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Cisco Network Fundamentals

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1. The three most common HTTP message types are?
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
The application layer - layer 7
GET - POST - PUT

2. What does MUA stand for?
Static
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
IP addresses
Dynamic

3. Give an example of a top level domain
.com or .net
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
All People Seem To Need Data Processing

4. MX is what?
Channel
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
Application - presentation and session
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client

5. Typical port for Telnet?
23
Get IP addresses
Ipconfig/displaydns
20 and 21

6. Interweaving multiple data streams into one shared communication channel is?
Multiplexing
GET - POST - PUT
SMB
Client/server

7. What does IP stand for?
Segmentation
Acknowledgment message
Internet protocol
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network

8. The application layer is which layer of the OSI model?
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
UDP port 110
Protocol
A NIC

9. What DOS command displays all the cached DNS entries on a WinXP/Win2k system?
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
A NIC
Protocol
Ipconfig/displaydns

10. End vs Intermediary Device
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
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
Internet protocol
UDP port 67

11. The HELO command does what in SMTP?
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
.com or .net
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

12. Dividing data streams into smaller pieces suitable for transmission is called multiplexing - segmentation - encapsulation - or protocol?
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
SAMBA
Router
Segmentation

13. Which term describes a specific set of rules that determine the formatting of messages and the process of encapsulation used to forward data?
25
Protocol
20 and 21
Internet protocol

14. Three functions performed by Presentation Layer
The application layer - layer 7
Segmentation
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

15. Is a connection using Telnet
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
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

16. NAK is?
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
Negative Acknowledgment message
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security

17. Which is the best bet for network devices like gateways - switches - servers and printers--dynamic or static addressing?
Static
SAMBA
Internet protocol
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)

18. HTTP is used to...

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19. DNS is used to resolve internet names to ________________? (Hint: plural)
Get IP addresses
IP addresses
Internet protocol
Service - protocol

20. Typical ports for FTP?
Static
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
3
20 and 21

21. Client and server processes are considered to be in what layer?
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)
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
The application layer - layer 7

22. Is ebay P2P or client/server?
80
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
IP addressing - layer 3
Client/server

23. Typical port for HTTP?
80
.com or .net
A NIC
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network

24. Which is the most popular network service? HTTP - FTP - Telnet or Email?
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
The application layer - layer 7
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
Router

25. Typical port for SMTP?
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
25
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
A NIC

26. The elements of communication include a message source - a message destination - and a _________ - or medium to transport the message.
Get IP addresses
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)
Segmentation

27. Four characteristics that are addressed by network architecture design
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Static
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Ipconfig/displaydns

28. What layer is the top layer in both the OSI and TCP/IP models?
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
A client request for data
The application layer - layer 7

29. Generally - which is best for end-user devices? Dynamic (DHCP) addressing or static?
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
A NIC
Dynamic
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.

30. Typical port for DNS?
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
UDP port 110
TCP/UDP port 53
Negative Acknowledgment message

31. The device that connects another device to the media?
A NIC
20 and 21
Application - presentation and session
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

32. Linux/UNIX uses _____________ for sharing resources with Microsoft networks?
UDP port 67
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
SAMBA
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)

33. Protocols perform what tasks?
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
SMB
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. Typical port for DHCP?
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Multiplexing
23
UDP port 67

35. 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
Ipconfig/displaydns
23
A client request for data

36. Which layer is concerned with end to end message delivery?
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
Transport - layer 4

37. A device that moves data between networks?
Negative Acknowledgment message
25
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
Router

38. What is a peer-to-peer network?
IP addresses
Segmentation
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.

39. FTP requires ___(a number)___________ connection(s) between client and server to successfully transfer files. 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
IP addresses
80
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical

40. Linux uses SAMBA - which is a version of which file transfer protocol?
SMB
Client/server
A client request for data
Router

41. What does SMTP stand for?
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
3
Service - protocol
SMB

42. Which is associated with layer 4 of the OSI model--IP - TCP - FTP - or TFTP?
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
UDP port 110
Proprietary
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network

43. What is the correct OSI top down layer order?
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Client/server
A client request for data

44. What is GET?
TCP/UDP port 53
A client request for data
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security

45. Typical port for POP?
UDP port 110
.com or .net
Internet protocol
Router

46. What type of addressing is find at the OSI layer 2?
Physical and MAC
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
IP addresses
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests

47. Which OSI layer is associated with IP addressing? 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
3
Application - presentation and session
Client/server

48. Layers of TCP/IP Model
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
Internet protocol
Proprietary
A NIC

49. What two separate processes does the email server operate?
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
A client request for data
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Negative Acknowledgment message

50. A ___________ provides the function for doing something - whereas a ___________ provides the rules the service uses
Service - protocol
25
The application layer - layer 7
Acknowledgment message