Question

The most common example of a(n) ____ switched network is the conventional telephone system.

Answer 1

CIRCUIT Switched network has the conventional telephone system as the most common example.

Circuit switching is a method of implementing a telecommunication network in which two network nodes establish a dedicated communications channel or circuit through the network before the nodes may communicate. The circuit guarantees the full bandwidth of the channel and remains connected for the duration of the communication session by functioning as though the nodes were physically connected like an electrical circuit.

In a conventional telephone system, when a call is made from one telephone to another, switches within the the telephone exchanges create a continuous wire circuit between the two units for as long as the call lasts.