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IT: Networking Vocab

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Layer 5






2. Pulses of precise - positive voltages and zero voltages (binary)






3. Public switched telephone network






4. Software that enables a computer to communicate with devices such as NICs - printers - monitors - and hard disk drives.






5. Has 25 pins also commonly used with serial communication that conforms to the rs-232 standard






6. LLC






7. PPPoE






8. The process of validating a user.






9. A type of fiber optic cable connector that uses a mechanism similar to the BNC connectors used by Thinnet






10. Routes packets through network






11. Physical layer standard for serial communications






12. These reside on a computer or appliance connected to network segment and monitor network traffic






13. Packet






14. 128 -64 -32 -16 -8 -4 -2 -1






15. The IEEE stanard for error and flow control in data frames.






16. LPD






17. Medium network 128-191






18. Consists of activities that deter intrusion






19. The process in which an attacker obtains confidential information by contacting employees and deceiving them into giving up passwords - IP addresses - server names - and so on.






20. A series of interconnected computers - printing devices - and other computer equipment that shares hardware and software resources. The service area usually is limited to a given office area - floor - or building.






21. Transport layer protocol that requires the establishment of a connection between communicating nodes before it will transmit data






22. Maintains and assigns IP addresses in the US






23. User friendly web addresses are translated into IP addresses by the...






24. Security measure verifies that your user name and password are contained in the NOS directory






25. Amplitude - frequency (Hz) - wavelength - wavy line






26. Unlicensed band with 11 channels






27. Frequency Division Multiple Access






28. Pointing in a direction






29. Internet Layer






30. The physical layout of the cable and wireless network devices and the logical path followed by network frames and packets sent on the cable or by wireless transmissions






31. Pipeline used to contain and protect cabling; usually made from metal






32. Secure Sockets Layer






33. A type of multimode fiber-optic cable in which the light-based signals follow uniform curved routes inside the cable - resulting in signals that all arrive at the same time and with less long-distance distortion than step-index cable.






34. A transport system that uses the CSMA/CD access method for data transmission on a network. Typically it is implemented in a bus or star-bus hybrid topology.






35. Connects networks larger than a LAN - but smaller than a WAN






36. Two twisted wire pairs. It's the oldes type and is only voice grade - it isn't rated for data communication.






37. GBIC






38. Standard analog telephone system






39. The device inside a computer that connect a computer to the network media






40. A process that ensures one device does not send information faster than it can be received by another device.






41. HTTPS - Secure implementation of HTTP






42. Signal interference caused by magnetic force field generated by electrical devices such as motors.






43. Computers - devices - and connectivity necessary to rebuild a network exist - and all have appropriated configured updated and connected to match your networks current state. most expensive disaster recovery contingency to maintain






44. An 8-bit character-coding method consisting of 96 uppercase and lowercase characters and numbers - plus 32 nonprinting characters.






45. Sequences packets in correct order






46. A network design consisting of a continuous path for data with no logical beginning or ending point - and thus no terminators.






47. Data Link sublayer that manages flow control






48. Measure of a signal's strength






49. QoS technique enables packet switches technologies to travel over traditionally circuit switched connections






50. Facilities necessary for a service provider to connect with another organization LAN or WAN