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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. Point of division between a telecommunications service carrier's network and a building's internal network






2. Name Of Layer 7






3. A cable that consists of a single cable sheath containing a combination of fibers and copper cable.






4. Enables network managers to continuously monitor network activity






5. Lowest or 1st layer; protocols generate and detect signals so as to transmit and receive data over a network medium - also set the data transmission rate and monitor data error rates - but do not provide error correction






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






7. What does POP3 stand for?






8. Time Division Multiple Access






9. A TCP/IP utility used to show or modify a client's host name.






10. FM






11. Provides a generic method of transferring files






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






13. Secure Shell






14. Routing protocol has the poorest convergence time






15. IGMP






16. Useful for troubleshooting a network connectivity problem from workstation to another workstation






17. Pointing in a direction






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






19. A termination unit also called a transceiver or DSL modem






20. A utility for viewing or modifying a host's routing table






21. WAN transmission technologies that contains a segment that relied on 10GBase-EW standard






22. Name Of Layer 5






23. Aversion of the traceroute utility found on some Linux distributions.






24. MAC address






25. CHAP






26. Allows you and eight coworkers to share a single internet routable IP address






27. Upper sublayer in the Data Link layer. Provides a common interface and supplies reliability and flow control services






28. Most common cabling used in networking. Usually connects nodes to the main network.






29. Multimode fiber






30. ARP






31. Hypertext Transfer Protocol






32. Physical and Data Link layers






33. Fiber optic - enables one fiber optic connection to carry multiple light signals simultaneously






34. 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






35. RADIUS






36. Form of transmission in which digital signals are sent through direct current pulses applied to a wire; can only send one signal at a time






37. Device that modulates analog signals into digital signals for transmission over telephone lines - and demodulates digital signals into analog for the receiving end






38. File Transfere Protocol






39. Distance between corresponding points on cycle






40. Layer 1 Troubleshooting






41. Gigabit Interface Converter - Plugs in to an interface on a switch






42. The seventh layer of the OSI model. Application layer protocols enable software programs to negotiate formatting - procedural - security - synchronization - and other requirements with the network.






43. Facilities necessary for a service provider to connect with another organization LAN or WAN






44. NCP






45. 3rd layer; protocols translate network addresses into their physical counterparts and decide how to route data from the sender to the receiver






46. A common way of sharing resources on a peer-to-peer network






47. You may set up a web server on companys access server - allowing global connections - for employees to access






48. HTTP - SMTP - POP3 - VoIP






49. The most popular type of network for medium- and large-scale organizations






50. User friendly web addresses are translated into IP addresses by the...