What Is an Advantage of a Point-To-Point Topology

question 25

Multiple Choice

What is an advantage of a point-to-point topology?

• A) data travels on a dedicated link
• B) provides redundancy and fault tolerance
• C) allows many end-device connections
• D) a reliable and fast backbone

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External Costs

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Social Cost

The total cost to society as a whole, including both private costs incurred by firms or individuals and external costs imposed on others.

Free Riders

A person who receives the benefit of a good without paying for it. Because it is often virtually impossible to restrict the consumption of public goods to those who pay, these goods are subject to free-rider problems.

Public Good

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