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IT: Networking Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Signal that uses variable voltage to create continuous waves - resulting in an inexact transmission
Analog
NetBIOs
Internet Information Services
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
2. A fixed number associated with a device's NIC
Adjacent Layer Interaction
logical address
nbtstat
Demultiplexer
3. Application Layer
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 2
attenuation
WAN Connectivity
Telnet
4. The <html> - <head> and <body> tags are all examples of ________ tags
Structure
Frame
transceiver
Ethernet
5. A unit of data formatted for transmission over a network that contains control and other information that corresponds to the OSI Networklayer; also called Layer 3.
packet
RealVNC
protocol
star-bus hybrid topology
6. The fact that wireless signals follow a number of paths to their destination
port 80
Hyper text transfer protocol
Network Behavior Analysis
multipath
7. Bootstrap Protocol
PPP
intrusion prevention system (IPS)
Attenuation
BOOTP
8. Frequency modulation-frequency of signal is modified
Network
monitoring port (SPAN port)
EIA/TIA
FM
9. Layer 2 Troubleshooting
analog
communications services
BSS
Improperly configured switch
10. Data jack
Line Printer Daemon
broadband
NIC
rj-45
11. Twisted pair patch cable in which the termination locations of the transmit and receive wires on one end of the cable are reversed
Crossover Cable
pstn
SSID
network interface card (NIC)
12. A data communications technique that transmits a packet directly from the sending node - though a switch - and to the receiving node - without passing though other network nodes.
ARP
Frequency Division Multiplexing
demand priority
step-index multimode fiber-optic cable
13. Also called coax - a network cable medium that consists of a copper core - surrounded by insulation.
802.2
bus topology
coaxial cable
Session
14. PRI
Data Link
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
Primary Rate Interface
synchronous communications
15. A network owned and maintained by an organization -such as a campus network operated by a college.
Layer 2 Forwarding
driver
private network
Segment
16. A type of transmission in which there are several transmission channels on a communications medium - allowing more than one node to transmit at the same time.
Dynamic Host Configuration protocol (DHCP)
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
broadband
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP
17. Medium network 128-191
ARP
Data Link
Class B Network
Core
18. The cableing or radio waves used to connect one network computer to another - or one network to another - and transport data between them.
Class E Network
Attenuation
communications media
Class A
19. Signals travel both directions simultaneously
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Data Service Unit
SSL
duplex
20. ISM
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
electromagnetic interference (EMI)
Bus topology
Industrial - Scientific - and Medical
21. Process by which attacker changes the format and/or timing of their activities to avoid being detected by the IDPS
Domain Name
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 1
ISOC
evasion
22. Software that enables a computer to communicate with devices such as NICs - printers - monitors - and hard disk drives.
topology
driver
fixing cross talk
L2TP
23. Max size of data units on Ethernet networks
data packets
signal bounce
1550bytes
asynchronous comunications
24. SSH
To stop the Hamburgerler from stealing all of Ronnie McDonalds burgers
Thin Eterhnet/10 Base 2
Secure Shell
Secure File Transfer Protocol
25. The capacity to send and receive signals at the same time on the same medium.
full duplex
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
Unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable
To stop the Hamburgerler from stealing all of Ronnie McDonalds burgers
26. Metropolitan area network
packet
RFI
MAN
Internet Protocol
27. A network transport control method used in Ethernet networks. It regulates transmission by sensing the presence of packet collisions.
plain old telephone service (POTS)
Ferrule
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMACD)
Network Layer (Layer 3)
28. 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
checksum
multiple access
CSMA/CD
Presentation
29. Provides Internet access and/or other services such as email and Web hosting
bridge
FTP
ICMP
ISP (Internet service provider)
30. Communications for continuous burst of data controlled by a clock signal that starts each burst.
wide area network (WAN)
synchronous communications
MultiStation Access Unit
route
31. Rules determining the format and transmission of data
Universal serial bus
protocol
bridge
protocol stack verification
32. RJ 45
Electrical Signaling
Domain Name System (DNS)
Fast Ethernet (characteristics)
twisted pair connector
33. Is used to allow searching and updating of a directory service
Binary
Light Weight Directory access protocol (LDAP
RTT
OSI
34. Value placed upon an IDPS's ability to detect/identify certain attacks correctly
Radio Frequency Interference
Punch-Down Block
back door
confidence value
35. Serves as a translator; manages data encryption
fiber optic cable
CSMA/CA
Telnet
presentation layer
36. The way nodes responds to a collision
topology
collision detection
port 53
Crossover Cable
37. IDPS that reviews log files from servers - network devices - and other IDPSs for signatures indicating an attack or intrusion
HTTP
Session layer
MAC address
log file monitor (LFM) IDPS
38. Cross talk that occurs between wire pairs near the source of a signal
Near End Cross Talk
star-ring hybrid topology
OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model
fading
39. Signals traveling on one wire infringes on the signal traveling over an adjacent wire
amplitude
cross talk
10Gbase-t
network access method
40. Application that will allow you to configure the workstation to tally these errors and send you and email message every time a problem occured
Ferrule
Simple Network Management Protocol
event viewer
station
41. Traces path from one network node to another - identifying all intermediate hops b/w two nodes
tracert
digital dis
Secure File Transfer Protocol
Category 5
42. Logical link control
LLC
switch
Data Link
OSI Layer 6
43. Basic error correction and detection
Ethernet (characteristics)
Transport Layer (Layer 4)
WDM
Data Link
44. Ensures that messages being transmitted on the internet are private and tamper proof
supernet
partially distributed control strategy
goodput
Transport Layer Security (TSL)
45. IDPS that compares sampled network activity to established baseline
Media Converter
Coaxial Cable
Internet Control Message Protocol
statistical anomaly-based (stat - behavior-based) IDPS
46. 192-223
network class C
MAC sublayer
Transport Layer (Layer 4)
Multiplexing
47. Layer 6
Correct default gateway
star-wired ring topology
alarm filtering
Presentation
48. 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 stop. Aborbing the signals ensures they are not reflected back onto the cable after they reach the end-t
driver signing
MS-CHAP
terminator
tracert
49. The wave splits into secondary waves
hostname
diffraction
OSI model
multiprotocol label switching
50. Communications cable that consists of one or more glass 0r plastic fiber cores inside a protective cladding material - covered by a plastic PVC outer jacket. Signal transmission along the inside fibers typically uses infrared light.
Baseband
routing
fiber-optic cables
Media Dependent Interface Crossover