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Comptia Network Fundamentals

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

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1. With cellular networking - Internet access is limited to areas with ____ coverage.
Ad hoc
Cisco Certified Network Associate
The means through which data are transmitted and received.
Cell phone

2. A ____ creates the signals that are sent along the networking medium.
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.
Network adapter
Medium
Metropolitan Area Network

3. Spam
Unsolicited - unwanted e-mail.
Cell phone
The network services that manage the storage and transfer of e-mail between users on a network. In addition to sending - receiving - and storing mail - ______ can include filtering - routing - notification - scheduling - and data exchange with other
The functions of a file server that allow users to share data files - applications - and storage areas.

4. Regardless of the physical method used to create the network and to send signals between devices - all devices will also implement ____ to communicate on the Internet and is implemented on top of - or in addition to - the standards that define how th
TCP/IP
The network services that centrally administer and simplify complicated management tasks on the network.
The devices - data - and data storage space provided by a computer - whether stand-alone or shared.
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

5. Load Balancing
A server that runs communications services that enable remote users to log on to a network.
Cellular
If original files are lost or deleted.
The process of distributing data transfer activity evenly so that no single device is overwhelmed.

6. 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.
Local Area Network
Channels
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.
Splitters

7. A ____ converts binary data to an analog signal.
Modem (modulator/de-modulator)
Radio waves
The process of automatically transferring a data file or installing a software application from the server to a client on the network.
Hub

8. Software Distribution
Router
Router
The process of automatically transferring a data file or installing a software application from the server to a client on the network.
Telephone

9. Connectivity Device
The process of copying critical data files to a secure storage area. Often - _____ are performed according to a formulaic schedule.
A discrete unit of information sent from one node on a network to another.
One of several types of specialized devices that allows two or more networks or multiple parts of one network to connect and exchange data.
Moving

10. Some satellite Internet access solutions are limited to ____ only. Another solution - such as dialup - is required to provide upload capabilities.
Router
The devices - data - and data storage space provided by a computer - whether stand-alone or shared.
Download
A way of exchanging data between computers that are not connected on a network.

11. You can install a ____ in a notebook computer to provide cellular access.
Weather
Switch
The part of a network to which segments and significant shared devices (such as routers - switches - and servers) connect. Sometimes referred to as 'a network of networks' because of its role in interconnecting smaller parts of a LAN or WAN.
Cellular adapter

12. Ethernet standards identify the transmission speed and the cable type. The letter T identifies ____ cables; the letters F - S - L - and E are used for fiber optic.
A network that spans a long distance and connects two or more LANs.
The network service that allows printers to be shared by several users on a network.
Twisted pair
The centralized management of multiple types of network-based communications - such as voice - video - fax - and messaging services.

13. What are the 2 forms of 'Transmission Media'?
The data transmission and processing activity taking place on a computer network at any given time.
Satellite dish
56
1. Physical (such as a wire or cable) 2. Wireless (such as radio waves)

14. File Services
Ad hoc
Subnet
The functions of a file server that allow users to share data files - applications - and storage areas.
The network services that manage the storage and transfer of e-mail between users on a network. In addition to sending - receiving - and storing mail - ______ can include filtering - routing - notification - scheduling - and data exchange with other

15. Remote Access Server / Access Server
Fiber optic
A computer or other device connected to a network - which has a unique address and is capable of sending or receiving data.
Wireless
A server that runs communications services that enable remote users to log on to a network.

16. DSL divides the telephone line into multiple ____. One for analog voice - while the remainingones are used for digital data.
Line of sight
Telephone
Channels
Hub

17. In an ____ network - a central device called a wireless access point controls communication between devices.
The use of data networks to carry voice (or telephone) - video - and other communications services in addition to data.
Infrastructure
xDSL
The means through which data are transmitted and received.

18. ____ is the most common local area networking standard for wired networks.
Router
Ethernet
The part of a network to which segments and significant shared devices (such as routers - switches - and servers) connect. Sometimes referred to as 'a network of networks' because of its role in interconnecting smaller parts of a LAN or WAN.
Medium

19. Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

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20. Ethernet can use ____ and ____ cables.
The scheme for assigning a unique identifying number to every workstation and device on the network. The type of addressing used on a network depends on its protocols and network operating system.
Network adapter
Copper fiber optic
The process of automatically transferring a data file or installing a software application from the server to a client on the network.

21. Wide Area Network (WAN)
Ethernet
A network that spans a long distance and connects two or more LANs.
Radio waves
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.

22. Print Services
A server that runs communications services that enable remote users to log on to a network.
Telephone
Bridge
The network service that allows printers to be shared by several users on a network.

23. There are many DSL standards (such as ADSL - SDSL - and HDSL) - collectively referred to as ____.
Radio waves
Local Area Network
xDSL
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.

24. A ____ provides a central connection for multiple media segments on the same subnet.
Switch
Copper fiber optic
NIC (network interface card)
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

25. Unified Communications
The centralized management of multiple types of network-based communications - such as voice - video - fax - and messaging services.
A network design in which client computers use a centrally administered server to share data - data storage space - and devices.
'Network of Networks'
Network Operating System

26. 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.
Full duplex
Radio waves
The main circuit board that controls a computer.
1. Physical (such as a wire or cable) 2. Wireless (such as radio waves)

27. A ____ connects two segments within the same subnet that use different media types. For example - use a bridge to connect wireless clients to wired clients on the same network.
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
1. License tracking 2. Security Auditing 3. Asset Management 4. Address Management 5. Software Distribution 6. Traffic Monitoring 7. Load Balancing 8. Hardware Diagnosis
Cisco Certified Network Associate
Bridge

28. Traffic Monitoring
A person who uses a computer.
A server that runs communications services that enable remote users to log on to a network.
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.
Infrastructure

29. In what circumstances would 'restoring' of files be needed?
Ad hoc
56
If original files are lost or deleted.
Channels

30. Restoring
Computing Technology Industry Association
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 process of retrieving files from a backup.
Local Area Network

31. The ____ receives a signal on one port - and forwards that signal only to the port where the destination device is connected.
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.
Switches routers
Switch
Phone number

32. Client / Server Architecture
A network design in which client computers use a centrally administered server to share data - data storage space - and devices.
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
Switching
V.35

33. ____ is the standard that describes how modems work to send digital data over the analog phone lines.
The main circuit board that controls a computer.
A person who uses a computer.
V.35
Modem

34. LAN
A server that manages the storage and transfer of e-mail messages.
Local Area Network
1000BaseSX
A specialized server that enables clients to share applications and data across the network.

35. The term ___ typically describes an adapter that uses a cable medium (such as copper or fiber optic cables).
If original files are lost or deleted.
NIC (network interface card)
Fiber optic
Router

36. Addressing
IEEE
The scheme for assigning a unique identifying number to every workstation and device on the network. The type of addressing used on a network depends on its protocols and network operating system.
Cable
MAC

37. NIC
Telephone
A network of computers and other devices that is confined to a relatively small space - such as one building or even one office.
A complex WAN that connects LANs and clients around the globe.
Network Interface Card

38. What's another name for Network Interface Card (NIC)?
The main circuit board that controls a computer.
A computer that uses applications and data only from its local disks and that is not connected to a network.
Network adapter
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.

39. Resources
The devices - data - and data storage space provided by a computer - whether stand-alone or shared.
Bridge
xDSL
Fiber optic

40. Asset Management

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41. Cellular networking is a truly mobile solution; you can often be ____ and still have Internet access without manually having to reconnect.
Moving
A computer that manages Web site services - such as supplying a Web page to multiple users on demand.
Satellite
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.

42. Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)

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43. Ethernet uses network interface cards - hubs - ____ - and ____ to connect devices.
Network Operating System
Switches routers
Router
The property of a network that allows you to add nodes or increase its size easily.

44. A cable ____ (router) connects the computer to the cable network for sending networking signals.
Dialup
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.
Modem
TCP/IP

45. Wireless networks use ____ with the air being the transmission medium.
10 10
Delay time
Radio waves
If original files are lost or deleted.

46. Scalable
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.
The property of a network that allows you to add nodes or increase its size easily.
Copper

47. How did the term 'Sneakernet' come about?
Moving
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
Network Interface Card
The physical layout of computers on a network.

48. Satellite networking may have a long ____ (latency) between requests and downloads.
Ad hoc
The process of copying critical data files to a secure storage area. Often - _____ are performed according to a formulaic schedule.
Delay time
Splitters

49. Remote User

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50. Satellite networking requires direct ____ (dish placement is crucial).
NIC (network interface card)
The process of copying critical data files to a secure storage area. Often - _____ are performed according to a formulaic schedule.
Line of sight
TCP/IP