Test your basic knowledge |

Cisco Network Fundamentals

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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?
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Router
Transport - layer 4
The application layer - layer 7

2. Converged Network
A client request for data
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
Multiplexing

3. The application layer is which layer of the OSI model?
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
3

4. End vs Intermediary Device
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
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
TCP/UDP port 53

5. What DOS command displays all the cached DNS entries on a WinXP/Win2k system?
Service - protocol
GET - POST - PUT
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

6. Give an example of a top level domain
SAMBA
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
.com or .net
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses

7. Linux uses SAMBA - which is a version of which file transfer protocol?
UDP port 110
SMB
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)
Internet protocol

8. Typical port for POP?
TCP/UDP port 53
UDP port 110
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
23

9. What is a peer-to-peer network?
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
Protocol
Internet protocol

10. Which is the best bet for network devices like gateways - switches - servers and printers--dynamic or static addressing?
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
Static
Transport - layer 4
All People Seem To Need Data Processing

11. ACK is what?
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Acknowledgment message
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
Protocol

12. The device that connects another device to the media?
Static
A NIC
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network

13. Dividing data streams into smaller pieces suitable for transmission is called multiplexing - segmentation - encapsulation - or protocol?
Internet protocol
Segmentation
Service - protocol
.com or .net

14. Typical port for Telnet?
Static
Application - presentation and session
23
A client request for data

15. DNS is used to resolve internet names to ________________? (Hint: plural)
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
A NIC
IP addresses
3

16. The elements of communication include a message source - a message destination - and a _________ - or medium to transport the message.
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Transport - layer 4
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Channel

17. Linux/UNIX uses _____________ for sharing resources with Microsoft networks?
SAMBA
Proprietary
20 and 21
UDP port 67

18. DHCP enables clients on a network to...
Get IP addresses
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
Negative Acknowledgment message
Application - presentation and session

19. Four characteristics that are addressed by network architecture design
UDP port 110
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Negative Acknowledgment message
SMB

20. The TCP/IP application layer consists roughly of which three OSI layers?
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
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)
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
Application - presentation and session

21. NAK is?
Negative Acknowledgment message
20 and 21
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
Ipconfig/displaydns

22. What is GET?
A client request for data
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
3
Service - protocol

23. Typical port for DNS?
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
Transport - layer 4
TCP/UDP port 53
Service - protocol

24. Is ebay P2P or client/server?
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
UDP port 67
Client/server
SMB

25. Which OSI layer is associated with IP addressing? 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
The application layer - layer 7
3
SAMBA
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection

26. What is the correct OSI top down layer order?
UDP port 110
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Acknowledgment message

27. What does MUA stand for?
Internet protocol
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
Proprietary
SAMBA

28. Which is associated with the network layer? IP address - frames - MAC address or physical addressing?
Internet protocol
IP addresses
IP addressing - layer 3
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol

29. A device that moves data between networks?
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
Router
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
Dynamic

30. What is a server daemon?

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183

31. Mnemonic for OSI layers
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
Application - presentation and session
The application layer - layer 7

32. Generally - which is best for end-user devices? Dynamic (DHCP) addressing or static?
80
SMB
Dynamic
Proprietary

33. Layers of TCP/IP Model
Service - protocol
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
Ipconfig/displaydns
The application layer - layer 7

34. Three functions performed by Presentation Layer
Ipconfig/displaydns
Segmentation
A client request for data
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

35. What type of addressing is find at the OSI layer 2?
Physical and MAC
A client request for data
UDP port 110
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client

36. Typical port for HTTP?
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
80
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Client/server

37. Which is the most popular network service? HTTP - FTP - Telnet or Email?
80
Physical and MAC
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)

38. In the client/server model - the device requesting the service is referred to as the ...?
25
Transport - layer 4
Protocol
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client

39. What layer is the top layer in both the OSI and TCP/IP models?
A client request for data
TCP/UDP port 53
The application layer - layer 7
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)

40. Protocols perform what tasks?
The application layer - layer 7
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 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.

41. What does SMTP stand for?
Proprietary
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
3

42. MX is what?
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
Physical and MAC
Service - protocol
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain

43. Typical port for DHCP?
Dynamic
Segmentation
UDP port 67
80

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
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
A NIC
Proprietary

45. Is a connection using Telnet
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
3
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
Internet protocol

46. Typical ports for FTP?
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
20 and 21
A client request for data
80

47. Typical port for SMTP?
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
Channel
25
Physical and MAC

48. Interweaving multiple data streams into one shared communication channel is?
Multiplexing
The application layer - layer 7
The application layer - layer 7
UDP port 110

49. The HELO command does what in SMTP?
UDP port 67
A NIC
Ipconfig/displaydns
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)

50. What two separate processes does the email server operate?
23
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
80
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)