Apple Certified Support Professional (ACSP) Practice Exam

When you use a VPN (Virtual Private Network), your computer essentially creates a secure tunnel to a remote server. The effect this has on your computer's network appearance is that it seems to maintain a direct connection to the Local Area Network (LAN). This is because, through the VPN, your device's internet traffic is routed to the VPN server, which then connects to the internet on your behalf.

Although you are physically connected to your local network, the VPN creates an encryption layer that makes it appear as though your data is being sent from the remote VPN server. So, in essence, while your computer retains its local LAN connection for certain local activities, the external appearance of your device's network connection is that it is being operated through the server of the VPN, maintaining the illusion of being directly connected to the LAN from a remote location.

The other options do not accurately describe the effects of a VPN. While using a VPN, the computer does not appear disconnected from the LAN, nor does it show as connected to multiple networks in a traditional sense. The network traffic is specifically routed through the VPN, meaning that traffic is not directly visible as going through multiple networks simultaneously in the conventional view. Additionally, while traffic is indeed redirected through a VPN server, it