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09 - Client Server and Peer to Peer

 1. If you work with computers long enough, sooner or later you’ll hear the terms “client/server” and “peer-to-peer.” These terms may seem strange at first, but each describes a particular __________________________________.
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  router and switch structure

  networking architecture

  internet connection method

  networking protocol

 2. There’s a huge difference between client/server and peer-to-peer networks. One of the main differences is that a peer-to-peer network has _____________________________________.

  no central server.

  a large central server

  no clients

  no cables

 3. In a peer to peer network: each workstation on the network _____________________________________________ and there is no central storage or authentication of users.

  shares its files equally with the others

  stands on its own and is not connected to others

  shares its files only with the central server

  cannot share its files equally with others

 4. There are separate dedicated servers and clients in a ______________________________

  routed network

  internet connected network

  wireless network

  client/server network

 5. For the following excerpt on Client-Server networks, fill in the blanks:
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  internet

  client

  server

  router

 6. Peer-to-peer networks should be installed in homes or in very _______________ businesses where employees interact regularly
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  large

  enormous

  small

  rich

 7. What type of network is being described in the following description?

  This describes a router-switch set up

  This describes a peer to peer

  This describes the Internet itself

  This describes a cilent/server

 8. What is the following a definition of?

  PC

  cable

  client

  desktop

 9. In a school, you can access files on computers in different buildings. This is because they are not stored on the computer you are using but (most likely) on ....

  a filer server

  a binary bit

  a client

  a network

 10. There are different types of servers such as a web server, file server and email server. What is a server?

  a powerful computer which provides services or resources required by any of the clients

  an ordinary computer that requests the services or resources provided by the user

  a powerful satellite that sends out data signals to client computers

  a powerful client that accepts network packets to distribute them

 11. In a peer to peer network a backup must be done separately for each computer.

  TRUE

  FALSE

 12. What are the security implications of a Client-Server network?

  Security cannot be controlled in any way whatsoever

  Security can be entirely managed and controlled by the Internet's router

  Security can be controlled by every individual computer

  Security can be controlled by the central computer

 13. The following are disadvantages of a:

  file-server network

  client-server network

  router based network

  peer to peer network

 14. Select from the given list: What are three advantages of Client-Server networks.

  1,2,3,4,7

  1,2,3,5,6

  1,2,3 and 7

  2 and 5 only

 15. Here's an interesting extension question and some additional reading that will help you understand the network architecture is extremely relevant - for instance, in app design. What architecture?
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  For the description above, Client-Server seems to fit.....

  No-Internet architecture

  Peer to Peer because there is never need for a central server (given the above description)

  Neither architecture

 16. Skype started based on its own decentralized P2P protocol, which leverages on each user’s device as a resource for data transfer on the network.

  FALSE

  TRUE

 17. What were the reasons Skype moved away from its P2P model?

  High volumes of user nodes requesting service and requiring greater security

  increasing number of connected users and being unable to cope with it

  All of the above

  Battery efficiency on mobile devices (as all devices would act as 'active' nodes - draining power)

 18. The key point about a client-server model is that the client is NOT dependent on the server to provide and manage the information

  FALSE

  TRUE

 19. Websites are stored on webservers. A web browser is the ___________which makes the request to the server and the server sends the site to the browser.

  client

  website

  browser

  server

 20. The client side of a web application is often referred to as the front end and the __________ side as the backend.

  internet

  code

  server

  machine


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