Questionnaire

1. What’s the meaning of LAN?

a  .The meaning of Lan is Local area network 

2. What does networking allow?

1. Networking allows two or more computer systems to exchange information and share resources and peripherals. 

3. Define:

   -Peer to Peer: Where the two computers have the same capabilities.

   -Client Server: Where one computer acts as the server containing the main hard disk and controlling the others workstations or nodes.

4. What’s the protocol for LAN?

1. The protocol most common of the Lan is the Ethernet.

5. What’s a router?

1. The router is a device that forwards data packets, is needed to link a Lan to another network.

6. What’s the meaning of WI FI?

1. The meaning of WIFI is wireless fidelity.

7. What’s a WLAN?

1. It’s where the cables or wires are replaced by radio waves.

8. What are “hotspots”?

1. Hotspots are WLANs available for public use in places like airports and hotels, but sometimes the service is also available outdoors.

  

9. What is “Topology”?

1.  Topology refers to the shape of a network.

10. Name and describe the 3 types of topologies.

-          Star: There is a central device to which all the workstations are directly connected. This central position can be occupied by a server.

-          Bus: Every workstation is connected to a main cable called a bus.

-          Ring: The workstations are connected to one another in a closed loop configuration.

11. What’s the meaning of WAN?

1. It’s mean Wide Area Networks.  

12. How WANs are usually linked?

1. They are usually linked trough telephone lines, fibre-optic cables or satellites.

   

13. What’s the name of the main transmission within a wan?

1. The main transmission paths within a Wan are high speed lines called backbones.

 14.  What’s the most famous WAN?

1. The most famous WAN is the Internet.

 II. TRUE or FALSE

_F_ LANs are usually in a different building.

_F_ Two types of WANs are: Peer to peer and Client server.

_T_ Computers in a LAN share the same protocol.

_T_ Access points are necessary to build a WLAN.

_F_ Client Server: two computers have the same capabilities.

_T_ WANs have no geographical limits.

_F_ “Backbones” is the name of an Internet protocol.

_F_ There are four basic physical topologies.

What is a local area network?

III. Find 20 cognates in the text

-          Computer

-          Peripherals

-          Architecture

-          Client

-          Server

-          Disk

-          Protocol

-          Data

-          Radio

-          Access

-          Creation

-          Public

-          Hotels

-          University

-          Basic

-          Central

-          Directly

-          Connected

-          Position

-          Elements.