REVIEW QUESTIONS .... /35 MARKS

1. What does the acronym WiFi stand for? (1 mark)

2. What are the advantages of having computers and other hardware connected to a network? (2 marks)

3. What is a node? (1 mark)

4. Describe the five ways that computers can be organized in a network's architecture. What is one advantage and one disadvantage of each arrangement? (10 marks)

5. What are some of the advantages / disadvantages of a STAR network over a LineBus network (5 marks)

6. What are some of the considerations that need to be made when considering a network design. PLEASE EXPLAIN. (6 marks)

7. What are some the advantages in creating a network in a school situation. For assistance with this answer, please refer to http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/NETWORK/chap1/chap1.htm for your answer. (10 marks)

8.DESIGNING YOUR OWN NETWORK .... /65 MARKS

Using a floor plan of your house, create a Tree network design, that uses both hard wired and wireless network architectures. Make sure that you label such components such as:

~ ... Routers
~ ... Main Server
~ ... Laptop and desktop computers
~ ... printer(s)
~ ... scanner(s)

SAVE AND ** E-MAIL YOUR "NETWORK" REVIEW QUESTIONS AND "HOUSE" DESIGN FOR GRADING.

Once you feel confident that you have completed this lesson, e-mail your document as an attachment to your instructor at the following address:

aujla_m@sd36.bc.ca

Your document should include the appropriate file extension in order for the formating to remain in transmission.

For sending documents from Apppleworks, use the extension ".cwk". A correct file name and extension would look similar to:

L5networks.cwk
L5house.cwk

Notice that any spaces in the file name have been removed and an indicator of which lesson (L5) has been added.

The assigned value for this assignment will be returned once it has been graded.