Name __________________________
QUIZ 4
CECS 406 Network Engineering
Wednesday, April 4, 2001
1. (2 points each) Identify each of the following terms with the phrase that most fully describes it.
Each phrase should be used only once.
____ repeater A. An individual LAN.
____ optical fiber B. Propagates each incoming signal to all connections.
____ switch C. Allows multiple stations to share one network
connection; predates hubs.
____ stacking D. Does not forward noise or collisions.
____ hub E. Bridging technique that can span an arbitrary distance.
____ LAN segment F. Physically similar to a hub, but logically similar to a
bridge.
____ connection multiplexing G. Copies a signal from one LAN to another LAN.
____ satellite bridging H. Has low delay and high bandwidth.
____ bridge I. Always superior to copper cable.
____ switch J. Always has some distance limitation.
K. Daisy chaining hubs.
L. Connecting multiple segments using repeaters.
2. (1 point for each event) Given the following illustration of a bridge:
A B C X Y Z
B
Segment 1
Segment 2
Fill in the blanks in the table below, using the rules of the Bridge Algorithm.
Event Segment 1 List Segment 2 list
Bridge boots -- --
Y sends to A
Z sends to B
B sends to C
C sends to Y
3. (2 points each) Identify each of the following terms with the phrase that most fully describes it.
Each phrase should be used only once.
Dr. Tracy Bradley Maples (Spring 2001)
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