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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. A drawback of certification
Network layer
flow control
route
certification value may be lessened due to the number of people obtaining them
2. Extent to which a signal has weakened after traveling a given distance
Networking Model
pstn
Attenuation
spread-spectrum
3. The oldest type of network design - this topology consists of multiple nodes attached to a central hub - switch - or router.
Braiding
Physical
Backup Domain Controller
Star topology
4. Progress of a wave over a time in a relationship
Open System Interconnection (OSI) referance model
full duplex
phase
MultiMode Fiber
5. Network news transfer protocol
NNTP
Noise
Packet
Client
6. A network design consisting of a continuous path for data with no logical beginning or ending point - and thus no terminators.
Classful Addressing
network class B
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
Ring topology
7. Is a host-to-host protocol like TCP - however it does not include mechanisms for ensuring timely delivery
Demarcation Point
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
rj-11
header
8. The organized research of the Internet addresses owned or controlled by a target organization.
FTP
DHCP
footprinting
overhead
9. Layer 3 Troubleshooting
Multiplexing
ASCII
LDAP
Correct default gateway
10. A TCP/IP troubleshooting utility that provides information about NetBIOs names and their addresses. If you know the NetBIOs name of a workstation - you can use nbtstat to determine its IP address
nbtstat
voltage
Post Office Protocol
Cladding
11. American Standard Code for Information Interchange
signature-based (knowledge-based - misuse-detection) IDPS
throughput
radiation pattern
ASCII
12. Which address is split in to four 8-bit parts called octets?
Remote Desktop Protocol
network
Internet Connection Sharing
IP Address
13. Application layer protocol used to access information stored in a directory
MAC (Media Access Control) sublayer
LDAP
SSID
Presentation
14. Supplying electrical power through ethernet
site policy awareness
Dynamic Host Configuration protocol (DHCP)
power over ethernet
Data Link
15. Wide area network
topology
Application
WAN
management services
16. Assigning a unique frequency band to each communication
FDM
GBIC
Data Link layer
Domain Name Service
17. RAS
Remote Access Service
IETE
TIA
collision
18. Radio frequency interference. interference caused by radio.
ISOC (Internet Society)
RFI
NetWare Core Protocol
Physical
19. On a network using the MIcrosoft Internet Connections Sharing service - the computer whose Internet connection other computers share. The ICS host must contain two network interfaces: one that connects to the Internet and one that connects to the LAN
ICS host
OSI Layer 1
ring topology
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 4
20. Layer 1 Troubleshooting
TCP/IP Internet Layer Encapsulation
transport layer
star-wired ring topology
Device power unplugged
21. A combination of techniques used to detect an intrusion and then to trace it back to its source
Computer network
trap and trace
router
device address
22. Collection of honey pots connecting several honey pot systems on a subnet
stateless firewall
Straight tip connector
honey net
Light Weight Directory access protocol (LDAP
23. Equivalent to OSI Layer 4 Transport
noise
supernet
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Transport
Broadcast
24. Internet Layer
Default Gateway
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 2
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
Subnetmask
25. Process in which an NIDPS look for invalid data packets - packets that are malformed under the rules of the TCP/IP protocol
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
protocol stack verification
Kerberos
enticement
26. BIND
OSI Layer 2
Berkeley Internet Name Domain
Fault tolerance
Management Information Base
27. Routes packets through network
Static IP Addressing
Network Behavior Analysis
Network
Virtual private network (VPN)
28. CDFS
true attack stimulus
CD-ROM File System
IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority)
encapsulate
29. An international organization of scientists - engineers - technicians - and educators that plays a leading role in developing standards for network cabling and data transmissions.
DSL
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
intrusion prevention system (IPS)
passive topology
30. Max number of hops a packet can take b/w its source and destination using RIP on a LAN
Crossover Cable
15 hops
intrusion prevention
Synchronous Optical Network
31. QoS technique enables packet switches technologies to travel over traditionally circuit switched connections
MPLS
broadband
LAN
TCP/IP protocol failure
32. Secure CoPy-utility that allows you to copy files securely from host to another
SCP
Thin Eterhnet/10 Base 2
Category 3
rollover cable
33. ADSL
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
multiple access
Noise
Internet Relay Chat
34. Intelligently direct data between networks based on addressing - patterns of usage - and availability of network segments
modifying the file-sharing controls
workstation
the more twist
route
35. Layer 2 Troubleshooting
AM
Improperly configured switch
802.5
power over ethernet
36. A cable TV company - such as Comcast Broadband.
cabeloco
NetWare Directory Services
SNMP
metropolitan area network (MAN)
37. Data Link Layer
Class A
OSI Layer 2
back hack
TDM
38. The information transfered between layers in the same OSI stack
LLC
protocol data unit (PDU)
Multiplexer
Data Link layer
39. Computers connected together within a limited geographical area
LAN
Channel
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
point to multipoint
40. A poplar alternative to FTP is NFS software offered by Sun Microsystems - which uses Sun's remotr procedure call specification via TCP port 111.
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
Transport Layer
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Application
Network File System (NFS)
41. Domain Name System
DNS
Secure Shell (SSH)
fading
API (application program interface)
42. Signals composed ot pulses that can have a value of only 1 or 0
Digital
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
ethernet
Routing
43. IPv6 addressing - multicast group
FF02
Correct default gateway
BOOTP
ports
44. Process of adjusting IDPS to maximize efficiency in detecting true positives - while minimizing false positives and false negatives
Fault tolerance
tuning
SMF
PSTN
45. UN agency that regulates international telecommunications and provides developing countries with technical expertise and equipment to advance their technological bases
driver signing
nbtstat
horizontal cabling
ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
46. A type of address translation in which a limited pool of internet-valid IP addresses is shared by multiple private network hosts.
DNAT (Dynamic Network Address Translation)
virture privat network (VPN)
Application layer
intrusion detection
47. Electromagnetic interference
host
noise
EMI
fractionalizing
48. Ensures reliablity of packet transmissions from node to node - Ensures that data is sent and received in the same order - Provides acknowledgement when a packet is received - Monitors for packet transmission errors and resends bad packets - Breaks la
server
Transport Layer (Layer 4)
simplex
nbtstat
49. The most widely-used protocol that manages notes posted on usenet newsgroups
Alien Cross Talk
Light Weight Directory access protocol (LDAP
Amplifier
Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP)
50. Signals on bus that would travel endlessly between two nodes
crossover cable
signal bounce
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
Optical Loss