Fundamentals Of Networking Chapters 1-4 And Chapter 10

Front 1

____ networks are the most popular type of network for medium- and large-scale organizations.

Back 1

Client/server

Front 2

A ____ network connects clients and servers from multiple buildings.

Back 2

MAN

Front 3

____ services allow remote users to connect to the network.

Back 3

Access

Front 4

A ____ is a specialized device that allows multiple networks or multiple parts of one network to connect and exchange data.

Back 4

connectivity device

Front 5

Which network topology is the most common?

Back 5

star

Front 6

A(n) ____________________ is a computer that is not connected to other computers and that uses software applications and data stored on its local disks.

Back 6

stand-alone computer

Front 7

Which statement describes a certification drawback?

Back 7

Certification value may be lessened due to the number of people obtaining them.

Front 8

____ services refer to the capability of a server to share data files, applications, and disk storage space.

Back 8

File

Front 9

Security auditing is handled by ____.

Back 9

management services

Front 10

The phenomenon of offering multiple types of communications services on the same network is known as ____.

Back 10

convergence

Front 11

Which statement describes an advantage of networks?

Back 11

Networks enable multiple users to share resources.

Front 12

Which network model ensures that no computer on the network has more authority than another?

Back 12

peer-to-peer

Front 13

_________________________ refers to the centralized management of multiple network-based communications.

Back 13

Unified Communications

Front 14

Which certification requires candidates to pass lab exams?

Back 14

Cisco CCIE

Front 15

A network that connects two or more geographically distinct LANs or MANs is called a(n) _________________________.

Back 15

WAN (wide area network)

Front 16

Dependability is a characteristic of ____.

Back 16

soft skills

Front 17

Hardware diagnosis and failure alert are handled by ____.

Back 17

management services

Front 18

In a(n) ____________________ network, every computer can communicate directly with every other computer.

Back 18

peer-to-peer

Front 19

A ____ network is confined to a relatively small space.

Back 19

LAN

Front 20

Which type of service supports e-mail?

Back 20

communications

Front 21

A ____ facilitates communication and resource sharing between other computers on the network.

Back 21

server

Front 22

A common way of sharing resources on a peer-to-peer network is by modifying the ____ controls using the computer’s operating system.

Back 22

file-sharing

Front 23

____ are the distinct units of data that are exchanged between nodes on a network.

Back 23

Data packets

Front 24

Often, separate LANs are interconnected and rely on several ____ running many different applications and managing resources other than data.

Back 24

servers

Front 25

To function as a server, a computer must be running a(n) ______________________________.

Back 25

NOS (network operating system)

Front 26

____ provide a Web-based client for checking e-mail.

Back 26

Mail servers

Front 27

In which OSI model layer does IP operate?

Back 27

Network

Front 28

The Application layer separates data into ______________________________, or discrete amounts of data.

Back 28

PDUs (protocol data units)

Front 29

The goal of ____ is to establish international technological standards to facilitate the global exchange of information and barrier free trade.

Back 29

ISO

Front 30

Which IEEE standard describes Ethernet?

Back 30

802.3

Front 31

The process of determining the best path from Point A on one network to Point B on another is known as ____.

Back 31

routing

Front 32

____________________ protocols establish a connection with another node before they begin transmitting data.

Back 32

Connection oriented

Front 33

Which OSI model layer initiates the flow of information?

Back 33

Application

Front 34

____ oversees the IAB (Internet Architecture Board).

Back 34

ISOC

Front 35

Which IEEE standard describes specifications for wireless transmissions?

Back 35

802.11

Front 36

Transport layer protocols break large data units into ____.

Back 36

segments

Front 37

The ____ is a specialized United Nations agency that provides developing countries with technical expertise and equipment to advance those nations’ technological bases.

Back 37

ITU

Front 38

Which Data Link sublayer manages flow control?

Back 38

LLC

Front 39

Which type of protocol is useful when data must be transferred quickly?

Back 39

connectionless

Front 40

Each network node has ____ types of addresses.

Back 40

two

Front 41

In which OSI model layer does TCP operate?

Back 41

Transport

Front 42

____________________ are documented agreements containing technical specifications or other precise criteria that stipulate how a particular product or service should be designed or performed.

Back 42

Standards

Front 43

The ____ is a fixed number associated with a device’s NIC.

Back 43

physical address

Front 44

In which OSI model layer(s) do NICs operate?

Back 44

Physical and Data Link

Front 45

Which OSI model layer manages data encryption?

Back 45

Presentation

Front 46

____________________ is the process of gauging the appropriate rate of transmission based on how fast the recipient can accept data.

Back 46

Flow control

Front 47

Which statement accurately describes the OSI model?

Back 47

It describes a theoretical representation of what happens between two nodes communicating on a network.

Front 48

In which OSI model layer do hubs operate?

Back 48

Physical

Front 49

____ is the process of reconstructing segmented data.

Back 49

Reassembly

Front 50

Which Data Link sublayer manages access to the physical medium?

Back 50

MAC

Front 51

A network’s ______________________________ represents the largest data unit the network will carry.

Back 51

MTU (maximum transmission unit)

Front 52

Standards define the ____ performance of a product or service.

Back 52

minimum acceptable

Front 53

Which term describes the hardware that makes up the enterprise-wide cabling system?

Back 53

cable plant

Front 54

The most significant factor in choosing a transmission method is its ____.

Back 54

throughput

Front 55

Which term identifies a room containing connectivity for groups of workstations in its area?

Back 55

telecommunications closet

Front 56

____________________ is a term used by networking professionals to describe the nondata information that must accompany data for a signal to be properly routed and interpreted by the network.

Back 56

Overhead

Front 57

When signals are free to travel in both directions over a medium simultaneously, the transmission is considered ____.

Back 57

full-duplex

Front 58

A digital signal composed of a pulse of positive voltage represents a ____.
Question 6 answers

Back 58

1

Front 59

The byte 00001110 means ____ on a digital network.

Back 59

14

Front 60

Many network problems can be traced to poor cable ____ techniques.

Back 60

installation

Front 61

Serial refers to a style of data transmission in which the pulses that represent bits follow one another along a ____ transmission line.

Back 61

single

Front 62

The more twists per foot in a pair of wires, the more resistant the pair will be to ____.

Back 62

cross talk

Front 63

______________________________ cabling consists of one or more insulated wire pairs encased in a plastic sheath.

Back 63

UTP (unshielded twisted pair)

Front 64

The use of 1s and 0s to represent information is characteristic of a(n) ____________________ system.

Back 64

binary

Front 65

____________________ are the pieces of hardware that connect the wire to the network device.

Back 65

Connectors

Front 66

____ describes wiring that connects workstations to the closest telecommunications closet.

Back 66

Horizontal wiring

Front 67

The points where circuits interconnect with other circuits is known as ____.

Back 67

cross-connect facilities

Front 68

____ describes a popular serial data transmission method.

Back 68

EIA/TIA RS-232 (Recommended Standard 232)

Front 69

In a ____ cable, the usual wire positions are exactly reversed in one of the two RJ-45 terminations.

Back 69

rollover

Front 70

Modern LANs use ____ or higher wiring.

Back 70

Cat 5

Front 71

The data transmission characteristic most frequently discussed and analyzed by networking professionals is ____.

Back 71

throughput

Front 72

____________________ transmission involves one transmitter and multiple receivers.

Back 72

Point-to-multipoint

Front 73

The distance between corresponding points on a wave’s cycle is called its ____.

Back 73

wavelength

Front 74

In modulation, a simple wave called a ____ wave, is combined with another analog signal to produce a unique signal that gets transmitted from one node to another.

Back 74

carrier

Front 75

____ is a technology used with fiber-optic cable, which enables one fiber-optic connection to carry multiple light signals simultaneously.

Back 75

WDM (wavelength division multiplexing)

Front 76

One of the most common transmission flaws affecting data signals is ____.

Back 76

noise

Front 77

Which standard is also known as structured cabling?

Back 77

TIA/EIA Commercial Building Wiring Standard

Front 78

Which connector is used in RS-232 transmissions?

Back 78

DB-25

Front 79

A(n) ____ number is the address on a host where an application makes itself available to incoming or outgoing data.

Back 79

port

Front 80

In IPv4 addressing, each IP address is a unique ____ number.

Back 80

32-bit

Front 81

____ operates at the Network layer and manages multicasting.

Back 81

IGMP

Front 82

In the domain name www.google.com, ____ is the top-level domain (TLD).

Back 82

com

Front 83

A UDP header contains ____ fields.

Back 83

four

Front 84

In the context of TCP/IP, a packet is also known as a(n) ____________________.

Back 84

IP datagram.

Front 85

In dotted decimal notation, a(n) ____ separates each decimal.

Back 85

period

Front 86

____ is a utility that can verify that TCP/IP is installed, bound to the NIC, configured correctly, and communicating with the network.

Back 86

PING

Front 87

____ is more efficient than TCP for carrying messages that fit within one data packet.

Back 87

UDP

Front 88

The default subnet mask for a Class B network is ____.

Back 88

255.255.0.0

Front 89

TCP is a(n) ____ subprotocol.

Back 89

connection-oriented

Front 90

In the TCP/IP protocol suite, ____ is the core protocol responsible for logical addressing.

Back 90

IP

Front 91

____ is a simple Application layer protocol used to synchronize the clocks of computers on a network.

Back 91

NTP

Front 92

In most cases, BOOTP has been surpassed by the more sophisticated IP addressing utility, ____.

Back 92

DHCP

Front 93

In IPv4 addressing, a node with an IP address of 168.34.88.29 belongs to a Class ____ network.

Back 93

B

Front 94

Protocols that can span more than one LAN (or LAN segment) are ____________________, because they carry Network layer addressing information that can be interpreted by a router.

Back 94

routable

Front 95

In IPv6, each address contains a(n) ____, or a variable-length field at the beginning of the address that indicates what type of address it is.

Back 95

Format Prefix

Front 96

If the standard port number for the Telnet service is 23, a host whose IPv4 address is 10.43.3.87 has a socket address for Telnet of ____.

Back 96

10.43.3.87:23

Front 97

A(n) ____________________ is a special 32-bit number that, when combined with a device’s IP address, informs the rest of the network about the segment or network to which the device is attached.

Back 97

subnet mask

Front 98

____________________ is a process of subdividing a single class of networks into multiple, smaller logical networks, or segments.

Back 98

Subnetting

Front 99

____ ARP table entries are created when a client makes an ARP request that cannot be satisfied by data already in the ARP table.

Back 99

Dynamic

Front 100

The subprotocol that enables TCP/IP to internetwork - that is, to traverse more than one LAN segment and more than one type of network through a router is ____.

Back 100

IP

Front 101

____ is a terminal emulation protocol used to log on to remote hosts using the TCP/IP protocol suite.

Back 101

Telnet

Front 102

Whether connecting to the Internet or to another computer within a LAN, every node on a network must have a unique ____________________.

Back 102

IP address

Front 103

In IPv4 addressing, an IP address whose first octet is in the range of 192–223 belongs to a Class ____ network.

Back 103

C

Front 104

A(n) ____ address represents any one interface from a group of interfaces, any one of which can accept a transmission.

Back 104

anycast