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Cisco Network Fundamentals

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1. What is GET?
A client request for data
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
The application layer - layer 7
The application layer - layer 7

2. FTP requires ___(a number)___________ connection(s) between client and server to successfully transfer files. 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
IP addressing - layer 3
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
25
Transport - layer 4

3. Typical port for Telnet?
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Static
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
23

4. What type of addressing is find at the OSI layer 2?
Physical and MAC
A client request for data
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Client/server

5. The application layer is which layer of the OSI model?
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
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
Client/server
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer

6. The device that connects another device to the media?
A NIC
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
80

7. Typical port for DHCP?
UDP port 67
IP addressing - layer 3
The application layer - layer 7
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network

8. NAK is?
80
Application - presentation and session
IP addresses
Negative Acknowledgment message

9. MX is what?
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 exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
Client/server
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access

10. Three functions performed by Presentation Layer
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
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
25
Server message block - a request/response protocol

11. What does MUA stand for?
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
All People Seem To Need Data Processing

12. What does SMTP stand for?
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
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)
GET - POST - PUT

13. Linux uses SAMBA - which is a version of which file transfer protocol?
UDP port 110
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
SMB

14. What does IP stand for?
Application - presentation and session
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
Internet protocol
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)

15. What layer is the top layer in both the OSI and TCP/IP models?
The application layer - layer 7
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
Internet protocol

16. Which term describes a specific set of rules that determine the formatting of messages and the process of encapsulation used to forward data?
Multiplexing
Dynamic
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
Protocol

17. Four characteristics that are addressed by network architecture design
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Dynamic

18. HTTP is used to...

19. Converged Network
Server message block - a request/response protocol
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
Application - presentation and session

20. Dividing data streams into smaller pieces suitable for transmission is called multiplexing - segmentation - encapsulation - or protocol?
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Segmentation
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols

21. Typical port for SMTP?
Server message block - a request/response protocol
IP addresses
Negative Acknowledgment message
25

22. Which OSI layer is associated with IP addressing? 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
The application layer - layer 7
Client/server
3
.com or .net

23. Which is associated with layer 4 of the OSI model--IP - TCP - FTP - or TFTP?
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security

24. Client and server processes are considered to be in what 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
The application layer - layer 7
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Physical and MAC

25. What two separate processes does the email server operate?
UDP port 110
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
Physical and MAC
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)

26. Layers of TCP/IP Model
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
UDP port 110
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses

27. Typical port for HTTP?
Ipconfig/displaydns
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
IP addressing - layer 3
80

28. Is a connection using Telnet
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
23
Channel
Service - protocol

29. The elements of communication include a message source - a message destination - and a _________ - or medium to transport the message.
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
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
Channel
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.

30. What is a peer-to-peer network?
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
Get IP addresses

31. The HELO command does what in SMTP?
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Client/server
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
Ipconfig/displaydns

32. A device that moves data between networks?
Router
Acknowledgment message
Client/server
23

33. SMB stands for what?
Dynamic
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Proprietary
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical

34. What DOS command displays all the cached DNS entries on a WinXP/Win2k system?
Router
Ipconfig/displaydns
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection

35. Typical port for POP?
UDP port 67
.com or .net
UDP port 110
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol

36. DHCP enables clients on a network to...
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
A client request for data
Get IP addresses
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain

37. Linux/UNIX uses _____________ for sharing resources with Microsoft networks?
SAMBA
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
UDP port 110
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

38. What is a server daemon?

39. Protocols perform what tasks?
Protocol
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
Channel
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)

40. Is ebay P2P or client/server?
Segmentation
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
3
Client/server

41. Typical port for DNS?
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Server message block - a request/response protocol
TCP/UDP port 53
Get IP addresses

42. What is the correct OSI top down layer order?
23
Client/server
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
Router

43. Which layer is concerned with end to end message delivery?
UDP port 67
Transport - layer 4
Application - presentation and session
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.

44. A limited-use protocol owned by a company is?
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
.com or .net
Proprietary
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network

45. End vs Intermediary Device
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
The application layer - layer 7
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses

46. Interweaving multiple data streams into one shared communication channel is?
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
Physical and MAC
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
Multiplexing

47. Typical ports for FTP?
The application layer - layer 7
20 and 21
GET - POST - PUT
Acknowledgment message

48. The TCP/IP application layer consists roughly of which three OSI layers?
Application - presentation and session
Service - protocol
SAMBA
Get IP addresses

49. ACK is what?
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Acknowledgment message
.com or .net

50. Give an example of a top level domain
Segmentation
.com or .net
IP addressing - layer 3
GET - POST - PUT