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Network Types practice questions

Practise identifying and comparing LAN, WAN, PAN, MAN, and WLAN network types for the 220-1201 exam.

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What the exam tests

What to know about Network Types

Tests your ability to identify and differentiate LAN, WAN, PAN, MAN, and WLAN types.

Identify LAN vs WAN characteristics and use cases

Distinguish PAN from WLAN based on range and devices

Recognize MAN as a network spanning a city

Understand WLAN as a wireless local area network

Why learners struggle

Why Network Types questions are commonly missed

Network Types questions are commonly missed because learners confuse overlapping characteristics like range and technology. The exam tests precise definitions, not general knowledge.

·LAN vs WAN — range and ownership confusion
·PAN vs WLAN — both wireless but different scope
·MAN vs WAN — size misconception
·WLAN vs LAN — wired vs wireless assumption
·PAN vs LAN — personal vs local scale
·WAN vs MAN — geographic boundary mix-up

Watch out for

Common Network Types exam traps

▸Confusing WLAN with PAN due to both being wireless
▸Thinking MAN is always larger than WAN
▸Assuming LAN only uses Ethernet, ignoring wireless
▸Mixing up PAN and WLAN range limits

Practice set

Network Types questions

20 questions · select your answer, then reveal the explanation

Question 1hardmultiple choice

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A city government wants to provide free public Wi-Fi in a downtown area spanning 2 square miles. The network must handle hundreds of simultaneous users and be accessible from streets and parks. Which network type is most appropriate for this deployment?

Trap 1: Local Area Network (LAN)

A LAN typically covers a building or small campus, not 2 square miles of downtown.

Trap 2: Wide Area Network (WAN)

A WAN is for connecting far apart locations, not for providing localized public Wi-Fi in a downtown area.

Trap 3: Personal Area Network (PAN)

A PAN is for short-range personal devices, not for a city-wide public network.

Network Types practice questions

What to know about Network Types

Why Network Types questions are commonly missed

Common Network Types exam traps

Network Types questions

A city government wants to provide free public Wi-Fi in a downtown area spanning 2 square miles. The network must handle hundreds of simultaneous users and be accessible from streets and parks. Which network type is most appropriate for this deployment?

A user wants to wirelessly stream music from their smartphone to a Bluetooth speaker in the same room. Which network type is being used for this connection?

A multinational corporation has offices in New York, London, and Tokyo. They need a private, dedicated network to connect all offices with high reliability and low latency. Which network type should be implemented?

A small business wants to connect two separate office buildings that are 150 meters apart, with no existing data cabling between them. They need a reliable, high-speed connection without running new cables. Which type of network should be implemented?

A customer reports that their laptop can connect to the internet at home via Wi-Fi, but at a coffee shop it cannot connect to the guest network. They have not changed any settings. Which network type is most likely causing this issue?

A user complains that their wireless mouse and keyboard stop working when they move more than 10 feet away from the computer. The devices use a USB dongle. Which network type is being used for these peripherals?

A technician is setting up a small office with five computers that need to share files and a printer. The office is in a single room, and no internet access is required yet. Which network type should be created?

A company has two branch offices in different cities. They need to connect their LANs so employees can access resources at both locations securely over the internet. Which network type should be used?

A school district with five elementary schools spread across a city needs to connect each school's LAN to a central data center for internet access and shared resources. Which network type should connect the schools to the data center?

A hospital needs to connect multiple buildings across a large campus to share patient records and imaging data. The network must be private, high-speed, and cover the entire campus. Which network type should be implemented?

A company deploys a network where each department has its own switch, and all switches connect to a central core switch. The network uses VLANs to separate traffic for finance, HR, and engineering. Which network type best describes the overall architecture, and what is a key characteristic?

A user complains that their laptop frequently disconnects from the Wi-Fi when they move from their desk to a conference room 30 meters away. The office uses a single wireless access point (AP). Which network type is being used, and what is the most likely cause of the disconnection?

A small business owner wants to connect five computers in a single office so they can share files and a printer without purchasing a server. Which network type should be configured?

A technician is configuring a network for a university campus that has multiple buildings spread across a 5-kilometer area. Each building has its own LAN, and they all need to be interconnected to share resources. Which network type best describes the overall campus network?

A company wants to connect two office buildings that are 2 miles apart in the same city to share a high-speed internet connection and internal resources. Fiber optic cable is not an option due to cost. Which network type and technology would be most appropriate?

A client reports that their new IoT smart bulb can be controlled from a smartphone app only when the phone is within 10 meters of the bulb. The bulb does not connect to the home Wi-Fi. Which network type is the smart bulb using?

A technician is asked to set up a network for a new branch office that will connect back to the main headquarters using a leased line. The branch has 50 employees who need access to centralized databases and email. Which network type best describes the branch office's internal network?

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