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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Failure of an IDPS to react to an actual attack event
Secure Shell
Group Policy Object
baseband
false negative
2. 2nd set of characteristics that make up a device's MAC address. Added at the factory and is based on the device's model and manufacture date
device ID
intrusion detection system (IDS)
ICMP
Incorrect device drivers
3. Requires many pulses to transmit same info that an analog can transmit in a wave
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
digital dis
IGMP
FTP
4. Is used to enable IP address to be assigned automatically by a DHCP server on a network.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
AM
Data Service Unit
802.3
5. Hackers sending emails to make it look like its legit and its actually dangerous to the workstation
butt set
satellite
HTTPS
phishing
6. Electromagnetic interference
IEEE
EMI
netstat
Physical layer
7. Plain old telephone service
POTS
Application
Class A
IGMP
8. Telecommunications industry association
CSMA/CA
fiber-optic cables
Physical layer
TIA
9. What is the term used when every host on the network has a fixed IP address?
Mac Addressing
SMTP server name
Adjacent Layer Interaction
Static IP Addressing
10. Which layer is responsible for putting data into frames as well as providing error checking data?
Data Link Layer
Unshielded twisted pair
Mac Addressing
fault tolerance
11. A boundary between two zones of trust
PDU
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
perimeter
MPLS
12. A network transport control method used in Ethernet networks. It regulates transmission by sensing the presence of packet collisions.
Latency
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMACD)
Zero Configuration
encapsulation
13. AD
Cable Plant
(fiddy) Fiber Distributed Data Interface
Active Directory
white/orange and orange
14. Integrated digital network
isdn
cross talk
Frequency Modulation
Amplitude Modulation
15. The most popular type of network for medium- and large-scale organizations
radiation pattern
traceroute (tracert)
POP3 (Post Office Protocol - version 3)
client/server
16. Physical Layer
IETE
logical address
OSI Layer 1
plain old telephone service (POTS)
17. Public switched telephone network
Line Printer Daemon
BOOTP
DB-25 connector
pstn
18. Point to point protocol
full mesh
protocol
Subnetmask
ppp
19. SMF
Single Mode Fiber
Physical Layer
alert or alarm
protocol
20. This phase determines how often systems should send each other quality statistics.
Class C Network
IEEE
workstation
link quality monitoring
21. GSNW
tracepath
bus topology
Internet Protocol version 4
Gateway Services for NetWare
22. An IP addressing and subnetting method in which network and host information is manipulated without adhering to the limitations imposed by traditional network class distinctions. CIDR is also known as classless routing or supernetting. Older routing
Optical Loss
physical layer device
bandwidth
CIDR (Classless Interdomain Routing)
23. Also called the physical or device address - the hexadecimal number permanently assigned to a network interface and used by the MAC sublayer within the DATA Link layer (Layer 2).
fixing attenuation
star-wired bus topology
MAC address
physical layer
24. Type of transmission in which signals may travel in both directions over a medium simultaneously; also called duplex
MultiMode Fiber
Full-Duplex
signal
Post Office Protocol version 3
25. IPX & SPX
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Transport & Internet
Physical
data packets
26. Direct-sequence spread spectrum: signal bits are distributed over a frequency band
Common Internet File System
Transport
DSSS
TCP/IP Transport Layer Encapsulation
27. SSID
MultiStation Access Unit
PPP
fading
Service Set Identifier
28. Ethernet LAN-all forms of Ethernet media and interface
802.3
To stop the Hamburgerler from stealing all of Ronnie McDonalds burgers
false positive
topology
29. Device that modulates analog signals into digital signals for transmission over telephone lines - and demodulates digital signals into analog for the receiving end
Frequency Division Multiplexing
CSMA/CD
Modem
twisted shielded pair
30. This layer in the OSI network model breaks up the files into packets to allow them to be sent around the network.
intrusion detection system (IDS)
FDMA
Transport Layer
MMF
31. A gateway that operates on the Internet backbone.
star wired ring
session
Core Gateway
binary
32. Ensures reliablity of packet transmissions from node to node - Ensures that data is sent and received in the same order - Provides acknowledgement when a packet is received - Monitors for packet transmission errors and resends bad packets - Breaks la
entrapment
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
Berkeley Internet Name Domain
Transport Layer (Layer 4)
33. Open System Interconnection
bayonet nut connector (BNC)
OSI
Gigabit Interface Converter
DCE
34. Which protocol allows users to send emails?
NFS
Canonical Name
SMTP
Password Authentication Protocol
35. Is used to route electronic mail through the internetwork
fingerprinting
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
standby UPS
BGP
36. A type of interference that occurs when two LAN cables run close to each other. If one cable is carrying a signal and the other isn't - the one carrying a signal will induce a 'ghost' signal in the other cable
butt set
Crosstalk
Telnet
Remote Access Service
37. Unwanted signals from sources near network cabling - such as motors and power lines
Serial
Data Link
Media Converter
Noise
38. Reflection in multiple different directions of a signal
CIDR block
scattering
Intermediate Distribution Frame
protocol
39. A type of point-to-point digital WAN connection that uses standard phone lines to provide high-speed comm.
NIC drivers
connectionless
CIDR (Classless Interdomain Routing)
DSL
40. OTDR
router
entrance facilities
physical media
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
41. The IEEE standard for token ring networking devices and data handling.
fractionalizing
802.5
MAC (Media Access Control) sublayer
TCP/IP Network Access Layer Encapsulation
42. (local area network) network of computers and others that is confined to a relatively small space
Bit-Error Rate Test
MTU (maximum transmission unit)
LAN
Transport Layer Security (TSL)
43. Logical link control
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
stateful firewall
LLC
full mesh
44. A network design in which every node is connected to every other node - achieving fault tolerance.
Mesh topology
Topology
TCP/UDP
connectionless
45. Serial internet protocol
slip
intrusion
public switched telephone network (PSTN)
Amplitude
46. Which protocol is responsible for splitting data into packets and adding a header to each one?
EMI
1000base-t
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
Transmission Control Protocol
47. Type of punch-down block used to terminate telephone circuits; does not meet Cat 5 or better standards
TCP/IP Internet Layer Encapsulation
tracert
Domain Controller
66 Block
48. Cause by EMI/RFI - and other packets - interference on the signal
rollover cable
wavelength
demilitarized zone
noise
49. The placement of data from a higher-layer protocol behind the header (and in some cases - between a header and trailer) of the next-lower-layer protocol. For example - an IP packet could be encapsulated in an Ethernet header and trailer before being
workstation
Encapsulation
802.11a
GBIC
50. BIND
Berkeley Internet Name Domain
Canonical Name
Simple Network Management protocol (SNMP)
Post Office Protocol version 3