A Network Administrator Is Required to Construct a Small-Scale Network

question 124

Multiple Choice

A network administrator is required to construct a small-scale network containing only 22 hosts. The ISP has provided only a single public IP address that is to be used as the egress address. Which of the following addressing schemes can be used to plan such a network?

• A) 10.11.12.16/28
• B) 172.31.255.128/27
• C) 192.168.1.0/28
• D) 209.165.202.128/27

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Definitions:

Dependent Variable

A variable in an experiment that is expected to change as a result of manipulations of the independent variable.

Extraneous Variable

Any variable in a scientific experiment that is not the independent or dependent variable but may affect the results of the experiment if not properly controlled.

Random Assignment

A method used in experiments where participants are allocated to different groups purely by chance, minimizing pre-existing differences between those groups.

Experimental Groups

In research, groups of participants that are exposed to the independent variable or treatment of interest, to assess its effect on various outcomes.