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IT: Networking Vocab

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Honey pot that has been protected so it cannot be easily compromised






2. Firewall packet inspection that ignores the state of the connection between the internal computer and the external computer - only blocks or allows a packet based on header information.






3. A wireless station listens on all channels for a bacon frame from an access point






4. Device that separates a medium into multiple channels and issues signals to each of those subchannels






5. SMTP - simple mail transfer protocol






6. Device that processes signals; multiplexer or modem






7. 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.






8. Amplitude - frequency (Hz) - wavelength - wavy line






9. Device that acts as a wireless switch so that nodes can connect wirelessly to a network.






10. User watching an episode of TV show over the internet is what kind of communication






11. Data Link Layer






12. A protocol that runs in the Dession and Transport layers of the OSI model and associates NetBIOS names with workstations. NetBIOS alone is not routable because it does not contain Network Layer information. However - when encapsulated in another prot






13. Event that triggers alarm when no actual attack is in progress






14. ISDN






15. The physical layout of the cable and wireless network devices and the logical path followed by network frames and packets sent on the cable or by wireless transmissions






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






17. The process of enclosing data for transmission






18. Layer 1 Troubleshooting






19. File Transfere Protocol






20. Long reach. multimode max length is 550 meters. single mode max length is 5000. 1000 mpbs. baseband transmission






21. Functions at the network layer that add logical addresses and properly route data






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






23. Cause by EMI/RFI - and other packets - interference on the signal






24. 6th layer; protocols translate between Application and Network layers; data are formatted so that the network can understand - with the format varying according to the type of network; manages data encryption and decryption - such as scrambling of sy






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






26. International society composed of engineering professionals with goals of promoting development and education in the electrical engineering and computer science fields






27. When pulses that represent bits follow one another along a single transmission






28. Small Form Plug-gables - Plugs in to an interface on a switch






29. An authentication protocol that uses public key technology to provide users with secured access to network resources.






30. Describes a theoretical representation of what happens between two nodes communicating on a network






31. Every node on the network is connected through a central device like a switch - cannot be disabled by a single malfunction in a workstation - scalable - - popular - expensive - cable malfunction will only effect 2 workstations - more fault tolerant.






32. DC






33. An adapter board designed to connect a workstation - server - or other network device to a network medium.






34. CIFS






35. Layer 2 Troubleshooting






36. Equivalent to OSI Layer 7 Application - Layer 6 Presentation - Layer 5 Session






37. IRC






38. The _____________ allows certain bits of the IP address to be ignored when checking to see if an IP address matches the destination network address.






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






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






41. The most commonly used form of Internet Message Access Protocol.






42. 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






43. Wall-mounted panel of data receptors into which cross-connect patch cables from the punch-down block are inserted






44. Data Link Layer






45. RADIUS






46. A device that converts an analog to digital signal and vice versa






47. An advantage of networks






48. The capacity to send and receive signals at the same time on the same medium.






49. Round time trip. time it takes for packet to get from sender to receiver and back






50. 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