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Comptia Network Fundamentals

Subjects : certifications, comptia-network-+, it-skills

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 100BaseFX operates at 100 Mbps over ____ cables.
Fiber optic
Ethernet
Cisco Certified Network Associate
A part of a network. Usually - a ______ is composed of a group of nodes that share the same communications channel for all their traffic.

2. ____ networking uses radio signals sent and received from a satellite. Satellite networking:
Satellite
The process of mastering material pertaining to a particular hardware system - operating system - programming language - or other software program - then proving your mastery by passing a series of exams.
Switches routers
Access Server

3. Server
Satellite
10GBaseT
The process of retrieving files from a backup.
A computer on the network that manages shared resources. ______ usually have more processing power - memory - and hard disk space than clients. They run network operating software that can manage not only data - but also users - groups - security - a

4. ____ provides broadband digital data transmission over existing telephone lines.
A person who uses a computer.
xDSL
DSL (Digital Subscriber Line)
Bridge

5. A router has multiple network connections - with each connection being on a different ____.
The process of retrieving files from a backup.
Satellite dish
Subnet
A computer or other device connected to a network - which has a unique address and is capable of sending or receiving data.

6. File Services
The process of determining the number of copies of a single application that are currently in use on the network and whether the number in use exceeds the authorized number of licenses.
The functions of a file server that allow users to share data files - applications - and storage areas.
The process of copying critical data files to a secure storage area. Often - _____ are performed according to a formulaic schedule.
A server that runs communications services that enable remote users to log on to a network.

7. Internet Services
100
The centralized management of multiple types of network-based communications - such as voice - video - fax - and messaging services.
The services that enable a network to communicate with the Internet - including Web servers and browsers - file transfer capabilities - Internet addressing schemes - security filters - and a means for directly logging on to other computers.
Wide Area Network

8. Wireless networks use ____ with the air being the transmission medium.
Radio waves
The data transmission and processing activity taking place on a computer network at any given time.
The process of mastering material pertaining to a particular hardware system - operating system - programming language - or other software program - then proving your mastery by passing a series of exams.
1. UNIX 2. Linux 3. Microsoft Winders Server 2008 R2

9. ____ is the standard that describes how modems work to send digital data over the analog phone lines.
Satellite
The physical layout of computers on a network.
V.35
1000BaseSX

10. Address Management
Local Area Network
Switching
The process of centrally administering a finite number of network addresses for an entire LAN. Usually this task can be accomplished without touching the client workstations.
A computer on the network that manages shared resources. ______ usually have more processing power - memory - and hard disk space than clients. They run network operating software that can manage not only data - but also users - groups - security - a

11. ____ networking uses a digital mobile phone for Internet access.
Radio waves
Modem
PSTN
Cellular

12. In what circumstances would 'restoring' of files be needed?
Wide Area Network
Channels
If original files are lost or deleted.
Satellite dish

13. Workstation
A computer that manages Web site services - such as supplying a Web page to multiple users on demand.
A computer that runs a desktop operating system and connects to a network.
The process of determining how much data transfer activity is taking place on a network or network segment and notifying administrators when a segment becomes overloaded.
The network service that allows printers to be shared by several users on a network.

14. ____ operates at 1000 Mbps (1 Gbps) over fiber optic cables.
1000BaseSX
The means through which data are transmitted and received.
A professional certification that attests to one's skills in installing configuring - maintaining - and troubleshooting medium-sized networks that use Cisco Systems' switches and routers.
Switch

15. What's another name for Network Interface Card (NIC)?
The physical layout of computers on a network.
Half-duplex
Network adapter
Switch

16. Data transfer rates include 28.8 Kbps - 33.3 Kbps - and ____ Kbps.
The process of determining how much data transfer activity is taking place on a network or network segment and notifying administrators when a segment becomes overloaded.
Wide Area Network
A network that uses centrally administered computers - known as servers - to enable resources sharing for and to facilitate communication between the other computers on the network.
56

17. ____ networking uses a cable TV connection to create a wide area connection to the Internet.
Cable
Hub
A network that spans a long distance and connects two or more LANs.
Bridge

18. A ____ provides a central connection for multiple media segments on the same subnet.
A server that runs communications services that enable remote users to log on to a network.
Hub
It was coined before the widespread use of networks - when data was copied from a computer to a removable storage device such as a floppy disk - carried (presumably by someone wearing sneakers) to another computer - then copied from the storage devic
10 10

19. Regardless of the physical method used to create the network and to send signals between devices - all devices will also implement ____ to communicate on the Internet and is implemented on top of - or in addition to - the standards that define how th
TCP/IP
The process of distributing data transfer activity evenly so that no single device is overwhelmed.
Switching
A discrete unit of information sent from one node on a network to another.

20. Load Balancing
A computer on the network that manages shared resources. ______ usually have more processing power - memory - and hard disk space than clients. They run network operating software that can manage not only data - but also users - groups - security - a
The process of distributing data transfer activity evenly so that no single device is overwhelmed.
Medium
Metropolitan Area Network

21. Cellular networking is a truly mobile solution; you can often be ____ and still have Internet access without manually having to reconnect.
The process of retrieving files from a backup.
10GBaseT
Moving
xDSL

22. Convergence
Switching
The use of data networks to carry voice (or telephone) - video - and other communications services in addition to data.
Peer-To-Peer Network.
One of several types of specialized devices that allows two or more networks or multiple parts of one network to connect and exchange data.

23. WAN
Splitters
The use of data networks to carry voice (or telephone) - video - and other communications services in addition to data.
Wide Area Network
The professional certification established by CompTIA that verifies broad - vendor-independent networking technology skills - such as an understanding of protocols - topologies - networking hardware - and network troubleshooting.

24. Traffic
1. License tracking 2. Security Auditing 3. Asset Management 4. Address Management 5. Software Distribution 6. Traffic Monitoring 7. Load Balancing 8. Hardware Diagnosis
The part of a network to which segments and significant shared devices (such as routers - switches - and servers) connect. Sometimes referred to as 'a network of networks' because of its role in interconnecting smaller parts of a LAN or WAN.
A group of computers and other devices (such as printers) that are connected by and can exchange data via some type of transmission media - such as a cable - a wire - or the atmosphere.
The data transmission and processing activity taking place on a computer network at any given time.

25. What is a 'Backbone' sometimes referred to as?

26. Hubs operate in ____ mode because the path between devices is shared - meaning that devices can only send when no other devices are sending data.
xDSL
A person who uses a computer.
Peer-To-Peer Network.
Half-duplex

27. Sneakernet
Wide Area Network
If original files are lost or deleted.
A way of exchanging data between computers that are not connected on a network.
56

28. Mobile phones with digital ____ plans use cellular calls to connect to the Internet.
Channels
A network design in which client computers use a centrally administered server to share data - data storage space - and devices.
Data
Telephone

29. Network
The process of copying critical data files to a secure storage area. Often - _____ are performed according to a formulaic schedule.
A group of computers and other devices (such as printers) that are connected by and can exchange data via some type of transmission media - such as a cable - a wire - or the atmosphere.
A part of a network. Usually - a ______ is composed of a group of nodes that share the same communications channel for all their traffic.
IP address

30. Addressing
The physical layout of computers on a network.
A specialized server that enables clients to share applications and data across the network.
Modem (modulator/de-modulator)
The scheme for assigning a unique identifying number to every workstation and device on the network. The type of addressing used on a network depends on its protocols and network operating system.

31. Print Services
The network service that allows printers to be shared by several users on a network.
Networking TV
'Network of Networks'
1. UNIX 2. Linux 3. Microsoft Winders Server 2008 R2

32. Internet
The network service that allows printers to be shared by several users on a network.
A complex WAN that connects LANs and clients around the globe.
Bridge
The process of determining how much data transfer activity is taking place on a network or network segment and notifying administrators when a segment becomes overloaded.

33. ____ is the most common local area networking standard for wired networks.
The devices - data - and data storage space provided by a computer - whether stand-alone or shared.
It was coined before the widespread use of networks - when data was copied from a computer to a removable storage device such as a floppy disk - carried (presumably by someone wearing sneakers) to another computer - then copied from the storage devic
Ethernet
100

34. Scalable
Wide Area Network
100
10
The property of a network that allows you to add nodes or increase its size easily.

35. Switches can operate in ____ mode where a device uses a different channel for sending and receiving - and where the transmission paths are dedicated to only the communicating devices.
A computer on the network that requests resources or services from another computer on a network. In some cases - a ______ could also act as a server. The term ______ may also refer to the user of a ______ workstation or a ______ software application
The functions of a file server that allow users to share data files - applications - and storage areas.
Full duplex
The network services that centrally administer and simplify complicated management tasks on the network.

36. Remote Access Server
A server that runs communications services that enable remote users to log on to a network.
The process of automatically transferring a data file or installing a software application from the server to a client on the network.
The network services that centrally administer and simplify complicated management tasks on the network.
The physical layout of computers on a network.

37. Resources
DSL (Digital Subscriber Line)
The devices - data - and data storage space provided by a computer - whether stand-alone or shared.
Modem
A way of exchanging data between computers that are not connected on a network.

38. Backing Up
The process of determining the number of copies of a single application that are currently in use on the network and whether the number in use exceeds the authorized number of licenses.
The process of copying critical data files to a secure storage area. Often - _____ are performed according to a formulaic schedule.
10
The process of centrally administering a finite number of network addresses for an entire LAN. Usually this task can be accomplished without touching the client workstations.

39. The term ___ typically describes an adapter that uses a cable medium (such as copper or fiber optic cables).
Half-duplex
It was coined before the widespread use of networks - when data was copied from a computer to a removable storage device such as a floppy disk - carried (presumably by someone wearing sneakers) to another computer - then copied from the storage devic
NIC (network interface card)
Network adapter

40. Web Server
IEEE
A computer that enables resource sharing by other computers on the same network.
IP address
A computer that manages Web site services - such as supplying a Web page to multiple users on demand.

41. In an ____ network - a central device called a wireless access point controls communication between devices.
A specialized server that enables clients to share applications and data across the network.
Infrastructure
The property of a network that allows you to add nodes or increase its size easily.
Bridge

42. What's another name for Remote Access Server?
Access Server
Ad hoc
1. License tracking 2. Security Auditing 3. Asset Management 4. Address Management 5. Software Distribution 6. Traffic Monitoring 7. Load Balancing 8. Hardware Diagnosis
Switches routers

43. Transmission Media
Switching
Splitters
The means through which data are transmitted and received.
Voice data

44. Management Services
A person working on a computer on a different network or in a different geographical location from the LAN's server.
The network services that centrally administer and simplify complicated management tasks on the network.
A server that runs communications services that enable remote users to log on to a network.
A computer or other device connected to a network - which has a unique address and is capable of sending or receiving data.

45. Data transfer rates are between ____ Mbps (older Ethernet networks) to up to ____ Gbps. 100 and 1000 Mbps are the most common.
10 10
Computing Technology Industry Association
Fiber optic
Full duplex

46. Network+ (Net+)
Satellite dish
The property of a network that allows you to add nodes or increase its size easily.
The professional certification established by CompTIA that verifies broad - vendor-independent networking technology skills - such as an understanding of protocols - topologies - networking hardware - and network troubleshooting.
Telephone

47. What are the 3 most popular networking operating systems?
A computer or other device connected to a network - which has a unique address and is capable of sending or receiving data.
The process of evaluating security measures currently in place on a network and notifying the network administrator if a security breach occurs.
The devices - data - and data storage space provided by a computer - whether stand-alone or shared.
1. UNIX 2. Linux 3. Microsoft Winders Server 2008 R2

48. ____ operates at 10 Gbps over twisted pair cables.
Cisco Certified Network Associate
A person working on a computer on a different network or in a different geographical location from the LAN's server.
DSL (Digital Subscriber Line)
10GBaseT

49. There are many DSL standards (such as ADSL - SDSL - and HDSL) - collectively referred to as ____.
Access Server
xDSL
DSL (Digital Subscriber Line)
The physical layout of computers on a network.

50. A ____ network adapter sends radio waves.
The skills such as customer relations - oral and written communications - dependability - teamwork - and leadership abilities - which are not easily measured - but are nevertheless important in a networking career.
Wireless
Modem (modulator/de-modulator)
Dialup