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Lans and Wans - Quiz

Each question is worth one point. Select the best answer or answers for each question.
1. Which of the following describes a LAN?
Please select all the correct answers.
  A. A LAN is made up only of mainframes.
  B. A LAN enables people in the same local area, such as an office, building, or campus, to share electronic information.
  C. A LAN enables computers to share data, software, and computing resources such as printers.
  D. A LAN enables remote computers in widely separated locations to share information.

2. Because there are many different kinds of LANs, it is important to know how to differentiate them. You can do that by focusing on which of the following characteristics?
Please select all the correct answers.
  A. Media connection.
  B. Topology.
  C. Range.
  D. Protocols.

3. Choose the items below that are most often used to connect a LAN's computers and peripheral devices.
Please select all the correct answers.
  A. Fiber-optic cables.
  B. Radio waves.
  C. Twisted-pair wires.
  D. Satellite.
  E. Coaxial cables.

4. This image illustrates a WAN. Which of the following describes its architecture?
Please select all the correct answers.
  A. It only connects computers and their users within the same building or physical structure.
  B. It usually consists of two or more LANs.
  C. It connects computers and their users beyond the same building or physical structure.
  D. It is often connected through a public network or by a satellite.