SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
IT: Networking Vocab
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A network owned and maintained by an organization -such as a campus network operated by a college.
private network
ring topology
route
intrusion correction
2. Point of division between a telecommunications service carrier's network and a building's internal network
soft skills
port 123
Demarcation Point
NAT (Network Address Translation)
3. SNMP
EMI
CSMA/CD
Internetwork Packet Exchange
Simple Network Management Protocol
4. Constructs data frames using the appropriate format for the network - reatea CRC information - Checks for errors using CRC information - Retransmits data if there is error - Initiates the communications link and makes sure it is not interrupted - thu
Demarcation Point
nslookup
Static IP Addressing
Data Link (Layer 2)
5. PAP
Password Authentication Protocol
NFS
segmentation
Gateway Services for NetWare
6. Equivalent to OSI Layer 4 Transport
cross talk
SMTP
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Transport
Firewall configured correctly
7. A Data Link sublayer of the OSI model that initiates the communication link between nodes and ensures the link is not unintentionally broken.
Network interface card (NIC)
HTTPS
logical link control (LLC)
standby UPS
8. Signals travel both directions simultaneously
slip
10 Gigabit Ethernet
1000base-sx
duplex
9. A technique for connecting to a network at a remote location using Internet as the medium.
VPN
802.16
Segment
Bit-Error Rate Test
10. Upper sublayer in the Data Link layer. Provides a common interface and supplies reliability and flow control services
bus topology
OSI Layer 2
LLC (Logical Link Control) sublayer
Wide area network (WAN
11. Twisted pair patch cable in which the termination locations of the transmit and receive wires on one end of the cable are reversed
Secure Shell (SSH)
Crossover Cable
statistical anomaly-based (stat - behavior-based) IDPS
switch
12. The organized research of the Internet addresses owned or controlled by a target organization.
HTTPS
footprinting
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP)
High-Level Data Link Control
13. Most resistant to EMI
fiber optic cable
star wired bus
Data Link
fading
14. Network standard that can reliaby transmit data farthest
digital dis
802.11n
Coaxial Cable
multiplexing
15. A type of transmission that can vary continuously - as in a wave pattern with positive and negative voltage levels.
CSMA/CD
Internet
analog
connection oriented
16. Translates data to a format the receiving node understands - such as from EBCDIC to ASCII - Performs data encryption - Performs data compression
Presention Layer (Layer 6)
Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3)
token
ISO
17. International telecommunication Union
butt set
AM
ITU
Transport layer
18. A logical process of combining bits. In ANDing - a bit with a value of 1 plus another bit with a value of 1 results in a 1. A bit with a value of 0 plus any other bit results in a 0.
SMTP
RIP
ANDing
Transport
19. A logical communication path established by the OSI Network layer for sending and receiving data.
Session Layer
virtual circuit
Transport
Incorrect cable type
20. A network on which any computer can communicate with other networked computers on an equal (peer) basic without going though an intermediary - such as a server. Peer-to-Peer networking enables each computer to offer and access shared resoures - such
encapsulate
SSH
padded cell
peer-to-peer network
21. POP3
point to multipoint
Post Office Protocol version 3
Transmission Control Protocol
encapsulate
22. Type of switching for multiple data packets make up the same transmission and use identical paths to reach the destination
analog signal
message and circuit
ssl
Gigabit Ethernet
23. Open source program that allows you too remotely take over another workstation and walk through support process
Bus topology
star wired ring
asymmetrical transmission
RealVNC
24. A network topology in which all of the nodes are connected to a central line or bus
star-ring hybrid topology
bus topology
bandwidth
Full Duplex NIC Communication
25. OSPF
Open Shortest Path First
WAN Connectivity
Open System Interconnection (OSI) referance model
Classful Addressing
26. Which protocol allows the transfer of a file from one computer to another over the network?
POP3 (Post Office Protocol - version 3)
File Transfer Protocol
FHSS
802.11g
27. Data Link Layer
NIC (Network Interface Card)
protocol
Packets
Networking Model
28. The process of determining the best path from Point A on one network to Point B on another
WDM
routing
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
port 110
29. Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TFTP
social engineering
802.2
frame
30. Routing protocol most likely used to replace a router for that handles traffic to and from the companies connection to its NSP
LC connector
alarm clustering and compaction
BGP
private network
31. A TCP/IP utility that at its simplest returns either to IP address of a host if its host name is specified or its host name if its IP address is specified
beacon frame
Backup Domain Controller
host
mesh topology
32. Any device connected to a network - such as a microcomputer - mainframe - midrange computer - network equipment - or printer. Also called a station.
Post Office Protocol version 3
node
telephone connector
network-based IDPS (NIDPS)
33. Loop back address for IPv6
Frequency Division Multiplexing
Populated Segment
::1
MAN
34. Which protocol allows users to recieve emails?
POP3
OSI Layer 4
Electrical Signaling
IP Addressing
35. Layer 1 Troubleshooting
physical address
Radio Frequency Interference
Incorrect cable type
segment
36. Functions at the network layer that add logical addresses and properly route data
2.4-GHz band
Internet Group Membership Protocol (IGMP)
protocol and services
analog adv
37. Decreasing the size of data units when moving data from a network that can handle larger units to one that can handle only smaller units
fiber-optic cables
Port 20
segmentation
star wired bus
38. A process in which a digital signature is placed in a driver. The digital signature helps ensure that the driver is tested and is compatible with the operating system and device for which it is written.
baseband
communications services
driver signing
CIDR (Classless Interdomain Routing)
39. What type of browser is designed for use on small handheld devices such as palmtop computers and iPhones?
Microbrowser
fixing cross talk
Session
NIC
40. The act of hacking into a hacker's system to find out as much as possible about the hacker
back hack
Gigabit Ethernet (fiber characteristics)
Frame
802.16
41. Transport Layer
peer-to-peer network
Presention Layer (Layer 6)
Error Handling
bridge
42. Using part of a leased line
fractionalizing
IEEE
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
RTS/CTS
43. Physical Layer
LAN
802.5
LAN
Bits
44. Allows an attached computer to act as a dumb terminal - with data processing taking place on the TCP/IP host computer
transmission media
Remote Terminal Emulation (Telnet)
Ethernet
802.3
45. Security measure verifies that your user name and password are contained in the NOS directory
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
Main Distribution Frame
authentication
OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model
46. Ppp tunneling protocol
ppptp
Application
File Transfere Protocol - (FTP)
NetWare Directory Services
47. Direct-sequence spread spectrum: signal bits are distributed over a frequency band
DSSS
star topology
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
broadband
48. A logical grouping of information that includes the network layer header and encapsulated data - but specifically does not include any headers and trailers below the network layer.
Session
Packet
Frequency
connectionless
49. Where demarc is located if an organization follows structured cabling standards
star-wired ring topology
Network
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
entrance facilities
50. The process of checking a communication medium - such as cable - for a voltage level - signal transition - or light - indicating the presence of a data-carrying signal.
100base-tx
carrier sense
lpr filename
pathping