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Cisco Network Fundamentals

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1. Typical port for DHCP?
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
A NIC
.com or .net
UDP port 67

2. Three functions performed by Presentation Layer
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Negative Acknowledgment message
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
The application layer - layer 7

3. HTTP is used to...

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4. Client and server processes are considered to be in what layer?
UDP port 67
TCP/UDP port 53
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
The application layer - layer 7

5. Which is associated with layer 4 of the OSI model--IP - TCP - FTP - or TFTP?
IP addresses
3
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
Client/server

6. What DOS command displays all the cached DNS entries on a WinXP/Win2k system?
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
Ipconfig/displaydns

7. Is a connection using Telnet
Get IP addresses
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Protocol
The application layer - layer 7

8. A ___________ provides the function for doing something - whereas a ___________ provides the rules the service uses
GET - POST - PUT
The application layer - layer 7
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
Service - protocol

9. What is the correct OSI top down layer order?
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
Channel
Acknowledgment message
IP addressing - layer 3

10. What is a server daemon?

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11. Dividing data streams into smaller pieces suitable for transmission is called multiplexing - segmentation - encapsulation - or protocol?
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Segmentation
UDP port 67
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection

12. What does SMTP stand for?
20 and 21
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Acknowledgment message
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

13. Typical port for SMTP?
25
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
Transport - layer 4
Service - protocol

14. Which OSI layer is associated with IP addressing? 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
3
IP addresses
25
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

15. Linux uses SAMBA - which is a version of which file transfer protocol?
A client request for data
Negative Acknowledgment message
Internet protocol
SMB

16. Typical ports for FTP?
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
80
20 and 21
Application - presentation and session

17. End vs Intermediary Device
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
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)
Get IP addresses

18. The application layer is which layer of the OSI model?
Service - protocol
Negative Acknowledgment message
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client

19. What is a peer-to-peer network?
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
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)
Physical and MAC
Channel

20. Mnemonic for OSI layers
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
The application layer - layer 7
Static

21. DNS is used to resolve internet names to ________________? (Hint: plural)
IP addresses
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
Service - protocol
Acknowledgment message

22. Layers of TCP/IP Model
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
Internet protocol
80

23. NAK is?
IP addresses
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Negative Acknowledgment message
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network

24. Interweaving multiple data streams into one shared communication channel is?
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
Multiplexing

25. FTP requires ___(a number)___________ connection(s) between client and server to successfully transfer files. 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
A client request for data
Segmentation
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer

26. Which is the most popular network service? HTTP - FTP - Telnet or Email?
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
A NIC
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
20 and 21

27. Which is the best bet for network devices like gateways - switches - servers and printers--dynamic or static addressing?
Static
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Multiplexing
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection

28. Protocols perform what tasks?
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
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Client/server
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)

29. In the client/server model - the device requesting the service is referred to as the ...?
20 and 21
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
Dynamic
SAMBA

30. The three most common HTTP message types are?
A client request for data
Multiplexing
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
GET - POST - PUT

31. What layer is the top layer in both the OSI and TCP/IP models?
The application layer - layer 7
A client request for data
A NIC
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain

32. Typical port for Telnet?
A client request for data
Ipconfig/displaydns
80
23

33. Which is associated with the network layer? IP address - frames - MAC address or physical addressing?
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
IP addresses
IP addressing - layer 3
Negative Acknowledgment message

34. A limited-use protocol owned by a company is?
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
UDP port 110
Proprietary
Ipconfig/displaydns

35. Typical port for DNS?
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
.com or .net
25
TCP/UDP port 53

36. Four characteristics that are addressed by network architecture design
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Application - presentation and session
TCP/UDP port 53
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security

37. Converged Network
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
SMB
Router
Application - presentation and session

38. Which term describes a specific set of rules that determine the formatting of messages and the process of encapsulation used to forward data?
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Protocol
SAMBA
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)

39. Typical port for POP?
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
The application layer - layer 7
UDP port 110
UDP port 67

40. The elements of communication include a message source - a message destination - and a _________ - or medium to transport the message.
GET - POST - PUT
UDP port 110
Physical and MAC
Channel

41. What two separate processes does the email server operate?
Get IP addresses
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
TCP/UDP port 53
Internet protocol

42. DHCP enables clients on a network to...
A client request for data
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
Get IP addresses
UDP port 110

43. The device that connects another device to the media?
Ipconfig/displaydns
A NIC
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network

44. A device that moves data between networks?
Service - protocol
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
23
Router

45. Linux/UNIX uses _____________ for sharing resources with Microsoft networks?
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
The application layer - layer 7
SAMBA
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network

46. Generally - which is best for end-user devices? Dynamic (DHCP) addressing or static?
TCP/UDP port 53
UDP port 67
The application layer - layer 7
Dynamic

47. Typical port for HTTP?
80
Channel
Proprietary
Application - presentation and session

48. What does IP stand for?
UDP port 67
Dynamic
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Internet protocol

49. Which layer is concerned with end to end message delivery?
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
Transport - layer 4
20 and 21

50. The TCP/IP application layer consists roughly of which three OSI layers?
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Static
Application - presentation and session
TCP/UDP port 53