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