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Comptia Network Fundamentals

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

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1. When you configure a dialup connection - you identify the ____ of a computer on the other end.
Switches routers
Bridge
A person working on a computer on a different network or in a different geographical location from the LAN's server.
Phone number

2. Web Server
NIC (network interface card)
Copper
Switching
A computer that manages Web site services - such as supplying a Web page to multiple users on demand.

3. Print Services
The network service that allows printers to be shared by several users on a network.
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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.
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.

4. P2P Network
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.
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
Peer-To-Peer Network.
PSTN

5. Unified Communications
The centralized management of multiple types of network-based communications - such as voice - video - fax - and messaging services.
Subnet
Twisted pair
Router

6. The ____ receives a signal on one port - and forwards that signal only to the port where the destination device is connected.
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.
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
Switch
Networking TV

7. Wireless networks use ____ with the air being the transmission medium.
A network that spans a long distance and connects two or more LANs.
Radio waves
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.
Cellular adapter

8. User
A person who uses a computer.
A computer that manages Web site services - such as supplying a Web page to multiple users on demand.
Subnet
100

9. Radio frequency wireless standards are defined by various ____ committees (802.11a - 802.11b - 802.11g - and 802.11n).
Peer-To-Peer Network.
IEEE
1. License tracking 2. Security Auditing 3. Asset Management 4. Address Management 5. Software Distribution 6. Traffic Monitoring 7. Load Balancing 8. Hardware Diagnosis
Phone number

10. 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.
Cell phone
Infrastructure
Splitters
The process of automatically transferring a data file or installing a software application from the server to a client on the network.

11. Management Services
A network design in which client computers use a centrally administered server to share data - data storage space - and devices.
The network services that centrally administer and simplify complicated management tasks on the network.
Copper fiber optic
10 10

12. NIC
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 data transmission and processing activity taking place on a computer network at any given time.
Network Interface Card
A network that spans a long distance and connects two or more LANs.

13. ____ is the standard that describes how modems work to send digital data over the analog phone lines.
A complex WAN that connects LANs and clients around the globe.
The use of data networks to carry voice (or telephone) - video - and other communications services in addition to data.
V.35
Telephone

14. An access point with an integrated ____ allows wireless clients to communicate with wired clients on the same network.
Modem (modulator/de-modulator)
Bridge
1. Physical (such as a wire or cable) 2. Wireless (such as radio waves)
Cable

15. 100BaseFX operates at 100 Mbps over ____ cables.
Copper
A network of computers and other devices that is confined to a relatively small space - such as one building or even one office.
Fiber optic
The process of automatically transferring a data file or installing a software application from the server to a client on the network.

16. ____ networking uses a cable TV connection to create a wide area connection to the Internet.
Unsolicited - unwanted e-mail.
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 computer or other device connected to a network - which has a unique address and is capable of sending or receiving data.
Cable

17. A ____ connection uses a modem connected to the phone line to communicate with another host through a wide area connection.
Computing Technology Industry Association
Dialup
A specialized server that enables clients to share applications and data across the network.
Download

18. Certification
A standard method or format for communication between network devices. For example - some ______ ensure that data are transferred in sequence and without error from one node on the network to another. Other ______ ensure that data belonging to a Web
IEEE
Dialup
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.

19. Convergence
The use of data networks to carry voice (or telephone) - video - and other communications services in addition to data.
Peer-To-Peer Network.
The network services that centrally administer and simplify complicated management tasks on the network.
1. Physical (such as a wire or cable) 2. Wireless (such as radio waves)

20. Client / Server Network
A computer that manages Web site services - such as supplying a Web page to multiple users on demand.
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 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.
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.

21. Transmission Media
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.
The process of copying critical data files to a secure storage area. Often - _____ are performed according to a formulaic schedule.
Wide Area Network
The means through which data are transmitted and received.

22. Load Balancing
The process of distributing data transfer activity evenly so that no single device is overwhelmed.
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.
A network that is larger than a LAN - typically connecting clients and servers from multiple buildings - but within a limited geographic area. For example - a ______ could connect multiple city government buildings around a city's center.
Peer-To-Peer Network.

23. Security Auditing
Network Interface Card
Ethernet
The process of evaluating security measures currently in place on a network and notifying the network administrator if a security breach occurs.
'Network of Networks'

24. 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.
Router
Full duplex
Switch
Router

25. Some satellite Internet access solutions are limited to ____ only. Another solution - such as dialup - is required to provide upload capabilities.
Medium
TCP/IP
Download
Network adapter

26. ____ cables use electrical signals.
The process of copying critical data files to a secure storage area. Often - _____ are performed according to a formulaic schedule.
1. License tracking 2. Security Auditing 3. Asset Management 4. Address Management 5. Software Distribution 6. Traffic Monitoring 7. Load Balancing 8. Hardware Diagnosis
Line of sight
Copper

27. What are the 3 most popular networking operating systems?
Networking TV
A complex WAN that connects LANs and clients around the globe.
1. UNIX 2. Linux 3. Microsoft Winders Server 2008 R2
A specialized server that enables clients to share applications and data across the network.

28. Host
One of several types of specialized devices that allows two or more networks or multiple parts of one network to connect and exchange data.
A computer that enables resource sharing by other computers on the same network.
The process of evaluating security measures currently in place on a network and notifying the network administrator if a security breach occurs.
Twisted pair

29. (public switched telephone network) Dialup connections use the ____.
Networking TV
Switch
An association of computer resellers - manufacturers - and training companies that sets industry-wide standards for computer professionals. ______ established and sponsors the A+ and Network+ (Net+) certifications.
PSTN

30. The networking ____ provides the path for signals to pass between two devices.
Ad hoc
A complex WAN that connects LANs and clients around the globe.
Medium
Satellite dish

31. Backing Up
A specialized server that enables clients to share applications and data across the network.
A computer that uses applications and data only from its local disks and that is not connected to a network.
The process of copying critical data files to a secure storage area. Often - _____ are performed according to a formulaic schedule.
Infrastructure

32. Mobile phones with digital ____ plans use cellular calls to connect to the Internet.
The means through which data are transmitted and received.
The network services that centrally administer and simplify complicated management tasks on the network.
The process of evaluating security measures currently in place on a network and notifying the network administrator if a security breach occurs.
Data

33. Remote Access Server
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 server that runs communications services that enable remote users to log on to a network.
Delay time
xDSL

34. Sneakernet
10 10
Switching
10GBaseT
A way of exchanging data between computers that are not connected on a network.

35. ____ operates at 10 Gbps over twisted pair cables.
10GBaseT
PSTN
The process of evaluating security measures currently in place on a network and notifying the network administrator if a security breach occurs.
An association of computer resellers - manufacturers - and training companies that sets industry-wide standards for computer professionals. ______ established and sponsors the A+ and Network+ (Net+) certifications.

36. Satellite networking may have a long ____ (latency) between requests and downloads.
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 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.
Delay time
The use of data networks to carry voice (or telephone) - video - and other communications services in addition to data.

37. WAN
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.
10
Wide Area Network
Hub

38. Asset Management

39. File Server
A specialized server that enables clients to share applications and data across the network.
The process of collecting and storing data on the number and types of software and hardware assets in an organization's network. The data collection is automated by electronically examining each network client from a server
Cell phone
IEEE

40. Local Area Network (LAN)
A network of computers and other devices that is confined to a relatively small space - such as one building or even one office.
The network services that centrally administer and simplify complicated management tasks on the network.
Half-duplex
Network Operating System

41. Workstation
Bridge
Computing Technology Industry Association
A server that runs communications services that enable remote users to log on to a network.
A computer that runs a desktop operating system and connects to a network.

42. Switches use the ____ address to send frames to the destination device.
MAC
Bridge
Satellite
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.

43. Ethernet can use ____ and ____ cables.
A network that spans a long distance and connects two or more LANs.
Copper fiber optic
Networking TV
The devices - data - and data storage space provided by a computer - whether stand-alone or shared.

44. Dialup connections cannot be used for both ____ (phone calls) and ____ at the same time.
Voice data
The process of distributing data transfer activity evenly so that no single device is overwhelmed.
The process of collecting and storing data on the number and types of software and hardware assets in an organization's network. The data collection is automated by electronically examining each network client from a server
Cisco Certified Network Associate

45. Internet Services
A network that spans a long distance and connects two or more LANs.
A server that runs communications services that enable remote users to log on to a network.
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.
Splitters

46. DSL is not available to every location; the end location must be within a fixed distance of telephone ____ equipment.
The centralized management of multiple types of network-based communications - such as voice - video - fax - and messaging services.
Modem (modulator/de-modulator)
Switching
Bridge

47. Client
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.
Full duplex
Cisco Certified Network Associate
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

48. Ethernet standards identify the transmission speed and the cable type. The letter T identifies ____ cables; the letters F - S - L - and E are used for fiber optic.
Splitters
Network adapter
Twisted pair
Cellular adapter

49. A ____ creates the signals that are sent along the networking medium.
Cellular adapter
Switch
A complex WAN that connects LANs and clients around the globe.
Network adapter

50. Routers maintain a list of known networks and the next ____ in the path to reach the destination network.
A server that runs communications services that enable remote users to log on to a network.
Hub
Router
A discrete unit of information sent from one node on a network to another.