A building has five rooms each with their own switch. All network packets from each room pass through room five's switch prior to reaching any PC or the Internet. Which of the following LAN…

A mesh topology provides direct point-to-point connections between multiple devices, so no single device handles all traffic.

In a star topology, every node on the network connects to a single central switch or hub. Room five's switch serves as that central point, requiring all packets from every other room to pass through it before reaching any destination - which is the defining characteristic of a star topology.

A bus topology connects all devices along one shared cable backbone, not through a centralized switching device.

A hybrid topology combines two or more distinct topology types; this scenario describes a single, uniform star arrangement.