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Cisco Network Fundamentals
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. End vs Intermediary Device
A client request for data
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
Client/server
Proprietary
2. Typical port for Telnet?
23
20 and 21
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
Transport - layer 4
3. Which is the most popular network service? HTTP - FTP - Telnet or Email?
Get IP addresses
A client request for data
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
4. A limited-use protocol owned by a company is?
GET - POST - PUT
Dynamic
Proprietary
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
5. Which is associated with layer 4 of the OSI model--IP - TCP - FTP - or TFTP?
Ipconfig/displaydns
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
20 and 21
6. SMB stands for what?
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
UDP port 67
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Proprietary
7. Which layer is concerned with end to end message delivery?
Transport - layer 4
Channel
IP addresses
UDP port 67
8. ACK is what?
Application - presentation and session
Acknowledgment message
Client/server
80
9. Interweaving multiple data streams into one shared communication channel is?
The application layer - layer 7
Multiplexing
UDP port 67
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
10. Typical port for POP?
A client request for data
UDP port 110
Internet protocol
23
11. 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
UDP port 110
Server message block - a request/response protocol
3
12. A device that moves data between networks?
Application - presentation and session
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
Router
Get IP addresses
13. The device that connects another device to the media?
Physical and MAC
UDP port 110
A NIC
Application - presentation and session
14. Layers of TCP/IP Model
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
SMB
Multiplexing
A NIC
15. The HELO command does what in SMTP?
Acknowledgment message
Client/server
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
16. What DOS command displays all the cached DNS entries on a WinXP/Win2k system?
Acknowledgment message
3
Ipconfig/displaydns
The application layer - layer 7
17. Which is associated with the network layer? IP address - frames - MAC address or physical addressing?
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
IP addressing - layer 3
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
18. What type of addressing is find at the OSI layer 2?
Physical and MAC
.com or .net
20 and 21
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
19. DNS is used to resolve internet names to ________________? (Hint: plural)
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
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
Router
20. Linux uses SAMBA - which is a version of which file transfer protocol?
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Acknowledgment message
Get IP addresses
SMB
21. What does MUA stand for?
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
Negative Acknowledgment message
SMB
22. Client and server processes are considered to be in what layer?
The application layer - layer 7
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Application - presentation and session
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
23. Typical port for DNS?
23
20 and 21
Segmentation
TCP/UDP port 53
24. NAK is?
Channel
Client/server
Negative Acknowledgment message
SAMBA
25. Four characteristics that are addressed by network architecture design
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
Service - protocol
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
.com or .net
26. What is a server daemon?
27. The three most common HTTP message types are?
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
UDP port 67
GET - POST - PUT
28. What layer is the top layer in both the OSI and TCP/IP models?
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
The application layer - layer 7
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
29. What is a peer-to-peer network?
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Ipconfig/displaydns
30. Give an example of a top level domain
Get IP addresses
.com or .net
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
31. Is a connection using Telnet
SAMBA
Proprietary
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
80
32. HTTP is used to...
33. Mnemonic for OSI layers
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
.com or .net
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
25
34. What is the correct OSI top down layer order?
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
Acknowledgment message
Negative Acknowledgment message
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
35. Dividing data streams into smaller pieces suitable for transmission is called multiplexing - segmentation - encapsulation - or protocol?
80
Segmentation
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
23
36. DHCP enables clients on a network to...
Negative Acknowledgment message
Segmentation
Get IP addresses
IP addressing - layer 3
37. Linux/UNIX uses _____________ for sharing resources with Microsoft networks?
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
SAMBA
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
Protocol
38. A ___________ provides the function for doing something - whereas a ___________ provides the rules the service uses
Segmentation
Service - protocol
Application - presentation and session
Dynamic
39. What does IP stand for?
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
Acknowledgment message
Internet protocol
40. The TCP/IP application layer consists roughly of which three OSI layers?
Application - presentation and session
UDP port 110
Multiplexing
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
41. The elements of communication include a message source - a message destination - and a _________ - or medium to transport the message.
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
Transport - layer 4
Channel
20 and 21
42. Typical ports for FTP?
UDP port 110
20 and 21
The application layer - layer 7
The application layer - layer 7
43. Is ebay P2P or client/server?
GET - POST - PUT
SAMBA
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
Client/server
44. Three functions performed by Presentation Layer
SAMBA
Dynamic
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
Server message block - a request/response protocol
45. What is GET?
IP addresses
A client request for data
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Transport - layer 4
46. Typical port for HTTP?
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)
Proprietary
80
Dynamic
47. Which term describes a specific set of rules that determine the formatting of messages and the process of encapsulation used to forward data?
Protocol
Application - presentation and session
GET - POST - PUT
TCP/UDP port 53
48. Which is the best bet for network devices like gateways - switches - servers and printers--dynamic or static addressing?
Static
IP addressing - layer 3
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
49. Typical port for DHCP?
Protocol
3
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
UDP port 67
50. Protocols perform what tasks?
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
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