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Cisco Network Fundamentals

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1. Layers of TCP/IP Model
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
Segmentation
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses

2. DHCP enables clients on a network to...
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
Get IP addresses
20 and 21
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security

3. Linux uses SAMBA - which is a version of which file transfer protocol?
Negative Acknowledgment message
A NIC
SMB
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4. FTP requires ___(a number)___________ connection(s) between client and server to successfully transfer files. 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
Router
Acknowledgment message
SMB
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer

5. Generally - which is best for end-user devices? Dynamic (DHCP) addressing or static?
GET - POST - PUT
Dynamic
Service - protocol
Static

6. Is a connection using Telnet
The application layer - layer 7
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests

7. What does SMTP stand for?
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
The application layer - layer 7
Segmentation
The application layer - layer 7

8. HTTP is used to...

9. Linux/UNIX uses _____________ for sharing resources with Microsoft networks?
SAMBA
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
Application - presentation and session
Service - protocol

10. MX is what?
80
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
Physical and MAC
Segmentation

11. Which OSI layer is associated with IP addressing? 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
Multiplexing
3
UDP port 110
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical

12. 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
Segmentation
Client/server
Dynamic

13. 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)
Dynamic
A NIC
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)

14. What does MUA stand for?
Acknowledgment message
Channel
Protocol
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)

15. What DOS command displays all the cached DNS entries on a WinXP/Win2k system?
80
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
A NIC
Ipconfig/displaydns

16. The application layer is which layer of the OSI model?
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
UDP port 67
Application - presentation and session

17. What is GET?
A client request for data
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
IP addressing - layer 3
UDP port 110

18. Typical port for SMTP?
Internet protocol
25
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
The application layer - layer 7

19. What is the correct OSI top down layer order?
20 and 21
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
SAMBA

20. What is a peer-to-peer network?
25
Proprietary
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
IP addressing - layer 3

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

22. In the client/server model - the device requesting the service is referred to as the ...?
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
TCP/UDP port 53
Acknowledgment message

23. Which is associated with the network layer? IP address - frames - MAC address or physical addressing?
IP addressing - layer 3
Client/server
UDP port 110
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols

24. Is ebay P2P or client/server?
Client/server
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
Proprietary

25. End vs Intermediary Device
3
GET - POST - PUT
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network

26. Interweaving multiple data streams into one shared communication channel is?
Proprietary
A NIC
Transport - layer 4
Multiplexing

27. NAK is?
Protocol
Negative Acknowledgment message
23
IP addressing - layer 3

28. Typical port for HTTP?
80
IP addresses
Static
Negative Acknowledgment message

29. Which term describes a specific set of rules that determine the formatting of messages and the process of encapsulation used to forward data?
Acknowledgment message
SMB
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Protocol

30. What two separate processes does the email server operate?
Client/server
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
All People Seem To Need Data Processing

31. Converged Network
SAMBA
Protocol
20 and 21
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network

32. What does IP stand for?
.com or .net
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)
Internet protocol
Proprietary

33. Mnemonic for OSI layers
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Ipconfig/displaydns

34. Four characteristics that are addressed by network architecture design
Ipconfig/displaydns
The application layer - layer 7
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Dynamic

35. Dividing data streams into smaller pieces suitable for transmission is called multiplexing - segmentation - encapsulation - or protocol?
Segmentation
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Application - presentation and session
Transport - layer 4

36. Typical port for DNS?
Router
TCP/UDP port 53
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access

37. Which layer is concerned with end to end message delivery?
Transport - layer 4
Physical and MAC
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
Internet protocol

38. The elements of communication include a message source - a message destination - and a _________ - or medium to transport the message.
Router
Channel
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection

39. ACK is what?
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
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
Acknowledgment message
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)

40. The three most common HTTP message types are?
GET - POST - PUT
Static
.com or .net
Internet protocol

41. The device that connects another device to the media?
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)
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
GET - POST - PUT
A NIC

42. DNS is used to resolve internet names to ________________? (Hint: plural)
IP addresses
Dynamic
GET - POST - PUT
UDP port 110

43. What type of addressing is find at the OSI layer 2?
Physical and MAC
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
25

44. What layer is the top layer in both the OSI and TCP/IP models?
Acknowledgment message
A NIC
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
The application layer - layer 7

45. Which is the most popular network service? HTTP - FTP - Telnet or Email?
Segmentation
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
Get IP addresses

46. Typical ports for FTP?
Ipconfig/displaydns
23
UDP port 110
20 and 21

47. 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
Application - presentation and session
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
The application layer - layer 7

48. The HELO command does what in SMTP?
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
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)
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)

49. A device that moves data between networks?
Transport - layer 4
Router
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
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50. Give an example of a top level domain
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)
.com or .net
Segmentation
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