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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. 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 way of exchanging data between computers that are not connected on a network.
1. License tracking 2. Security Auditing 3. Asset Management 4. Address Management 5. Software Distribution 6. Traffic Monitoring 7. Load Balancing 8. Hardware Diagnosis
Bridge
Cellular adapter

2. 100BaseFX operates at 100 Mbps over ____ cables.
Fiber optic
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.
IP address
Cable

3. 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.
Voice data
Satellite
A computer that manages Web site services - such as supplying a Web page to multiple users on demand.

4. (public switched telephone network) Dialup connections use the ____.
PSTN
Cellular
Router
Dialup

5. Dialup connections cannot be used for both ____ (phone calls) and ____ at the same time.
Phone number
Cisco Certified Network Associate
Voice data
Medium

6. 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 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.
A person who uses a computer.
Full duplex
The devices - data - and data storage space provided by a computer - whether stand-alone or shared.

7. Mobile phones with digital ____ plans use cellular calls to connect to the Internet.
Delay time
Data
Peer-To-Peer Network.
The network service that allows printers to be shared by several users on a network.

8. Satellite networking requires direct ____ (dish placement is crucial).
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
Radio waves
Router
Line of sight

9. A ____ connects two network segments that have a different subnet address.
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.
Cellular
A computer that manages Web site services - such as supplying a Web page to multiple users on demand.
Router

10. Software Distribution
Network Interface Card
A computer that uses applications and data only from its local disks and that is not connected to a network.
The process of automatically transferring a data file or installing a software application from the server to a client on the network.
Telephone

11. CCIE

12. Remote User

13. Transmission Media
The means through which data are transmitted and received.
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.
Bridge
A person who uses a computer.

14. Wide Area Network (WAN)
Copper fiber optic
Telephone
MAC
A network that spans a long distance and connects two or more LANs.

15. Some satellite Internet access solutions are limited to ____ only. Another solution - such as dialup - is required to provide upload capabilities.
Transmitter
Dialup
Download
The property of a network that allows you to add nodes or increase its size easily.

16. What are the 2 forms of 'Transmission Media'?
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.
1. Physical (such as a wire or cable) 2. Wireless (such as radio waves)
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
IEEE

17. Internet Services
A server that manages the storage and transfer of e-mail messages.
Medium
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.
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.

18. Dialup connections are available anywhere a dialup ____ line exists.
A person who uses a computer.
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.
10
Telephone

19. Mail Services
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
NIC (network interface card)
Half-duplex
PSTN

20. Convergence
A network of computers and other devices that is confined to a relatively small space - such as one building or even one office.
The use of data networks to carry voice (or telephone) - video - and other communications services in addition to data.
The data transmission and processing activity taking place on a computer network at any given time.
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.

21. ____ networking uses radio signals sent and received from a satellite. Satellite networking:
Satellite
The functions of a file server that allow users to share data files - applications - and storage areas.
Hub
The network service that allows printers to be shared by several users on a network.

22. Remote Access Server / Access Server
100
A server that runs communications services that enable remote users to log on to a network.
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
Bridge

23. In an ____ network - a central device called a wireless access point controls communication between devices.
The main circuit board that controls a computer.
Weather
MAC
Infrastructure

24. 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.
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.
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.
Ethernet
Twisted pair

25. Client / Server Network
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.
TCP/IP
Switching
Networking TV

26. A cable ____ (router) connects the computer to the cable network for sending networking signals.
The means through which data are transmitted and received.
Modem
Delay time
IP address

27. Switches use the ____ address to send frames to the destination device.
Delay time
Switching
Switch
MAC

28. Network
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.
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.
Hub
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.

29. Security Auditing
The process of evaluating security measures currently in place on a network and notifying the network administrator if a security breach occurs.
The data transmission and processing activity taking place on a computer network at any given time.
10GBaseT
Subnet

30. Ethernet can use ____ and ____ cables.
Modem
MAC
Copper fiber optic
The use of data networks to carry voice (or telephone) - video - and other communications services in addition to data.

31. Internet
Voice data
Fiber optic
Bridge
A complex WAN that connects LANs and clients around the globe.

32. Phone lines are sometimes referred to as ____.
POTS (plain old telephone service)
Cell phone
The means through which data are transmitted and received.
Satellite dish

33. ____ cables use electrical signals.
Radio waves
Copper
A complex WAN that connects LANs and clients around the globe.
A computer that uses applications and data only from its local disks and that is not connected to a network.

34. 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
Networking TV
TCP/IP
Ethernet
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

35. WAN
Unsolicited - unwanted e-mail.
Fiber optic
Telephone
Wide Area Network

36. In an ____ network - two computers communicate directly with each other through their wireless network adapters.
A server that runs communications services that enable remote users to log on to a network.
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.
Ad hoc

37. Backing Up
xDSL
Hub
The process of copying critical data files to a secure storage area. Often - _____ are performed according to a formulaic schedule.
Cellular

38. Soft Skills
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.
A discrete unit of information sent from one node on a network to another.
Network adapter
A computer or other device connected to a network - which has a unique address and is capable of sending or receiving data.

39. Data transfer rates include 28.8 Kbps - 33.3 Kbps - and ____ Kbps.
56
The process of copying critical data files to a secure storage area. Often - _____ are performed according to a formulaic schedule.
Ad hoc
The property of a network that allows you to add nodes or increase its size easily.

40. Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)

41. Segment
Phone number
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.
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 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.

42. Traffic
The data transmission and processing activity taking place on a computer network at any given time.
Cellular
One of several types of specialized devices that allows two or more networks or multiple parts of one network to connect and exchange data.
'Network of Networks'

43. ____ networking uses a digital mobile phone for Internet access.
Cellular
A computer that manages Web site services - such as supplying a Web page to multiple users on demand.
Data
Transmitter

44. Management Services
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.
Medium
The network services that centrally administer and simplify complicated management tasks on the network.
Wide Area Network

45. Client / Server Architecture
TCP/IP
A network design in which client computers use a centrally administered server to share data - data storage space - and devices.
Network Operating System
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.

46. ____ cables use light pulses.
Fiber optic
Local Area Network
Voice data
A computer that uses applications and data only from its local disks and that is not connected to a network.

47. A ____ provides a central connection for multiple media segments on the same subnet.
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.
Switch
Wireless
The network service that allows printers to be shared by several users on a network.

48. Unified Communications
The centralized management of multiple types of network-based communications - such as voice - video - fax - and messaging services.
Satellite
Hub
Wireless

49. Satellite networking is subject to mild atmospheric and ____ conditions (fog or slight wind can disrupt service).
The main circuit board that controls a computer.
Hub
Weather
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.

50. Satellite networking uses a ____ with an antenna (dish) directed skywards to a satellite.
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 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
Transmitter
The centralized management of multiple types of network-based communications - such as voice - video - fax - and messaging services.