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UTA INSY 3303 - Chapter 7 Study Guide with Correct Answers network interface card (NIC) - Answer-is used to connect the computer to the network cable in a wired network and is one part of the physical layer connection among the computers in the network. unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable - Ans...

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network interface card (NIC) - Answer✔✔-is used to connect the computer to the network cable in a

wired network and is one part of the physical layer connection among the computers in the network.


unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable - Answer✔✔-The most popular transmission media option for

Ethernet networks. UTP cable is composed of four pairs of wires that are twisted around each other to

reduce electrical interference.


shielded twisted-pair (STP) cable - Answer✔✔-A cable that is made of one or more twisted pairs of wires

and is surrounded by a metal shield.


fiber-optic cable - Answer✔✔-A cable that transmits data at close to the speed of light along glass or

plastic fibers.


channel - Answer✔✔-different frequencies


Hubs - Answer✔✔-Simple devices that connect network components, sending a packet of data to all

other connected devices


Switches - Answer✔✔-A layer 2 device that used to connect two or more network segments and

regulate traffic.


port - Answer✔✔-Each connection point where a cable can be plugged in is called a




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small office/home office (SOHO) - Answer✔✔-Describes any company with fewer than 50 employees, as

well as the self-employed who work from home.


access point - Answer✔✔-is a radio transceiver that plays the same role as a hub or switch in wired

Ethernet LANs. It enables the computers near it to communicate with each other and it also connects

them into wired LANs


power over Ethernet (POE) - Answer✔✔-A wired networking standard that allows electrical power to be

sent along with data over standard Ethernet cables


omnidirectional antennas - Answer✔✔-the antenna transmits in all directions simultaneously


directional antenna - Answer✔✔-projects a signal only in one direction.


network operating system (NOS) - Answer✔✔-is the software that controls the network.


network server(s) - Answer✔✔-provides the software that performs the functions associated with the

data link, network, and application layers and usually the computer's own operating system.


network client(s) - Answer✔✔-provides the software that performs the functions associated with the

data link and the network layers and must interact with the application software and the computer's

own operating system.


Active Directory Service (ADS) - Answer✔✔-Directory services provide information about resources on

the network that are available to the users, such as shared printers, shared file servers, and application

software. A common example of directory services is Microsoft's Active Directory Service (ADS). Active

Directory Service works in much the same manner as TCP/IP's DNS service #


Domain Controllers - Answer✔✔-The servers that contain the Active Directory databases.

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