Cisco (Icnd) Ch 1

Front 1

What is a network?

Back 1

A network is a connected collection of computing devices that communicate with each other to carry data in homes, small businesses, and enterprise environments

Front 2

What are the 4 major categories of physical components in a computer network?

Back 2

Computer, Interconnections, Switches, and Routers

Front 3

What are the major resources that are shared in a computer network?

Back 3

Data and Applications, physical resources, storage devices, and Backup Devices

Front 4

What are the most common network user applications?

Back 4

E-mail, web browsers, instant messaging, collaboration, and databases

Front 5

Terms used to describe networks

Back 5

Speed, cost, security, availability, scalability, reliability, and topology

Front 6

What is a Physical Topology?

Back 6

Describes the layout for wiring the physical devices

Front 7

What is a Logical Topology?

Back 7

Describes how information flows to devices within the networks

Front 8

Physical Bus Topology

Back 8

Single Cable that connects all devices together

Front 9

Physical Star Topology

Back 9

Each device in the network is connected to a central device with its own cable

Front 10

What is an Extended Star network?

Back 10

A Star network that is expanded to include additional networking devices that are connected to the main networking device

Front 11

Describe Ring and Dual Ring Topology?

Back 11

Ring- All hosts are connected to one another in the form of a ring or circle
Dual Ring- Adds a second ring for redundancy

Front 12

Describe Mesh and Partial Mesh Topology?

Back 12

Full Mesh-Connects all devices to each other for redundancy
Partial Mesh-Provides multiple connections for only some devices NOT all

Front 13

What are the 3 definitions of threat?

Back 13

Adversaries, Hacker Motivations, and Classes of Attack

Front 14

How many classes of Attack are there?

Back 14

Passive, Active, Close-In, Inside, Distributed