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1. Typical port for DNS?
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
Physical and MAC
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/UDP port 53

2. What type of addressing is find at the OSI layer 2?
Physical and MAC
Service - protocol
Client/server
Dynamic

3. Which is the best bet for network devices like gateways - switches - servers and printers--dynamic or static addressing?
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
Static
Internet protocol
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)

4. Typical port for HTTP?
Segmentation
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
80

5. What does IP stand for?
Acknowledgment message
Dynamic
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

6. Is a connection using Telnet
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
UDP port 67
Acknowledgment message
UDP port 110

7. Which is associated with layer 4 of the OSI model--IP - TCP - FTP - or TFTP?
23
Segmentation
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol

8. The three most common HTTP message types are?
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
GET - POST - PUT
Channel

9. Is ebay P2P or client/server?
Client/server
20 and 21
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer

10. The application layer is which layer of the OSI model?
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
GET - POST - PUT
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses

11. Which is associated with the network layer? IP address - frames - MAC address or physical addressing?
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
.com or .net
IP addressing - layer 3

12. Which layer is concerned with end to end message delivery?
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
Transport - layer 4
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
The application layer - layer 7

13. Typical port for SMTP?
UDP port 67
25
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection

14. What is GET?
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
Transport - layer 4
A client request for data
All People Seem To Need Data Processing

15. The TCP/IP application layer consists roughly of which three OSI layers?
IP addresses
Application - presentation and session
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
SMB

16. Which term describes a specific set of rules that determine the formatting of messages and the process of encapsulation used to forward data?
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
20 and 21
TCP/UDP port 53
Protocol

17. Client and server processes are considered to be in what layer?
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Service - protocol
The application layer - layer 7

18. DHCP enables clients on a network to...
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)
A client request for data
Get IP addresses
The application layer - layer 7

19. What is a server daemon?

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20. What layer is the top layer in both the OSI and TCP/IP models?
The application layer - layer 7
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
Protocol
80

21. Typical ports for FTP?
Router
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
20 and 21
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol

22. Linux/UNIX uses _____________ for sharing resources with Microsoft networks?
Transport - layer 4
SAMBA
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
80

23. In the client/server model - the device requesting the service is referred to as the ...?
SMB
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
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

24. Converged Network
The application layer - layer 7
TCP/UDP port 53
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network

25. Generally - which is best for end-user devices? Dynamic (DHCP) addressing or static?
The application layer - layer 7
Transport - layer 4
A client request for data
Dynamic

26. Which OSI layer is associated with IP addressing? 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
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)
IP addressing - layer 3
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

27. Which is the most popular network service? HTTP - FTP - Telnet or Email?
The application layer - layer 7
Dynamic
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)

28. Protocols perform what tasks?
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same 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)
IP addresses

29. A ___________ provides the function for doing something - whereas a ___________ provides the rules the service uses
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Server message block - a request/response protocol
IP addressing - layer 3
Service - protocol

30. Layers of TCP/IP Model
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
3
Segmentation
A client request for data

31. FTP requires ___(a number)___________ connection(s) between client and server to successfully transfer files. 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
.com or .net
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
SAMBA

32. The elements of communication include a message source - a message destination - and a _________ - or medium to transport the message.
Channel
Segmentation
Internet protocol
Client/server

33. End vs Intermediary Device
Physical and MAC
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical

34. What is a peer-to-peer network?
TCP/UDP port 53
A NIC
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
Get IP addresses

35. What is the correct OSI top down layer order?
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
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)
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical

36. The device that connects another device to the media?
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
Ipconfig/displaydns
A NIC
Dynamic

37. Typical port for POP?
UDP port 110
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
The application layer - layer 7
Service - protocol

38. The HELO command does what in SMTP?
UDP port 67
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
Get IP addresses

39. Give an example of a top level domain
.com or .net
SAMBA
Application - presentation and session
All People Seem To Need Data Processing

40. Four characteristics that are addressed by network architecture design
Transport - layer 4
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Get IP addresses

41. A device that moves data between networks?
Router
UDP port 67
Client/server
TCP/UDP port 53

42. Linux uses SAMBA - which is a version of which file transfer protocol?
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
SMB
All People Seem To Need Data Processing

43. NAK is?
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
Negative Acknowledgment message
.com or .net

44. Three functions performed by Presentation Layer
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Client/server
SMB
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

45. Typical port for Telnet?
23
SMB
20 and 21
IP addresses

46. What does SMTP stand for?
IP addresses
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
Client/server

47. HTTP is used to...

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48. Interweaving multiple data streams into one shared communication channel is?
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
UDP port 67
Multiplexing

49. What two separate processes does the email server operate?
IP addressing - layer 3
A client request for data
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
.com or .net

50. DNS is used to resolve internet names to ________________? (Hint: plural)
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
IP addresses
TCP/UDP port 53
.com or .net