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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. Topology
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The physical layout of computers on a 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.
Network Interface Card

2. Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA)
A complex WAN that connects LANs and clients around the globe.
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.
POTS (plain old telephone service)
The network service that allows printers to be shared by several users on a network.

3. Satellite networking may have a long ____ (latency) between requests and downloads.
Twisted pair
Delay time
The process of retrieving files from a backup.
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.

4. When you configure a dialup connection - you identify the ____ of a computer on the other end.
Phone number
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.
A network of computers and other devices that is confined to a relatively small space - such as one building or even one office.
Cellular adapter

5. Backbone

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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.
Full duplex
Fiber optic
Delay time
A server that runs communications services that enable remote users to log on to a network.

7. Motherboard
A computer or other device connected to a network - which has a unique address and is capable of sending or receiving data.
Switches routers
'Network of Networks'
The main circuit board that controls a computer.

8. WAN
The network service that allows printers to be shared by several users on a network.
A person working on a computer on a different network or in a different geographical location from the LAN's server.
Wide Area Network
A way of exchanging data between computers that are not connected on a network.

9. ____ operates at 1000 Mbps (1 Gbps) over fiber optic cables.
PSTN
1000BaseSX
Dialup
Peer-To-Peer Network.

10. CCNA
Router
A network that spans a long distance and connects two or more LANs.
One of several types of specialized devices that allows two or more networks or multiple parts of one network to connect and exchange data.
Cisco Certified Network Associate

11. A cable ____ (router) connects the computer to the cable network for sending networking signals.
The network services that centrally administer and simplify complicated management tasks on the network.
PSTN
The use of data networks to carry voice (or telephone) - video - and other communications services in addition to data.
Modem

12. CompTIA
Computing Technology Industry Association
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 determining how much data transfer activity is taking place on a network or network segment and notifying administrators when a segment becomes overloaded.
The means through which data are transmitted and received.

13. File Server
Hub
The process of automatically transferring a data file or installing a software application from the server to a client on the network.
Network adapter
A specialized server that enables clients to share applications and data across the network.

14. Mail 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.
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
A computer or other device connected to a network - which has a unique address and is capable of sending or receiving data.
Network Interface Card

15. Resources
1. UNIX 2. Linux 3. Microsoft Winders Server 2008 R2
Unsolicited - unwanted e-mail.
The devices - data - and data storage space provided by a computer - whether stand-alone or shared.
Subnet

16. Some satellite Internet access solutions are limited to ____ only. Another solution - such as dialup - is required to provide upload capabilities.
Download
The process of copying critical data files to a secure storage area. Often - _____ are performed according to a formulaic schedule.
Network Operating System
The physical layout of computers on a network.

17. ____ provides broadband digital data transmission over existing telephone lines.
DSL (Digital Subscriber Line)
1. Physical (such as a wire or cable) 2. Wireless (such as radio waves)
Switches routers
10 10

18. DSL divides the telephone line into multiple ____. One for analog voice - while the remainingones are used for digital data.
POTS (plain old telephone service)
Channels
A computer or other device connected to a network - which has a unique address and is capable of sending or receiving data.
The network services that centrally administer and simplify complicated management tasks on the network.

19. Ethernet can use ____ and ____ cables.
V.35
Computing Technology Industry Association
Fiber optic
Copper fiber optic

20. The ____ receives a signal on one port - and forwards that signal only to the port where the destination device is connected.
Hub
Access Server
The network service that allows printers to be shared by several users on a network.
Switch

21. Routers maintain a list of known networks and the next ____ in the path to reach the destination network.
10
Router
Full duplex
One of several types of specialized devices that allows two or more networks or multiple parts of one network to connect and exchange data.

22. Sneakernet
The process of retrieving files from a backup.
A computer or other device connected to a network - which has a unique address and is capable of sending or receiving data.
Peer-To-Peer Network.
A way of exchanging data between computers that are not connected on a network.

23. What's another name for Network Interface Card (NIC)?
Cisco Certified Network Associate
Twisted pair
Network adapter
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.

24. Routers use the ____ within a packet to move packets between networks.
A server that runs communications services that enable remote users to log on to a network.
Network Interface Card
Satellite
IP address

25. Hubs operate in ____ mode because the path between devices is shared - meaning that devices can only send when no other devices are sending data.
Radio waves
1. Physical (such as a wire or cable) 2. Wireless (such as radio waves)
Half-duplex
POTS (plain old telephone service)

26. Scalable
Fiber optic
The property of a network that allows you to add nodes or increase its size easily.
Voice data
Hub

27. Print Services
One of several types of specialized devices that allows two or more networks or multiple parts of one network to connect and exchange data.
100
A discrete unit of information sent from one node on a network to another.
The network service that allows printers to be shared by several users on a network.

28. In an ____ network - two computers communicate directly with each other through their wireless network adapters.
Line of sight
Local Area 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
Ad hoc

29. In an ____ network - a central device called a wireless access point controls communication between devices.
A computer that manages Web site services - such as supplying a Web page to multiple users on demand.
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
MAC

30. DSL is not available to every location; the end location must be within a fixed distance of telephone ____ equipment.
Cisco Certified Network Associate
Satellite
Switching
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.

31. Traffic
Modem (modulator/de-modulator)
The main circuit board that controls a computer.
'Network of Networks'
The data transmission and processing activity taking place on a computer network at any given time.

32. Traffic Monitoring
Voice data
Line of sight
Network Interface Card
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.

33. 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.
Cell phone
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.
Bridge
V.35

34. Security Auditing
'Network of Networks'
Transmitter
Switches routers
The process of evaluating security measures currently in place on a network and notifying the network administrator if a security breach occurs.

35. Satellite networking is subject to mild atmospheric and ____ conditions (fog or slight wind can disrupt service).
The use of data networks to carry voice (or telephone) - video - and other communications services in addition to data.
Weather
Modem
Delay time

36. LAN
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
A number that uniquely identifies each workstation and device on a network. Without unique ' ? ' - computers on the network could not reliably communicate.
Local Area Network
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.

37. ____ cables use electrical signals.
Cable
Copper
Transmitter
Switches routers

38. Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)
Infrastructure
Radio waves
A professional certification established by Microsoft that demonstrates in-depth knowledge about Microsoft products.
A server that manages the storage and transfer of e-mail messages.

39. Satellite networking can be a portable solution for cars or trucks with an attached ____.
Satellite dish
Fiber optic
MAC
Delay time

40. A router has multiple network connections - with each connection being on a different ____.
Subnet
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.
Networking TV

41. CCIE

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42. The networking ____ provides the path for signals to pass between two devices.
The centralized management of multiple types of network-based communications - such as voice - video - fax - and messaging services.
A server that manages the storage and transfer of e-mail messages.
Medium
Half-duplex

43. 10BaseT operates at ____ Mbps over twisted pair cables.
Router
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
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

44. Satellite networking uses a ____ with an antenna (dish) directed skywards to a satellite.
1000BaseSX
PSTN
Transmitter
Switches routers

45. Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)

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46. 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.
Cable
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
Telephone
Dialup

47. NIC
Network Interface Card
The network services that centrally administer and simplify complicated management tasks on the network.
Router
1000BaseSX

48. Cellular networking is a truly mobile solution; you can often be ____ and still have Internet access without manually having to reconnect.
Moving
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
The use of data networks to carry voice (or telephone) - video - and other communications services in addition to data.
Medium

49. There are many DSL standards (such as ADSL - SDSL - and HDSL) - collectively referred to as ____.
Router
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.
xDSL
The process of automatically transferring a data file or installing a software application from the server to a client on the network.

50. Satellite networking provides nearly ____% global coverage.
A way of exchanging data between computers that are not connected on a network.
Data
100
A professional certification established by Microsoft that demonstrates in-depth knowledge about Microsoft products.