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