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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/01/2010 00:37, Julian Hall wrote: > Neil Stone wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> I was going through an online examy/trainingy thing this evening and was >> presented with this.. >> >> In a star topology, what happens when a workstation loses its physical >> connection to another device? >> A) The ring is broken, so no devices can communicate >> B) Only that workstation loses its ability to communicate >> C) That workstation and the device it's connected to lose communication >> with the rest of the network. >> D) No devices can communicate because there are now two unterminated >> network segments >> >> >> I got it wrong with an answer of "C".. Can anyone explain to me why this >> might be ?? >> >> PRN--PC----LAN----PC--PRN >> >> PRN--PC- -LAN----PC--PRN >> >> umm.. the printer and pc both loose network !! >> >> halp !! (or should I log a bug report ?) >> >> Neil > What did they claim the 'correct' answer was? > > It's not A, because it's a STAR not a Token Ring, or any kind of ring. > It's not D because that makes no sense. > > It *could* be B if they're being extremely pedantic and what they mean > is the following: > > PRN--PC----LAN----PC--PRN > > PRN- -PC----LAN----PC--PRN > > with B *meaning* 'Only that workstation loses its' ability to > communicate [with the device it was connected to]' > > If they do mean B it's either a) very sloppy wording, or b) a trick > question. > > Kind regards, > > Juliam > No, they didn't tell me the 'correct' answer.. to me devices could be a mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, hdd etc..etc.. (anything in /dev basically) - -- Neil Stone W: http://www.flashtek-uk.com/ T: 01752 547427 M: 07878 763185 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAktLxXAACgkQ8WQMOKJswUV3uQCgs9gC/27aRrXglL+V8j1Xvm4B sf8AoJDrGxs6MLcFjHyLhfwhCW7cn3zm =Ysj+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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