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Comptia Network Fundamentals

Subjects : certifications, comptia-network-+, it-skills

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Address

2. Transmission Media
TCP/IP
Line of sight
The means through which data are transmitted and received.
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.

3. Switches use the ____ address to send frames to the destination device.
The process of automatically transferring a data file or installing a software application from the server to a client on the network.
Router
1000BaseSX
MAC

4. 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.
IEEE
Wireless
Telephone
A network that spans a long distance and connects two or more LANs.

5. Web Server
A computer that manages Web site services - such as supplying a Web page to multiple users on demand.
Splitters
Cable
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.

6. Motherboard
Cisco Certified Network Associate
Moving
The main circuit board that controls a computer.
A network that spans a long distance and connects two or more LANs.

7. Some satellite Internet access solutions are limited to ____ only. Another solution - such as dialup - is required to provide upload capabilities.
100
Download
The software that runs on a server and enables the server to manage data - users - groups - security - applications - and other networking functions.
Moving

8. Hubs operate in ____ mode because the path between devices is shared - meaning that devices can only send when no other devices are sending data.
Splitters
Phone number
Half-duplex
Metropolitan Area Network

9. What's another name for Network Interface Card (NIC)?
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.
Full duplex
Network adapter
A server that runs communications services that enable remote users to log on to a network.

10. When you configure a dialup connection - you identify the ____ of a computer on the other end.
Phone number
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
10GBaseT
Twisted pair

11. Dialup connections cannot be used for both ____ (phone calls) and ____ at the same time.
A server that runs communications services that enable remote users to log on to a network.
10 10
Voice data
Local Area Network

12. Scalable
The property of a network that allows you to add nodes or increase its size easily.
Subnet
1. License tracking 2. Security Auditing 3. Asset Management 4. Address Management 5. Software Distribution 6. Traffic Monitoring 7. Load Balancing 8. Hardware Diagnosis
Metropolitan Area Network

13. Ethernet uses network interface cards - hubs - ____ - and ____ to connect devices.
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert - An elite certification that recognizes expert-level installation - configuration - management - and troubleshooting skills on networks that use a range of Cisco Systems' devices.
Computing Technology Industry Association
Switches routers
The network service that allows printers to be shared by several users on a network.

14. Internet Services
Modem (modulator/de-modulator)
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 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.
Fiber optic

15. License Tracking
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
Cisco Certified Network Associate
Copper fiber optic
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.

16. ____ cables use light pulses.
Fiber optic
Voice data
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.
100

17. CCIE

18. DSL divides the telephone line into multiple ____. One for analog voice - while the remainingones are used for digital data.
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.
Weather
The functions of a file server that allow users to share data files - applications - and storage areas.
Channels

19. Satellite networking is subject to mild atmospheric and ____ conditions (fog or slight wind can disrupt service).
Subnet
Network Interface Card
Weather
1000BaseSX

20. Node
Modem (modulator/de-modulator)
A computer or other device connected to a network - which has a unique address and is capable of sending or receiving data.
The process of retrieving files from a backup.
The use of data networks to carry voice (or telephone) - video - and other communications services in addition to data.

21. Dialup connections are available anywhere a dialup ____ line exists.
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.
Telephone
Switching
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.

22. Soft Skills
The software that runs on a server and enables the server to manage data - users - groups - security - applications - and other networking functions.
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.
Channels
100

23. Stand-Alone Computer
100
A computer that uses applications and data only from its local disks and that is not connected to a network.
The main circuit board that controls a computer.
Fiber optic

24. How did the term 'Sneakernet' come about?
A server that runs communications services that enable remote users to log on to a network.
The property of a network that allows you to add nodes or increase its size easily.
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
A discrete unit of information sent from one node on a network to another.

25. 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.
The data transmission and processing activity taking place on a computer network at any given time.
Full duplex
10 10
The use of data networks to carry voice (or telephone) - video - and other communications services in addition to data.

26. Security Auditing
The process of evaluating security measures currently in place on a network and notifying the network administrator if a security breach occurs.
A network design in which client computers use a centrally administered server to share data - data storage space - and devices.
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
One of several types of specialized devices that allows two or more networks or multiple parts of one network to connect and exchange data.

27. An access point with an integrated ____ allows wireless clients to communicate with wired clients on the same network.
Cellular
Dialup
Bridge
Cisco Certified Network Associate

28. An access point with an integrated ____ allows wireless clients to communicate with hosts on different networks (such as the Internet).
Transmitter
Telephone
Router
A network that uses centrally administered computers - known as servers - to enable resources sharing for and to facilitate communication between the other computers on the network.

29. Convergence
Telephone
The use of data networks to carry voice (or telephone) - video - and other communications services in addition to data.
The devices - data - and data storage space provided by a computer - whether stand-alone or shared.
The physical layout of computers on a network.

30. Internet
Delay time
Data
10 10
A complex WAN that connects LANs and clients around the globe.

31. Software Distribution
A person who uses a computer.
A way of exchanging data between computers that are not connected on a network.
The process of automatically transferring a data file or installing a software application from the server to a client on the network.
The process of evaluating security measures currently in place on a network and notifying the network administrator if a security breach occurs.

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

33. A cable ____ (router) connects the computer to the cable network for sending networking signals.
Network Interface Card
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.
Modem
The process of distributing data transfer activity evenly so that no single device is overwhelmed.

34. Remote User

35. The term ___ typically describes an adapter that uses a cable medium (such as copper or fiber optic cables).
Networking TV
10 10
NIC (network interface card)
A network that uses centrally administered computers - known as servers - to enable resources sharing for and to facilitate communication between the other computers on the network.

36. Backbone

37. Unified Communications
A computer that enables resource sharing by other computers on the same network.
The centralized management of multiple types of network-based communications - such as voice - video - fax - and messaging services.
MAC
100

38. MAN
Metropolitan Area Network
Access Server
Switches routers
Wide Area Network

39. Remote Access Server / Access Server
The centralized management of multiple types of network-based communications - such as voice - video - fax - and messaging services.
A person who uses a computer.
1. Physical (such as a wire or cable) 2. Wireless (such as radio waves)
A server that runs communications services that enable remote users to log on to a network.

40. Routers use the ____ within a packet to move packets between networks.
The process of retrieving files from a backup.
IP address
Twisted pair
Fiber optic

41. Backing Up
The process of copying critical data files to a secure storage area. Often - _____ are performed according to a formulaic schedule.
A computer that uses applications and data only from its local disks and that is not connected to a network.
Infrastructure
The network service that allows printers to be shared by several users on a network.

42. You can install a ____ in a notebook computer to provide cellular access.
The process of evaluating security measures currently in place on a network and notifying the network administrator if a security breach occurs.
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert - An elite certification that recognizes expert-level installation - configuration - management - and troubleshooting skills on networks that use a range of Cisco Systems' devices.
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.
Cellular adapter

43. Client
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
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.
Medium
Cell phone

44. Depending on the type of DSL used - you can use the same line for simultaneous voice and data. Special ____ help prevent the voice data from interfering with the digital data.
The use of data networks to carry voice (or telephone) - video - and other communications services in addition to data.
Splitters
Metropolitan Area Network
Network Interface Card

45. ____ networking uses a digital mobile phone for Internet access.
A network design in which client computers use a centrally administered server to share data - data storage space - and devices.
Cellular
IP address
The process of distributing data transfer activity evenly so that no single device is overwhelmed.

46. Load Balancing
The process of distributing data transfer activity evenly so that no single device is overwhelmed.
Hub
Transmitter
Cellular adapter

47. The same cable line is used to carry ____ and cable ____ signals - although in some cases a separate line is installed for Internet access.
Telephone
Transmitter
Medium
Networking TV

48. Topology
The physical layout of computers on a network.
Hub
Voice data
Router

49. Phone lines are sometimes referred to as ____.
POTS (plain old telephone service)
'Network of Networks'
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
xDSL

50. Traffic Monitoring
100
The software that runs on a server and enables the server to manage data - users - groups - security - applications - and other networking functions.
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.
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