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Cisco Network Fundamentals
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Four characteristics that are addressed by network architecture design
Get IP addresses
Acknowledgment message
Email. (Note: HTTP is technically a protocol - so that is incorrect)
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
2. A ___________ provides the function for doing something - whereas a ___________ provides the rules the service uses
Service - protocol
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
UDP port 67
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
3. What does SMTP stand for?
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
UDP port 110
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Negative Acknowledgment message
4. Typical port for DHCP?
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
Server message block - a request/response protocol
UDP port 67
5. What is a server daemon?
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6. MX is what?
Application - presentation and session
Static
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)
7. What layer is the top layer in both the OSI and TCP/IP models?
The application layer - layer 7
Acknowledgment message
Router
80
8. ACK is what?
Acknowledgment message
A client request for data
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
9. Give an example of a top level domain
SMB
TCP/UDP port 53
Static
.com or .net
10. 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
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
3
Server message block - a request/response protocol
11. What DOS command displays all the cached DNS entries on a WinXP/Win2k system?
UDP port 110
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Ipconfig/displaydns
12. A device that moves data between networks?
GET - POST - PUT
UDP port 67
Router
IP addresses
13. The three most common HTTP message types are?
Acknowledgment message
GET - POST - PUT
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
Internet protocol
14. Is a connection using Telnet
The application layer - layer 7
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
Virtual terminal session. A connection using Telnet is called a VTY session/connection
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
15. What is a peer-to-peer network?
Server message block - a request/response protocol
IP addresses
SMB
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
16. Interweaving multiple data streams into one shared communication channel is?
Multiplexing
Mail exchange record; maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
Server message block - a request/response protocol
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
17. A limited-use protocol owned by a company is?
Proprietary
Multiplexing
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
18. 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
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
Service - protocol
Dynamic
19. Which is the most popular network service? HTTP - FTP - Telnet or Email?
Server message block - a request/response protocol
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
80
20. Typical port for HTTP?
Negative Acknowledgment message
80
Proprietary
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
21. The elements of communication include a message source - a message destination - and a _________ - or medium to transport the message.
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
UDP port 110
Protocol
Channel
22. Is ebay P2P or client/server?
Client/server
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
A client request for data
Router
23. Converged Network
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 network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
Application - presentation and session
24. The application layer is which layer of the OSI model?
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
SAMBA
UDP port 67
Physical and MAC
25. What two separate processes does the email server operate?
3
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Internet protocol
Static
26. What does IP stand for?
Ipconfig/displaydns
Client/server
Internet protocol
Protocol
27. NAK is?
Channel
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
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
Negative Acknowledgment message
28. The TCP/IP application layer consists roughly of which three OSI layers?
Get IP addresses
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Multiplexing
Application - presentation and session
29. Linux/UNIX uses _____________ for sharing resources with Microsoft networks?
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
23
SAMBA
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
30. The HELO command does what in SMTP?
Transfer files that make WWW - Don't be fooled; DNS is for resolving names to IP addresses
.com or .net
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
31. 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)
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
End device is a data producer/consumer - e.g. client/server - Intemediary device Provides connectivity and ensures data flows across network
Client/server
32. Which term describes a specific set of rules that determine the formatting of messages and the process of encapsulation used to forward data?
25
A service or process that runs in the background to 'listen' to client requests
Protocol
Ipconfig/displaydns
33. What is GET?
A client request for data
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
23
Segmentation
34. SMB stands for what?
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Client/server
Multiplexing
35. What is the correct OSI top down layer order?
Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Datalink - Physical
Static
Multiplexing
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)
36. Three functions performed by Presentation Layer
The application layer - layer 7
Fault tolerance - Scalability - Quality of Service - Security
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
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
37. Typical port for DNS?
IP addresses
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
Service - protocol
TCP/UDP port 53
38. Which is associated with the network layer? IP address - frames - MAC address or physical addressing?
IP addressing - layer 3
Get IP addresses
.com or .net
Protocol
39. DNS is used to resolve internet names to ________________? (Hint: plural)
IP addresses
23
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Client/server
40. What does MUA stand for?
Dynamic
Server message block - a request/response protocol
Static
Mail User Agent (i.e. - Thunderbird)
41. Typical ports for FTP?
20 and 21
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
Physical and MAC
42. Which is associated with layer 4 of the OSI model--IP - TCP - FTP - or TFTP?
25
A network that can carry voice - video - and data over the same network
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
43. 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
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
Negative Acknowledgment message
Two or more computers connected through a network to share resources without a dedicated server involved.
44. Typical port for SMTP?
Client. Even though a device can be both - the device requesting is defined as client
25
MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) and MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
Client/server
45. Which OSI layer is associated with IP addressing? 1 - 2 - 3 or 4?
3
IP addressing - layer 3
Application - Transport - Internet - Network Access
Application - presentation and session
46. 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
TCP/UDP port 53
Segmentation
47. What type of addressing is find at the OSI layer 2?
Physical and MAC
Identifies the SMTP client process to the SMTP server process. (Newer version is EHLO)
Layer 7 is the application layer and all its components: applications - services and protocols
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)
48. HTTP is used to...
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49. The device that connects another device to the media?
80
UDP port 67
A NIC
2. FTP requires one for commands and replies and one for actual file transfer
50. DHCP enables clients on a network to...
Get IP addresses
IP addressing - layer 3
Negative Acknowledgment message
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