EOU Assessment: 3.1 Network Hardware

Section A: Objective Section

Part 1: Fill in the Blanks

Word Bank: transmit, network, weaker, switch, protocols, standalone

1. A computer that works completely independently without being connected to any other device is called a computer.

2. A computer is a group of two or more devices connected together to exchange data and share resources.

3. Network are the set rules that define how data is safely sent and received between different devices.

4. A hardware device called a allows you to connect multiple wired devices together within a local building.

5. The word simply means to send data from one place to another.

6. Wi-Fi signals send data over short distances, meaning the further away you move from a Wi-Fi router, the the signal becomes.

Part 2: Multiple Choice Questions

7. Which physical hardware device allows completely different networks to communicate with each other and connects a school network to the wider internet?

A) Switch

B) Network Interface Card (NIC)

C) Router

D) Server

8. What type of physical cable plugs directly into a switch socket to connect wired devices?

A) Television cable

B) Ethernet cable (CAT 5)

C) Power cable

D) Audio sound cable

9. What does a wireless access point or Wi-Fi router use to send and receive digital signals through the air?

A) An aerial (antenna)

B) A long copper wire

C) A wall socket plug

D) A shared printer

10. What is the name given to the physical plug-in opening on a piece of network hardware where a cable connects?

A) Switch

B) Node

C) Protocol

D) Socket (or Port)

11. Which of the following is a key advantage of using a wireless connection over a wired connection?

A) It always provides much faster speeds.

B) It offers high stability and never disconnects.

C) It provides mobility and convenience without messy cables.

D) It does not require any cables to connect.

12. Which device acts as a "client or node or workstation" when connected to a school network?

A) An Ethernet cable

B) A smartphone

C) A physical socket

D) A network protocol

13. If you connect a desktop computer and a shared printer together using only a local switch, what can your computer do?

A) View websites across the entire World Wide Web.

B) Stream a film directly from a public internet server.

C) Send a print job to the printer over the local network.

D) Send an email to a friend living in another country.

14. What are the special waves that allow wireless access points to communicate with nearby devices called?

A) Sound waves

B) Radio waves

C) Ocean waves

D) Light waves

Part 3: One-Word Answers

15. What is the individual term for any single device (like a desktop, laptop, or tablet) that is connected to a network?

16. What specific category of network connection uses physical cables to transmit data, offering high speed and stability?

17. What hardware component must be inside or attached to a device to enable it to connect to a network?

18. What global system of connected computer networks allows us to view the World Wide Web and send international messages?

Part 4: Match the Following

Drag the correct description or real-world example from the pool on the right into the corresponding technical term on the left.

19. Standalone Computer

Drop description here

20. Switch

Drop description here

21. Router

Drop description here

22. Wireless Connection

Drop description here

23. Socket

Drop description here

24. Protocols

Drop description here

Descriptions Bank

A laptop that is not plugged into anything or connected to Wi-Fi, working alone.

A box that connects devices inside a local room so they can share a local printer.

The device that connects a home network to the global internet web.

A tablet connecting to the internet using radio waves without any plugs.

A physical opening on a hardware box where you plug in a network cable.

Rules that act like a shared language so devices understand sent data.

Part 5: Arrange in Proper Sequence

Put the following procedural paths in the correct operational order by numbering the steps from 1 (Start) to 3 (End).

Sequence A: A wired laptop sending data out to the internet.

The data passes through a local Switch along with data from other school computers.

The data starts at the Laptop and travels down a plugged-in Ethernet cable.

The data goes through the school Router to exit out to the wider World Wide Web.

Sequence B: How data travels locally from a computer to a shared printer.

The local switch routes the data out of another socket directly to the printer.

A student clicks print, and data is transmitted down the computer's Ethernet cable.

The data enters into a physical socket on the central local switch.

Part 6: True or False

State whether the statement is True or False. If False, provide a 1-sentence correction.

25. A wired switch needs exactly one separate cable for each individual device connected to it.

True False

26. A local switch can directly connect your classroom computers to public websites across the world without a router.

True False

27. Laptops, tablets, and mobile smartphones are all capable of connecting to a network wirelessly.

True False

28. One modern wireless access point can only connect up to two wireless devices at the same time.

True False

29. Wired network connections use radio waves to transmit information quickly through the air.

True False

30. Devices can connect to a computer network in two main ways: using wires or through wireless connections.

True False

Part 7: Short Recall Lists

31. List any THREE digital devices that can connect to a network completely wirelessly.

32. List any TWO hardware components that often connect to a local network using physical wires.

Student Details

Section A: Objective Section

Part 1: Fill in the Blanks

Part 2: Multiple Choice Questions

Part 3: One-Word Answers

Part 4: Match the Following

Descriptions Bank

Part 5: Arrange in Proper Sequence

Part 6: True or False

Part 7: Short Recall Lists