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Cisco Network Fundamentals

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1. What is a server daemon?

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2. Protocols perform what tasks?
Acknowledgment message
Multiplexing
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)
Static

3. SMB stands for what?
Server message block - a request/response protocol
A NIC
Static
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client

4. A device that moves data between networks?
GET - POST - PUT
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
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Router

5. What type of addressing is find at the OSI layer 2?
Physical and MAC
3
Channel
SAMBA

6. What is the correct OSI top down layer order?
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
Segmentation
IP addresses
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical

7. The HELO command does what in SMTP?
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
Multiplexing
UDP port 110
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)

8. Client and server processes are considered to be in what layer?
Channel
The application layer - layer 7
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
IP addresses

9. What two separate processes does the email server operate?
Dynamic
The application layer - layer 7
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Static

10. Is ebay P2P or client/server?
Application - presentation and session
Client/server
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
Internet protocol

11. What layer is the top layer in both the OSI and TCP/IP models?
Channel
The application layer - layer 7
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
20 and 21

12. Typical port for DHCP?
A NIC
A client request for data
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
UDP port 67

13. Four characteristics that are addressed by network architecture design
Protocol
Dynamic
GET - POST - PUT
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security

14. Converged Network
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
Channel
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/UDP port 53

15. Give an example of a top level domain
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
.com or .net
25
Multiplexing

16. NAK is?
25
The application layer - layer 7
Negative Acknowledgment message
Service - protocol

17. What DOS command displays all the cached DNS entries on a WinXP/Win2k system?
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
Ipconfig/displaydns
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)

18. Dividing data streams into smaller pieces suitable for transmission is called multiplexing - segmentation - encapsulation - or protocol?
The application layer - layer 7
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
Segmentation

19. Three functions performed by Presentation Layer
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
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
UDP port 110
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer

20. What is GET?
Application - presentation and session
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
Get IP addresses
A client request for data

21. In the client/server model - the device requesting the service is referred to as the ...?
Get IP addresses
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
Client/server
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)

22. A limited-use protocol owned by a company is?
Proprietary
SAMBA
Get IP addresses
Transport - layer 4

23. Linux/UNIX uses _____________ for sharing resources with Microsoft networks?
Multiplexing
Protocol
Server message block - a request/response protocol
SAMBA

24. What does SMTP stand for?
A client request for data
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Negative Acknowledgment message

25. Interweaving multiple data streams into one shared communication channel is?
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Proprietary
Multiplexing
SMB

26. ACK is what?
A client request for data
Static
Acknowledgment message
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical

27. End vs Intermediary Device
Protocol
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
SMB
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.

28. DHCP enables clients on a network to...
SAMBA
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
Get IP addresses

29. Typical port for SMTP?
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)
Negative Acknowledgment message
25
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain

30. Is a connection using Telnet
Physical and MAC
GET - POST - PUT
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Acknowledgment message

31. FTP requires ___(a number)___________ connection(s) between client and server to successfully transfer files. 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
Acknowledgment message
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
Server message block - a request/response protocol

32. Layers of TCP/IP Model
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
Application - presentation and session
The application layer - layer 7

33. What is a peer-to-peer network?
Acknowledgment message
3
A NIC
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.

34. Generally - which is best for end-user devices? Dynamic (DHCP) addressing or static?
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
Negative Acknowledgment message
Dynamic

35. The application layer is which layer of the OSI model?
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
Channel

36. The elements of communication include a message source - a message destination - and a _________ - or medium to transport the message.
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Dynamic
SAMBA
Channel

37. DNS is used to resolve internet names to ________________? (Hint: plural)
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
25
IP addresses
UDP port 110

38. Which is the best bet for network devices like gateways - switches - servers and printers--dynamic or static addressing?
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Static
Service - protocol
A client request for data

39. What does MUA stand for?
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
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)
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client

40. HTTP is used to...

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41. Which layer is concerned with end to end message delivery?
Transport - layer 4
Service - protocol
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Acknowledgment message

42. Which is the most popular network service? HTTP - FTP - Telnet or Email?
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
Proprietary
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer

43. Typical port for Telnet?
A client request for data
23
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)

44. A ___________ provides the function for doing something - whereas a ___________ provides the rules the service uses
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
Service - protocol
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security

45. Linux uses SAMBA - which is a version of which file transfer protocol?
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SMB
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
All People Seem To Need Data Processing

46. Typical ports for FTP?
20 and 21
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
Multiplexing
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.

47. MX is what?
Dynamic
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
Internet protocol

48. Which is associated with the network layer? IP address - frames - MAC address or physical addressing?
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
The application layer - layer 7
IP addressing - layer 3

49. Typical port for POP?
UDP port 67
UDP port 110
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)

50. The three most common HTTP message types are?
The application layer - layer 7
IP addressing - layer 3
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
GET - POST - PUT