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1. Layers of TCP/IP Model
A client request for data
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
Get IP addresses
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)

2. Which is associated with layer 4 of the OSI model--IP - TCP - FTP - or TFTP?
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
25
TCP/UDP port 53
Physical and MAC

3. Typical port for DHCP?
The application layer - layer 7
Protocol
UDP port 67
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security

4. The elements of communication include a message source - a message destination - and a _________ - or medium to transport the message.
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Channel
23
Dynamic

5. Dividing data streams into smaller pieces suitable for transmission is called multiplexing - segmentation - encapsulation - or protocol?
GET - POST - PUT
.com or .net
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Segmentation

6. SMB stands for what?
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)
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access

7. The three most common HTTP message types are?
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 - POST - PUT
Channel
UDP port 67

8. What does MUA stand for?
23
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
Dynamic
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)

9. A ___________ provides the function for doing something - whereas a ___________ provides the rules the service uses
IP addressing - layer 3
Acknowledgment message
Service - protocol
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)

10. Give an example of a top level domain
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
.com or .net
Get IP addresses
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain

11. Typical ports for FTP?
The application layer - layer 7
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
IP addresses
20 and 21

12. ACK is what?
Acknowledgment message
Router
Multiplexing
IP addresses

13. Which is associated with the network layer? IP address - frames - MAC address or physical addressing?
Acknowledgment message
IP addressing - layer 3
IP addresses
A client request for data

14. The device that connects another device to the media?
Static
3
20 and 21
A NIC

15. What is GET?
Transport - layer 4
25
80
A client request for data

16. What does IP stand for?
TCP/UDP port 53
The application layer - layer 7
UDP port 110
Internet protocol

17. 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)
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
All People Seem To Need Data Processing

18. DHCP enables clients on a network to...
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Router
Dynamic
Get IP addresses

19. Typical port for DNS?
Channel
A NIC
TCP/UDP port 53
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol

20. What is a server daemon?

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21. Typical port for HTTP?
Router
Internet protocol
80
Ipconfig/displaydns

22. What is the correct OSI top down layer order?
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
.com or .net
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain

23. Typical port for Telnet?
Acknowledgment message
Physical and MAC
23
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain

24. DNS is used to resolve internet names to ________________? (Hint: plural)
IP addresses
23
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

25. Four characteristics that are addressed by network architecture design
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Acknowledgment message
Protocol
A client request for data

26. What DOS command displays all the cached DNS entries on a WinXP/Win2k system?
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Segmentation
The application layer - layer 7
Ipconfig/displaydns

27. End vs Intermediary Device
Application - presentation and session
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Physical and MAC
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network

28. Which is the most popular network service? HTTP - FTP - Telnet or Email?
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
A client request for data
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
Protocol

29. Linux/UNIX uses _____________ for sharing resources with Microsoft networks?
3
SAMBA
25
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer

30. FTP requires ___(a number)___________ connection(s) between client and server to successfully transfer files. 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
SMB
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

31. The HELO command does what in SMTP?
Acknowledgment message
Static
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)

32. What layer is the top layer in both the OSI and TCP/IP models?
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
Service - protocol
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

33. What two separate processes does the email server operate?
Client/server
3
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
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)

34. MX is what?
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
3
GET - POST - PUT
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer

35. Which OSI layer is associated with IP addressing? 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
The application layer - layer 7
80
3
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access

36. Mnemonic for OSI layers
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
TCP/UDP port 53
UDP port 110
Static

37. A limited-use protocol owned by a company is?
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
A NIC
25
Proprietary

38. The application layer is which layer of the OSI model?
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
IP addressing - layer 3

39. What type of addressing is find at the OSI layer 2?
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
Transport - layer 4
SAMBA
Physical and MAC

40. Client and server processes are considered to be in what layer?
Application - presentation and session
The application layer - layer 7
Proprietary
SMB

41. Which term describes a specific set of rules that determine the formatting of messages and the process of encapsulation used to forward data?
Channel
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Protocol

42. NAK is?
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)
80
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
Negative Acknowledgment message

43. Which is the best bet for network devices like gateways - switches - servers and printers--dynamic or static addressing?
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
Static
The application layer - layer 7
The application layer - layer 7

44. Typical port for SMTP?
UDP port 110
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
25
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)

45. 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
Protocol
Negative Acknowledgment message
IP addressing - layer 3

46. Converged Network
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
Application - presentation and session

47. A device that moves data between networks?
Segmentation
Router
SAMBA
80

48. The TCP/IP application layer consists roughly of which three OSI layers?
Proprietary
Application - presentation and session
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol

49. What does SMTP stand for?
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
Negative Acknowledgment message
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

50. Protocols perform what tasks?
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
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
GET - POST - PUT