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IT: Networking Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Example of an internetwork
Gigabit Ethernet (fiber characteristics)
crimping tool and wore stripper
Internet
enticement
2. Session initiation protocol-performed on VoIP - determines location of endpoints - and establishes sessions between endpoints
network-based IDPS (NIDPS)
SIP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
CRC
3. Used to resolve NetBIOS names w IP address
WINS
Adjacent Layer Interaction
host-based IDPS (HIPDS)
fault tolerance
4. RAS
fixing noise
Category 6
Remote Desktop Protocol
Remote Access Service
5. The most commonly used form of Internet Message Access Protocol.
TCP/IP Network Access Layer Encapsulation
intrusion reaction
Optical Loss
IMAP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol - version 4)
6. Long reach. multimode max length is 550 meters. single mode max length is 5000. 1000 mpbs. baseband transmission
Session Layer
1000base-lx
Class C Network
MAC (Media Access Control) sublayer
7. Telecommunications industry association
TIA
802.2
ESS
proxy server
8. RDP
transmit
DNAT (Dynamic Network Address Translation)
asynchronous comunications
Remote Desktop Protocol
9. The capacity to send and receive signals at the same time on the same medium.
full duplex
network layer
false attack stimulus
confidence value
10. A connecting device for a network that accepts messages and passes them on to other parts of the network. Generally more intelligent than a hub.
DCE
EAP
switch
MTU (maximum transmission unit)
11. Physical Layer
driver
soft skills
CD-ROM File System
Hubs
12. Used on many UNIX/LINUX systems to provide authentication security for TCP/IP applications such as Telnet and FTP
link quality monitoring
NTP
server
Secure Shell (SSH)
13. Large diameter. led/light is generated at different angles. high throughput - high noise resistance - excellent security - and long distances
MMF
Category 5
asymmetrical transmission
intrusion reaction
14. Software that enables a computer to communicate with devices such as NICs - printers - monitors - and hard disk drives.
NIC (Network Interface Card)
driver
MAC
HTTP
15. A connector that is used for thin coax cable and that has a boyonet-like shell.
networks enable users to share resources
bayonet nut connector (BNC)
Electrical Signaling
Cable Plant
16. Functions at the network layer that add logical addresses and properly route data
Server
protocol and services
switch
back door
17. Determines standards for the electronics industry and other fields - such as chemical and nuclear engineering - health and safety - and construction
Faulty network cable
Demarcation Point
ANSI
Networking Model
18. Small Form Plug-gables - Plugs in to an interface on a switch
Port 20
SFP
Presentation
pppoe
19. Two communication systems establish 2-way communication prior to the exchange of data
connectionless
OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model
connection
ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
20. A single computer that provides extensive multiuser access to network resources - such as shared files - shared disks - and shared printers.
Ethernet
association
frequency
Server
21. Device that receives and retransmits microwave data signals
satellite
MAU
Post Office Protocol version 3
Network Switching
22. Fiber Distributed Data Interface
fat pipe
partially distributed control strategy
route
FDDI
23. A far-reaching system of networks that usually extends over approximately 48 kilometers (about 30 miles) and often reaches across states and continents.
Conduit
router
standby UPS
wide area network (WAN)
24. Tools in order to connect a new RJ45
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
crimping tool and wore stripper
Category 3
SONET
25. Cabling that transmit data using light waves. Higher bandwidth than other types of cabling.
fiber optics
Inter Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
header
Cable Plant
26. An error condition on a token ring network that indicates one or more nodes is not functioning.
digital dis
beaconing
Industrial - Scientific - and Medical
virtual circuit
27. More reliable then analog - noise doesn't affect as much - more efficient - fewer errors
802.3
supernet
Telnet
digital adv
28. Value placed upon an IDPS's ability to detect/identify certain attacks correctly
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
coax cable connector
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
confidence value
29. RSA
back door
Rivest - Shamir - Adelman
Peer-to-peer network
DB-25 connector
30. Using part of a leased line
binary
narrowband
OSI
fractionalizing
31. Network time protocol
virture privat network (VPN)
NTP
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet (non-fiber characteristics)
32. Scrambles information into an alternative form that requires a key or password to decrypt the information.
Session
encryption
Data Link
SSL
33. A type of transmission that can vary continuously - as in a wave pattern with positive and negative voltage levels.
cable plant
MultiMode Fiber
Common Internet File System
analog
34. Protocol data unit. An OSI term to refer generically to a grouping of information by a particular layer of the OSI model. More specifically - an LxPDU would imply the data and headers as defined by Layer x.
PDU
Primary Rate Interface
Network Information Service
CSMACD
35. A network owned and maintained by an organization -such as a campus network operated by a college.
Light Weight Directory access protocol (LDAP
NAT (Network Address Translation)
narrowband
private network
36. CHAP
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
Boot Protocol /Bootstrap Protocol
transceiver
Internet
37. A type of transmission in which there are several transmission channels on a communications medium - allowing more than one node to transmit at the same time.
NetBIOs
broadband
physical layer device
medium
38. A network whose access is restricted to only clients or machines with proper credentials.
Kroner
SSID
evasion
Private Network
39. A device used to connect thicknet cable with a transceiver. A vampire bypasses the need to serve the cable - because the vampire tap has a metal tooth that pierces through the outside cable insulation (like a vampire) and connects with the copper wir
vampire tap
File Transfere Protocol - (FTP)
phishing
switch
40. NFS
Ethernet
flow control
DCE
Network File System
41. Model for understanding and developing computer-to-computer communication developed in the 80s by ISO; divides networking functions among 7 layers
Half Duplex NIC Communication
network-based IDPS (NIDPS)
datagram
OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model
42. 5th layer; establishes and maintains communication between two nodes on the network; 'traffic cop'
Incorrect device drivers
client/server
Session layer
node
43. Signals on bus that would travel endlessly between two nodes
OSI
signal bounce
phase
Client
44. Device that can detect intrusion and launch an active response
intrusion prevention system (IPS)
back door
link dead phase
Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3)
45. 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
Presentation
S-HTTP
coaxial cable
device ID
46. Device that separates a medium into multiple channels and issues signals to each of those subchannels
ACK (acknowledgement)
port 53
Multiplexer
TCP/IP Transport Layer Encapsulation
47. Four twisted wire pairs rated for 100 Mhz.
Category 5
CSMA/CD
token ring
rollover cable
48. What is the term used when every host on the network has a fixed IP address?
standard connector
Static IP Addressing
SYN-ACK (synchronization-acknowledgment)
tracepath
49. Physical layer. 1 gpbs throughput. baseband transmission. max length is 100 meters. cat 5e or higher utp. twisted pair.
1000base-t
entrance facilities
step-index multimode fiber-optic cable
Baseband
50. Uses frame headers
Repeater
ethernet
tracepath
SMTP (Simple Mail transfer Protocol)