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Subjects : cisco, it-skills, ccna
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1. What characteristic of an UTP helps reduce interference?






2. 2 characteristics of peer-2-peer






3. If there are potential electrical and/or electromagnetic hazards - what type of media is recommended for backbone cabling?






4. An admin needs a media that can run up to 100m in legth. Which type of media would be best?






5. What are 2 protocols for transfering web resources?






6. Why is flow control used for TCP data transfer?






7. What is a characteristic of a single-mode fiber-optic cable?






8. 3 functions of the upper data link sublayer in the OSI model






9. Host1 is in the process of setting up a TCP session with Host2. Host1 sent a SYN message to begin establishment - what happens next?






10. What is a mechanism used by TCP to provide flow control as segments travel from source to destination?






11. What do the intermediary devices in the network do?






12. What is a characteristic of a logical point-to-point topology?






13. What method of signal transmission uses radio waves to carry signals?






14. What info is found in the TCP and UDP header info?






15. What is the role of the OSI Application Layer?






16. What is PDU?






17. What command can be used to determine if the router has experienced any input or output errors?






18. What are 3 pieces of info about a route contained in a routing table?






19. Where is the IOS file stored at?






20. Which OSI layer is responsible for binary transmission - cable specification - and physical aspects of network communication?






21. 2 features that make switches preferable to hubs






22. 3 statements about the role of routers in the network






23. 3 primary functions of the data link layer encapsulation






24. What does the IEEE 802.2 standard represent in Ethernet technologies?






25. What is the primary purpose of Layer 4?






26. A router interface has been assigned an IP address of 172.16.192.166 with a mask of 255.255.255.248. To which subnet does the IP address belong?






27. 3 statements about routes and their use






28. Statements that describe LAN






29. How does the application layer on a server process multiple client requests for services?






30. 2 functions of encapsulation






31. 3 facts about the network portion of an IPv4 address






32. Group of hosts that have identical bit patterns in the high order bits of their addresses






33. What are 3 common problems w/ large networks?






34. What can get you to an outside network?






35. Which combination of keys can be used to interrupt a ping or traceroute process?






36. What command is used to change the default name to 'Costas'?






37. If you have a small network w/ 3 computers...






38. If there is a graphic representation of a company network wiring and equipment - What is this called?






39. What layer encapsulates segments into packets?






40. What is an automated service that matches resource names w/ required IP addresses?






41. What type of routing uses information that is manually entered into the routing table?






42. Which characteristics describe fiber optic cable?






43. Which OSI model layer is responsible for regulating the flow of information from source to destination - reliably and accurately?






44. When is a straight-through cable used in a network?






45. What is the function of the DLL?






46. If you have an Ethernet Frame w/ a Header - Data and a Trailer. It is a...?






47. What would be the response displayed after pinging 127.0.0.1 and there is a 0 packet transmission?






48. What statements describe the logical token-passing topology?






49. When a device is moved from one network to the other...?






50. What is the name of the application layer protocol used for file sharing on Microsoft Networks?