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Cisco Network Fundamentals

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1. What does MUA stand for?
GET - POST - PUT
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Get IP addresses
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)

2. What type of addressing is find at the OSI layer 2?
IP addressing - layer 3
Service - protocol
Physical and MAC
25

3. DNS is used to resolve internet names to ________________? (Hint: plural)
Acknowledgment message
Multiplexing
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
IP addresses

4. Dividing data streams into smaller pieces suitable for transmission is called multiplexing - segmentation - encapsulation - or protocol?
Segmentation
Internet protocol
20 and 21
Protocol

5. Typical port for POP?
Internet protocol
UDP port 110
Router
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access

6. Which is associated with layer 4 of the OSI model--IP - TCP - FTP - or TFTP?
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
25

7. Is a connection using Telnet
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
SAMBA
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network

8. What two separate processes does the email server operate?
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Client/server
Internet protocol
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols

9. FTP requires ___(a number)___________ connection(s) between client and server to successfully transfer files. 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
Multiplexing
SMB
Static
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer

10. 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
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
25

11. The TCP/IP application layer consists roughly of which three OSI layers?
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
Application - presentation and session
The application layer - layer 7
Negative Acknowledgment message

12. End vs Intermediary Device
.com or .net
25
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

13. Mnemonic for OSI layers
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
Segmentation
All People Seem To Need Data Processing

14. Which layer is concerned with end to end message delivery?
IP addresses
Multiplexing
Application - presentation and session
Transport - layer 4

15. A ___________ provides the function for doing something - whereas a ___________ provides the rules the service uses
Get IP addresses
Ipconfig/displaydns
Service - protocol
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)

16. 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
Client/server
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol

17. Converged Network
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Proprietary

18. What DOS command displays all the cached DNS entries on a WinXP/Win2k system?
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
Ipconfig/displaydns
SMB
Get IP addresses

19. What does IP stand for?
Internet protocol
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
GET - POST - PUT
UDP port 110

20. What is a server daemon?

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21. Client and server processes are considered to be in what layer?
The application layer - layer 7
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
Multiplexing

22. A limited-use protocol owned by a company is?
80
Proprietary
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)
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network

23. What is the correct OSI top down layer order?
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Get IP addresses
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
Service - protocol

24. What is a peer-to-peer network?
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)

25. Which is the best bet for network devices like gateways - switches - servers and printers--dynamic or static addressing?
Client/server
IP addressing - layer 3
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Static

26. Which is the most popular network service? HTTP - FTP - Telnet or Email?
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses

27. Protocols perform what tasks?
UDP port 67
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)
.com or .net

28. The device that connects another device to the media?
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
A NIC
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical

29. SMB stands for what?
80
TCP/UDP port 53
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Router

30. Typical port for SMTP?
Get IP addresses
25
Physical and MAC
Router

31. The three most common HTTP message types are?
GET - POST - PUT
23
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
UDP port 67

32. Typical port for DNS?
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
TCP/UDP port 53
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
All People Seem To Need Data Processing

33. The HELO command does what in SMTP?
The application layer - layer 7
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
IP addressing - layer 3
SAMBA

34. The elements of communication include a message source - a message destination - and a _________ - or medium to transport the message.
Channel
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
20 and 21
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network

35. Typical port for DHCP?
Static
Negative Acknowledgment message
Acknowledgment message
UDP port 67

36. Linux uses SAMBA - which is a version of which file transfer protocol?
SMB
Channel
UDP port 110
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network

37. HTTP is used to...

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38. ACK is what?
Acknowledgment message
IP addresses
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.

39. DHCP enables clients on a network to...
Get IP addresses
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
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

40. MX is what?
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
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)
Server message block - a request/response protocol

41. Give an example of a top level domain
Negative Acknowledgment message
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
.com or .net

42. What is GET?
The application layer - layer 7
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
A client request for data
IP addressing - layer 3

43. Typical ports for FTP?
The application layer - layer 7
The application layer - layer 7
20 and 21
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access

44. Which OSI layer is associated with IP addressing? 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
3
Internet protocol
Application - presentation and session
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses

45. Typical port for Telnet?
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
23
GET - POST - PUT
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network

46. Which is associated with the network layer? IP address - frames - MAC address or physical addressing?
.com or .net
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
IP addressing - layer 3
80

47. What layer is the top layer in both the OSI and TCP/IP models?
IP addresses
The application layer - layer 7
Acknowledgment message
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols

48. A device that moves data between networks?
Channel
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
Router
SAMBA

49. Layers of TCP/IP Model
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
TCP/UDP port 53
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access

50. Linux/UNIX uses _____________ for sharing resources with Microsoft networks?
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
SAMBA
Service - protocol
20 and 21