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Cisco Network Fundamentals
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. SMB stands for what?
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
Segmentation
3
2. What is GET?
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
A client request for data
Channel
Dynamic
3. Generally - which is best for end-user devices? Dynamic (DHCP) addressing or static?
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
Dynamic
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
4. Typical ports for FTP?
Acknowledgment message
20 and 21
80
Application - presentation and session
5. The device that connects another device to the media?
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
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
A NIC
6. Give an example of a top level domain
.com or .net
A client request for data
Protocol
Segmentation
7. Protocols perform what tasks?
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)
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Multiplexing
Dynamic
8. What is a peer-to-peer network?
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
Dynamic
25
9. DNS is used to resolve internet names to ________________? (Hint: plural)
Transport - layer 4
Dynamic
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
IP addresses
10. Which is associated with layer 4 of the OSI model--IP - TCP - FTP - or TFTP?
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Transport - layer 4
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
Segmentation
11. What layer is the top layer in both the OSI and TCP/IP models?
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
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
20 and 21
The application layer - layer 7
12. FTP requires ___(a number)___________ connection(s) between client and server to successfully transfer files. 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
Segmentation
Internet protocol
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
SAMBA
13. NAK is?
Static
Negative Acknowledgment message
20 and 21
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
14. Typical port for DNS?
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)
The application layer - layer 7
TCP/UDP port 53
Get IP addresses
15. Typical port for HTTP?
Multiplexing
Router
Segmentation
80
16. Mnemonic for OSI layers
UDP port 110
Get IP addresses
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
20 and 21
17. What does IP stand for?
UDP port 110
GET - POST - PUT
Internet 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
18. Client and server processes are considered to be in what layer?
The application layer - layer 7
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
19. Which is associated with the network layer? IP address - frames - MAC address or physical addressing?
Channel
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
3
IP addressing - layer 3
20. The HELO command does what in SMTP?
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
Get IP addresses
Acknowledgment message
UDP port 67
21. Typical port for DHCP?
Internet protocol
A client request for data
Client/server
UDP port 67
22. What does SMTP stand for?
Ipconfig/displaydns
Protocol
Negative Acknowledgment message
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
23. What two separate processes does the email server operate?
Static
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
24. Which is the best bet for network devices like gateways - switches - servers and printers--dynamic or static addressing?
Physical and MAC
Static
SAMBA
80
25. Three functions performed by Presentation Layer
Static
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
Internet 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
26. Converged Network
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
80
.com or .net
27. In the client/server model - the device requesting the service is referred to as the ...?
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
Get IP addresses
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
28. Interweaving multiple data streams into one shared communication channel is?
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
UDP port 67
GET - POST - PUT
Multiplexing
29. Typical port for SMTP?
Get IP addresses
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
25
IP addressing - layer 3
30. What is the correct OSI top down layer order?
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
Multiplexing
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
31. Linux/UNIX uses _____________ for sharing resources with Microsoft networks?
Proprietary
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
SAMBA
32. HTTP is used to...
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33. What does MUA stand for?
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
IP addresses
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
20 and 21
34. The three most common HTTP message types are?
Protocol
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
GET - POST - PUT
A client request for data
35. What is a server daemon?
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36. Typical port for Telnet?
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
Router
23
Acknowledgment message
37. The application layer is which layer of the OSI model?
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
Channel
Negative Acknowledgment message
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
38. End vs Intermediary Device
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
39. Is ebay P2P or client/server?
TCP/UDP port 53
Server message block - a request/response protocol
20 and 21
Client/server
40. Layers of TCP/IP Model
Multiplexing
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
IP addresses
41. What type of addressing is find at the OSI layer 2?
SMB
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Application - presentation and session
Physical and MAC
42. Which is the most popular network service? HTTP - FTP - Telnet or Email?
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
Router
Negative Acknowledgment message
Multiplexing
43. ACK is what?
Negative Acknowledgment message
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
Acknowledgment message
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
44. A device that moves data between networks?
Router
The application layer - layer 7
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Acknowledgment message
45. A ___________ provides the function for doing something - whereas a ___________ provides the rules the service uses
Service - protocol
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Get IP addresses
IP addresses
46. The elements of communication include a message source - a message destination - and a _________ - or medium to transport the message.
25
Channel
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
SAMBA
47. The TCP/IP application layer consists roughly of which three OSI layers?
Application - presentation and session
20 and 21
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
Segmentation
48. Which term describes a specific set of rules that determine the formatting of messages and the process of encapsulation used to forward data?
Protocol
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
49. Four characteristics that are addressed by network architecture design
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
UDP port 110
50. Which layer is concerned with end to end message delivery?
Segmentation
TCP/UDP port 53
Transport - layer 4
A client request for data