True or False
1. A network’s physical topology refers to the arrangement of the cabling and how the
devices connect to each other.
a. True
b. False
2. The physical bus topology is no longer used because it required extra cable and a
central device to connect all the computers.
a. True
b. False
3. A point-to-point topology is typically used for WAN connections or wireless bridges.
a. True
b. False
4. A network’s logical topology often depends on the central device’s electronics.
a. True
b. False
5. A collision can occur on a switch only if the switch is operating in full-duplex mode.
a. True
b. False
Multiple Choice
6. In a physical bus topology, both ends of the medium must be terminated in order to
prevent what?
a. signal propagation
b. signal bounce
c. signal degradation
d. collision
7. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of a physical star?
a. easier network upgrades
b. centralized monitoring and management of traffic
c. use of faster technologies
d. single point of failure
8. Which of the following is the physical topology that is daisy-chained like a bus where
the cabling is brought around from the last device to the first device?
a. physical bus
b. physical star
c. physical ring
d. point-to-point
9. What is an advantage of a point-to-point topology?
a. data travels on a dedicated link
b. provides redundancy and fault tolerance
c. allows many end-device connections
d. a reliable and fast backbone
10. What type of logical topology is at work when using an Ethernet hub?
a. logical bus
b. logical ring
c. switched topology
d. hierarchical topology
11. In which topology does a central device communicate with two or more other devices
and is used in WANs where a main office has connections to several branch offices via a
router?
a. logical bus
b. logical star
c. switched
d. Point-to-multipoint
12. In a token ring network, what is the central device called?
a. multiport Ethernet switch
b. multiservice switch
c. multisession drive
d. multistation access unit
13. What is the most common topology and technology combination in use today?
a. logical bus / Ethernet
b. logical bus / wireless LAN
c. logical ring / token ring
d. switched / Ethernet
14. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Unshielded Twisted Pair cabling?
a. contains four pairs of copper wire
b. susceptible to electrical
interference
c. maximum speed is 100 Mbps
d. comes in numbered categories
15. Which of the following is NOT a field in an Ethernet frame header?
a. Time-to-Live
b. Type
c. FCS
d. Source MAC
16. What is in an Ethernet frame's trailer?
a. source MAC address
b. destination MAC address
c. frame payload
d. cyclic redundancy check
17. What is the media access method used by Ethernet?
a. CSMA/CD
b. Token passing
c. CSMA/CA
d. Polling
18. Which of the following is true about collisions?
a. They can only happen with switches.
b. They are a problem with Token Ring networks.
c. They can occur on Ethernet half-duplex
networks.
d. Fewer computers means more collisions.
19. When discussing Ethernet standards, what does the XBaseY terminology refer to?
a. the length or type of cabling, the transmission speed, and the type of
transmissions
b. the transmission speed, the type of transmissions, and the length or type of
cabling
c. the transmission speed, the length or type of cabling, and the type of
transmissions
d.the length or type of cabling, the type of transmissions, and the transmission
speed
20. Which Ethernet standard specifies speeds of 40 and 100 Gbps and can run up to 7
meters over copper?
a. 802.3ae
b. 802.3z
c. 802.3u
d. 802.3ba
21. Which of the following is NOT true about 2.5/5GBaseT Ethernet?
a. It is defined by 802.3bz.
b. It requires at least Cat 6A cabling.
c. It has a maximum distance of 100 meters.
d. It can be used as an uplink for 802.11ac networks.
22. When a wireless computer uses a peer-to-peer connection to directly connect to
another wireless computer, it is operating in what mode?
a. infrastructure
b. ad hoc
c. hot spot
d. Wi-Fi
23. In wireless networks, what type of media access control is used?
a. CSMA/CD
b. Polling
c. CSMA/CA
d. Token passing
24. With which kind of Wi-Fi antennas does the signal radiate out with equal strength in
all directions?
a. Omnidirectional
b. Unidirectional
c. Multidirectional
d. Semi directional
25. What happens to Wi-Fi signals when they pass through solid objects like walls?
a. Diffraction occurs and the signals are amplified.
b. Scattering and multipath occurs.
c. Absorption occurs and the signals attenuate.
d. Reflections occur causing attenuation.
Match each item with a statement below.
a. logical topology
b. physical topology
c. mesh topology
d. point-to-point
topology
e. collision
f. CSMA/CA
g. CSMA/CD
h. media access method
i. broadband
j. baseband
31. how the data travels from one device to another
32. how the cables connect one device to another
33. connects every device to every other device
34. direct connection between two devices
35. can occur when two devices on the same medium transmit simultaneously
36. access method used by Wi-Fi
37. devices on the network must listen first before they can transmit
38. a set of rules governing how and when the network medium can be accessed for
transmission
39. uses an analog signal to send multiple signals simultaneously
40. sends a digital signal using the entire bandwidth
