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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Which protocol is responsible for splitting data into packets and adding a header to each one?
SFP
Transmission Control Protocol
Zero Configuration
bus topology
2. Four twisted wire pairs rated for 250 MHz.
terminator
link quality monitoring
Category 6
Ferrule
3. Communications cable that consists of one or more glass 0r plastic fiber cores inside a protective cladding material - covered by a plastic PVC outer jacket. Signal transmission along the inside fibers typically uses infrared light.
star wired ring
Presentation Layer
fiber-optic cables
session layer
4. Describes a theoretical representation of what happens between two nodes communicating on a network
PPP
Bend Radius
OSI model
FDM
5. What is a unique name that identifies an internet site called?
LLC (Logical Link Control) sublayer
leased line
Point-to-Point
Domain Name
6. A TCP/IP utility that queries the DNS database and provides information about a host given its IP address or vice versa. Dig is similar to the nslookup utility - but provides more information - even in its simplest form - than nslookup can.
Bit-Error Rate Test
Demarcation Point
dig (domain information groper)
RARP
7. QoS
FDM
NIC
VLAN
Quality of Service
8. Can use WPA to improve the security of data in transit
IETE
802.11b
Ethernet (characteristics)
Transport Layer
9. Event that triggers alarm when no actual attack is in progress
false attack stimulus
PDU
Channel
back hack
10. Type of transmission in which signals may travel in both directions over a medium simultaneously; also called duplex
Quality of Service
Full-Duplex
digital
10BASE2 Limit
11. The wave splits into secondary waves
diffraction
Byte
star-wired ring topology
collision
12. FM
Frequency Modulation
Transmission Control Protocol
statistical multiplexing
Network Layer
13. A versatile - chainable serial-bus technology that connects up to 127 devices at speeds of 1.5 Mbps and 12 Mbps as well as 480 Mbps.
Address Resolution Protocol
Universal serial bus
authentication
stateless firewall
14. A process in which a digital signature is placed in a driver. The digital signature helps ensure that the driver is tested and is compatible with the operating system and device for which it is written.
Core Gateway
802.3af
driver signing
traceroute (tracert)
15. Collection of honey pots connecting several honey pot systems on a subnet
honey net
Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP)
FDMA
switch
16. Stop signals after they have reached the end of the wire
the more twist
terminators
VPN
SNMP
17. Supplying electrical power through ethernet
port 110
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
power over ethernet
Error Handling
18. A network on which any computer can communicate with other networked computers on an equal (peer) basic without going though an intermediary - such as a server. Peer-to-Peer networking enables each computer to offer and access shared resoures - such
Coaxial Cable
Application Layer
peer-to-peer network
TDM
19. A single computer that provides extensive multiuser access to network resources - such as shared files - shared disks - and shared printers.
Server
crossover cable
voltage
Ring topology
20. Wireless standard
shielded twisted-paired (STP) cable
10BASE2 Limit
802.11
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
21. A cable TV company - such as Comcast Broadband.
hybrid fiber / coax (HFC) cable
cabeloco
Data Link
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
22. Techniques that employ hardware and software to province assurance against equipment failures - computer service interruptions - and data losses
tracepath
fault tolerance
diffraction
checksum
23. In TCP - a term used to describe a TCP header and its encapsulated data (also called an L4PDU). Also in TCP - the process of accepting a large chunk of data from the application layer and breaking it into smaller pieces that fit into TCP segments. In
Active Directory
SONET
twisted pair connector
Segment
24. Pointing in a direction
Presentation layer
Transport Layer
directional antennas
Block ID
25. Analog - only one direction. radio frequency analog waves w differences in frequency. expensive - longer distance. ex. cable TV
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
A Protocol
broadband
Synchronous Optical Network
26. Largest data unit a network will accept for transmission
Core Gateway
MTU (maximum transmission unit)
Internet Control Message Protocol
tracert
27. An app. that provides centralized authentication and authorization services for a network.
Gigabit Ethernet (fiber characteristics)
RADIUS
NIC (Network Interface Card)
STP
28. Open System Interconnection
Gigabit Ethernet (fiber characteristics)
MAU
OSI
SFP
29. Controls the transport of data between systems
transmit
false positive
Transport
logical address
30. Application Layer
Berkeley Internet Name Domain
OSI Layer 7
Protocol
protocol
31. Requires CSU/DSU-the connection point for a t1 live at customers site
Firewall configured correctly
1000base-t
t1 connection
Same Layer Interaction
32. Network Layer
SNAT (Static Network Address Translation)
phishing
OSI Layer 3
TFTP
33. Modulates digital into analog in transmitting end and demodulates analog into digital in recieving end
Ethernet
modem
Packet
carrier sense
34. Each node passively listens for then accepts data
geosynchronous
nslookup
passive topology
public network
35. Prevents broadcast storms by enabling switches to calculate paths that avoid potential loops and artificially block the links that would complete a loop
network interface card (NIC)
port 53
STP
latency
36. An 8-bit character-coding method consisting of 96 uppercase and lowercase characters and numbers - plus 32 nonprinting characters.
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
collision
ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
event viewer
37. Used to log on to a UNIX host
FDM
connectivity device
telnet
Data Link
38. These reside on a computer or appliance connected to network segment and monitor network traffic
protocol data unit (PDU)
network-based IDPS (NIDPS)
beacon frame
wide area network (WAN)
39. SMF
Single Mode Fiber
Serial
networks enable users to share resources
EIA
40. IS designed for the exchange of electronic mail between networked systems -such as between mail servers over a TCP/IP network
Frequency Modulation
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
ITU
multiple access
41. Device used to regenerate a signal
WDM
Repeater
Routing
RTT
42. FTP - file transfer- control
Amplitude Modulation
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Transport & Internet
port 21
TCP/IP protocol failure
43. Network Access Layer
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 1
ARP
ARP
TDM
44. A wireless station listens on all channels for a bacon frame from an access point
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Network Access
datagram
Backbone
passive scanning
45. Braided metal shielding used to insulate some types of coaxial cable
Braiding
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 1
RTT
Hubs
46. FTP is an application that enables the transfer of data from one remote device to another - using TCP/IP
File Transfere Protocol - (FTP)
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 3
Telnet
Transport
47. Device typically used to create a VLAN
Repeaters
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
mesh topology
switch
48. Consists of single cable that connects all nodes on a network without intervening connectivity devices - inexpensive - hard to find source of error - not very fault tolerant - data is transmitted in one direction in the ring.
Physical
bus topology
phase
crossover cable
49. Transport layer protocol that requires the establishment of a connection between communicating nodes before it will transmit data
File Transfere Protocol - (FTP)
modem
EIA (Electronics Industries Alliance)
connection oriented
50. RDP
Remote Desktop Protocol
phishing
IETE
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)