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IT: Networking Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Routes packets through network
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Frequency Division Multiplexing
Network
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
2. Developed by ISO and ANSI - a model that providees a framework for networked hardware and software communication based on seven layers.
Open System Interconnection (OSI) referance model
NetWare Directory Services
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
Ferrule
3. Where demarc is located if an organization follows structured cabling standards
entrance facilities
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
API (application program interface)
FTP
4. Set of protocols that specify how wireless networks works. Most common are currently B and G. N is an emerging standard.
SMF
802.11
PSTN
Repeater
5. Anything - hardware or software - that monitors transmission of packets of digital information that attempt to pass the perimeter of a network
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
Backbone
firewall
TDMA
6. Unique identifying number for a network node; follows a hierarchical addressing scheme; can be assigned through OS software; added to data packets and interpreted by protocols at the Network layer
API (application program interface)
network address
multiplexing
Network
7. On a cable-TV WAN - a central receiving point for signals from various sources - including satellite - major cable sources - and local tevevision sources.
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
footprinting
EIA/TIA
headened
8. A type of cable used in network wiring and is usually shielded - which means that it is more immune to interference then unshielded cables
electromagnetic interference (EMI)
Coaxial Cable
terminator
RFI
9. The physical layout of cable and wireless network devices and the logical path followed by network frames or packets sent on the cable or by wireless transmissions.
RTS/CTS
star topology
session layer
Topology
10. Transport Layer
Network
driver
Port Numbers
Application Layer
11. Traces path from one network node to another - identifying all intermediate hops b/w two nodes
Session layer
tracert
802.11g
Transport
12. Short tube within a fiber-optic cable connector that encircles the fiber strand and keeps in properly aligned
Ferrule
802.11n
SIP
ppptp
13. Software that is stored on a chip in a device - such as in a ROM - and that typically composes some type of system software
wavelength
firmware
Segment
application protocol verification
14. Connects networks larger than a LAN - but smaller than a WAN
whois
MAN
analog
Open System Interconnection (OSI) referance model
15. Professional organization with 90 chapters around the world that helps to establish technical standards for the internet
datagram
ISOC (Internet Society)
cabeloco
MMF
16. Frame
Impedance
application protocol verification
TCP/IP Network Access Layer Encapsulation
connection
17. Name Of Layer 5
Session
OSI model
Frames
analog adv
18. Device that can detect intrusion and launch an active response
cable plant
Nonbroadcast Point-to-Multipoint Transmission
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Transport & Internet
intrusion prevention system (IPS)
19. Which layer is responsible for putting data into frames as well as providing error checking data?
grade-index multimode fiber-optic cable
Application
Packet
Data Link Layer
20. Signals on bus that would travel endlessly between two nodes
TCP/IP protocol failure
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP
Repeaters
signal bounce
21. ICS
cat 5
Ring topology
Network Layer
Internet Connection Sharing
22. Field in a frame responsible for ensuring that data carried by the frame arrives intact. Uses an algorithm - such as CRC - to accomplish verification
link establishment phase
UDP
FCS (frame check sequence)
bus topology
23. Connects multiple LANs
Dynamic Host Configuration protocol (DHCP)
demilitarized zone
WAN
Internet Connection Sharing
24. Layer 2 Troubleshooting
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
Incorrect device drivers
802.11a
TIA (Telecommications Industry Association)
25. Cross talk with 2+ wires
Backbone
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
RealVNC
alien cross talk
26. Hubs and switches work here
packet
DSSS
Data Link
fiber-optic cables
27. Also called the star-wired bus topology - a network design that combines the logial comunications of a bus with the physical layout of a star.
star-bus hybrid topology
DSL
flow control
port 443
28. IEEE standard for error and flow control in data frames
802.2
modem
DNAT (Dynamic Network Address Translation)
broadcast storm
29. Uses multiple frequencies to transmit signal
duplex
Electrical Signaling
EIA
spread-spectrum
30. Doesn't use frame headers - uses cells
Data Link
Physical Layer
fault tolerance
ATM
31. Communications arrangement in which a single transmitter issues signals to multiple - defined recipients
Nonbroadcast Point-to-Multipoint Transmission
tunneling
Peer-to-peer network
token ring
32. Process of breaking large packets into smaller packets.
collision detection
fragmentation
Network Information Service
802.11
33. Progress of a wave over a time in a relationship
internetwork
phase
SNMP
Baseband
34. Rules determining the format and transmission of data
Telnet
ADSL
kereberos
protocol
35. Error detection and correction
POP (Post Office Protocol)
Transport
encryption
Transport Layer (Layer 4)
36. Address Resolution Protocol
Main Distribution Frame
ARP
POP (Post Office Protocol)
serial
37. A drawback of certification
socket
IGMP
certification value may be lessened due to the number of people obtaining them
ICS (Internet Connection Sharing)
38. Telnet
network class C
Port 23
Device power unplugged
media access control (MAC)
39. Open System Interconnection
monitoring port (SPAN port)
OSI
isdn
ASCII
40. A generic term referring to any set of protocols and standards collected into a comprehensive grouping that - when followed by the devices in a network - allows all the devices to communicate. Examples include TCP/IP and OSI.
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
Data Link
Networking Model
Fault tolerance
41. SONET
LLC
RS 232
Synchronous Optical Network
Gigabit Ethernet
42. CDFS
UDP
Faulty network cable
CD-ROM File System
LLC
43. Allows you and eight coworkers to share a single internet routable IP address
ESS
pstn
Internet
DNAT
44. Two communication systems establish 2-way communication prior to the exchange of data
RS 232
connection
router
POP (Post Office Protocol)
45. Manages IP address allocation and the domain name system
twisted-pair cable
noise
FDDI
IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority)
46. 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.
protocol
Application
128 - 64 - 32 - 16 - 8 - 4 - 2 - 1
LAN
47. A logical grouping of information that includes the network layer header and encapsulated data - but specifically does not include any headers and trailers below the network layer.
Packet
amplitude
MPLS
socket
48. Protocol used to transfer mail between a send mail server and microsoft exchange server
fading
star topology
POP3
NAT (Network Address Translation)
49. L2F
Noise
1000base-t
Layer 2 Forwarding
intranet
50. Which layer in the OSI network model is responsible for providing a set of interfaces for applications to obtain access to networked services?
Application Layer
twisted-pair cable
Node
Application