Chapter 1 Revision Guide

 

Question 1

 

What is the primary purpose of a modem and a NIC? (Choose 2)

 

a)      To provide connectivity to the internet

b)      To provide logical connections to the physical medium

c)      To provide physical connections to the network from a PC

d)      Graphics provision on a PC

e)      To provide telephony services on a network

 

Learn about PC devices and what their primary purpose is!

 

Question 2

 

A set of rules and conventions used to connect to the Internet could also be known as…?

 

a)      A set of pre-defined standards

b)      A set of protocols

c)      Internet use guidance

d)      Primary connection conventions

e)      Secondary connection conventions

 

Learn about the standards used to connect to a network!

 

Question 3

 

List three thing you would consider when purchasing a new NIC card

 

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Learn about what affects your decisions when buying new hardware!

 

Question 4

 

If you were using a browsers without any plugins, which of the following would not work correctly? (Choose 3)

 

a)      Flash animation

b)      Contacting web servers

c)      FTP

d)      HTTP

e)      Quicktime movie

f)        Radio broadcast on Realplayer

 

Learn how browsers work, why do we need plugins?!!!

 

Question 5

 

What is the numeric bases for the following numbering systems?

 

Decimal:                       ……………………...

Hexadecimal:                ………………………

Binary:                          ………………………

 

Learn about the different types of numbering systems used in  computing and how they operate!

 

Question 6

 

Convert the decimal number 165 into it’s binary equivalent

 

a)      11110011

b)      10101110

c)      11000010

d)      10100101

e)      00111011

 

Question 7

 

Convert the decimal number 231 into its base 2 equivalent

 

a)      01111010

b)      11000000

c)      11111000

d)      01010101

e)      11100111

 

Learn how convert decimal to binary!

 

Question 8

 

Convert the hexadecimal number 0xF6 into it’s decimal equivalent

 

a)      111

b)      126

c)      245

d)      246

e)      115

f)        240

 

Question 9

 

Convert the following number into 8 bit binary 0x22

 

a)      00100010

b)      10100000

c)      00111110

d)      10000001

e)      01000101

 

Learn how hexadecimal is represented and how to convert it to other numbering systems!

 

Question 10

 

Convert the decimal number 482 into its binary, then hexadecimal equivalent.

 

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Question 11

 

If a binary number has a total of 256 combinations, how many bits does it have?

 

a)      512

b)      16

c)      4

d)      8

e)      2

f)        128

 

Learn about bits and bytes, what doe they mean?!!!

 

Question 12

 

What is an expansion board fitted to a PC to provide graphical display called?

 

a)      A NIC

b)      Sound Card

c)      Modem

d)      RAM

e)      CPU

f)        Graphics Card

 

Learn what expansion cards can be fitted and for what purpose!

 

Question 13

 

Which of the following are considered ‘dial-up’ services? (Choose 3)

 

a)      56kbps Modem

b)      DSL

c)      ADSL

d)      T1

e)      ISDN

f)        POTS

 

Learn about ‘dial-up’ and ‘always-on’ services, what they are and how they work

 

Question 14

 

Which of the following are high-speed digital connections available to the local consumer?

(Choose 2)

 

a)      56kbps Modem

b)      DSL

c)      T1

d)      Cable Modem

e)      ISDN

 

Learn about different connection speed and what they are called!

 

Question 15

 

Which of the following best describes a layer 1 connection?

 

a)      Connection using standard protocols

b)      Internet standard is TCP/IP

c)      Could utilise modem or NIC

d)      Interprets data and displays information

e)      Used to transfer data between PC and local networks

 

Learn what layer 1 is and what devices are incorporated in it!

 

Question 16

 

If I entered the ping command ‘ping 127.0.0.6’, what would I be testing?

 

a)      Connection to a web browser

b)      The internal loopback of a node

c)      Peer-to-peer connectivity

d)      Client-server network connection

e)      The connection to the 127th  node on network # 6

 

Learn what ping commands are used for!

Question 17

 

Which of the following are popular web browser plugins?

 

a)      Acrobat

b)      Flash

c)      Dreamweaver

d)      Frontpage

e)      Explorer

f)        Mozilla

g)      RealPlayer

 

Learn about browsers and their plugins!

 

Question 18

 

How many usable subnets are created with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.240?

 

a)      14

b)      12

c)      32

d)      6

e)      16

 

Learn about subnet masks!

 

Question 19

 

An input of 1 and 0 is input into an AND Gate, what is the output?

 

a)      11

b)      01

c)      1

d)      0

e)      invalid input

 

Learn about Boolean functions and how the gates operate!

 

Question 20

 

Which of the following is used for data interpretation to/from the user and is also known as layer 1 of the OSI model?

 

a)      Email

b)      Application

c)      Internet Explorer

d)      Operating system

e)      OSI Data layer

 

Learn about how data is interpreted from the user

Question 21

 

Which of the following are valid hexadecimal numbers? (Choose 3)

 

a)      12

b)      AE

c)      4L

d)      0xFD

e)      FG

 

Learn about hexadecimal representation

 

Good Luck with the exam!!!