Red Seal Electrician Practice
Signalling and communicationQuestion 57 of 1506

Which statement about Ethernet and topology is correct?

  1. Commonly a bus, but it can also be a star or ring
  2. It can only be a ring, since all the nodes must share a single token
  3. It can only be point-to-point, with one device at each end
  4. It can only be a star, since each node needs its own gateway
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Correct answer: Commonly a bus, but it can also be a star or ring

RS-232C is almost always point-to-point, and token ring is a ring only.

Source: Lessons in Electric Circuits IV: Digital (Kuphaldt), 14.6: Network Topology

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Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026