Chapter 1: Forouzan Data Communications and Networks

TRUE/FALSE 1. Protocols are rules that govern a communication exchange. ANS: T 2. The performance of a data communications network depends exclusively on the skills of the users. ANS: F 3. Viruses are a network timing issue. ANS: F 4. Protection of data from a natural disaster such as a tornado is a network management issue. ANS: F 5. Data communication is the transfer of data from one device to another via some form of transmission medium. ANS: T 6. A data communication system must transmit data to the correct destination in an accurate and timely manner. ANS: T 7. Networks allow shared access to information devices. This is an example of Centralized Processing. ANS: F 8. Networks use distributed processing in which a task is divided among multiple computers. ANS: T 9. Collaborative processing provides for many computers and users to interact on a task either synchronously or asynchronously. ANS: T 10. Standards are basic, insignificant rules that standards bodies create for strictly intellectual and not practical reasons. ANS: F MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The ______________________ is the physical path over which a message travels. a. protocol c. signal b. medium d. path ANS: B 2. A ________________ connection provides a dedicated link between two devices. a. tertiary c. primary b. multipoint d. point-to-point ANS: D 3. One of the primary disadvantages in a ___________________ topology is that one break in the cable media can stop all data transmissions on the network segment. a. Mesh c. Bus b. Star d. Dual-ring (FDDI) ANS: C 4. In ______________ transmission, the channel capacity is equally shared by both sending and receiving devices at all times on a circuit. a. Simplex c. Full-duplex b. Half-duplex d. Half-simplex ANS: C 5. Which topology always requires a multi-point connection? a. Mesh c. Bus b. Star d. Ring ANS: A 6. The motivation(s)for a business to invest, install and manage a network within the organizational environment are: a. To provide a conduit for synchronous and c. To share and distribute files, hardware and asynchronous communication. software. b. So people can share information d. All of the above. efficiently and effectively. ANS: D 7. Two devices communicating on a network are engaged in a "request/response" process. We formally know this type of data communication relationship to be the: a. Response/Request Relationship. c. Client/Server Relationship. b. Request/Respond Relationship. d. Server/Client Relationship. ANS: C 8. P2P and Server-based networks differ in how each node (host or computing device) relates to each other. One fundamental difference is that in a P2P: a. each node can serve as either a client or c. all nodes can serve as a server in that they server. respond to requests. b. all nodes can serve as a client in that they d. All of the above. make requests. ANS: D

9. The organization that has authority over interstate and international commerce in the communications field is: a. FCC c. ITU-T b. IEEE d. ISO ANS: A 10. The organization that is a multi-national body whose membership is composed of standards organization's members and committees from various countries throughout the world is: a. FCC c. ITU-T b. IEEE d. ISO ANS: D 11. The information to be communicated in a data communication syst4em is the ________________. a. medium c. message b. protocol d. transmission ANS: C 12. _______________ is the division of one task among multiple computers. a. Distributed processing c. Distributed telephony b. Distributed messaging d. Electronic messaging ANS: A 13. ________________ are special interest groups that quickly test, evaluate, and standardize new technologies. a. Forums c. Standards organizations b. Regulatory agencies d. All of the above. ANS: A 14. ______________ are federal and state government officials who write laws that govern telecommunications and networking / communications technology. a. Forums c. Standards organizations b. Regulatory Agencies d. All of the above ANS: B 15. Frequency of failure and network recovery time after a failure are measures of the _________ of a network. a. performance c. security b. reliability d. feasibility ANS: B SHORT ANSWER 1. Identify the five components of a data communication system. ANS: message, sender, receiver, medium and protocol.

ESSAY 1. Compare and contrast Centralized Processing vs. Distributed Processing. Provide one example for each. ANS: Centralized processing is when one computing device processes most or all of the workload within a data communications system. An example of this would be a mainframe with dumb terminal access. All processing requests are sent to the mainframe - the central processing device. Distributed processing is when more than one computing device processes most or all of the workload within a data communications system. An example of this would be a client/server environment where clients send requests and servers respond to those requests.