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