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Computer Engineering Networking
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Instructions:
Answer 44 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Local Area Network
Hub
server
LAN
Bandwidth
2. An intelligent connecting device that examines each packet of data it receives and then decides which way to send it onward toward its destination.
server
latency
Router
Workgroup
3. A TCP/IP network that uses addresses starting between 192 and 254 and supports up to 2 -097 -152 subnets with 254 unique hosts each.
NI Card
Class C network
terminal
Straight Cable
4. A domain is a trusted group of computers that share security - access control - and have data passed down from a centralized domain controller server or servers.
binary
Switch
Domain
user
5. A TCP/IP network that uses addresses starting between 1 and 126 and supports up to 126 subnets with 16 -777 -214 unique hosts each.
Class A network
DARPA
binary
Class B network
6. IPv6 An extended scheme of IP addresses - using 128- bit IP addresses - that allows for more IP addresses than current system - IPv4 - which uses 32- bit IP addresses.
IPv6
IPv4
FTP
RJ45
7. A peer- to- peer network. That is - each computer is sustainable on its own. Each PC has its own user list - its own access control - and its own resources. In order for a user to access resources on another workgroup computer - that user must be set
firewall
Switch
FTP
Workgroup
8. A protocol for communication between individual computers and the Internet.
TCP/IP
LAN
firewall
latency
9. Unshielded Twisted Pair does not have a grounded outer copper shield. UTP cables are easier to work with and are less expensive than shielded cables. Example: RJ-45.
UTP
throughput
WAN
Domain
10. Model for understanding and developing computer- to- computer communication developed in the 80s by ISO; divides networking functions among 7 layers.
PAN
OSI model.
Switch
IPv6
11. A TCP/IP network that uses addresses starting between 128 and 191 and supports up to 16 -384 subnets with 65 -534 unique hosts each.
Class B network
LAN
client
Loopback Address
12. An expansion card used for networking.
thinnet
SMTP
NI Card
topology
13. A physical and data layer technology for LAN networking
Straight Cable
ethernet
throughput
Bridge
14. Subdivisions of a Class A - B - or C network - as configured by a network administrator. Subnets allow a single Class A - B - or C network to be used instead of multiple networks - and still allow for a large number of groups of IP addresses - as is
Subnet
POP
thinnet
HTTP
15. A term used to describe a short - connectorized cable that can serve several different purposes in different contexts - such as linking together two MAUs or connecting a network device - such as switch - to a patch panel
Patch Cable
TCP/IP
Class B network
firewall
16. Category 5e wire - a TIA/EIA standard for UTP wiring with improved support for 100 Mbps using two pairs - and support for 1000 Mbps using four pairs.
TCP/IP
Subnet Mask.
Cat 5e
binary
17. A device for transmitting data on a network. A switch makes decisions - based on the Media Access Control (MAC) address of the data - as to where the data is to be sent.
FTP
Switch
thinnet
server
18. Hardware and/or software that guards a private network by analyzing the information leaving and entering the network
firewall
LAN
server
FTP
19. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - developed ARPAnet in 1969
SMTP
Loopback Address
Switch
DARPA
20. A junction where information arrives from connected computers or peripheral devices and is then forwarded in one or more directions to other.
LAN
Hub
Class A network
UTP
21. File Transfer Protocol
FTP
Patch Cable
thicknet
thinnet
22. 32 bit number - four octets - contains network and host info
IPv4
Class A network
Crossover Cable
FTP
23. In IPv4 addressing - a 32- bit number that - when combined with a device's IP address - indicates what kind of subnet the device belongs to.
thinnet
Crossover Cable
Subnet Mask.
firewall
24. Copper cable with RJ-45 connectors in which the wire at pin 1 on one end is connected to pin 1 on the other end; the wire at pin 2 is connected to pin 2 on the other end; and so on.
Hub
Subnet
UTP
Straight Cable
25. The physical layout of a computer network
latency
topology
NI Card
HTTP
26. Also called 10Base2. Bus network that uses a thin coax cable and runs Ethernet media access up to 185 meters.
terminal
throughput
NI Card
thinnet
27. The delay between asking for data from an I/O device and the beginning of data transfer.
latency
binary
RJ45
Hub
28. Bandwidth describes the amount of data which can be transmitted via a network connection - usually measured in bits per second.
topology
RJ45
Bandwidth
Bridge
29. Twisted pair patch cable in which the termination locations of the transmit and receive wires on one end of the cable are reversed
latency
Class B network
Subnet
Crossover Cable
30. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SMTP
user
server
Cat 5e
31. The amount of information that can pass through a system in a given amount of time
terminal
LAN
throughput
latency
32. An IP address reserved for communicating from a node to itself (used mostly for troubleshooting purposes). The IPv4 loopback address is always cited as 127.0.0.1 - although in fact - transmitting to any IP address whose first octet is 127 will contac
Bandwidth
Switch
Loopback Address
firewall
33. A device or system which can receive information from and send information to a computer system
Switch
firewall
terminal
RJ45
34. Ethernet connector
Crossover Cable
latency
RJ45
Class A network
35. Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
binary
HTTP
Domain
RJ45
36. Personal area network
Class B network
client
PAN
Subnet Mask.
37. Also called 10Base5. Bus network that uses a thick coaxial cable and runs Ethernet up to 500 meters.
Cat 5e
thicknet
Bridge
PAN
38. A computer that uses the services of another program
server
client
Straight Cable
Switch
39. A computer that handles requests for data - e- mail - file transfers - and other network services from other computers (clients)
Workgroup
Subnet Mask.
RJ45
server
40. Taking a system and using it as a distribution system for other systems.
Bridge
Loopback Address
NI Card
Bandwidth
41. Temporarily stores new messages on an e- mail server.
Class A network
topology
POP
IPv4
42. Wide Area Network
binary
NI Card
WAN
RJ45
43. Person working on the computer
HTTP
user
SMTP
Class C network
44. Base-2 number system that is used as the base for computer code.
latency
binary
Class B network
Straight Cable