Your Social Security Number (only needed if you are told to use it by your institution)
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Western Carolina University
UNC Chapel Hill
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Schools
Choose the best answer. Questions provided by Western Carolina University.
1. Which of the following best describes a computer network?
a temporary computer storage area
the physical components of a computer shared between different users
two or more computers connected by cables, phone lines, or fiber optics
software which allows two or more computers to share and use common information
2. When a computer in a classroom is used to access the school media center's card catalog, this is an example of:
a telephone network
a fiber optic network
a local area network (LAN)
a wide area network (WAN)
3. What function would you use to connect to a file server (when using a Macintosh)?
control panel
chooser
network
TCP/IP
4. What object would you use to connect to a file server in Windows 95?
start button, then select network
network properties
network neighborhood
control panel, network
5. A local area network (LAN) may have several zones
True
False
6. A file server is a computer on the network that hosts the functions of the network.
True
False
7. Over a wide area network (WAN), users can share files from their computer with others.
True
False
8. A computer virus on a network server is not dangerous to files on the other computers
True
False
9. Mac and IBM compatible computers can not be connected to the same network.
True
False
10. Each computer connected to Internet must have its own phone line
True
False