Comptia Network Fundamentals

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1. A DSL router (sometimes called a DSL modem) connects the computer to the ____ line that must be configured by the telephone company to work with DSL.
Telephone
The devices - data - and data storage space provided by a computer - whether stand-alone or shared.
An association of computer resellers - manufacturers - and training companies that sets industry-wide standards for computer professionals. ______ established and sponsors the A+ and Network+ (Net+) certifications.
The process of determining how much data transfer activity is taking place on a network or network segment and notifying administrators when a segment becomes overloaded.


2. What is a 'Backbone' sometimes referred to as?

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3. Backbone

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4. Segment
1000BaseSX
A part of a network. Usually - a ______ is composed of a group of nodes that share the same communications channel for all their traffic.
Data
Cellular


5. Data transfer rates are between ____ Mbps (older Ethernet networks) to up to ____ Gbps. 100 and 1000 Mbps are the most common.
Download
10 10
1. UNIX 2. Linux 3. Microsoft Winders Server 2008 R2
1. License tracking 2. Security Auditing 3. Asset Management 4. Address Management 5. Software Distribution 6. Traffic Monitoring 7. Load Balancing 8. Hardware Diagnosis


6. Restoring
A part of a network. Usually - a ______ is composed of a group of nodes that share the same communications channel for all their traffic.
Phone number
The process of retrieving files from a backup.
Cell phone


7. Certification
Metropolitan Area Network
The process of mastering material pertaining to a particular hardware system - operating system - programming language - or other software program - then proving your mastery by passing a series of exams.
Half-duplex
A professional certification established by Microsoft that demonstrates in-depth knowledge about Microsoft products.


8. Backing Up
The process of copying critical data files to a secure storage area. Often - _____ are performed according to a formulaic schedule.
Moving
Phone number
A specialized server that enables clients to share applications and data across the network.


9. Packet
A discrete unit of information sent from one node on a network to another.
The process of distributing data transfer activity evenly so that no single device is overwhelmed.
A server that runs communications services that enable remote users to log on to a network.
A network that is larger than a LAN - typically connecting clients and servers from multiple buildings - but within a limited geographic area. For example - a ______ could connect multiple city government buildings around a city's center.


10. Mobile phones with digital ____ plans use cellular calls to connect to the Internet.
The skills such as customer relations - oral and written communications - dependability - teamwork - and leadership abilities - which are not easily measured - but are nevertheless important in a networking career.
Data
V.35
A discrete unit of information sent from one node on a network to another.


11. Soft Skills
Switches routers
An association of computer resellers - manufacturers - and training companies that sets industry-wide standards for computer professionals. ______ established and sponsors the A+ and Network+ (Net+) certifications.
The skills such as customer relations - oral and written communications - dependability - teamwork - and leadership abilities - which are not easily measured - but are nevertheless important in a networking career.
The centralized management of multiple types of network-based communications - such as voice - video - fax - and messaging services.


12. Cellular networking is a truly mobile solution; you can often be ____ and still have Internet access without manually having to reconnect.
The devices - data - and data storage space provided by a computer - whether stand-alone or shared.
Moving
A computer that uses applications and data only from its local disks and that is not connected to a network.
A computer that manages Web site services - such as supplying a Web page to multiple users on demand.


13. The ____ repeats a signal received on one port out all other ports.
Hub
A professional certification that attests to one's skills in installing configuring - maintaining - and troubleshooting medium-sized networks that use Cisco Systems' switches and routers.
The process of determining how much data transfer activity is taking place on a network or network segment and notifying administrators when a segment becomes overloaded.
The network service that allows printers to be shared by several users on a network.


14. Satellite networking is subject to mild atmospheric and ____ conditions (fog or slight wind can disrupt service).
Weather
1. License tracking 2. Security Auditing 3. Asset Management 4. Address Management 5. Software Distribution 6. Traffic Monitoring 7. Load Balancing 8. Hardware Diagnosis
Wide Area Network
The property of a network that allows you to add nodes or increase its size easily.


15. A ____ connects two network segments that have a different subnet address.
Router
NIC (network interface card)
Hub
Infrastructure


16. Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)

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17. Some satellite Internet access solutions are limited to ____ only. Another solution - such as dialup - is required to provide upload capabilities.
Download
Infrastructure
A complex WAN that connects LANs and clients around the globe.
The process of automatically transferring a data file or installing a software application from the server to a client on the network.


18. In an ____ network - two computers communicate directly with each other through their wireless network adapters.
Router
A network that spans a long distance and connects two or more LANs.
Hub
Ad hoc


19. Wireless networks use ____ with the air being the transmission medium.
Full duplex
A group of computers and other devices (such as printers) that are connected by and can exchange data via some type of transmission media - such as a cable - a wire - or the atmosphere.
Radio waves
Data


20. File Services
The main circuit board that controls a computer.
IEEE
One of several types of specialized devices that allows two or more networks or multiple parts of one network to connect and exchange data.
The functions of a file server that allow users to share data files - applications - and storage areas.


21. Give 8 Examples of Management Services
1. License tracking 2. Security Auditing 3. Asset Management 4. Address Management 5. Software Distribution 6. Traffic Monitoring 7. Load Balancing 8. Hardware Diagnosis
Download
A computer on the network that requests resources or services from another computer on a network. In some cases - a ______ could also act as a server. The term ______ may also refer to the user of a ______ workstation or a ______ software application
Half-duplex


22. User
NIC (network interface card)
A person who uses a computer.
A computer that runs a desktop operating system and connects to a network.
The process of copying critical data files to a secure storage area. Often - _____ are performed according to a formulaic schedule.


23. A cable ____ (router) connects the computer to the cable network for sending networking signals.
A computer or other device connected to a network - which has a unique address and is capable of sending or receiving data.
A computer that uses applications and data only from its local disks and that is not connected to a network.
Modem
The process of collecting and storing data on the number and types of software and hardware assets in an organization's network. The data collection is automated by electronically examining each network client from a server


24. ____ networking uses a digital mobile phone for Internet access.
1. Physical (such as a wire or cable) 2. Wireless (such as radio waves)
Cellular
Radio waves
Splitters


25. Address Management
The process of centrally administering a finite number of network addresses for an entire LAN. Usually this task can be accomplished without touching the client workstations.
Dialup
Unsolicited - unwanted e-mail.
The devices - data - and data storage space provided by a computer - whether stand-alone or shared.


26. Remote Access Server / Access Server
A server that runs communications services that enable remote users to log on to a network.
Networking TV
The devices - data - and data storage space provided by a computer - whether stand-alone or shared.
A professional certification that attests to one's skills in installing configuring - maintaining - and troubleshooting medium-sized networks that use Cisco Systems' switches and routers.


27. CCIE

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28. The term ___ typically describes an adapter that uses a cable medium (such as copper or fiber optic cables).
Copper fiber optic
PSTN
NIC (network interface card)
Wireless


29. Dialup connections cannot be used for both ____ (phone calls) and ____ at the same time.
Voice data
1. UNIX 2. Linux 3. Microsoft Winders Server 2008 R2
Hub
A professional certification that attests to one's skills in installing configuring - maintaining - and troubleshooting medium-sized networks that use Cisco Systems' switches and routers.


30. Internet Services
The property of a network that allows you to add nodes or increase its size easily.
Computing Technology Industry Association
The services that enable a network to communicate with the Internet - including Web servers and browsers - file transfer capabilities - Internet addressing schemes - security filters - and a means for directly logging on to other computers.
The skills such as customer relations - oral and written communications - dependability - teamwork - and leadership abilities - which are not easily measured - but are nevertheless important in a networking career.


31. The ____ receives a signal on one port - and forwards that signal only to the port where the destination device is connected.
Network adapter
Telephone
Switch
The process of determining the number of copies of a single application that are currently in use on the network and whether the number in use exceeds the authorized number of licenses.


32. Print Services
The network service that allows printers to be shared by several users on a network.
The use of data networks to carry voice (or telephone) - video - and other communications services in addition to data.
The services that enable a network to communicate with the Internet - including Web servers and browsers - file transfer capabilities - Internet addressing schemes - security filters - and a means for directly logging on to other computers.
The process of automatically transferring a data file or installing a software application from the server to a client on the network.


33. P2P Network
A server that runs communications services that enable remote users to log on to a network.
The process of centrally administering a finite number of network addresses for an entire LAN. Usually this task can be accomplished without touching the client workstations.
An association of computer resellers - manufacturers - and training companies that sets industry-wide standards for computer professionals. ______ established and sponsors the A+ and Network+ (Net+) certifications.
Peer-To-Peer Network.


34. MAN
A network of computers and other devices that is confined to a relatively small space - such as one building or even one office.
Cisco Certified Network Associate
Metropolitan Area Network
The process of mastering material pertaining to a particular hardware system - operating system - programming language - or other software program - then proving your mastery by passing a series of exams.


35. File Server
A network that spans a long distance and connects two or more LANs.
Cisco Certified Network Associate
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A specialized server that enables clients to share applications and data across the network.


36. Satellite networking can be a portable solution for cars or trucks with an attached ____.
Satellite dish
Fiber optic
Half-duplex
A computer that uses applications and data only from its local disks and that is not connected to a network.


37. Phone lines are sometimes referred to as ____.
10
Modem (modulator/de-modulator)
IEEE
POTS (plain old telephone service)


38. Satellite networking may have a long ____ (latency) between requests and downloads.
Hub
Delay time
A computer or other device connected to a network - which has a unique address and is capable of sending or receiving data.
Bridge


39. How did the term 'Sneakernet' come about?
A network in which every computer can communicate directly with every other computer. By default - no computer on a ______ has more authority than another. However - each computer can be configured to share only some of its resources and keep other r
Fiber optic
Local Area Network
It was coined before the widespread use of networks - when data was copied from a computer to a removable storage device such as a floppy disk - carried (presumably by someone wearing sneakers) to another computer - then copied from the storage devic


40. Network Operating System (NOS)
The software that runs on a server and enables the server to manage data - users - groups - security - applications - and other networking functions.
Hub
Bridge
A standard method or format for communication between network devices. For example - some ______ ensure that data are transferred in sequence and without error from one node on the network to another. Other ______ ensure that data belonging to a Web


41. Address

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42. Dialup connections are available anywhere a dialup ____ line exists.
Telephone
IEEE
Cell phone
1. Physical (such as a wire or cable) 2. Wireless (such as radio waves)


43. Wide Area Network (WAN)
A network that spans a long distance and connects two or more LANs.
Infrastructure
A way of exchanging data between computers that are not connected on a network.
The professional certification established by CompTIA that verifies broad - vendor-independent networking technology skills - such as an understanding of protocols - topologies - networking hardware - and network troubleshooting.


44. What's another name for Remote Access Server?
Access Server
Full duplex
Moving
The devices - data - and data storage space provided by a computer - whether stand-alone or shared.


45. Remote Access Server
A network that spans a long distance and connects two or more LANs.
A computer that runs a desktop operating system and connects to a network.
Hub
A server that runs communications services that enable remote users to log on to a network.


46. (public switched telephone network) Dialup connections use the ____.
PSTN
The services that enable a network to communicate with the Internet - including Web servers and browsers - file transfer capabilities - Internet addressing schemes - security filters - and a means for directly logging on to other computers.
A computer on the network that requests resources or services from another computer on a network. In some cases - a ______ could also act as a server. The term ______ may also refer to the user of a ______ workstation or a ______ software application
Ethernet


47. Switches can operate in ____ mode where a device uses a different channel for sending and receiving - and where the transmission paths are dedicated to only the communicating devices.
A computer on the network that manages shared resources. ______ usually have more processing power - memory - and hard disk space than clients. They run network operating software that can manage not only data - but also users - groups - security - a
Switches routers
Full duplex
The use of data networks to carry voice (or telephone) - video - and other communications services in addition to data.


48. When you configure a dialup connection - you identify the ____ of a computer on the other end.
A person working on a computer on a different network or in a different geographical location from the LAN's server.
Phone number
Fiber optic
Network adapter


49. Local Area Network (LAN)
The software that runs on a server and enables the server to manage data - users - groups - security - applications - and other networking functions.
10GBaseT
A network of computers and other devices that is confined to a relatively small space - such as one building or even one office.
A computer on the network that manages shared resources. ______ usually have more processing power - memory - and hard disk space than clients. They run network operating software that can manage not only data - but also users - groups - security - a


50. Software Distribution
The process of automatically transferring a data file or installing a software application from the server to a client on the network.
Radio waves
A professional certification established by Microsoft that demonstrates in-depth knowledge about Microsoft products.
A part of a network. Usually - a ______ is composed of a group of nodes that share the same communications channel for all their traffic.