Test your basic knowledge |

Comptia Network Fundamentals

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Convergence






2. What are the 2 forms of 'Transmission Media'?






3. Phone lines are sometimes referred to as ____.






4. License Tracking






5. How did the term 'Sneakernet' come about?






6. Backbone

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


7. Restoring






8. Hubs operate in ____ mode because the path between devices is shared - meaning that devices can only send when no other devices are sending data.






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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


10. Topology






11. ____ operates at 10 Gbps over twisted pair cables.






12. Soft Skills






13. With cellular networking - Internet access is limited to areas with ____ coverage.






14. Resources






15. What are the 3 most popular networking operating systems?






16. Depending on the type of DSL used - you can use the same line for simultaneous voice and data. Special ____ help prevent the voice data from interfering with the digital data.






17. Connectivity Device






18. A ____ provides a central connection for multiple media segments on the same subnet.






19. Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


20. Mobile phones with digital ____ plans use cellular calls to connect to the Internet.






21. Client / Server Network






22. Address Management






23. Backing Up






24. ____ is the standard that describes how modems work to send digital data over the analog phone lines.






25. CompTIA






26. In an ____ network - two computers communicate directly with each other through their wireless network adapters.






27. Internet






28. ____ provides broadband digital data transmission over existing telephone lines.






29. A ____ provides a central connection for multiple media segments on the same subnet.






30. A ____ connects two network segments that have a different subnet address.






31. Certification






32. ____ cables use light pulses.






33. Packet






34. The term ___ typically describes an adapter that uses a cable medium (such as copper or fiber optic cables).






35. Satellite networking provides nearly ____% global coverage.






36. File Services






37. You can install a ____ in a notebook computer to provide cellular access.






38. Satellite networking uses a ____ with an antenna (dish) directed skywards to a satellite.






39. In an ____ network - a central device called a wireless access point controls communication between devices.






40. Mail Server






41. Wireless networks use ____ with the air being the transmission medium.






42. Network






43. 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






44. (public switched telephone network) Dialup connections use the ____.






45. A DSL router (sometimes called a DSL modem) connects the computer to the ____ line that must be configured by the telephone company to work with DSL.






46. WAN






47. Satellite networking can be a portable solution for cars or trucks with an attached ____.






48. A ____ network adapter sends radio waves.






49. The same cable line is used to carry ____ and cable ____ signals - although in some cases a separate line is installed for Internet access.






50. Software Distribution