Chapter3
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. 10BASE2 uses____cable while 10BASE5 uses________.
a. thick coaxial, thin coaxial
b. twisted-pair, thick coaxial
c. thin coaxial, thick coaxial
d. fiber-optic, thin coaxial
2._______specifies a star topology featuring a central hub and unshielded twisted-pair wire as the medium.
3. Farme Relay operates in the ______.
c. physical and data link layers
d. physical, data link, and network layers
4. Which ATM layer specifies how user data should be packaged into cells?
c. application adaptation
5. Which ATM layer has a 53-byte cell as an end product?
c. application adaptation
6. Which application adaptation layer type can process a data stream having a non-constant bit rate?
7. Whick AAL type is designed to support a data stream that has a constant bit rate?
8. Which of the following is not a connecting device?
9. Repeaters function in the ________ layer.
10. Bridges function in the _______ layer.
11. A bridge has access to the _______ address of a station on the same network.
12. Routers function in the ________ layers.
a. physical and data link
b. physical, data link, and network
13. In a ________ ATM LAN, all stations are connected to the ATM switch.
14. A _____ ATM LAN could have Ethernet LANs and Token Ring LANs connected to an ATM switch.
15. In an ATM LAN, a station on an Ethernet LAN needs ______ to exchange data with Toke Ring LAN.
16. __________ software is installed on the client machine.
17. The_____ server is used for the initial connection between the client and LANE.
18. In an ESS the ______ station is mobile.
19. In an ESS the _________ stations are part of a wired LAN.
20. SONET is a standard for _______ networks.
21. SONET is an acronym for ________ Network.
22. PPP is a _______ layer protocol.
c. physical and data link
23. What is the purpose of LCP?
a. establishment of a link
