Which topology shares a single backbone wire among all the nodes, making it cheap and easy to maintain?
ABus topology
BMesh topology
CStar topology
DTree topology
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Bus topology
1. In a bus topology, every device connects to one shared transmission medium.
2. A single backbone wire called the bus is shared among the nodes.
3. Sharing one wire makes it cheaper and easier to maintain than the alternatives.
4. The cost is reliability: both ring and bus topologies are considered less secure and less reliable.
5. Mesh needs the most cable, star needs a central device, and tree combines several basic topologies.
_Source: syllabus Computer Science Class 12, Ch 10 'Computer Networks', S10.5.3 Bus Topology_
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