TEL102: Telecommunications 2

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Assignment 1

1. Define the term Network.

2. What are network resources?

3. What is the simplest form of a network?

4. What is a LAN?

5. Identify the advantages of a client/server network.

6. What is a network that connects two or more geographically distinct LANs called?

7. List the advantages of client/server networks over peer-to-peer networks.

8. What is a network interface card?

9. What term describes the physical layout of a network?

10. Which network service determines how many copies of a single application are currently in use?

1. What are Standards in a general sense?

2. Which organization helps establish technical standards for the Internet?

3. Which layer of the OSI model acts as a translator?

4. Which layer of the OSI model is responsible for ensuring data is transferred reliably

5. Which layer of the OSI model performs sequencing?

6. The process of determining the best path is known as ______________?

7. Which layer of the OSI model is concerned with frames?

8. Which layers of the OSI Model are network administrators most concerned with?

9. What does the term PDU describe?

10. Which IEEE standard is concerned with encryption?

Know the following terms from both chapters:

• Addressing

• Client

• Client/Server Network

• Data Packet

• Ethernet

• Frame

• Gateway

• IEEE

• MAC Address

• Network Layer Address

• Peer-to-peer Network

• Protocol

• Segmentation

• Server

• Terminal

• Token

• Token Ring