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Which communication method requires separate channels for simultaneously transmitting and receiving data without collisions?
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Full-duplex
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What communication method does not allow for the simultaneous transmission and reception of data and is subject to collisions?
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Half-duplex
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Which of the following statements best describes the bus master feature?
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It offloads processor cycles by taking over the bus arbitration process when data is being transferred from system memory to a network interface card (NIC).
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What is the main function of the Media Access Control (MAC) mechanism?
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To regulate access to the network medium
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Which of the following features can be used by network interface adapters to automatically configure themselves to run at an agreed-upon speed and duplex mode?
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Autonegotiation
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In the 10Base-T specification, what is the function of the normal link pulse (NLP) sent by hubs and network interface adapters?
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It verifies the integrity of the connection (or link) between devices
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Which protocol is used on an enterprise network to track the performance of critical network components?
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SNMP
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On Microsoft Windows operating systems (Microsoft Windows 95 and later), what is the primary tool that you use to manage and configure a network interface adapter, and where is it located?
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The Device Manager utility, accessed from the System Properties dialog box in Control Panel
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Which of the following switch types immediately forwards frames after looking at only the destination address?
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Cut-through
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Which of the following devices enables two computers to communicate when they are using different protocols and services within the layers of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model?
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A gateway
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Which two components are used by the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to monitor the performance of critical devices on an enterprise network? Choose two correct answers.
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The SNMP agent
The SNMP management console |
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What hardware resources must always be manually configured for network interface adapters that do not support plug and play (PnP)? Choose two correct answers.
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Interrupt request (IRQ) line
I/O port address |
