1. F1_ How basic knowledge of networks and the manner in which they are constructed help you in your day to day functioning? Be sure to support your answers from the literature.

2. F2_You can place both TCP/IP clients and servers and IPX clients and servers on the same Ethernet network, and each client will talk to its server. How do you think this is possible? Support your answers from the literature.

3. F3_What is the most effective network topology and why? Be sure to support your answers.

4. C1_Explain the data link layer switch operation. What is the practical importance of this? Support your answer.

5. C2_Identify multiple wireless technologies. Compare them to one another and with Ethernet. Be sure to support your answer.

6. IC1_Telephone modems convert analog signals to digital signals and digital signals to analog signals. Codecs convert analog signals to digital signals and digital signals to analog signals. How are modems different from codecs? Support your answer.

7. IC2_Several Internet access systems are asymmetric, with higher downstream speeds than upstream speeds. What are the benefits and disadvantages of such a system? How will you know whether this is good for your system? Support your answer.

8. IC3_For security reasons, many organizations do not allow error reply messages to leave their internal internets. How, specifically, could hackers use information in echo reply messages to learn about the firm's internal hosts? Does the same thing apply to ping requests? Support your answer.

9. NM1_What is the best form of network authentication? Why? Support your answer from the literature.

10. NM2_What role does strategic management play in network management? Why? How does one go about it? Support your answer.

11. NM3_What is cloud computing? How does that relate to Software as a Service (SaaS)? Service oriented architecture (SOA)? Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)? Support your answer.