Choose the answer that best applies

1. Connectivity is a concept related to

   1.   ?    transmitting information, either by computer or by phone
   2.   ?    the interconnections within a computer
   3.   ?    using computer networks to link people and resources
   4.   ?    being in an active session with your computer

2. One of the most dramatic changes in connectivity and communications in the past five years or so has been ____.

   1.   ?    mobile or wireless telephones
   2.   ?    public and private discussion
   3.   ?    satellite uplinks
   4.   ?    running programs on remote computers

3. The four basic elements of any communication system include

   1.   ?    peer-to-peer, videoconferencing, online photo-conferencing, net optical
   2.   ?    sending and receiving devices, communication channel, connection device, and data transmission specifications
   3.   ?    telephone lines, coaxial cables, fiber-optics cables, and communication channel
   4.   ?    software, hardware, communication channel, network

4. These communication devices originate as well as accept messages in the form of data, information, and/or instructions.

   1.   ?    i-drives
   2.   ?    sending and receiving devices
   3.   ?    key chain drives
   4.   ?    optical drives

5. The transmission medium that carries the message is referred to as the

   1.   ?    send and receive device
   2.   ?    communication channel
   3.   ?    protocol
   4.   ?    gateways

6. Data is transmitted using light through a ____ cable.

   1.   ?    twisted pair
   2.   ?    fiber-optic
   3.   ?    coaxial
   4.   ?    microwave

7. Which physical connection is the fastest?

   1.   ?    twisted pair
   2.   ?    coaxial cable
   3.   ?    fiber-optics
   4.   ?    microwaves

8. Which of the following connection methods would not be used to connect devices between two different offices?

   1.   ?    twisted pairs
   2.   ?    fiber-optics
   3.   ?    coaxial cables
   4.   ?    infrared

9. Most Web-enabled devices follow a standard known as

   1.   ?    FireWire
   2.   ?    Bluetooth
   3.   ?    TCP/IP
   4.   ?    Wi-FI

10. This wireless standard is widely used to connect computers to each other and to the Internet.

    1.   ?    802.11
    2.   ?    RJ45
    3.   ?    Blueband
    4.   ?    Broadband

11. Bluetooth is a type of radio wave information transmission system that is good for about

    1.   ?    30 feet
    2.   ?    30 yards
    3.   ?    30 miles
    4.   ?    300 miles

12. A term relating to sending data to a satellite is

    1.   ?    uplink
    2.   ?    downlink
    3.   ?    modulate
    4.   ?    demodulate

13. A credit card-sized expansion board that is inserted into portable computers that connects the PC to the telephone wall jack is called what?

    1.   ?    Internal modem
    2.   ?    External modem
    3.   ?    PC Card modem
    4.   ?    Wireless modem

14. Standard telephone lines and conventional modems provide what is called

    1.   ?    Bluetooth service
    2.   ?    dial-up service
    3.   ?    wireless service
    4.   ?    WiFI service

15. Special high-speed lines used by large corporations to support digital communications are known as

    1.   ?    satellite/air connection service lines
    2.   ?    cable modems
    3.   ?    digital subscriber lines
    4.   ?    T1, T2, T3 and T4 lines

16. The rules for exchanging data between computers are called

    1.   ?    interconnections
    2.   ?    synchronous packages
    3.   ?    protocols
    4.   ?    data transmission synchronization

17. Each computer on the Internet has a unique numeric address called a(n)

    1.   ?    domain address
    2.   ?    protocol address
    3.   ?    IP address
    4.   ?    Web address

18. ____ is the process of breaking down information sent or transmitted across the Internet into small parts called packets.

    1.   ?    protocol
    2.   ?    bandwidth
    3.   ?    reformatting
    4.   ?    identification

19. Two or more computers connected so that they can communicate with each other and share information is called a

    1.   ?    satellite
    2.   ?    protocol
    3.   ?    broadcast
    4.   ?    network

20. Any device that is connected to a network is called a

    1.   ?    client
    2.   ?    node
    3.   ?    server
    4.   ?    manager