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Cisco Network Fundamentals

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1. Which is associated with the network layer? IP address - frames - MAC address or physical addressing?
IP addressing - layer 3
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
SAMBA
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network

2. What is a server daemon?

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3. Interweaving multiple data streams into one shared communication channel is?
Protocol
Multiplexing
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Transport - layer 4

4. Give an example of a top level domain
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
Internet protocol
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
.com or .net

5. What does MUA stand for?
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
Ipconfig/displaydns
20 and 21
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

6. Which is the best bet for network devices like gateways - switches - servers and printers--dynamic or static addressing?
Application - presentation and session
Client/server
Static
A NIC

7. Typical port for DHCP?
UDP port 67
23
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
80

8. HTTP is used to...

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9. Three functions performed by Presentation Layer
Physical and MAC
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
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)

10. DHCP enables clients on a network to...
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
UDP port 67
Get IP addresses
Multiplexing

11. End vs Intermediary Device
23
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
Segmentation

12. Typical port for DNS?
.com or .net
Protocol
TCP/UDP port 53
25

13. What type of addressing is find at the OSI layer 2?
Physical and MAC
Get IP addresses
80
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer

14. What two separate processes does the email server operate?
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
Physical and MAC
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)

15. What does SMTP stand for?
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Acknowledgment message
Physical and MAC
Static

16. 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
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
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
Channel

17. Typical port for SMTP?
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
The application layer - layer 7
25
GET - POST - PUT

18. Typical ports for FTP?
20 and 21
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Channel
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)

19. Dividing data streams into smaller pieces suitable for transmission is called multiplexing - segmentation - encapsulation - or protocol?
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
3
Segmentation
.com or .net

20. Linux/UNIX uses _____________ for sharing resources with Microsoft networks?
Router
The application layer - layer 7
UDP port 110
SAMBA

21. The HELO command does what in SMTP?
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
Proprietary
Static
The application layer - layer 7

22. The TCP/IP application layer consists roughly of which three OSI layers?
Application - presentation and session
Protocol
Physical and MAC
IP addressing - layer 3

23. MX is what?
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
23
GET - POST - PUT
80

24. Is ebay P2P or client/server?
Client/server
Physical and MAC
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
Transport - layer 4

25. A device that moves data between networks?
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Router
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network

26. The device that connects another device to the media?
TCP/UDP port 53
Client/server
Router
A NIC

27. What layer is the top layer in both the OSI and TCP/IP models?
Negative Acknowledgment message
The application layer - layer 7
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
UDP port 67

28. NAK is?
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Negative Acknowledgment message
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol

29. The application layer is which layer of the OSI model?
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
Ipconfig/displaydns
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.

30. Which is the most popular network service? HTTP - FTP - Telnet or Email?
Channel
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
Application - presentation and session
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)

31. Client and server processes are considered to be in what layer?
The application layer - layer 7
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
TCP/UDP port 53
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security

32. What is a peer-to-peer network?
UDP port 67
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
3
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection

33. Typical port for POP?
UDP port 110
UDP port 67
The application layer - layer 7
Application - presentation and session

34. SMB stands for what?
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
23
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols

35. ACK is what?
Multiplexing
Acknowledgment message
Application - presentation and session
UDP port 67

36. Converged Network
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
3
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
Client/server

37. What is GET?
A NIC
A client request for data
Service - protocol
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

38. Linux uses SAMBA - which is a version of which file transfer protocol?
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
SMB
Channel

39. Generally - which is best for end-user devices? Dynamic (DHCP) addressing or static?
Dynamic
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
3
23

40. Is a connection using Telnet
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
Internet protocol
Segmentation
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection

41. The three most common HTTP message types are?
SMB
80
GET - POST - PUT
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

42. Which OSI layer is associated with IP addressing? 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
Router
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
3

43. What DOS command displays all the cached DNS entries on a WinXP/Win2k system?
Client/server
80
Get IP addresses
Ipconfig/displaydns

44. A limited-use protocol owned by a company is?
.com or .net
SMB
SAMBA
Proprietary

45. Which layer is concerned with end to end message delivery?
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
Transport - layer 4
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
Ipconfig/displaydns

46. FTP requires ___(a number)___________ connection(s) between client and server to successfully transfer files. 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
IP addresses
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Segmentation
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer

47. Mnemonic for OSI layers
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
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Acknowledgment message

48. Typical port for Telnet?
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
Static
23
SMB

49. What is the correct OSI top down layer order?
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
.com or .net
20 and 21
Client/server

50. Protocols perform what tasks?
23
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
Client/server