Chapter 8

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3. a

4. d

5. d

6. b

7. c

8. b, d, f

9. c

10. c

Challenge Questions and Activities

1. B. The two hosts with straight-through cables will link to the hub. The third host is

using the original cable, which is a crossover cable appropriate for peer-to-peer connections,

but will not link to a hub from a host.

2. A, C, E. A: The A wing, having the most connected workers, can have too much traffic
on the cable and packets can be getting dropped. C: Refrigerator compressors and

microwave ovens can cause interference on a network. E: Because orders are up, the

wing’s proximity to the manufacturing shed could be because of electromagnetic interference

from the machines on the production line.

Incorrect answers: B: The janitor’s actions are intermittent, and the network problems

are consistent. D and F: These differences should provide more reliability, not less.