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Chapter 7MCQs

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Management Information Systems, 17e (Laudon/Laudon)

Chapter 7 Telecommunications, the Internet, and Wireless Technology

1) Which of the following is a device that sends packets of data through different networks
ensuring they go to the correct address?
A) Hub
B) Switch
C) Router
D) NIC
E) Modem
Answer: C

2) The Internet is based on which three key technologies?


A) TCP/IP, HTML, and HTTP
B) TCP/IP, HTTP, and packet switching
C) Client/server computing, packet switching, and the development of communications standards
for linking networks and computers
D) Client/server computing, packet switching, and HTTP
E) Email, instant messaging, and newsgroups
Answer: C

3) Which of the following involves slicing digital messages into parcels, transmitting them along
different communication paths, and reassembling them at their destinations?
A) Multiplexing
B) Packet shifting
C) Packet routing
D) ATM
E) Packet switching
Answer: E

4) The traditional telephone system is an example of a ________ network.


A) peer-to-peer
B) wireless
C) packet-switched
D) circuit-switched
E) client/server
Answer: D

5) In TCP/IP, IP is responsible for which of the following?


A) Disassembling and reassembling packets during transmission
B) Establishing an Internet connection between two computers
C) Moving packets over the network
D) Sequencing the transfer of packets
E) Breaking messages down into packets
Answer: A

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6) What are the four layers of the TCP/IP reference model?
A) Physical, Application, Transport, and Network Interface
B) Physical, Application, Internet, and Network Interface
C) Application, Transport, Internet, and Network Interface
D) Application, Hardware, Internet, and Network Interface
E) Software, Hardware, Network Interface, Internet
Answer: C

7) Each computer on a network must contain which of the following?


A) network interface device
B) switch
C) router
D) hub
E) SDN
Answer: A

8) Computer networks that use packet switching are less efficient than telephone networks that
use circuit switching.
Answer: FALSE

9) Two computers using TCP/IP can communicate even if they are based on different hardware
and software platforms.
Answer: TRUE

10) The Internet is the largest implementation of client/server computing.


Answer: TRUE

11) Which signal types are represented by a continuous waveform?


A) Laser
B) Optical
C) Digital
D) RFID
E) Analog
Answer: E

12) Which of the following is a device that makes possible the translation of digital signals to
analog sound signals used by a computer network?
A) Local area network
B) Modem
C) DSL
D) Twisted wire
E) TCP/IP
Answer: B

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13) Which type of network is used to connect digital devices within a city or metropolitan area?
A) Wi-Fi
B) LAN
C) WAN
D) MAN
E) SAN
Answer: D

14) A network that spans a college or corporate facility is called a:


A) CAN.
B) MAN.
C) LAN.
D) WAN.
E) WSN.
Answer: A

15) The total amount of digital information that can be transmitted through any
telecommunications medium is measured in:
A) bps.
B) Hertz.
C) baud.
D) gigaflops.
E) RPMs.
Answer: A

16) A(n) ________ signal is a discrete, binary waveform that transmits data coded into two
discrete states: 1-bits and 0-bits.
A) modulated
B) broadband
C) T1
D) analog
E) digital
Answer: E

17) Which of the following is not one of the top five search engines?
A) Facebook
B) Yahoo
C) Microsoft Bing
D) Baidu
E) Google
Answer: A

18) T1 and T3 lines:


A) operate over existing telephone lines to carry voice, data, and video.
B) operate over coaxial lines to deliver Internet access.
C) do not provide guaranteed service levels, but simply "best effort."
D) have up to twenty-four 64-Kbps channels.

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E) are high-speed, leased data lines providing guaranteed service levels.
Answer: E

19) What service converts natural language names to IP addresses?


A) HTML
B) FTP
C) IP
D) HTTP
E) DNS
Answer: E

20) The domain .gov is a(n):


A) Internet root domain.
B) top-level domain.
C) host domain.
D) network domain.
E) third level domain.
Answer: B

21) Instant messaging is a type of ________ service.


A) chat
B) cellular
C) email
D) wireless
E) network
Answer: A

22) Which of the following can be used to help a website achieve a higher ranking with the
major search engines?
A) VPN
B) shopping bots
C) SEM
D) SEO
E) RSS
Answer: D

23) ________ monetizes the value of the data stored by search engines.
A) TCP/IP
B) RSS
C) WiMax
D) IoT
E) SEM
Answer: E

24) Which of the following is an open-source blogging tool and content management system?
A) Twitter
B) RSS
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C) WordPress
D) Wikipedia
E) Baidu
Answer: C

25) A(n) ________ is a commercial organization with a permanent connection to the Internet that
sells temporary connections to retail subscribers.
A) RSS
B) WAN
C) NFP
D) ISP
E) FTP
Answer: D

26) Which digital cellular standard is used widely throughout the world except the United States?
A) GSM
B) CDMA
C) WLAN
D) LTD
E) 4G
Answer: A

27) Which of the following is the popular name for the 802.15 wireless networking standard?
A) Bluetooth
B) WiMax
C) WLAN.
D) Wi-Fi
E) RFID
Answer: A

28) 4G networks use which of the following standards?


A) GSM and LTD
B) CDMA and PAN
C) LTE and LTD
D) T-Mobile and AT&T
E) LTE and WiMax
Answer: E

29) Bluetooth can be used to link up to ________ devices within a 10-meter area using low-
power, radio-based communication.
A) two
B) five
C) eight
D) fifteen
E) twenty
Answer: C

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30) Which of the following technologies is used to reduce Wi-Fi network interference from
nearby systems in the same spectrum?
A) RFID
B) Hotspots
C) Bluetooth
D) WiMax
E) MIMO
Answer: E

31) The 802.11 set of standards is known as:


A) RFID.
B) WSN.
C) Wi-Fi.
D) WiMax.
E) WAN.
Answer: C

32) The WiMax standard can transmit up to a distance of approximately:


A) 30 meters.
B) 500 meters.
C) 30 miles.
D) 5 miles.
E) 70 miles.
Answer: C

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