Study Guide: Living in a Network-Centric World
Chapter 1 Living in a Network Centric World – Study Guide
1. Instant messaging is a form of online real-time communication between two or more people based on entered text.
2. A Weblog is a web page that is easy to update and edit by someone who wants to publish a record of his or her thoughts on a subject. 3. A Wiki is a web page that groups of people can edit and view together.
4. Podcasting is an audio-based medium that lets people record audio and publish it on a website.
5. Packet Tracer is a Cisco collaborative learning tool that provides a way to build virtual representations of networks that behave much like actual networks. 6. List four external factors that affect data networks. 1. The quality of the pathway between the sender and the recipient 2. The number of times the message has to change form 3. The number of times the message has to be redirected or readdressed 4. The number of other messages being transmitted simultaneously on the communication network 5. The amount of time allotted for successful communication 7. List three internal factors that affect data networks. The size of the message 1. The complexity of the message 2. The importance of the message 8. Below are the four fundamental elements of a network. Fill in the definition for each element. Element Definition Rule govern how the messages are sent, directed, received and interpreted Medium A means of interconnecting these devices - a medium that can transport the messages from one device to another Message The messages or units of information that travel from one device to another Device Devices on the network that exchange messages with each other
9. Match the term on the left with its definition on the right. Device | Place Number Here | Definition | Switch | 2 | 1. One form of a wide-area
1. Instant messaging is a form of online real-time communication between two or more people based on entered text.
2. A Weblog is a web page that is easy to update and edit by someone who wants to publish a record of his or her thoughts on a subject. 3. A Wiki is a web page that groups of people can edit and view together.
4. Podcasting is an audio-based medium that lets people record audio and publish it on a website.
5. Packet Tracer is a Cisco collaborative learning tool that provides a way to build virtual representations of networks that behave much like actual networks. 6. List four external factors that affect data networks. 1. The quality of the pathway between the sender and the recipient 2. The number of times the message has to change form 3. The number of times the message has to be redirected or readdressed 4. The number of other messages being transmitted simultaneously on the communication network 5. The amount of time allotted for successful communication 7. List three internal factors that affect data networks. The size of the message 1. The complexity of the message 2. The importance of the message 8. Below are the four fundamental elements of a network. Fill in the definition for each element. Element Definition Rule govern how the messages are sent, directed, received and interpreted Medium A means of interconnecting these devices - a medium that can transport the messages from one device to another Message The messages or units of information that travel from one device to another Device Devices on the network that exchange messages with each other
9. Match the term on the left with its definition on the right. Device | Place Number Here | Definition | Switch | 2 | 1. One form of a wide-area