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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. ISM






2. Type of punch-down block used to terminate telephone circuits; does not meet Cat 5 or better standards






3. Serial internet protocol






4. Internet group management protocol






5. Authentication prtocol that does not issue a challenge or require 3rd party verification of the computer requestiing authentication






6. Internet control message protocol






7. Issue signals along a network medium






8. The 100BaseVG/100VG-AnyLAN approach abandon the CSMA/CD transmission technique for one called demand priorTity.






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






10. Distance between corresponding points on cycle






11. What is a unique name that identifies an internet site called?






12. Application layer protocol that formulates and interprets requests between Web clients and servers






13. A computer on a network that requests services or resources from another computer on a network






14. Change in signal strength as a result of reflection - scattering - or diffraction






15. Offers one way for a computer to access another computer over the network or over the Internet. For example - an IBM programmer can use Telnet on a Windows XP or Red Hat Enterprise Linux computer to access a mainframe though the Internet






16. A specially configured connection on a network device that is capable of viewing all the traffic that moves through the entire device.






17. Length of time it takes for a packet to go from sender to receiver - then back to sender; measured in milliseconds






18. Device that connects network segments and directs data based on information in the data packet






19. Data Link Layer






20. Accurate alarm events that do not pose significant threat to information security






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






22. Enables the establishment of a Web connection - but it also provides for the exchange of resources - for example - displaying AOL's Web page in your brower.






23. Trivial File Transfer Protocol






24. A boundary between two zones of trust






25. An internetwork is two or more computer networks connected together.






26. Hardware address of the network interface card






27. Name Of Layer 4






28. A thin coaxial cable usually RG-58






29. In TCP - a term used to describe a TCP header and its encapsulated data (also called an L4PDU). Also in TCP - the process of accepting a large chunk of data from the application layer and breaking it into smaller pieces that fit into TCP segments. In






30. Unix command at shell prompt to send a file to printer






31. Application Layer






32. Fiber Distributed Data Interface






33. Internet society






34. Manually specify on each workstation so that their users can pick up their internet email from the linux email server






35. A drawback of certification






36. Attacker who utilizes tactics designed to trip the organization's IDPS - essentially causing the organization to conduct its own DoS attack - but overreacting to an actual - but insignificant - attack.






37. (fix) if analog shield twisted pairs or if digital with a repeater






38. CSU






39. Software that is stored on a chip in a device - such as in a ROM - and that typically composes some type of system software






40. A connecting device for a network that accepts messages and broadcasts them out to the rest of the network.






41. A medium that carries 1 signal






42. Braided metal shielding used to insulate some types of coaxial cable






43. This layer in the OSI transforms bits into electromagnetic signals.






44. Initiates the communication link - Makes sure the communication link is maintained - Determines which node transmits at any point in time - such as which one transmits first - Disconnectd when a communication session is over - Translates node address






45. Device that processes signals; multiplexer or modem






46. Glass/plastic - light pulses high throughput - resistant to noise - most expensive cable






47. POE standard






48. Indication a system has just been attacked or is under attack






49. A digital communication service that uses the same network infrastructure as PSTN - but is expensive






50. 128 -64 -32 -16 -8 -4 -2 -1