Business Data Networks
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Business Data Networks explores the principles and practices underlying modern organizational data communication systems. The course covers foundational topics such as network architectures, protocols, and hardware, as well as key issues in network design, management, and security. Students learn about the operational needs of business environments, including local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), wireless networking, and cloud connectivity. Through practical case studies and hands-on exercises, students develop the skills necessary to evaluate, implement, and maintain network solutions that support business goals and enable secure, efficient data exchange across enterprises.
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Business Data Networks and Security 11th Edition by Raymond R. Panko
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Chapter 1: Core Network Concepts and Terminology
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Q1) When a source host sends a packet to a destination host,there will probably be ________ along the way.
A) more routes
B) more data links
C) about the same number of routes and data links
D) all of the above
Answer: B
Q2) A packet sent from one host to another over the Internet will ALWAYS pass through
A) a single ISP
B) more than 2 ISPs
C) exactly 2 ISPs
D) none of the above
Answer: D
Q3) Most servers are ________.
A) mainframes
B) Windows PCs
C) rack servers
D) routers
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Network Standards
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Q1) TCP messages are called ________.
A) frames
B) packets
C) segments
D) fragments
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following is an architecture?
A) ISO
B) IETF
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor B
Answer: D
Q3) Which layer governs wires?
A) transport
B) physical
C) Internet
D) none of the above
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Network Management
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Q1) Priority is a way to handle a chronic lack of capacity.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) In a coffee shop hot spot,the rated speed is 10 Mbps.Throughput is about half of the rated speed.There are ten people using the hot spot.If you and three others are transmitting or receiving at the same time,what speed should you expect to get?
A) 0.5 Mbps
B) 1 Mbps
C) 1.25 Mbps
D) none of the above
Answer: C
Q3) In SDN,applications ________.
A) increase network management labor
B) are required to make SDN work effectively
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor B
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Network Security
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Q1) A specific encryption method is called a ________.
A) code
B) schema
C) key method
D) cipher
Q2) Trojan horses can spread by ________.
A) e-mailing themselves to victim computers
B) directly propagating to victim computers
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor B
Q3) In a DDoS attack,a ________ sends messages directly to the victim.
A) botmaster
B) bot
C) command and control server
D) all of the above
Q4) The Target attackers sold stolen card information to ________.
A) crimeware shops
B) card shops
C) card counterfeiters
D) all of the above
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Chapter 5: Ethernet 8023switched Lans
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Q1) The longest transmission distances are possible with ________.
A) USB
B) UTP
C) single-mode fiber
D) multimode fiber
Q2) ARP cache poisoning is ________.
A) a DoS attack
B) a DDoS attack
C) an illegal login attack
D) a man-in-the middle attack
Q3) To transmit five bits per clock cycle,you must have ________ states.
A) 5
B) 16
C) 32
D) none of the above
Q4) Which UTP quality levels can send signals at 10 gigabits per second?
A) category 6
B) category 6A
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor B
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Chapter 6: Wireless Lans I
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Q1) The 802.11 standard has two mechanisms for media access control.Of the two,________ is mandatory.
A) MAC
B) CSMA/CA+ACK
C) RTS/CTS
D) CSMA/CD
Q2) In CSMA/CA,CS means ________.
A) cancel sending
B) counter-source
C) carriage suspension
D) carrier sense
Q3) What is the bandwidth of a channel that extends from 55 MHz to 60 MHz?
A) 60 MHz
B) 55 MHz
C) 65 MHz
D) none of the above
Q4) Wireless access points typically link wireless clients to ________.
A) wireless servers
B) servers on the wired network
C) both A and B
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Chapter 7: Wireless Lans II
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Q1) Bluetooth ________ is likely to be used most of the time in IoT transmission.
A) HDR
B) HS
C) LE
D) COIN
Q2) Wi-Fi direct ________ uses access points.
A) always
B) usually
C) rarely
D) never
Q3) The protection of communication between a wireless client and the access point is ________.
A) link security
B) end-to-end security
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor B
Q4) You can test whether an evil twin attack has taken place against your wireless client.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: TCP/IP Internetworking I
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Q1) ________ are the only extension headers that all routers must consider.
A) Destination options
B) Mobility headers
C) Encapsulating security protocol headers
D) Hop-by-hop options
Q2) Simplification of IPv6 addresses must be standardized ________.
A) to maximize text compression
B) for the retrieval of IPv6 addresses in text fields of documents and spreadsheets
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor B
Q3) The maximum application message size when UDP is used at the transport layer is approximately ________.
A) 16,000 bytes
B) 64,000 bytes
C) 1 million bytes
D) none of the above
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Chapter 9: TCP/IP Internetworking II
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Q1) Which of the following would be an SNMP object?
A) number of rows in routing table
B) system uptime (since last reboot)
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor B
Q2) Your firm has a 22-bit network part and a 6-bit subnet part.How many hosts can you have per subnet?
A) 6
B) 8
C) 14
D) none of the above
Q3) IPsec is used for ________ VPNs.
A) remote-access
B) site-to-site
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor B
Q4) NAT is transparent to all applications.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Carrier Wide Area Networks Wans
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Q1) Most end-office switches are Class ________ switches.
A) 1
B) 2
C) 4
D) 5
Q2) LANs are ________.
A) single networks
B) local internets
C) either A or B
D) neither A nor B
Q3) In Carrier Ethernet,which service is a competitor for leased line service?
A) E-Line
B) E-LAN
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor B
Q4) Traffic shaping reduces traffic by ________.
A) compression
B) preventing or limiting undesirable traffic from entering the network
C) both A and B
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Chapter 11: Networked Applications
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Q1) In Skype,transport is governed by ________.
A) peers providing signaling
B) super nodes
C) Skype servers
D) direct communication between the calling and receiving peers
Q2) SIP is a ________ protocol for VoIP.
A) signaling
B) transport
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor B
Q3) A traditional e-mail user retrieving messages from her mail server could use
A) IMAP
B) HTTP
C) HTML
D) SMTP
Q4) Telephones that can plug directly into a VoIP network are called PCs with multimedia hardware and added software.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Appendix: Managing the Security Process
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Q1) The policy server creates ________.
A) DMZs
B) policies
C) ACLs for individual firewalls
D) standards that firewalls must follow
Q2) An attacker must break through two firewalls to get to a host.This most specifically illustrates the ________ principle.
A) comprehensive security
B) risk assurance
C) weakest link protection
D) defense in depth
Q3) The statement that people in quality control should have access to robots on the shop floor is an example of a firewall ________.
A) policy
B) DMZ
C) ACL rule
D) procedure
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