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Cisco Network Fundamentals

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1. What two separate processes does the email server operate?
Negative Acknowledgment message
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Router

2. Linux/UNIX uses _____________ for sharing resources with Microsoft networks?
25
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
SAMBA
Acknowledgment message

3. A limited-use protocol owned by a company is?
Proprietary
Static
80
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network

4. Typical port for DNS?
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
TCP/UDP port 53
UDP port 67

5. The three most common HTTP message types are?
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
GET - POST - PUT
Multiplexing
Internet protocol

6. The HELO command does what in SMTP?
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
The application layer - layer 7

7. The device that connects another device to the media?
23
GET - POST - PUT
A NIC
.com or .net

8. DHCP enables clients on a network to...
TCP/UDP port 53
Proprietary
Get IP addresses
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network

9. Generally - which is best for end-user devices? Dynamic (DHCP) addressing or static?
Dynamic
TCP/UDP port 53
The application layer - layer 7
Ipconfig/displaydns

10. What is a server daemon?

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11. Give an example of a top level domain
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
GET - POST - PUT
.com or .net

12. Which term describes a specific set of rules that determine the formatting of messages and the process of encapsulation used to forward data?
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
Ipconfig/displaydns
Protocol
All People Seem To Need Data Processing

13. Four characteristics that are addressed by network architecture design
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Router
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)
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)

14. Interweaving multiple data streams into one shared communication channel is?
Channel
Physical and MAC
Multiplexing
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection

15. Is ebay P2P or client/server?
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
80
Client/server
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses

16. A ___________ provides the function for doing something - whereas a ___________ provides the rules the service uses
Physical and MAC
UDP port 110
Service - protocol
3

17. What is a peer-to-peer network?
Client/server
TCP/UDP port 53
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer

18. End vs Intermediary Device
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
Segmentation
Ipconfig/displaydns
23

19. Converged Network
Application - presentation and session
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
.com or .net
Acknowledgment message

20. A device that moves data between networks?
Router
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
TCP/UDP port 53
23

21. Which is associated with the network layer? IP address - frames - MAC address or physical addressing?
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
IP addressing - layer 3
GET - POST - PUT
Multiplexing

22. What type of addressing is find at the OSI layer 2?
Physical and MAC
3
20 and 21
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol

23. HTTP is used to...

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24. What DOS command displays all the cached DNS entries on a WinXP/Win2k system?
Ipconfig/displaydns
A NIC
The application layer - layer 7
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)

25. Typical ports for FTP?
20 and 21
The application layer - layer 7
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
UDP port 67

26. In the client/server model - the device requesting the service is referred to as the ...?
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
SAMBA

27. FTP requires ___(a number)___________ connection(s) between client and server to successfully transfer files. 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
TCP/UDP port 53
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
25
A client request for data

28. Typical port for HTTP?
UDP port 67
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
Ipconfig/displaydns
80

29. Which is the best bet for network devices like gateways - switches - servers and printers--dynamic or static addressing?
20 and 21
Negative Acknowledgment message
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Static

30. Typical port for DHCP?
UDP port 67
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
TCP/UDP port 53
Get IP addresses

31. What layer is the top layer in both the OSI and TCP/IP models?
20 and 21
The application layer - layer 7
Negative Acknowledgment message
Static

32. What is the correct OSI top down layer order?
Multiplexing
The application layer - layer 7
TCP/UDP port 53
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical

33. SMB stands for what?
Ipconfig/displaydns
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
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
Server message block - a request/response protocol

34. Protocols perform what tasks?
A NIC
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)
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses

35. NAK is?
IP addressing - layer 3
Negative Acknowledgment message
Dynamic
GET - POST - PUT

36. Typical port for POP?
UDP port 110
Acknowledgment message
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
IP addressing - layer 3

37. MX is what?
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
The application layer - layer 7
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)

38. DNS is used to resolve internet names to ________________? (Hint: plural)
The application layer - layer 7
20 and 21
IP addresses
25

39. Is a connection using Telnet
Dynamic
IP addressing - layer 3
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Server message block - a request/response protocol

40. Linux uses SAMBA - which is a version of which file transfer protocol?
Proprietary
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
SMB
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer

41. What does SMTP stand for?
IP addresses
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
TCP/UDP port 53
Application - presentation and session

42. Typical port for Telnet?
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
GET - POST - PUT
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
23

43. Mnemonic for OSI layers
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
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)
TCP/UDP port 53
The application layer - layer 7

44. Which is associated with layer 4 of the OSI model--IP - TCP - FTP - or TFTP?
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
GET - POST - PUT
Acknowledgment message
Segmentation

45. Layers of TCP/IP Model
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
A NIC
SAMBA
GET - POST - PUT

46. Which layer is concerned with end to end message delivery?
Channel
Transport - layer 4
Static
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses

47. Dividing data streams into smaller pieces suitable for transmission is called multiplexing - segmentation - encapsulation - or protocol?
Segmentation
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
UDP port 110
Proprietary

48. Which OSI layer is associated with IP addressing? 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
Multiplexing
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
3

49. The elements of communication include a message source - a message destination - and a _________ - or medium to transport the message.
Ipconfig/displaydns
3
Channel
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)

50. Three functions performed by Presentation Layer
Negative Acknowledgment message
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
Proprietary