Exam 4: Network Transmission Equipment

The MNP ____ provides for cell phone transmission.

The bridge with the lowest MAC address becomes the ____ bridge.

Which is not an electrical switching method employed by multiplexers?

A(n)____________________ is software or hardware that secures data from being accessed outside a network and that can also prevent data from leaving the network through an inside source.

In ____ switching, the frame is not forwarded until it is completely received.

Channel banks were first used in voice applications.

Local routers are used to segment network traffic and to enforce security.

A router is inherently faster than a bridge.

A cable segment is one cable run within the IEEE specifications.

Bridges are protocol independent.

All modern channel banks have routing tables that are automatically maintained.

A(n)broadcast flood is the saturation of network bandwidth by excessive transmissions from devices attached to the network, which can result in a virtual standstill of traffic.

A ____ is a device that can transmit and receive, such as transmitting and receiving signals on a communications cable.

Lobe cables are used in connection with ____.

What is the difference between half- and full-duplex?

Switches operate at the OSI ____ layer.

List and define the types of communication formats used by modems.

Bridges operate at the OSI ____ layer.

Token ring bridges use source routing to forward packets on a network.

A global router enables networks to be connected into WANs over long distances, say from New York to Los Angeles.