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Cisco Network Fundamentals Vocab
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Answer 34 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A process used to verify the identity of a person or a process.
Packet
Blogs
Authentication
Quality of Service (QoS)
2. The network that combines enterprise networks - individual users - and ISPs into a single global IP network.
Internet
Fault Tolerance
Binary
Packet
3. This term - used generically - refers to end-user data along with networking headers and trailers that are transmitted through a network. This term - used specifically - it is end-user data along with the network or Internet layer headers and any h
Packet
Cloud
Internet
Binary
4. An internationally recognized definition of technical specifications that ensure worldwide consistency.
Standards
Convergence
Firewall
Collaboration
5. A network device - typically connected to a range of LAN and WAN interfaces - that forwards packets based on their destination IP addresses. The device uses a forward if proven scheme.
Network
Quality of Service (QoS)
Source
Router
6. A drag-and-drop network simulator developed by Cisco to design - configure and troubleshoot network equipment within a simulated environment.
Packet Tracer
Blogs
Collaboration
Scalability
7. A system or network design characterized by one or more major components that are required to maintain operation.
Podcasts
Instant Messaging
Single Point of Failure
Quality of Service (QoS)
8. Technology that allows communication without needing physical connectivity. Examples include cell phones - personal digital assistants (PDA) wireless access points and wireless NICs.
Authentication
Wireless Technology
Router
Fault Tolerance
9. A numbering system characterized by 1s and 0s.
Binary
Bits
Collaboration
Redundancy
10. The design on networks that can continue to operate without interruption in the case of hardware - software or communications failures.
Firewall
Fault Tolerance
Internetwork
Blogs
11. Something that helps people collaborate in a software context.
Bandwidth
Collaboration Tool
Real-Time
Priority Queuing
12. Real-time communications between two or more people through text. The text is conveyed through computers connected over a network.
Internet Protocol (IP)
Download
Extranet
Instant Messaging
13. Any combination of hardware device and/or software application designed to protect network devices from outside network users and/or malicious applications and files.
Firewall
Wireless Technology
Source
Single Point of Failure
14. Digital files that are distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds - for playback on portable media players and personal computers.
Internet
Podcasts
Instant Messaging
Download
15. The origin of the PDU. This can be a process - a host - or a node. This depends on the layer to which you are referring to.
Authentication
Collaboration
Quality of Service (QoS)
Source
16. A symbol used to represent of part of the network whose details are being ignored.
Cloud
Intranet
Source
Wireless Technology
17. To transfer data from the server to the client computer you are using.
Firewall
Authentication
Wireless Technology
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18. This kind of network combines various forms of traffic such as voice - video and data on the same network infrastructure.
Internetwork
Convergence
Source
Real-Time
19. A network architecture designed to eliminate network downtime caused by a single point of failure.
Standards
Quality of Service (QoS)
Redundancy
Intranet
20. The ability or a protocol - system or component to be modified to fit a new need.
Data Network
Scalability
Priority Queuing
Real-Time
21. A corporate system such as a website that is explicitly used by internal employees. It can be accessed either internally or remotely.
Intranet
Bits
Data Network
Extranet
22. A control mechanism that can provide different priorities to different users or data flows - or guarantee a certain level of performance to a data flow in accordance with requests from the application program.
Instant Messaging
Quality of Service (QoS)
Binary
Internet Protocol (IP)
23. 1. Collection of computers - printers - routers - switches and other devices that can communicate with each other over a transmission medium. 2. Command that assigns a NIC-based address to which the router is directly connected.
Download
Scalability
Redundancy
Network
24. A routing feature in which frames in an interface output queue are prioritized based on various characteristics such as packet size and interface type.
Redundancy
Priority Queuing
Internet
Firewall
25. Two or more people working together on a project.
Collaboration
Standards
Single Point of Failure
Firewall
26. In networking - a measurement of the speed of bits that can be transmitted over a particular link. It is the amount of data that can be transmitted in a certain amount of time. For digital service - it is usually expressed in bits per second (bps).
Podcasts
Data Network
Single Point of Failure
Bandwidth
27. Websites that lets visitors add - edit and delete content - typically without the need for registration. A good example of this is wikipedia.com.
Wikis
Packet
Blogs
Binary
28. Events or signals that show output as fast as possible - or as they happen.
Collaboration
Download
Intranet
Real-Time
29. Network layer protocol in the TCP/IP stack offering a connectionless internetwork service. It provides features for addressing - type-of-service specifications - fragmentation and reassembly and security. It was documented in RFC 791.
Source
Internet Protocol (IP)
Wikis
Instant Messaging
30. Binary Digit used in the binary number system. Each bit can either be a 1 or 0. Bits are units for information storage in computing.
Authentication
Wikis
Bits
Internet Protocol (IP)
31. A website where entries are made in journal style. A user creates a blog - makes changes to it through templates or altering HTML code. Visitors can leave posts of the blog.
Blogs
Bits
Collaboration Tool
Source
32. A part of a company's intranet that is extended to users outside the company (that is - normally over the Internet.) Vendors and contractors use this type of network to access some company websites.
Priority Queuing
Cloud
Extranet
Download
33. A combination of many IP subnets and networks - as created by building a network using routers. It can include several IP networks.
Internetwork
Internet Protocol (IP)
Convergence
Quality of Service (QoS)
34. A digital network used to send data between computers.
Podcasts
Standards
Data Network
Redundancy