A Practice Test Question I Don't Understand

elathrop

On MCSE's Free Test, they ask this question:

The following diagram is an example of which network topology?

1. Bus
2. Star
3. Mesh
4. Wireless
5. Hybrid

Correct answer(s): 5
Explanation: Hybrid topologies combines two or more different physical topologies. This usually takes the form of a Star-Bus or Star-Ring network.

I answered star. I just can't figure out where there is a bus or a ring in that picture.

Can anyone straighten me out?

Thanks.

BubbaJ

elathrop wrote:

I answered star. I just can't figure out where there is a bus or a ring in that picture.

Can anyone straighten me out?

Thanks.

The bus is because they are hubs. Hubs are just collapsed buses.

supertechCETma

That would be a Star-Bus. The Bus part is the link from hub to hub.

elathrop

You guys are great! Thanks a lot. I was thinking I needed RG-58 to have a bus. But I understand, now.