[&] Which of the following statements is true about the original implementation of Ethernet? (Select the best answer) - Devices were granted pre-defined timeslots in which they could transmit - Relied on a system of arbitrated access to the network -- Correct - Devices could access the network whenever they wanted to - Devices utilized a token-passing mechanism to access the network [&] At which company was Ethernet first invented? (Select the best answer) - Intel - 3Com - Xerox -- Correct - Cisco Systems [&] Approximately how long, after Ethernet's initial release, did it take before Ethernet speeds could jump to 100Mbps? (Select the best answer) - More than 20-years after its initial release -- Correct - Five years after its initial release - Ten years after its initial release - One year after its initial release [&] When Ethernet version-2 became available, what was its maximum transmit speed? (Select the best answer) - 1Mbps - 100Mbps - 10Mbps -- Correct - 10Kbps [&] At which layer(s) of the OSI model does Ethernet reside? (Select the best answer) - At the Physical and Data Link layers -- Correct - At the Data Link Layer only - At the Network and Data Link layers - At the Network layer only - At the Physical Layer only