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TCP/IP
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Subject
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 31 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. An Internet addressing scheme that uses 128 bits to represent an IP address - divided into 8 units of 16 bits each
Domain Name System (DNS)
IPv6
Bootstrap Protocol (BootP)
subnet mask
2. A number similar to an IP address that is used to determine in which subnet a particular IP address belongs
dynamic IP Assignment
Bootstrap Protocol (BootP)
subnet mask
octet
3. An IP address that is entered manually for each host on a network
subnetwork
static IP assignment
Bootstrap Protocol (BootP)
Network Address Translation
4. A signal that tests the NIC to insure it is working properly
subnetwork
subdomain
loopback test
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
5. the address of the computer that provides the connection to the Internet
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Class A Network
default gateway address
host
6. A company that manages domain name registration by allocating domain name registration to select - private companies
loopback test
Domain Name System (DNS)
resolver
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
7. A port number combined with an IP address
socket
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP)
port number
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
8. A TCP/IP network classification that supports up to 254 hosts on each of 2 million networks
Class C Network
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
default gateway address
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP)
9. Any level domain located beneath the secondary domain. Also called a lower-level domain.
static addressing
port number
dynamic addressing
subdomain
10. A TCP/IP network classification that supports up to 16 million hosts on each of 126 networks
dynamic addressing
Class A Network
Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
11. A private company that ius assigned a pool of IP addresses by ICANN and handles domain registration
static IP assignment
subdomain
port number
registrar
12. Assigning an IP address manually
static addressing
socket
Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)
dynamic addressing
13. A combination of a host name and a domain name
Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP)
host
port number
14. An 8-bit (1 byte) binary value
Integrated Network Information Center (InterNIC)
port number
Class A Network
octet
15. Automatically assigns IP addresses
Domain Name System (DNS)
subnet mask
dynamic addressing
Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)
16. A service that assigns IP addresses automatically to the hosts on a network
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
static addressing
Class A Network
17. A network within a network
host
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
subnetwork
loopback test
18. An IP address that is issued automatically - typically when the computer boots and joins the network
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
IPv6
dynamic IP Assignment
loopback test
19. A service that finds the MAC address of a host when the IP address is known
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP)
subdomain
20. A branch of the US Government that was responsible for regulating the internet - overseeing the issuing of domain names - and assigning IP addresses to them. Replaced by ICANN in 1998
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)
port number
Integrated Network Information Center (InterNIC)
21. A protocol that translates private IP addresses into an assigned internet IP address - and vice versa. In other words - it allows a private network address to communicate with a legally registered IP address
subnetwork
Network Address Translation
port number
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
22. A service that resolves NetBIOS names to IP addresses
port number
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP)
subdomain
Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS)
23. A service that uses a central database of MAC addresses and IP assignments of all devices on the network and assigns the appropriate IP address to a host when it boots
default gateway address
Bootstrap Protocol (BootP)
port number
socket
24. A program located on a host that queries a DNS server to resolve a host name to an IP address
subdomain
resolver
subnet mask
IPv6
25. A system that associates a host or domain name with an IP address - making it easy to identify and find hosts and networks
subnetwork
Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)
Domain Name System (DNS)
port number
26. A number associated with the TCP/IP protocol and used to create a virtual connection between two computers running TCP/IP
port number
socket
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Class B Network
27. A service that finds the IP address of a host when the MAC address is known
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
port number
Domain Name System (DNS)
Bootstrap Protocol (BootP)
28. A feature that assigns an IP address from a special set of IP addresses that have been set aside by IANA when a DHCP server cannot be reached
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Class B Network
subnetwork
dynamic addressing
29. A workstation that does not have a hard disk drive.
diskless workstation
subnetwork
Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS)
IPv6
30. A name for a computer - printer - or network device associated with an IP address on a TCP/IP network
host
static IP assignment
octet
dynamic addressing
31. A TCP/IP network classification that supports up to 65 -000 hosts on each of 16 -000 networks
registrar
Class B Network
Network Address Translation
IPv6