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1. FTP requires ___(a number)___________ connection(s) between client and server to successfully transfer files. 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
Channel
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Get IP addresses

2. What does SMTP stand for?
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
IP addressing - layer 3
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

3. Typical port for Telnet?
Transport - layer 4
3
Channel
23

4. Dividing data streams into smaller pieces suitable for transmission is called multiplexing - segmentation - encapsulation - or protocol?
.com or .net
Segmentation
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
GET - POST - PUT

5. A limited-use protocol owned by a company is?
Proprietary
Channel
A NIC
20 and 21

6. The three most common HTTP message types are?
.com or .net
GET - POST - PUT
Application - presentation and session
Dynamic

7. DNS is used to resolve internet names to ________________? (Hint: plural)
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
IP addresses
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)

8. Typical port for DHCP?
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
Multiplexing
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
UDP port 67

9. What two separate processes does the email server operate?
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
Channel
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)

10. Converged Network
IP addressing - layer 3
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
TCP/UDP port 53

11. The HELO command does what in SMTP?
Transport - layer 4
Channel
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
A NIC

12. Three functions performed by Presentation Layer
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
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network

13. Layers of TCP/IP Model
Router
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
20 and 21

14. A device that moves data between networks?
Router
Negative Acknowledgment message
3
Application - presentation and session

15. Client and server processes are considered to be in what layer?
Client/server
The application layer - layer 7
Server message block - a request/response protocol
A NIC

16. Generally - which is best for end-user devices? Dynamic (DHCP) addressing or static?
Get IP addresses
Dynamic
20 and 21
80

17. Which is the most popular network service? HTTP - FTP - Telnet or Email?
A client request for data
Ipconfig/displaydns
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
Acknowledgment message

18. Which is associated with the network layer? IP address - frames - MAC address or physical addressing?
Router
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
IP addressing - layer 3

19. Typical ports for FTP?
25
20 and 21
Segmentation
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols

20. What does MUA stand for?
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
Get IP addresses
Acknowledgment message
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)

21. The device that connects another device to the media?
A NIC
The application layer - layer 7
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
Physical and MAC

22. In the client/server model - the device requesting the service is referred to as the ...?
TCP/UDP port 53
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)

23. The application layer is which layer of the OSI model?
Client/server
20 and 21
Internet protocol
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols

24. Which layer is concerned with end to end message delivery?
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
GET - POST - PUT
Transport - layer 4

25. What is GET?
Ipconfig/displaydns
3
A client request for data
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

26. Typical port for DNS?
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Negative Acknowledgment message
TCP/UDP port 53
Ipconfig/displaydns

27. DHCP enables clients on a network to...
Physical and MAC
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
Get IP addresses

28. What type of addressing is find at the OSI layer 2?
.com or .net
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
Physical and MAC

29. The elements of communication include a message source - a message destination - and a _________ - or medium to transport the message.
Proprietary
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
Ipconfig/displaydns
Channel

30. Four characteristics that are addressed by network architecture design
Negative Acknowledgment message
Physical and MAC
A client request for data
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security

31. Which term describes a specific set of rules that determine the formatting of messages and the process of encapsulation used to forward data?
Protocol
The application layer - layer 7
IP addressing - layer 3
SAMBA

32. What is a server daemon?

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33. SMB stands for what?
Server message block - a request/response protocol
The application layer - layer 7
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network

34. Is a connection using Telnet
25
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer

35. Typical port for SMTP?
25
IP addressing - layer 3
A client request for data
Multiplexing

36. NAK is?
Negative Acknowledgment message
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Protocol

37. MX is what?
23
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
20 and 21
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security

38. What layer is the top layer in both the OSI and TCP/IP models?
IP addresses
Router
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
The application layer - layer 7

39. Give an example of a top level domain
GET - POST - PUT
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
23
.com or .net

40. HTTP is used to...

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41. Is ebay P2P or client/server?
80
Client/server
Segmentation
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

42. What is the correct OSI top down layer order?
A client request for data
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network

43. Which is the best bet for network devices like gateways - switches - servers and printers--dynamic or static addressing?
Multiplexing
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
.com or .net
Static

44. What is a peer-to-peer network?
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
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
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network

45. ACK is what?
Acknowledgment message
Application - presentation and session
3
The application layer - layer 7

46. Typical port for POP?
UDP port 110
Physical and MAC
A client request for data
Multiplexing

47. Interweaving multiple data streams into one shared communication channel is?
A NIC
Multiplexing
Internet protocol
Transport - layer 4

48. The TCP/IP application layer consists roughly of which three OSI layers?
Application - presentation and session
80
Get IP addresses
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses

49. Linux/UNIX uses _____________ for sharing resources with Microsoft networks?
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
SAMBA
The application layer - layer 7
Negative Acknowledgment message

50. Which OSI layer is associated with IP addressing? 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
3
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
UDP port 110
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)

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