Networking Section 1 - Technical Questions and Answers

Networking - Section 1
Networking - Section 2

1.	Define Network?
	Answer: A network is a set of devices connected by physical media links. A network is recursively is a connection of two or more nodes by a physical link or two or more networks connected by one or more nodes. Workspace Report errors ... Name : Email: View Answer

2.	What is a Link?
	Answer: At the lowest level, a network can consist of two or more computers directly connected by some physical medium such as coaxial cable or optical fiber. Such a physical medium is called as Link. Workspace Report errors ... Name : Email: View Answer

3.	What is a node?
	Answer: A network can consist of two or more computers directly connected by some physical medium such as coaxial cable or optical fiber. Such a physical medium is called as Links and the computer it connects is called as Nodes. Workspace Report errors ... Name : Email: View Answer

4.	What is a gateway or Router?
	Answer: A node that is connected to two or more networks is commonly called as router or Gateway. It generally forwards message from one network to another. Workspace Report errors ... Name : Email: View Answer

5.	What is point-point link?
	Answer: If the physical links are limited to a pair of nodes it is said to be point-point link. Workspace Report errors ... Name : Email: View Answer

6.	What is Multiple Access?
	Answer: If the physical links are shared by more than two nodes, it is said to be Multiple Access. Workspace Report errors ... Name : Email: View Answer

7.	What are the advantages of Distributed Processing?
	Answer: a. Security/Encapsulation b. Distributed database c. Faster Problem solving d. Security through redundancy e. Collaborative Processing Workspace Report errors ... Name : Email: View Answer

8.	What are the criteria necessary for an effective and efficient network?
	Answer: a. Performance It can be measured in many ways, including transmit time and response time. b. Reliability It is measured by frequency of failure, the time it takes a link to recover from a failure, and the network's robustness. c. Security Security issues includes protecting data from unauthorized access and virues. Workspace Report errors ... Name : Email: View Answer

9.	Name the factors that affect the performance of the network?
	Answer: a. Number of Users b. Type of transmission medium c. Hardware d. Software Workspace Report errors ... Name : Email: View Answer

10.	Name the factors that affect the reliability of the network?
	Answer: a. Frequency of failure b. Recovery time of a network after a failure Workspace Report errors ... Name : Email: View Answer

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