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Cisco Network Fundamentals

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. HTTP is used to...

2. Is ebay P2P or client/server?
.com or .net
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
Client/server
Internet protocol

3. Typical port for Telnet?
GET - POST - PUT
23
Proprietary
SAMBA

4. Is a connection using Telnet
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
IP addresses
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
Segmentation

5. Which is the best bet for network devices like gateways - switches - servers and printers--dynamic or static addressing?
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
Ipconfig/displaydns
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Static

6. Which term describes a specific set of rules that determine the formatting of messages and the process of encapsulation used to forward data?
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
Proprietary
The application layer - layer 7
Protocol

7. What is a server daemon?

8. Layers of TCP/IP Model
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
80
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
3

9. What layer is the top layer in both the OSI and TCP/IP models?
The application layer - layer 7
A NIC
20 and 21
GET - POST - PUT

10. Which is the most popular network service? HTTP - FTP - Telnet or Email?
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
Service - protocol
Negative Acknowledgment message
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)

11. Mnemonic for OSI layers
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
.com or .net
All People Seem To Need Data Processing

12. DNS is used to resolve internet names to ________________? (Hint: plural)
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
IP addresses
UDP port 110
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests

13. Typical port for HTTP?
Proprietary
IP addressing - layer 3
Static
80

14. DHCP enables clients on a network to...
A client request for data
Client/server
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
Get IP addresses

15. End vs Intermediary Device
Multiplexing
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
Negative Acknowledgment message

16. Interweaving multiple data streams into one shared communication channel is?
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
Multiplexing
Server message block - a request/response protocol
TCP/UDP port 53

17. Which OSI layer is associated with IP addressing? 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
3
Router
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network

18. ACK is what?
Acknowledgment message
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
IP addressing - layer 3

19. A ___________ provides the function for doing something - whereas a ___________ provides the rules the service uses
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
3
Service - protocol

20. What does IP stand for?
Internet protocol
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Server message block - a request/response protocol

21. Typical port for DHCP?
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
UDP port 67
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
A NIC

22. What is a peer-to-peer network?
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
UDP port 67

23. Which layer is concerned with end to end message delivery?
Transport - layer 4
The application layer - layer 7
UDP port 67
Static

24. Dividing data streams into smaller pieces suitable for transmission is called multiplexing - segmentation - encapsulation - or protocol?
Segmentation
3
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection

25. Which is associated with the network layer? IP address - frames - MAC address or physical addressing?
23
Protocol
Application - presentation and session
IP addressing - layer 3

26. Generally - which is best for end-user devices? Dynamic (DHCP) addressing or static?
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Dynamic
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
UDP port 67

27. What does SMTP stand for?
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
Static
Protocol

28. Typical ports for FTP?
Get IP addresses
IP addressing - layer 3
20 and 21
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

29. The elements of communication include a message source - a message destination - and a _________ - or medium to transport the message.
SAMBA
Channel
23
Internet protocol

30. Four characteristics that are addressed by network architecture design
Physical and MAC
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security

31. Which is associated with layer 4 of the OSI model--IP - TCP - FTP - or TFTP?
SMB
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
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)

32. Client and server processes are considered to be in what layer?
Application - presentation and session
Physical and MAC
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
The application layer - layer 7

33. The device that connects another device to the media?
IP addresses
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
A NIC
Static

34. Typical port for DNS?
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)
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
TCP/UDP port 53

35. What is GET?
A client request for data
Proprietary
Router
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses

36. Give an example of a top level domain
.com or .net
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
Physical and MAC
Get IP addresses

37. SMB stands for what?
3
20 and 21
Dynamic
Server message block - a request/response protocol

38. Linux uses SAMBA - which is a version of which file transfer protocol?
SMB
3
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
Negative Acknowledgment message

39. FTP requires ___(a number)___________ connection(s) between client and server to successfully transfer files. 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
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
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

40. What two separate processes does the email server operate?
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)

41. A limited-use protocol owned by a company is?
Proprietary
A client request for data
Internet protocol
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security

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

43. Linux/UNIX uses _____________ for sharing resources with Microsoft networks?
Router
Channel
SAMBA
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer

44. What does MUA stand for?
Transport - layer 4
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
Server message block - a request/response protocol

45. The three most common HTTP message types are?
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
.com or .net
Application - presentation and session
GET - POST - PUT

46. A device that moves data between networks?
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
IP addresses
Router
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)

47. NAK is?
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
IP addresses
Negative Acknowledgment message

48. What type of addressing is find at the OSI layer 2?
20 and 21
80
Physical and MAC
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)

49. The application layer is which layer of the OSI model?
Acknowledgment message
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
3
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical

50. Typical port for SMTP?
UDP port 67
Client/server
25
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security