A38 Network Types - Answers: Service Peer Peer-To-Peer Client-Server

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Network Types - Answers

A 38
6. For each of the following services, tick the type of network they are
most likely to be carried out by.

1. A network where each computer acts as both a client and server is


known as what type of network?
Peer-to-peer network
____________________________

[1]

2. A network where a client computer sends a request to a server and


then receives a response from the server is known as what?
Client-Server (model)
____________________________

[1]

Service
Using email
Playing video from a Smartphone
through a television
Accessing files on a home
computer from another device
Accessing a website

Peer-To-Peer
Peer

Client-Server

3. For each of the following positive and negative features, tick which
type of network it most applies to. Only tick once for each row.

7. Complete the below text with the words underneath.

Feature
Can slows down client
Costs more
Harder to set up
Less secure

client
In the client-server model, the ______________
computers are all reliant
server
on the ______________
for a service. Websites use this model. This
means that if the web server fails then no one can access the website.
The length of time that a server is working is known as its
uptime
______________.
. The best web services offer 99.9999% uptime, but
server hardware
e fails far more often than that. They offer this uptime by
using ______________
on every part of the system.
redundancy

Peer-To-Peer

Client
Client-Server

[4]

4. The client-server model has three stages. Processing on the server


server;
Send response to the client computer; send request to the server
server. Put
these in the correct order below, with the first stage at the top and last
stage at the bottom.
Send request to the server
Stage 1: _________________________
Processing on the server
Stage 2: _________________________
[3]
Send response to the client computer
Stage 3: _________________________
5. A new television allows the user to watch video store
stored on their home
computer via WiFi. Which type of network has been established?
Peer-to-peer network
____________________________

[1]
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redundancy

uptime

client

[4]

[4]

server

8. Many homes now have several computers which each need backups of
their files. A company says that it offers
offer the ability to backup to the
cloud by uploading files to its servers.
client-server (model)
a) What type of network is the cloud in this case? A
________________
b) What is a technical way to describe the cloud? Fill in one circle.
A peer-to-peer network
A client

A server on the Internet


Wireless media such as WiFi

[1]

[1]
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