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Test Bank For Business Data Communications and Networking, 14th edition by FitzGerald, Dennis, Durcikova Chapter 1 Introduction to Data Communications True-False Questions The following are possible T ... rue/False questions for tests. The statement is given and the answer is provided in square brackets. The level of difficulty (easy, moderate, difficult) and the page number(s) relevant to the topic are also furnished. 1. According to John Chambers, CEO of Cisco (a leading networking technology company), the information age is the second Industrial Revolution. Answer:True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 4 2. Due to recent advances in high speed communication networks, the information lag, or the time it takes for information to be disseminated around the world, has been significantly shortened. Answer:True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p.4 3. One perspective of data communications and networking as stated in the textbook, examines the management of networking technologies, including security, network design, and managing the network on a day-to-day basis and long term basis. Answer:True Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 5 4. The first electronic data communication system was the telephone developed by Alexander Graham Bell. Answer:False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 5 5. The first transcontinental telephone service was established in the 1940s. Answer:False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 6 6. An Inter-Exchange Carrier (IXC) provides only local telephone services to homes and businesses. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 6 7. Common carriers include the RBOCs, IXCs, and Cable TV companies. Answer:True Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 7 8. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 now permits the RBOCs to provide long distance outside the region in which they provide local telephone services. Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 7 9. The Internet was started by the U.S. Department of defense in 1969 as a network of four computers called ARPANET. Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 9 10. Telecommunications is the transmission of voice and video as well as data and implies transmitting a longer distance than in a data communication network. Answer:False Difficulty: Moderate Reference: p. 11. [Show More]

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