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Computer Engineering Networking
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Subject
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engineering
Instructions:
Answer 44 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A computer that handles requests for data - e- mail - file transfers - and other network services from other computers (clients)
PAN
binary
server
Workgroup
2. Personal area network
PAN
terminal
IPv4
thinnet
3. Wide Area Network
Bandwidth
WAN
Class C network
thinnet
4. 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.
UTP
FTP
Subnet Mask.
Cat 5e
5. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Patch Cable
Bridge
SMTP
Straight Cable
6. Local Area Network
Switch
FTP
latency
LAN
7. 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.
DARPA
Switch
Loopback Address
Hub
8. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - developed ARPAnet in 1969
DARPA
Workgroup
RJ45
firewall
9. A protocol for communication between individual computers and the Internet.
TCP/IP
firewall
ethernet
SMTP
10. 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.
Domain
Class A network
terminal
server
11. Base-2 number system that is used as the base for computer code.
latency
thinnet
binary
Cat 5e
12. Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
WAN
HTTP
Workgroup
topology
13. 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.
TCP/IP
Workgroup
LAN
Class B network
14. 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
HTTP
Class B network
Patch Cable
Workgroup
15. Temporarily stores new messages on an e- mail server.
Bridge
Hub
POP
FTP
16. The delay between asking for data from an I/O device and the beginning of data transfer.
latency
binary
IPv6
Class A network
17. The physical layout of a computer network
LAN
Class A network
topology
NI Card
18. 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.
NI Card
LAN
Straight Cable
binary
19. Ethernet connector
WAN
RJ45
Subnet Mask.
throughput
20. 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.
Domain
latency
SMTP
LAN
21. Taking a system and using it as a distribution system for other systems.
Bridge
LAN
FTP
Domain
22. Bandwidth describes the amount of data which can be transmitted via a network connection - usually measured in bits per second.
Switch
Cat 5e
Bandwidth
IPv4
23. 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
OSI model.
Subnet
DARPA
IPv4
24. An expansion card used for networking.
NI Card
LAN
latency
Patch Cable
25. 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.
server
firewall
SMTP
Subnet Mask.
26. 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.
user
Subnet Mask.
Bandwidth
UTP
27. Also called 10Base2. Bus network that uses a thin coax cable and runs Ethernet media access up to 185 meters.
Switch
PAN
OSI model.
thinnet
28. Model for understanding and developing computer- to- computer communication developed in the 80s by ISO; divides networking functions among 7 layers.
Router
OSI model.
NI Card
IPv6
29. A physical and data layer technology for LAN networking
binary
ethernet
PAN
POP
30. 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.
Cat 5e
thicknet
Class C network
NI Card
31. Also called 10Base5. Bus network that uses a thick coaxial cable and runs Ethernet up to 500 meters.
Patch Cable
thicknet
Class B network
Hub
32. A junction where information arrives from connected computers or peripheral devices and is then forwarded in one or more directions to other.
binary
FTP
Hub
Class C network
33. 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.
Patch Cable
Subnet
IPv6
Router
34. Person working on the computer
Crossover Cable
user
UTP
FTP
35. Twisted pair patch cable in which the termination locations of the transmit and receive wires on one end of the cable are reversed
Class C network
RJ45
Switch
Crossover Cable
36. File Transfer Protocol
FTP
SMTP
client
LAN
37. 32 bit number - four octets - contains network and host info
throughput
Bandwidth
IPv4
DARPA
38. An intelligent connecting device that examines each packet of data it receives and then decides which way to send it onward toward its destination.
Switch
WAN
Router
Domain
39. 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
throughput
Loopback Address
UTP
IPv4
40. The amount of information that can pass through a system in a given amount of time
throughput
Hub
Subnet Mask.
terminal
41. A device or system which can receive information from and send information to a computer system
HTTP
Patch Cable
RJ45
terminal
42. Hardware and/or software that guards a private network by analyzing the information leaving and entering the network
HTTP
client
thicknet
firewall
43. 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
Switch
Patch Cable
client
throughput
44. A computer that uses the services of another program
TCP/IP
Class B network
thinnet
client