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IT: Networking Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Zeroconf
broadband
phase
Zero Configuration
butt set
2. Loop back address for IPv6
Transport Layer Security (TSL)
::1
Network Time Protocol (NTP)
serial
3. Secure Shell
protocol
attenuation
fiber-optic cables
SSH
4. Open source program that allows you too remotely take over another workstation and walk through support process
Data Link
RealVNC
Shielded Twised Pair
NetBIOs
5. The device inside a computer that connect a computer to the network media
NIC
grade-index multimode fiber-optic cable
Domain Name System (DNS)
Near End Cross Talk
6. Defines the physical characteristics of the network
Physical
Dynamic Host Configuration protocol (DHCP)
udp
CSMACD
7. Reverse address resolution protocol
ppptp
Serial
RARP
ISO
8. HTTP/web/internet - change this port to make it more difficult for someone to connect to your web server
RARP
255.255.0.0
Regeneration
port 80
9. Signals on bus that would travel endlessly between two nodes
star topology
Kroner
signal bounce
FM
10. Honey pot that has been protected so it cannot be easily compromised
Firewall configured correctly
padded cell
Light Weight Directory access protocol (LDAP
bridge
11. PPPoE
FDM
American Wire Gauge
MAN
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
12. 4th layer; protocols ensure that data are transferred from point A to point B reliably and without errors; services include flow control - acknowledgment - error correction - segmentation - reassembly - and sequencing
Broadcast
full mesh
Class C Network
Transport layer
13. Which class of IP address would be allocated to a very large company?
networks enable users to share resources
Presentation
peer-to-peer network
Class A
14. Data transmission that involves one transmitter and one receiver
802.11g
Point-to-Point
RIR (Regional Internet Registry)
Category 3
15. Wireless standard
PSTN
RS 232
802.11
Secure Shell (SSH
16. Layer 1 Troubleshooting
modifying the file-sharing controls
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Transport & Internet
tracert
Incorrect cable type
17. Session Layer
OSI Layer 5
Bit-Error Rate Test
15 hops
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
18. Layer 3 Troubleshooting
white/orange and orange
fat pipe
IP address within the assigned network
intrusion detection
19. Strategy in which all control functions are applied at the physical location of each IDPS component
MAC sublayer
fully distributed control strategy
Transport
NNTP
20. SCP
Secure Copy Protocol
centralized control strategy
Populated Segment
Internet Protocol
21. A device that must be located at each end of a leased line.
slip
S-HTTP
Presention Layer (Layer 6)
CSU/DSU
22. MT-RJ
OSI Reference to TCP
Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
ports
23. Shielded twisted pair
point to multipoint
Bit
stp
Faulty network cable
24. Transport Layer
workstation
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
LLC
TCP/UDP
25. GSNW
intrusion detection system (IDS)
Gateway Services for NetWare
honey net
Bend Radius
26. A technique for transmitting data over a network by encapsulating it within another protocol.
tunneling
Main Distribution Frame
single-mode fiber-optic cable
fragmentation
27. Algorithm used to verify the accuracy of data contained in a data frame
Node
MAC (Media Access Control) sublayer
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
RFI
28. Speed: 10 Mbps - Alternative Name: 10BASE-T - IEEE Standard: IEEE 802.3 - Cable Type: Copper - max length 100 meters
Transmission media
perimeter
Ethernet (characteristics)
analog adv
29. Each computer is connected to a central device
star topology
hub
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
spread-spectrum
30. 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
HTTP
ICS host
fiber-optic cables
SSL
31. Documented agreement containing technical specifications or other precise criteria used as guidelines to ensure that materials - products - processes - and services suit their intended purpose
Electromagnetic Interference
standard
IEEE 802.12 Standard
POTS
32. 128 -64 -32 -16 -8 -4 -2 -1
binary
Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
narrowband
DB-25 connector
33. Used to log on to a UNIX host
rj-45
telnet
FM
ISOC
34. A utility for viewing or modifying a host's routing table
ARP
route
Conduit
IP gateway in NAT
35. 12-character string that uniquely identifies a network node - hard coded into the NIC by the manufacturer; composed ot the block ID and device ID
signal bounce
ADSL
MAC address
Populated Segment
36. A connector that is used for thin coax cable and that has a boyonet-like shell.
User Datagram Protocol
half duplex
bayonet nut connector (BNC)
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
37. A TCP/Ip troubleshooting utility that displays statistics and the state of current TCP/IP connections. It also displays ports - which can signal whether services are using the correct ports.
netstat
broadband
1000base-t
MAN
38. International Organization for Standardization
Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA)
Conduit
ISO
Bus topology
39. Unlicensed band with 11 channels
statistical anomaly-based (stat - behavior-based) IDPS
2.4-GHz band
Entrance Facilities
packet filtering - application proxy
40. Which layer is responsible for putting data into frames as well as providing error checking data?
diffraction
IPSec
port 80
Data Link Layer
41. Control frame that indicates to the rest of the network that a particular node has the right to transmit data
multiplexing
DNAT (Dynamic Network Address Translation)
hot site
token
42. Multiplexing based on priority
statistical multiplexing
shielded twisted-paired (STP) cable
TCP/IP Internet Layer Encapsulation
Data Link
43. Cause by length - loss of signals as it travels farther away
Demultiplexer
255.255.255.252
attenuation
Transport
44. The more resistant to cross talk (STP)
the more twist
Physical
Physical Layer
backbone
45. A systematic survey of all of the target organization's Internet addresses that is conducted to identify network services offered by hosts in that range
ITU
fingerprinting
TCP/UDP
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
46. Device that connects network segments and directs data based on information in the data packet
MAN
802.2
packet
router
47. Any device connected to a network - such as a microcomputer - mainframe - midrange computer - network equipment - or printer. Also called a station.
Node
SFP
Presentation
virtual circuit
48. Virtually local area network-device-switch
VLAN
collision detection
port 53
Transmission Protocol (TCP)
49. A combination of techniques used to detect an intrusion and then to trace it back to its source
trap and trace
VPN
multimeter
Session Layer
50. The first set of six characters that make up the MAC address and that are unique to a particular manufacturer.
Block ID
SNAT (Static Network Address Translation)
IP gateway in NAT
CSMACD