ITP4928 Quiz 1

The network design for a college with users at five sites is being developed. Where in the campus network architecture would servers used by all users be located?

Select one:

a. data center

b. enterprise edge

c. access-distribution

d. services

 

What is creating a new challenge for IT departments by changing the border of the enterprise network?

Select one:

a. company-owned desktops

b. tablets

c. access layer switching

d. energy costs

 

Refer to the exhibit. Which type of Cisco hierarchical LAN design model is used at school site 1?

Select one:

a. 3 layer

b. two-tier collapsed core

c. three-tier

d. 7 layer

 

Which feature is more important at the core layer than at any other hierarchical network design layer?

Select one:

a. packet switching speed

b. aggregation of network links

c. data security

d. easy access of end devices

 

In which layer of the hierarchical enterprise LAN design model would PoE for VoIP phones and access points be considered?

Select one:

a. data link

b. core

c. distribution

d. access

 

What is the recommended technology to use over a public WAN infrastructure when a branch office is connected to the corporate site?

Select one:

a. VPN

b. Municipal Wi-Fi

c. ATM

d. ISDN

 

Which statement describes a characteristic of a WAN?

Select one:

a. A WAN operates within the same geographic scope of a LAN, but has serial links.

b. All serial links are considered WAN connections.

c. WAN networks are owned by service providers.

d. A WAN provides end-user network connectivity to the campus backbone.

 

Which network scenario will require the use of a WAN?

Select one:

a. Employees need to access web pages that are hosted on the corporate web servers in the DMZ within their building.

b. Employees in the branch office need to share files with the headquarters office that is located in a separate building on the same campus network.

c. Employees need to connect to the corporate email server through VPN while travelling.

d. Employee workstations need to obtain dynamically assigned IP addresses.

 

What is an advantage of packet-switched technology over circuit-switched technology?

Select one:

a. Packet-switched networks are less susceptible to jitter than circuit-switched network are.

b. Packet-switched network are efficiently use multiple routers inside a service provider network.

c. Packet-switched networks do not require an expensive permanent connection to each endpoint.

d. Packet-switched networks usually experience lower latency than circuit-switched networks experience.

 

Which WAN technology establishes a dedicate constant point-to-point connection between two sites?

Select one:

a. ATM

b. Leased Lines

c. ISDN

d. Frame Relay