Exam 6: Data Communication: Delivering Information Anywhere and Anytime

Identify a topology used by traditional mainframe networks.

A ring topology needs more cables to connect the nodes within a network than a star topology.

Transmission of data across satellites is an example of data communication through _____.

In the context of data communication,which of the following media is based on "line of sight"?

The data transfer speeds of local area networks (LANs)typically range from 100 Mbps to 10 Gbps.

_____ allows the linking of devices running on many different platforms.

Bandwidth is often expressed as _____.

_____ is the amount of data that can be transferred from one point to another in one second.

Which layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)model formats message packets?

Horizontal scaling of a client / server architecture means _____.

_____ are conducted media that can be used for both data and voice transmissions.

In data communication,the _____ is a packet-switching service that operates at 25 Mbps and 622 Mbps,with maximum speed of up to 10 Gbps.

Describe a modem.

Local area networks (LANs)are used to _____.

Transmission Control Protocol operates at the _____ of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)model.

The process of deciding which path data takes on a network is called _____.

Explain the advantages of distributed processing.

Ethernet is a standard communication protocol embedded in software and hardware devices used for building a local area network (LAN).

In the context of communication media,_____ media provide a physical path along which signals are transmitted,including twisted pair copper cable,coaxial cable,and fiber optics.

Wireless network traffic can be captured with sniffers.