Bob Metcalfe just purchased a new WiFi home router to install at his house. He w
ID: 3668046 • Letter: B
Question
Bob Metcalfe just purchased a new WiFi home router to install at his house. He will use the router to setup a(n) [51____] at his house. He will connect his smart phone to the Internet through the new router. His smartphone is also in a PAN since it's also connected to his [52____] headset. His desktop computer doesn't have a WiFi card. He connected his desktop to his router using a(n) [53____] cable. He wanted to configure the best security features available on his router, so he set it up with encryption using [54____] and not [55____].
Potential choices
MAN
SSID
protocol
WAN
Bluetooth
WiFi
LAN
WPA
WiMax
Ethernet
bandwidth
WEP
Bob Kahn uses SETi, which allows his CPU to be used by a distributed program and his CPU sends results over the Internet to some server; this is an example of [56____]. He frequently talks about his experience with SETi on online forums, which is a type of [57____] communication. Sometimes, he has [58____] communications by way of instant messaging. He is thankful for [59____] since he no longer needs to memorize IP addresses to use the World Wide Web. He has installed security software that monitors his computer for malicious [60____] activity.
Potential choices
DNS
asynchronous
BitTorrent
VoIP
port scanning
firewall
TCP/IP
cloud computing
real-time
FTP
VPN
grid computing
Even though [61____] is a protocol specifically designed for downloading email, Tim Berners-Lee likes to use [62____] which is accessing email messages using HTTP. When Tim invented HTTP, did he envision the use of [63____] to add state to the stateless protocol? Tim also likes the ability to purchase things online which is an example of [64____]. However, he recently came across a weird web site that asked him to enter his online banking information; he knew this site was malicious and was a [65____] attempt.
Potential choices
URL
email
SMTP
e-commerce
browser
IMAP
webmail
HTML
cookie
phishing
WWW
HTTP
Explanation / Answer
Answers of the blank part is as follows:
51) WIFI
52) Bluetooth
53) Ethernet
54)WPA
55)WEP
56)TCP/IP
57)VOIP
58)Asynchronous
59) DNS
60)Port Scanning
61)SMTP
62)WWW
63)webmail
64)E-Commerce
65)Phishing