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Which of the following devices does not segment the network?

Your Answer | | Correct Answer |

O Switch | | O Switch |

O Router | | O Router |

O Hub | | ® Hub |

O Firewall | | O Firewall |

Explanation

A hub does not create multiple segments on the network. A segment is a portion of the network that has different media, collision domains, or broadcast domains. A hub simply connects devices using the same media type. All devices are members of the same collision and broadcast domains.

On a switch, each switch port is in a separate collision domain. With a router or a firewall, each connected network is a different broadcast domain. Objective

1.4 Explain the purpose and properties of routing and switching References

LabSim for Network+, Section 9.5.

You are asked to recommend an e-mail retrieval protocol for a company's sales team. The sales team needs to access e-mail from various locations and possibly different computers. The sales team does not want to worry about transferring e-mail messages or files back and forth between these computers.

Which e-mail protocol was designed for this purpose?

Your Answer | | Correct Answer |

O POP4 | | O POP4 |

O POP3 | | O POP3 |

O IMAP | | ® IMAP |

O SMTP | | O SMTP |

O MFTP | | O MFTP |

Explanation

The Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) is an email retrieval protocol designed to enable users to access their email from various locations without the need to transfer messages or files back and forth between computers. Messages remain on the remote mail server and are not automatically downloaded to a client system.

POP3 is an email retrieval protocol that downloads and then deletes messages from a mail server. POP3 is well suited for reading email offline; however, you need to go online when you want to receive and send new messages. Once your new messages have been downloaded to your computer you can log off to read them. This option is often used when email is received over...