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Cisco Network Fundamentals

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1. Typical port for HTTP?
80
Static
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
25

2. HTTP is used to...

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3. What is GET?
A client request for data
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
3
Ipconfig/displaydns

4. Which is associated with layer 4 of the OSI model--IP - TCP - FTP - or TFTP?
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
UDP port 110
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
UDP port 67

5. What does MUA stand for?
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
Service - protocol

6. Protocols perform what tasks?
80
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)
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
20 and 21

7. What is a server daemon?

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8. Four characteristics that are addressed by network architecture design
IP addressing - layer 3
A NIC
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Application - presentation and session

9. Typical port for SMTP?
25
The application layer - layer 7
IP addressing - layer 3
Dynamic

10. Typical ports for FTP?
20 and 21
The application layer - layer 7
3
Physical and MAC

11. Converged Network
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
Application - presentation and session
IP addressing - layer 3
IP addresses

12. The HELO command does what in SMTP?
Static
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
Client/server
Application - presentation and session

13. DNS is used to resolve internet names to ________________? (Hint: plural)
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
A NIC
GET - POST - PUT
IP addresses

14. Which term describes a specific set of rules that determine the formatting of messages and the process of encapsulation used to forward data?
Protocol
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
Negative Acknowledgment message
Application - presentation and session

15. End vs Intermediary Device
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
GET - POST - PUT
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network

16. Typical port for Telnet?
Segmentation
Physical and MAC
Service - protocol
23

17. The elements of communication include a message source - a message destination - and a _________ - or medium to transport the message.
20 and 21
3
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
Channel

18. SMB stands for what?
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
A client request for data

19. What does IP stand for?
Internet protocol
Service - protocol
Protocol
80

20. The device that connects another device to the media?
Dynamic
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
A NIC
A client request for data

21. MX is what?
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
Acknowledgment message
A client request for data

22. Dividing data streams into smaller pieces suitable for transmission is called multiplexing - segmentation - encapsulation - or protocol?
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
25
Segmentation

23. Mnemonic for OSI layers
Channel
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
All People Seem To Need Data Processing

24. Generally - which is best for end-user devices? Dynamic (DHCP) addressing or static?
3
A client request for data
Dynamic
80

25. The three most common HTTP message types are?
GET - POST - PUT
20 and 21
SAMBA
Multiplexing

26. ACK is what?
25
Negative Acknowledgment message
Acknowledgment message
80

27. Which is the most popular network service? HTTP - FTP - Telnet or Email?
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
Negative Acknowledgment message
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)

28. What is a peer-to-peer network?
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
Physical and MAC
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
Dynamic

29. Which layer is concerned with end to end message delivery?
Transport - layer 4
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
3
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols

30. What layer is the top layer in both the OSI and TCP/IP models?
Get IP addresses
Proprietary
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
The application layer - layer 7

31. NAK is?
Negative Acknowledgment message
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
IP addressing - layer 3

32. Which is the best bet for network devices like gateways - switches - servers and printers--dynamic or static addressing?
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Static
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
GET - POST - PUT

33. In the client/server model - the device requesting the service is referred to as the ...?
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
IP addressing - layer 3
Channel
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client

34. DHCP enables clients on a network to...
80
Application - presentation and session
Get IP addresses
Internet protocol

35. What DOS command displays all the cached DNS entries on a WinXP/Win2k system?
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
Ipconfig/displaydns
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

36. Give an example of a top level domain
The application layer - layer 7
SAMBA
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
.com or .net

37. What two separate processes does the email server operate?
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)

38. Layers of TCP/IP Model
20 and 21
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection

39. A limited-use protocol owned by a company is?
Proprietary
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
Segmentation
A NIC

40. Typical port for POP?
UDP port 110
Channel
The application layer - layer 7
Multiplexing

41. What type of addressing is find at the OSI layer 2?
Negative Acknowledgment message
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Physical and MAC

42. Which is associated with the network layer? IP address - frames - MAC address or physical addressing?
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Negative Acknowledgment message
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
IP addressing - layer 3

43. A device that moves data between networks?
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Router
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

44. Interweaving multiple data streams into one shared communication channel is?
.com or .net
Service - protocol
23
Multiplexing

45. The TCP/IP application layer consists roughly of which three OSI layers?
.com or .net
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
Segmentation
Application - presentation and session

46. Is ebay P2P or client/server?
SMB
Client/server
UDP port 110
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol

47. What does SMTP stand for?
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Channel
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical

48. The application layer is which layer of the OSI model?
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
Physical and MAC
All People Seem To Need Data Processing

49. A ___________ provides the function for doing something - whereas a ___________ provides the rules the service uses
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
23
Service - protocol
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical

50. Client and server processes are considered to be in what layer?
Physical and MAC
80
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
The application layer - layer 7