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6. What is a WAN

  • Two or more computers linked together for the purposes of sharing data and resources
  • A network that covers a large geographical area.
  • A network that covers a small geographical area
  • A set of things that work together as part of a mechanism

7. Which of these is not a threat to a network

  • To gain access to cause the organisation problems e.g causing crashes, introducing virus etc.
  • Organisations system crashes and data is lost
  • Gaining access to commit a criminal act e.g stealing infomation that has commerical value
  • To gain access to prove they can, to the hacker it is a type of game however can still create a great deal of damage

8. What is an advantage to the user of networked environments

  • Networks require more maintance
  • Hardware resources such as printers and scanners can be shared
  • Networks are vulnerable to viruses
  • Backup procedures are easier to complete

9. What is LAN

  • A network that covers a small geographical area
  • Two or more computers linked together for the purposes of sharing data and resources
  • A set of things that work together as part of a mechanism
  • A network that covers a large geographical area.

10. Which of these are not a feature of a client server

  • Backups and network security is controlled centrally
  • Powerful processing capabilites
  • Ensures applications are able to run in the amount of memory avaliable
  • Stores data at a central location