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IT: Networking Vocab

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A drawback of certification






2. Extent to which a signal has weakened after traveling a given distance






3. The oldest type of network design - this topology consists of multiple nodes attached to a central hub - switch - or router.






4. Progress of a wave over a time in a relationship






5. Network news transfer protocol






6. A network design consisting of a continuous path for data with no logical beginning or ending point - and thus no terminators.






7. Is a host-to-host protocol like TCP - however it does not include mechanisms for ensuring timely delivery






8. The organized research of the Internet addresses owned or controlled by a target organization.






9. Layer 3 Troubleshooting






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






11. American Standard Code for Information Interchange






12. Which address is split in to four 8-bit parts called octets?






13. Application layer protocol used to access information stored in a directory






14. Supplying electrical power through ethernet






15. Wide area network






16. Assigning a unique frequency band to each communication






17. RAS






18. Radio frequency interference. interference caused by radio.






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






20. Layer 1 Troubleshooting






21. A combination of techniques used to detect an intrusion and then to trace it back to its source






22. Collection of honey pots connecting several honey pot systems on a subnet






23. Equivalent to OSI Layer 4 Transport






24. Internet Layer






25. Process in which an NIDPS look for invalid data packets - packets that are malformed under the rules of the TCP/IP protocol






26. BIND






27. Routes packets through network






28. CDFS






29. An international organization of scientists - engineers - technicians - and educators that plays a leading role in developing standards for network cabling and data transmissions.






30. Max number of hops a packet can take b/w its source and destination using RIP on a LAN






31. QoS technique enables packet switches technologies to travel over traditionally circuit switched connections






32. Secure CoPy-utility that allows you to copy files securely from host to another






33. ADSL






34. Intelligently direct data between networks based on addressing - patterns of usage - and availability of network segments






35. Layer 2 Troubleshooting






36. A cable TV company - such as Comcast Broadband.






37. Data Link Layer






38. The information transfered between layers in the same OSI stack






39. Computers connected together within a limited geographical area






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.






41. Domain Name System






42. Signals composed ot pulses that can have a value of only 1 or 0






43. IPv6 addressing - multicast group






44. Process of adjusting IDPS to maximize efficiency in detecting true positives - while minimizing false positives and false negatives






45. UN agency that regulates international telecommunications and provides developing countries with technical expertise and equipment to advance their technological bases






46. A type of address translation in which a limited pool of internet-valid IP addresses is shared by multiple private network hosts.






47. Electromagnetic interference






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






49. The most widely-used protocol that manages notes posted on usenet newsgroups






50. Signals on bus that would travel endlessly between two nodes