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ETCS 680 NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY FOR INDUSTRY ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT
Question 1. List five common applications of the Internet.
Question 2. In the Internet address www.qxrj.net, what is the type of domain and what is the host?
Question 3. What symbol or character designates an e-mail address?
Question 4. Name the three most common ways that a person accesses the Internet from home.
Question 5. What do you call the company that provides an Internet connection to subscribers?
Question 6. What piece of software is needed to access the World Wide Web?
Question 7. What networking technology is gradually replacing ATM and SONET in the backbone?
Question 8. What is the size of the packet used in ATM systems?
Question 9. What piece of equipment is used in the transmission of ATM packets?
Question 10. What are the main advantages of OTN over SONET?
Question 11. What network topologies are common with SONET?
Question 12. What are the designation and speed of the fastest SONET connection?
Question 13. Name the equipment used to get data into and out of a SONET system.
Question 14. What is the total number of bytes or octets in a SONET frame?
Question 15. True or false? SONET can be used to carry packetized data.
Question 16. What is the fastest current OTN data rate?
Question 17. What is the maximum payload of an OTN frame?
Question 18. What FEC is used in OTN?
Question 19. What specifically does a router look for during packet transmission?
Question 20. How does a router know where to send a packet?
Question 21. What is the name of the basic input/output interfaces used in routers?
Question 22. What is the name of the circuit that lets any input be connected to any output in a router?
Question 23. Why is the line rate of an OTN packet higher than the actual data rate?
Question 24. What is the name of the circuit used for serial-to-parallel conversion?
Question 25. What is the name given to the fiber-optic network making up the Internet?
Question 26. What WAN transmission media and protocols are used in the Internet?
Question 27. Explain the process of packet switching.
Question 28. What is the name of the equipment used to inspect every packet transmitted over the Internet?
Question 29. What software protocol prepares packets for transmission over the Internet?
Question 30. What software protocol actually transmits the packets?
Question 31. What software makes sure that any packets transmitted out of sequence get reassembled correctly?
Question 32. Is TCP actually called into play during a packet's transmission from source to destination? Explain.
Question 33. Name the two basic speeds of the Internet backbone.
Question 34. What name is given to the format of an IP address?
Question 35. How many different classes of IP addresses are there?
Question 36. What devices are identified by IP addresses in classes A, B, and C?
Question 37. In the IP address 133.46.182.9, identify the class, network ID, and host ID.
Question 38. What is a mask?
Question 39. What logical process is used with the mask and the IP address?
Question 40. What is a subnet?
Question 41. What are the two names given to clusters of disk drives used for massive storage?
Question 42. What is the name given to external disk drives connected to a PC or server via the SCSI?
Question 43. What is SCSI? What is its nickname?
Question 44. Name the two kinds of large-scale storage system networked to PCs. What is the main difference between them?
Question 45. In a SAN, what is the name of the interface and protocol used in connecting the disk drive systems to the servers?
Question 46. What is the physical medium used in an FC system?
Question 47. What are the speeds of transmission of an FC system?
Question 48. Name the interface used to attach a server or disk system to the SAN.
Question 49. How are servers and disk systems connected to one another in a SAN?
Question 50. What is the name of the SAN interface used in place of FC?
PROBLEMS
Question 1. What is the shortest time for transmitting 50 ATM packets at 2.5 Gbps?
Question 2. How many bits does it take to represent an IPv4 address of 124.76.190.38?
Question 3. Convert the IPv4 address 222.155.8.17 to binary and hexadecimal.
Question 4. Logically AND the number 125 with 128, 0, 15, and 240. Express the result in decimal.
Question 5. How many bits and octets are there in the IPv6 address of: 0123:2456:789A:BCDE:F987:6543:210A:EF75?