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TEST BANK Business Data Communications and Networking 14th Edition


Chapter 1 : Introduction to Data Communications

True/False Questions

The following are possible True/False questions for tests. The statement is given and the
answer is provided. The level of difficulty (easy, medium, hard), the reference section relevant
to the topic, and learning objective are also furnished.

1. Due to advances in high speed communication networks, the information lag, or the time it
takes for information to be disseminated around the world, has been significantly shortened.

Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Introduction
L.O.: Be aware of the applications of data communications networks


2. It is not uncommon for companies to end up spending more money on network management
and security tasks than they do on the actual computer equipment itself.

Answer: True
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Introduction
L.O.: Be aware of the three fundamental questions this book answers


3. The most frequently used database in organizations is Microsoft Access.

Answer: False
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Introduction
L.O.: Be aware of the three fundamental questions this book answers


4. Telecommunications is the transmission of voice and video as well as data and usually implies
transmitting a longer distance than in a data communication network.


Answer: True
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Data Communications Networks
L.O.: Be familiar with the major components of and types of networks

,5. A local area network (LAN) connects other LANs and backbone networks (BNs) located in
different areas to each other and to wide area networks in a span from 3 to 30 miles.

Answer: False
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Data Communications Networks
L.O.: Be familiar with the major components of and types of networks



6. An intranet is a LAN that uses Internet technologies and is publicly available to people
outside of the organization.

Answer: False
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Data Communications Networks
L.O.: Be familiar with the major components of and types of networks


7. A car manufacturer may give access to certain portions of its network to some of its suppliers
via the Internet. This is an example of an extranet.

Answer: True
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Data Communications Networks
L.O.: Be familiar with the major components of and types of networks


8. There are four computers that make networks what they are.

Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Data Communications Networks
L.O.: Be familiar with the major components of and types of networks


9. About half of all routers run Cisco IOS (Inter-operating system) that was specifically created
for routers.

Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Data Communications Networks
L.O.: Be familiar with the major components of and types of networks

,10. The OSI model is currently the most widely implemented network model used to develop
and build networks of any size, including the Internet itself.

Answer: False
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Network Models
L.O.: Understand the role of network layers


11. The data link layer has a global responsibility.

Answer: False
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Network Models
L.O.: Understand the role of network layers


12. The transport layer has a local responsibility.

Answer: False
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Network Models
L.O.: Understand the role of network layers


13. The network layer performs the same functions in both the OSI and Internet models and is
responsible for routing messages from the source computer to the destination computer.

Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Network Models
L.O.: Understand the role of network layers


14. In the OSI model, the application layer provides a set of utilities for applications and is the
end user’s access to the network.

Answer: True
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Network Models
L.O.: Understand the role of network layers

, 15. The application layer is the seventh layer of the Internet model and specifies the type of
connection and the electrical signals that pass through it.

Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Network Models
L.O.: Understand the role of network layers


16. At the transport layer in the Internet model, TCP is responsible for breaking large files
received from the application layer into smaller messages and opening a connection to a
server for transferring them.

Answer: True
Difficulty: Hard
Reference: Network Models
L.O.: Understand the role of network layers


17. Ethernet is an example of a network layer protocol.

Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Network Standards
L.O.: Be familiar with the role of network standards


18. Data communication standards enable each layer in the sending computer to communicate
with its corresponding layer in the receiving computer.

Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Network Standards
L.O.: Be familiar with the role of network standards


19. The specification stage of the de jure standardization process consists of developing
nomenclature and identifying the problems to be addressed.

Answer: True
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Network Standards
L.O.: Be familiar with the role of network standards

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