The University of SydneyIS 4E

Package Title: Testbank2 Questions

Course Title: IS 4e

Chapter Number: 6

Question Type: Multiple Choice

1)Which of the following is NOT a reason networks are essential?

1. 1. They offer a company flexibility.
   2. They allow companies to share resources.
   3. Computers typically work in isolation.
   4. Employees are geographically dispersed.

2. Which of the following describes Child’s Play Charity?
   1. They create children’s games.
   2. They collect games and donations for children in long-term care.
   3. They allow children to provide feedback to improve video games.
   4. They create technologies to facilitate children’s game development.

3. Which of the following is NOT true about Child’s Play Charity?
   1. They use their for-profit business, Penny-Arcade, to communicate with customers.
   2. Donors can purchase the requested items from PayPal donations or an Amazon Wishlist.
   3. Children in long-term hospital care are able to enjoy their favorite computer games.
   4. Mike and Jerry had to create special technologies to connect with their broad customer base.

4.                                        refers to the transmission capacity of a network.
   1. Bandwidth
   2. Bandlength
   3. Broadband
   4. Narrowband

5. Every device in the                           has a NIC that allows the device to physically connect to the network’s communication medium.
   1. LAN
   2. MAN
   3. PAN
   4. WAN

6. From largest to smallest, what is the correct order for the types of networks?
   1. WAN, MAN, PAN, LAN
   2. MAN, WAN, LAN, PAN
   3. WAN, MAN, LAN, PAN
   4. MAN, WAN, PAN, LAN

7.                                     usually span a city.
   1. LAN
   2. MAN
   3. PAN
   4. WAN

8. Some modems convert                         to                            , which is called                                .
   1. analog, digital, modulation
   2. digital, analog, demodulation

1. 3. analog, numbers, demodulation
   4. digital, analog, modulation

9.                             operates on the same lines as telephones, and the Internet is always available.
   1. Cable
   2. Dial-up
   3. DSL
   4. Satellite

10.                             is the most prevalent form of communications wiring.
    1. Coaxial cable
    2. Fiber-optic cables
    3. Twisted-pair wire
    4. Wireless

11. Which of the following is a disadvantage of twisted-pair wire?
    1. Availability
    2. Cost
    3. Flexibility
    4. Speed

12. Which of the following is an advantage of coaxial cable?
    1. Cost
    2. Flexibility
    3. Security
    4. All of the above are advantages

13.                                     is a data transmission technology that uses packet switching and allows for almost unlimited bandwidth on demand.
    1. Asynchronous Transfer Mode
    2. Digital Subscriber Line
    3. Synchronous Optical Network
    4. T-Carrier System

14. The                                           layer of TCP/IP provides the addressing, routing, and packaging of data packets.
    1. Application
    2. Internet
    3. Network interface
    4. Transport

15. The                              type of peer-to-peer processing is real-time, person-to-person collaboration.
    1. first
    2. second
    3. third
    4. fourth

16. An                                         is a restricted network within a company.
    1. extranet
    2. internet
    3. intranet
    4. insidenet

17. A                                        allows companies to establish a direct, secure, private network link to their internal systems.
    1. PAN
    2. DSL
    3. UPS
    4. VPN

18. A                                        offers limited accessibility inside the organization.
    1. extranet
    2. internet
    3. intranet
    4. insidenet

19. Domain names are read from                                to                            .
    1. bottom, top
    2. top, bottom
    3. left, right

1. 4. right, left

20. What is NOT something browser companies focus on to gain competitive advantage?
    1. security
    2. download speeds
    3. add-ons
    4. cloud computing

21. Internet Explorer’s first browser battle was with                                    .
    1. Apple Safari
    2. Google Chrome
    3. Mozilla Firefox
    4. Netscape Navigator

22. A                                      portal supports communities such as hobby groups or political parties.
    1. affinity
    2. commercial
    3. corporate
    4. industrywide

23. A                                portal is the most popular portal on the Internet.
    1. affinity

1. 2. commercial
   3. corporate
   4. industrywide

24.                                is(are) the largest-volume application running on the Internet.
    1. E-mail
    2. Chat rooms
    3. FTP
    4. The World Wide Web

25.                                is(are) the latest version of videoconferencing.
    1. Real-time collaboration
    2. Teleconferencing
    3. Telepresence systems
    4. Web conferencing

26. Which of the following is a drawback of e-learning?
    1. Equipment needs
    2. Flexibility
    3. Time to learn
    4. Training costs

27. Which of the following is a benefit of telecommuting for employees?
    1. Productivity
    2. Retention
    3. Stress-levels
    4. Visibility

28. Which of the following is a disadvantage of telecommuting for employers?
    1. Isolation
    2. Promotion
    3. Supervision
    4. Visibility

29. Which of the following is NOT a goal of Qwiki?
    1. To turn information into an experience
    2. To personalize their page to every user
    3. To create a superior a video experience
    4. All of the above ARE goals of Qwiki

30. What is NOT a disadvantage of taking college courses online?
    1. The classes are too easy.
    2. Employers look down on online degrees.
    3. The lack of good discussion boards.
    4. Some material (like chemistry) is not suited to an online environment.

31. Which of the following is a disadvantage of offering online college courses?
    1. Accessibility
    2. Cost
    3. Flexibility
    4. Time Management

32. Which of the following features convinced the City of Los Angeles to implement the use of Google Apps?
    1. Cost
    2. Data ownership
    3. Security
    4. A and B
    5. A and C
    6. B and C
    7. All of the above

Question Type: True/False

33. The Comcast court case in April 2010 supported net neutrality.

34. Voice and data communications are becoming faster but slightly more expensive.

35. LANs typically contain multiple WANs.

36. Digital signals are discrete pulses that are either on or off.

37. Peer-to-peer processing means each computer acts as both a client and a server.

38. IPv6 allows devices to more quickly connect to the Internet than IPv4.

39. The World Wide Web is synonymous with the Internet.

40. VoIP converts analog signals to digital ones.