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