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Cisco Network Fundamentals

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1. Typical ports for FTP?
Negative Acknowledgment message
20 and 21
Client/server
The application layer - layer 7

2. Typical port for DNS?
Physical and MAC
TCP/UDP port 53
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)

3. What is a peer-to-peer network?
The application layer - layer 7
20 and 21
UDP port 110
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.

4. Give an example of a top level domain
SAMBA
.com or .net
TCP/UDP port 53
The application layer - layer 7

5. What does MUA stand for?
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
UDP port 67
Client/server
SMB

6. Typical port for DHCP?
UDP port 67
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses

7. Which is the most popular network service? HTTP - FTP - Telnet or Email?
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
SAMBA
The application layer - layer 7
Internet protocol

8. Client and server processes are considered to be in what layer?
Get IP addresses
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
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)
The application layer - layer 7

9. Typical port for HTTP?
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
Acknowledgment message
80

10. What is a server daemon?

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11. Which OSI layer is associated with IP addressing? 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
3
Static
Get IP addresses
Server message block - a request/response protocol

12. Mnemonic for OSI layers
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Segmentation

13. Which layer is concerned with end to end message delivery?
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
IP addresses
Transport - layer 4

14. Four characteristics that are addressed by network architecture design
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Application - presentation and session
Client/server
UDP port 67

15. What does IP stand for?
The application layer - layer 7
A NIC
Internet protocol
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.

16. Dividing data streams into smaller pieces suitable for transmission is called multiplexing - segmentation - encapsulation - or protocol?
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
IP addresses
Segmentation
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical

17. Three functions performed by Presentation Layer
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
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
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.

18. HTTP is used to...

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19. What DOS command displays all the cached DNS entries on a WinXP/Win2k system?
Ipconfig/displaydns
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
80
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)

20. What is the correct OSI top down layer order?
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
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 addresses
GET - POST - PUT

21. The three most common HTTP message types are?
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Internet protocol
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
GET - POST - PUT

22. Which is associated with layer 4 of the OSI model--IP - TCP - FTP - or TFTP?
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
IP addresses
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
The application layer - layer 7

23. Linux uses SAMBA - which is a version of which file transfer protocol?
Ipconfig/displaydns
SAMBA
IP addresses
SMB

24. Which term describes a specific set of rules that determine the formatting of messages and the process of encapsulation used to forward data?
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
Protocol
A client request for data
Transport - layer 4

25. In the client/server model - the device requesting the service is referred to as the ...?
3
Negative Acknowledgment message
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client

26. What layer is the top layer in both the OSI and TCP/IP models?
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
The application layer - layer 7
Application - presentation and session
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests

27. The device that connects another device to the media?
Ipconfig/displaydns
A NIC
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Static

28. NAK is?
Negative Acknowledgment message
Internet protocol
Application - presentation and session
Channel

29. A limited-use protocol owned by a company is?
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
Physical and MAC
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
Proprietary

30. What type of addressing is find at the OSI layer 2?
GET - POST - PUT
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
.com or .net
Physical and MAC

31. The elements of communication include a message source - a message destination - and a _________ - or medium to transport the message.
23
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
Acknowledgment message
Channel

32. Which is associated with the network layer? IP address - frames - MAC address or physical addressing?
Internet protocol
Router
IP addressing - layer 3
80

33. 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
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)
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical

34. ACK is what?
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
3
Acknowledgment message
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)

35. FTP requires ___(a number)___________ connection(s) between client and server to successfully transfer files. 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
Transport - layer 4
A client request for data
IP addresses
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer

36. Is a connection using Telnet
Protocol
A client request for data
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain

37. DNS is used to resolve internet names to ________________? (Hint: plural)
SAMBA
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
IP addresses
Channel

38. The TCP/IP application layer consists roughly of which three OSI layers?
Application - presentation and session
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Acknowledgment message

39. Typical port for SMTP?
The application layer - layer 7
25
The application layer - layer 7
Router

40. A ___________ provides the function for doing something - whereas a ___________ provides the rules the service uses
Service - protocol
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
Transport - layer 4

41. Converged Network
Transport - layer 4
UDP port 67
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
Ipconfig/displaydns

42. A device that moves data between networks?
23
Channel
Router
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols

43. What does SMTP stand for?
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
A client request for data
UDP port 67
Multiplexing

44. Layers of TCP/IP Model
Service - protocol
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
Acknowledgment message

45. Linux/UNIX uses _____________ for sharing resources with Microsoft networks?
TCP/UDP port 53
80
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
SAMBA

46. The application layer is which layer of the OSI model?
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
UDP port 110
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)
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain

47. Typical port for Telnet?
SAMBA
23
Proprietary
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access

48. Which is the best bet for network devices like gateways - switches - servers and printers--dynamic or static addressing?
Static
Transport - layer 4
Client/server
Multiplexing

49. DHCP enables clients on a network to...
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
25
A client request for data
Get IP addresses

50. The HELO command does what in SMTP?
A NIC
.com or .net
23
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)