5 Network Devices Online Quiz Questions

An office needs to connect several wired computers and a printer to the same LAN, but its router does not have enough Ethernet ports. Which device best fits this need?

A modem or ONT always supplies all the router and local Wi-Fi functions a home network needs.

What is the name of the hardware that provides a computer or phone with its wired or wireless connection to a network?

A small office already has a wired LAN. It needs a device that lets phones and laptops join that LAN over Wi-Fi, without relying on that device to route LAN traffic to the internet. Which device should it add?

A wireless access point alone normally routes a LAN's traffic to the internet.

Select all the functions that a wireless router commonly includes, according to the material.

What device or network function applies rules to allow or block traffic, helping prevent unauthorized connections?

A premises receives internet service over fiber. Which device commonly connects that fiber service to the premises' network equipment?

A Wi-Fi laptop sends a print job to a printer on the same LAN. Ignoring the laptop's and printer's network adapters, select all the network infrastructure devices in the path that bridge the wireless connection or forward the local traffic.

A laptop on the LAN requests a web page outside the local network. Which device forwards the traffic between the LAN and the ISP-facing network?

A staff member assumes every computer and phone needs a separate external device to connect to the network. Explain how network adapters provide endpoint connectivity and correct that assumption.

A network adapter may be built into an endpoint or added separately.

An office wants to apply security rules that allow some network traffic and block other traffic. Which device or function is designed for this?

What general term names the hardware that connects an endpoint, such as a computer or phone, to a network?

A small office needs to connect a wired computer and printer to the same LAN and forward local traffic between them. Which device best fits this role?

An access point usually connects to a router or switch using what type of connection?

A home receives internet service over fiber. Which device commonly provides the connection from the premises to the ISP's access network?

A room has wired access to the office LAN, and Wi-Fi devices need to join that same LAN. Which device should be added for that purpose?