Understanding Network Theory and Mathematics

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What is the study of graphs as a representation of relations between discrete objects called?

  • Broadcast network
  • Social network
  • Neural network
  • Network theory (correct)

Which type of network is a graph in which most nodes are not neighbors, but have neighbors in common?

  • Scale-free network (correct)
  • Biological network
  • Flow network
  • Wireless network

What kind of network is a representation of interacting species in an ecosystem?

  • Telecommunications network
  • Ecological network (correct)
  • Network hardware
  • Artificial neural network

Which type of network is a computing system inspired by animal brains?

<p>Artificial neural network (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a social networking service provide?

<p>An online platform for building social networks (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the practice of developing and maintaining a personal network called?

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

Which type of network refers to the sharing of information or services between people, companies, or groups?

<p>Business networking (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of network allows communication between separated nodes?

<p>Telecommunications network (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of network addresses in a computer network?

<p>To identify and locate the nodes (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which technology is NOT used as an interconnection method in computer networks?

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

In computer networks, what do hostnames primarily serve as?

<p>Memorable labels for the nodes (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the criteria by which computer networks may be classified?

<p>Organizational intent (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are some of the applications and services supported by computer networks?

<p>Access to the World Wide Web, digital video and audio, shared use of servers, printers, and email applications (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How are telecommunication network technologies related to computer networks?

<p>They are used to carry signals in computer networks (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the speed of the first commercial modem for computers, the Bell 101 modem, released by AT&T Corporation in 1958?

<p>110 bits per second (bit/s) (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who filed a patent application for time-sharing in 1959?

<p>Christopher Strachey (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which year did the first project to implement time-sharing of user programs at MIT begin?

<p>1961 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who proposed a detailed plan for the re-organisation of the control of the Soviet armed forces and economy on the basis of a network of computing centres in 1959?

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

Which two individuals independently developed the concept of packet switching to transfer information between computers over a network?

<p>Paul Baran and Donald Davies (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In what year were the first four nodes of the ARPANET connected using 50 kbit/s circuits between the University of California at Los Angeles, the Stanford Research Institute, and the University o?

<p>1969 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who initiated the first project to implement time-sharing of user programs at MIT?

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

Which individual sent a memorandum to office colleagues discussing the concept of the 'Intergalactic Computer Network'?

<p>J. C. R. Licklider (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who proposed a plan for the re-organisation of the control of the Soviet armed forces and economy on the basis of a network of computing centres that was rejected in 1959?

<p>Anatoly Kitov (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the speed used by the NPL network, a local area network at the National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom), initially and then through high-speed T1 links?

<p>768 kbit/s initially and later high-speed T1 links (1.544 Mbit/s line rate) (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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