1.2.6 Check Your Understanding – Network Components Answers
1. Which of the following is the name for all computers connected to a network that participate directly in network communication?
- servers
- intermediary devices
- hosts
- media
Explanation: Hosts are all computers connected to a network that participate directly in network communication.
2. When data is encoded as pulses of light, which media is being used to transmit the data?
- wireless
- Fiber-optic cable
- copper cable
Explanation: Fiber-optic cable is the media is being used to transmit the data when data is encoded as pulses of light.
3. Which two devices are intermediary devices? (Choose two)
- hosts
- routers
- servers
- switches
Explanation: Routers and switches are intermediary devices.