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Cisco Network Fundamentals

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1. Typical port for DNS?
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
The application layer - layer 7
TCP/UDP port 53
IP addresses

2. Which is associated with the network layer? IP address - frames - MAC address or physical addressing?
IP addressing - layer 3
IP addresses
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
Ipconfig/displaydns

3. Typical port for POP?
Internet protocol
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
Get IP addresses
UDP port 110

4. Linux uses SAMBA - which is a version of which file transfer protocol?
Establish consistent rules for exchanging data - Specifies how data inside the messages are structured and the types of messages that are sent between source and destination - Defines message dialogs (correct response and correct services invoked)
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
SMB
IP addresses

5. What is GET?
.com or .net
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
A client request for data

6. What layer is the top layer in both the OSI and TCP/IP models?
Internet protocol
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
The application layer - layer 7
Ipconfig/displaydns

7. End vs Intermediary Device
Do the following to application layer data so that data from source device can be interpreted by the appropriate application on the destination device - Coding and conversion - Compression - Encryption
Acknowledgment message
GET - POST - PUT
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network

8. Three functions performed by Presentation Layer
Protocol
Do the following to application layer data so that data from source device can be interpreted by the appropriate application on the destination device - Coding and conversion - Compression - Encryption
IP addressing - layer 3
Service - protocol

9. What two separate processes does the email server operate?
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Do the following to application layer data so that data from source device can be interpreted by the appropriate application on the destination device - Coding and conversion - Compression - Encryption

10. Which term describes a specific set of rules that determine the formatting of messages and the process of encapsulation used to forward data?
IP addressing - layer 3
Multiplexing
Transport - layer 4
Protocol

11. NAK is?
UDP port 110
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
Negative Acknowledgment message
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer

12. The device that connects another device to the media?
Physical and MAC
A NIC
Negative Acknowledgment message
Segmentation

13. Which is associated with layer 4 of the OSI model--IP - TCP - FTP - or TFTP?
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
Segmentation

14. The TCP/IP application layer consists roughly of which three OSI layers?
Application - presentation and session
Physical and MAC
SMB
25

15. What is a peer-to-peer network?
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Negative Acknowledgment message
25
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.

16. What type of addressing is find at the OSI layer 2?
Server message block - a request/response protocol
80
Physical and MAC
Static

17. Typical port for DHCP?
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
UDP port 67
Ipconfig/displaydns

18. The application layer is which layer of the OSI model?
Transport - layer 4
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
IP addresses
Negative Acknowledgment message

19. Which is the best bet for network devices like gateways - switches - servers and printers--dynamic or static addressing?
SAMBA
Static
3
Get IP addresses

20. Typical port for HTTP?
SMB
Get IP addresses
80
Internet protocol

21. What is the correct OSI top down layer order?
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
23
Multiplexing

22. Dividing data streams into smaller pieces suitable for transmission is called multiplexing - segmentation - encapsulation - or protocol?
Multiplexing
Segmentation
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
IP addresses

23. A device that moves data between networks?
UDP port 110
Protocol
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
Router

24. Give an example of a top level domain
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
.com or .net
Internet protocol
Proprietary

25. DNS is used to resolve internet names to ________________? (Hint: plural)
Physical and MAC
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
IP addresses
Get IP addresses

26. SMB stands for what?
Server message block - a request/response protocol
.com or .net
Application - presentation and session
Ipconfig/displaydns

27. The elements of communication include a message source - a message destination - and a _________ - or medium to transport the message.
Client/server
Channel
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
Establish consistent rules for exchanging data - Specifies how data inside the messages are structured and the types of messages that are sent between source and destination - Defines message dialogs (correct response and correct services invoked)

28. What does MUA stand for?
IP addresses
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
UDP port 110
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network

29. Which layer is concerned with end to end message delivery?
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Transport - layer 4
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)

30. A ___________ provides the function for doing something - whereas a ___________ provides the rules the service uses
Service - protocol
80
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.

31. The HELO command does what in SMTP?
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
.com or .net
Dynamic
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol

32. DHCP enables clients on a network to...
Ipconfig/displaydns
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
Get IP addresses
All People Seem To Need Data Processing

33. Typical ports for FTP?
Dynamic
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
20 and 21
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests

34. HTTP is used to...

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35. What is a server daemon?

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36. FTP requires ___(a number)___________ connection(s) between client and server to successfully transfer files. 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
Do the following to application layer data so that data from source device can be interpreted by the appropriate application on the destination device - Coding and conversion - Compression - Encryption
Protocol
SMB

37. Linux/UNIX uses _____________ for sharing resources with Microsoft networks?
Proprietary
Dynamic
SAMBA
Get IP addresses

38. Is a connection using Telnet
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Channel
SAMBA
Physical and MAC

39. What does IP stand for?
Static
23
UDP port 67
Internet protocol

40. Four characteristics that are addressed by network architecture design
Client/server
A NIC
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
UDP port 110

41. Typical port for Telnet?
23
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
80
Service - protocol

42. Which OSI layer is associated with IP addressing? 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
3
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
Establish consistent rules for exchanging data - Specifies how data inside the messages are structured and the types of messages that are sent between source and destination - Defines message dialogs (correct response and correct services invoked)
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols

43. Layers of TCP/IP Model
A NIC
The application layer - layer 7
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
Ipconfig/displaydns

44. Converged Network
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
23
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
Internet protocol

45. Client and server processes are considered to be in what layer?
The application layer - layer 7
.com or .net
SAMBA
Do the following to application layer data so that data from source device can be interpreted by the appropriate application on the destination device - Coding and conversion - Compression - Encryption

46. Protocols perform what tasks?
Router
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Establish consistent rules for exchanging data - Specifies how data inside the messages are structured and the types of messages that are sent between source and destination - Defines message dialogs (correct response and correct services invoked)
SAMBA

47. Is ebay P2P or client/server?
Do the following to application layer data so that data from source device can be interpreted by the appropriate application on the destination device - Coding and conversion - Compression - Encryption
SMB
Client/server
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.

48. The three most common HTTP message types are?
GET - POST - PUT
Segmentation
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection

49. Which is the most popular network service? HTTP - FTP - Telnet or Email?
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
Dynamic
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
SAMBA

50. What does SMTP stand for?
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Static
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
IP addresses