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TCS NQT Networking — practice questions

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Which device connects a LAN to the Internet?Read the answer and worked solution →DSL stands for:Read the answer and worked solution →Internet speed is measured in:Read the answer and worked solution →DNS stands for:Read the answer and worked solution →WAN stands for:Read the answer and worked solution →ISP stands for:Read the answer and worked solution →A network formed by devices lying within a range of about 10 metres, such as a phone paired to a laptop, is a:Read the answer and worked solution →A cable TV network serving a whole town is the standard example of which type of network?Read the answer and worked solution →Which device converts digital data into analog signals at the sender and back into digital data at the receiver?Read the answer and worked solution →The permanent hardware address engraved on a network interface card at manufacture is the:Read the answer and worked solution →A MAC address is 48 bits long. How is it normally written?Read the answer and worked solution →An IPv4 address is 32 bits long. Each of its four numbers can take any value from:Read the answer and worked solution →IPv6 was proposed mainly because IPv4:Read the answer and worked solution →Which network device connects a local area network to the internet and can repackage data for a different network?Read the answer and worked solution →In which topology is the link between nodes unidirectional, so data travels one way only?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the main weakness of a star topology?Read the answer and worked solution →Which topology shares a single backbone wire among all the nodes, making it cheap and easy to maintain?Read the answer and worked solution →Ethernet cards support data transfer rates in the range of:Read the answer and worked solution →Sort each network by its reachRead the answer and worked solution →Match each device to its jobRead the answer and worked solution →Match each topology to its shapeRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: networksRead the answer and worked solution →MAC address or IP address?Read the answer and worked solution →Key in the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Which one is NOT a network topology?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which device connects a LAN to the Internet?

  1. Repeater
  2. Router
  3. Scanner
  4. Plotter
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Correct answer: B. Router

1. The question asks: Which device connects a LAN to the Internet. 2. Correct answer: Router. 3. A router forwards packets between the local network and the Internet. _Source: BankExamsToday Computer Awareness Question Bank (R. Singh), Q.41_

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DSL stands for:

  1. Data Service Line
  2. Direct Subscriber Link
  3. Digital Subscriber Line
  4. Digital System Line
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Correct answer: C. Digital Subscriber Line

1. The question asks: DSL stands for. 2. Correct answer: Digital Subscriber Line. 3. DSL carries broadband Internet over ordinary telephone lines. _Source: BankExamsToday Computer Awareness Question Bank (R. Singh), Q.58_

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Internet speed is measured in:

  1. Bits per second
  2. Bytes per hour
  3. Hertz
  4. Pixels
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Correct answer: A. Bits per second

1. The question asks: Internet speed is measured in. 2. Correct answer: Bits per second. 3. Data transfer rate is expressed in bits per second (bps). _Source: BankExamsToday Computer Awareness Question Bank (R. Singh), Q.126_

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