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