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1. Which OSI layer is associated with IP addressing? 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
25
Protocol
Physical and MAC
3

2. Which layer is concerned with end to end message delivery?
Transport - layer 4
IP addressing - layer 3
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
Negative Acknowledgment message

3. Give an example of a top level domain
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
.com or .net
23
SAMBA

4. Layers of TCP/IP Model
Service - protocol
20 and 21
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security

5. DHCP enables clients on a network to...
Get IP addresses
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)
SAMBA

6. 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
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Get IP addresses
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)

7. What is GET?
Protocol
GET - POST - PUT
A client request for data
Client/server

8. The TCP/IP application layer consists roughly of which three OSI layers?
Application - presentation and session
A client request for data
Client/server
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests

9. Which is associated with layer 4 of the OSI model--IP - TCP - FTP - or TFTP?
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
20 and 21
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)

10. Which is the best bet for network devices like gateways - switches - servers and printers--dynamic or static addressing?
A NIC
Static
Proprietary
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client

11. What does MUA stand for?
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
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)
Protocol

12. What does SMTP stand for?
TCP/UDP port 53
Proprietary
Ipconfig/displaydns
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

13. Which is associated with the network layer? IP address - frames - MAC address or physical addressing?
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
IP addresses
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
IP addressing - layer 3

14. What is a server daemon?

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15. Typical port for SMTP?
The application layer - layer 7
Internet protocol
25
UDP port 110

16. Is ebay P2P or client/server?
Client/server
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
The application layer - layer 7

17. Dividing data streams into smaller pieces suitable for transmission is called multiplexing - segmentation - encapsulation - or protocol?
Segmentation
Transport - layer 4
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
Application - presentation and session

18. NAK is?
Negative Acknowledgment message
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
Segmentation
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security

19. The application layer is which layer of the OSI model?
Server message block - a request/response protocol
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client

20. Linux uses SAMBA - which is a version of which file transfer protocol?
The application layer - layer 7
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
SMB
Proprietary

21. A ___________ provides the function for doing something - whereas a ___________ provides the rules the service uses
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Dynamic
Service - protocol

22. Client and server processes are considered to be in what layer?
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
Static
The application layer - layer 7

23. What layer is the top layer in both the OSI and TCP/IP models?
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
The application layer - layer 7
Internet protocol
IP addresses

24. What two separate processes does the email server operate?
UDP port 67
SMB
Server message block - a request/response protocol
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)

25. What does IP stand for?
UDP port 110
Internet protocol
Router
Acknowledgment message

26. Typical port for DNS?
SAMBA
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/UDP port 53

27. Linux/UNIX uses _____________ for sharing resources with Microsoft networks?
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
SAMBA
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)
Proprietary

28. What is the correct OSI top down layer order?
TCP/UDP port 53
3
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)

29. Four characteristics that are addressed by network architecture design
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
.com or .net

30. Typical port for HTTP?
Internet protocol
Acknowledgment message
80
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols

31. Mnemonic for OSI layers
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
25
Segmentation

32. What type of addressing is find at the OSI layer 2?
3
20 and 21
Get IP addresses
Physical and MAC

33. A limited-use protocol owned by a company is?
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
IP addresses
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
Proprietary

34. Generally - which is best for end-user devices? Dynamic (DHCP) addressing or static?
Dynamic
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
3

35. What DOS command displays all the cached DNS entries on a WinXP/Win2k system?
Static
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
25
Ipconfig/displaydns

36. Which term describes a specific set of rules that determine the formatting of messages and the process of encapsulation used to forward data?
Protocol
Static
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
IP addressing - layer 3

37. The HELO command does what in SMTP?
Segmentation
A NIC
Service - protocol
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)

38. Typical port for Telnet?
Physical and MAC
3
23
Acknowledgment message

39. 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)
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Multiplexing
Get IP addresses

40. The three most common HTTP message types are?
GET - POST - PUT
A client request for data
Service - protocol
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network

41. Three functions performed by Presentation Layer
Get IP addresses
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
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Channel

42. A device that moves data between networks?
Internet protocol
Dynamic
Router
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security

43. What is a peer-to-peer network?
25
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
20 and 21

44. Typical port for DHCP?
.com or .net
UDP port 67
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection

45. Which is the most popular network service? HTTP - FTP - Telnet or Email?
25
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
Internet protocol
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network

46. The elements of communication include a message source - a message destination - and a _________ - or medium to transport the message.
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Channel

47. Converged Network
Negative Acknowledgment message
UDP port 67
25
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network

48. Is a connection using Telnet
UDP port 110
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
3
80

49. DNS is used to resolve internet names to ________________? (Hint: plural)
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
IP addresses
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.

50. Interweaving multiple data streams into one shared communication channel is?
Static
Physical and MAC
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Multiplexing