

A value calculated from data to detect errors by comparing sums on transmission.

An advanced error detection technique using polynomial division to ensure data integrity.

Specifications that determine which users or devices can access resources.

A system that blocks unauthorized access to a network by filtering traffic based on rules.

An error detection method that adds a parity bit to data for single-bit error detection.

A protocol that maps IP addresses to MAC addresses within a local network.

A protocol that maps MAC addresses to IP addresses, the reverse of ARP.

A security system that monitors and controls network traffic based on predetermined rules.

Functions occurring at the network layer, managing data transfer across networks and routing.