Question 1

What does the acronym PAN stand for?

Accepted Answer

Personal Area Network

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Potential Area Network

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Personal Assisted Network

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Partial Assisted Network

Question 2

What does the Acronym LAN stand for?

Accepted Answer

Local Area Network

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Light Assisted Network

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Light Area Network

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Local Assisted Network

Question 3

What does the Acronym WAN stand for?

Accepted Answer

Wide Area Network

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World Area Network

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Wide Assisted Network

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World Assisted Network

Question 4

What type of network would you find in a typical household?

Accepted Answer

WAN

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PAN

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LAN

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HAN

Question 5

What type of network would an office with multiple locations across Manchester need?

Accepted Answer

WAN

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LAN

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PAN

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None of these

Question 6

Which definition best matches a WAN (Wide Area Network)?

Accepted Answer

A collection of computers and networks connected together using hardware provided by a third party carrier

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A collection of devices connected together, often by Bluetooth, that do not necessarily connect to the internet

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A collection of computers or devices connected via wireless only that are far away geographically

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A collection of computers in relatively close proximity, connected together via wireless or wired connections

Question 7

Which definition best matches a PAN (Personal Area Network)?

Accepted Answer

A collection of devices connected together, often by Bluetooth, that do not necessarily connect to the internet

Answer

A collection of computers or devices connected via wireless only that are far away geographically

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A collection of computers in relatively close proximity, connected together via wireless or wired connections

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A collection of computers and networks connected together using hardware provided by a third party carrier

Question 8

Which definition best matches a LAN (Local Area Network)?

Accepted Answer

A collection of computers in relatively close proximity, connected together via wireless or wired connections

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A collection of devices connected together, often by Bluetooth, that do not necessarily connect to the internet

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A collection of computers or devices connected via wireless only that are far away geographically

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A collection of computers and networks connected together using hardware provided by a third party carrier

Question 9

Which of these networks would normally be found at a typical school, even one with multiple buildings on the same site?

Accepted Answer

LAN

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WAN

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PAN

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A combination of LAN/ WAN

Question 10

Which of these is considered the biggest example of a WAN?

Accepted Answer

The internet

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NASA Satellites

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Google

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Facebook

Question 11

What is one disadvantage of using a LAN?

Accepted Answer

If viruses infiltrate the network they can potentially spread to every computer

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They rely on third party resources such as satellites and cabling being reliable

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If one computer fails, the rest of the network fails

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They require multiple people to manage them

Question 12

What is one disadvantage of using a LAN?

Accepted Answer

They rely on third party resources such as satellites and cabling being reliable

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If one computer fails, the rest of the network fails

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They require multiple people to manage them

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If viruses infiltrate the network they can potentially spread to every computer

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