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IT: Networking Vocab

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Method of error checking that determines if the contents of an arriving data unit match the contents of the data unit sent by the source






2. Cause by EMI/RFI - and other packets - interference on the signal






3. Manually specify on each workstation so that their users can pick up their internet email from the linux email server






4. A digital communication service that uses the same network infrastructure as PSTN - but is expensive






5. An established guidline that specifies how networked data is formatted into packet or frame - how it is transmitted - and how it is interpreted at the receiving end.






6. FM






7. Physical and Data Link layers






8. A type of interference that occurs when two LAN cables run close to each other. If one cable is carrying a signal and the other isn't - the one carrying a signal will induce a 'ghost' signal in the other cable






9. Telecommunications industry association






10. A resistor that is connected to the end of a segment on a bus network - so that data-carrying signals are absorbed at the point where the segment stops. Absorbing the signals ensures they are not reflected back onto the cable after they reach the end






11. Time division multiplexing






12. Is used to enable IP address to be assigned automatically by a DHCP server on a network.






13. Ethernet cable - high resistance to noise - networks are RG 6






14. Point of division between a telecommunications service carrier's network and a building's internal network






15. Tracks running and graphing data from any workstations. should ensure that new routers and switches can support it in order to easily automate network management






16. Binary values for each bit position






17. Packet a node sends to acknowledge that it received a SYN request for connection; 2nd of three-step connection process






18. Lower sublayer of the Data Link layer; appends the physical address of the destination computer onto the fram






19. Transport Layer






20. This layer in the OSI transforms bits into electromagnetic signals.






21. Minimum cabling standard for PoE






22. Representatives from electronics manufacturers across the US that sets standards for electronic equipment and lobbies for legislation favorable to the growth of the computer and electronics industries






23. Set of routines that make up part of a software application






24. Restructuring data units that have been segmented






25. 6th layer; protocols translate between Application and Network layers; data are formatted so that the network can understand - with the format varying according to the type of network; manages data encryption and decryption - such as scrambling of sy






26. Only two wire pairs are reversed






27. Modulation technique in which the amplitude of the carrier signal is modified by the application of a data signal






28. Measure of the difference between the highest and lowest frequencies that a medium can transmit






29. Manages end-to-end delivery of data






30. Signals travel in one direction






31. Layer 4






32. Frequency hoping spread spectrum: a signal jumps between several different frequencies






33. Simple Network Management Protocol






34. SMF






35. Communications arrangement in which a single transmitter issues signals to multiple - defined recipients






36. This phase determines how often systems should send each other quality statistics.






37. End-user device - such as a workstation - terminal - or console






38. Type of interference that may be caused by motors - power lines - televisions - copiers - etc






39. Network File System






40. HDLC






41. Internet Layer






42. Maximum arc into which you can loop a cable before you will cause data transmission errors






43. POP3 - post office protocol 3






44. Public switched telephone network






45. Not-for-profit agency that manages distribution of IP addresses; ARIN for Americas and Sub-Saharan Africa - APNIC for Asia-Pacific - RIPE for Europe and North Africa






46. Method of gauging the appropriate rate of data transmission based on how fast he recipient can accept data






47. Backbone: A high-capacity communications medium that joins networks on the same floor in a building - on different floors - and across long distances.






48. TFTP is a TCP/IP file transfer protocol that is designed for task such as the transfer of data to enable a diskless workstation to boot using files trasmitted from a server






49. Internet society






50. A service used via the Application layer to recognize and access other layers