The network card is designed to take the brunt of the force during a power surge.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Not sure
• D. Depends on the system

Answer: (B)

Surge protection is about redirecting or absorbing the excess energy away from sensitive components. A network card isn’t designed to take the brunt of a power surge; its job is data transmission, not serving as the sacrificial barrier for energy spikes. In practice, protection comes from surge protectors or a UPS on the power supply, good grounding, and protective features on the network interface (like suppression devices on the Ethernet port). If a surge is large, the energy should be handled by those protective measures rather than by the network card, which is why the statement is not correct.