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    CHAPTER 1

    Introduction

    Review Questions
    1. Sender, receiver, medium, message, and protocol.
    3. Performance, reliability, security.
    5. Line configurations (or types of connections) are point-to-point and multipoint.
    7. In half-duplex transmission, only one entity can communicate at a time; in a full-
    duplex transmission, both entities can communicate at the same time.
    9.
    a. Mesh: n (n – 1) / 2
    b. Star: n
    c. Ring: n – 1
    d. Bus: one backbone and n drop lines
    11. An internet is an interconnection of networks. The Internet is the name of a spe-
    cific worldwide network
    13. Standards are needed to create and maintain an open and competitive market for
    manufacturers, to coordinate protocol rules, and thus guarantee compatibility of
    data communication technologies.

    Multiple-Choice Questions
    15. c
    17. c
    19. c
    21. a
    23. a
    25. c
    27. c

    1
    2 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

    Exercises
    29.
    a. If one connection fails, the other connections will still be working.
    b. The other devices will still be able to send data through the hub; there will be no
    access to the device which has the failed connection to the hub.
    c. All transmission stops.
    d. The failed connection may disable the whole network unless it is a dual ring.
    31. See Figure 1.1.

    Figure 1.1 Exercise 31

    33. See Figure 1.2.

    Figure 1.2 Exercise 33

    Hub

    35.
    a. V.32: Defines data transmission over phone lines
    b. X.25: Defines transmission over public digital networks
    c. I.430: Define physical layer specifications for an interface
    37.
    a. IEEE 802.3: CSMA/CD LAN
    b. IEEE 802.4: Token Bus LAN
    c. IEEE 802.5: Token Ring LAN
    39.
    SECTION 3

    a. Talking with a friend on the phone


    b. Checking banking account information and making transactions on line
    4 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

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