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Computer Networking
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09/03/2010

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Term
Security auditing
Definition
What notifies the network administrator if a security breach occurs?
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Convergence
Definition
Voice, video, and data over a single network.
Term
The number of people attaining them.
Definition
What is the draw back of some certifications?
Term
Cisco CCIE programs
Definition
What certification programs require candidates to pass lab exams?
Term
IAB
Definition
ISOC oversees groups with specific missions such as?
Term
OSI model
Definition
What is the theoretical process of two nodes communicating on a network?
Term
TCP(transmission control protocol)
Definition
What takes care of reliably transmitting the http protocol request from client to server and vice versa?
Term
connectionless protocols
Definition
What does not establish a connection before transmitting and makes no effort to ensure that data is delivered free of errors?
Term
LLC (logical link control)
Definition
What is the upper sublayer of the data link layer called?
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MAC (medial access control)
Definition
What is the lower sublayer of the data link layer that manages access to the physical medium called?
Term
802.3 Ethernet LAN
Definition
Ethernet LAN standard.
Term
802.11 wireless networks
Definition
Wireless LAN standard.
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802.16 broadband wireless metropolitan area networks
Definition
Wireless MAN standard also known as WiMax.
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Throughput
Definition
What is the most frequently discussed and analyzed transmission characteristic by networking professionals?
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Noise
Definition
What is the most common transmission flaws affecting data signals?
Term
Resistant to cross talk
Definition
What benefit is more twists per foot in twisted pair cable?
Term
Modern LANs
Definition
What uses cat 5 or higher wiring?
Term
4
Definition
How many fields does a UDP header have?
Term
IP
Definition
What is the sub protocol that enables tcp/ip to a internetwork? That is to traverse more that one LAN segment and more that one type of network through a router?
Term
IGMP
Definition
What operates at the Network layer and manages multicasting?
Term
Belongs in class (B)
Definition
IP address in the range of 128-192 is what class?
Term
CSMA/CD(carrier sense mulitiple access with collision detection)
Definition
What access method do all ethenet networks independent of their speed or frame type use?
Term
It is receiving frames from the network.
Definition
What does it mean when the RX LED light on the NIC is blinking?
Term
BIOS
Definition
What is a simple set of instructions that enables a computer to initially recognize its hardware?
Term
WAN(WIDE AREA NETWORK)
Definition
What typically sends data over publicly available communications networks which are owned by local and long distance telecommunications carriers?
Term
Redundant rings
Definition
Modern ring topology WANs rely on what to carry data?
Term
Interference
Definition
What is a problem for a wireless communication because the atmosphere is saturated with electromagnetic waves?
Term
802.11a
Definition
Which wireless standard is the least popular?
Term
The printer queue
Definition
What is a logical representation of the printer's input and output?
Term
Virtual Memory
Definition
What is carved out space on the hard drive combined with RAM?
Term
D and E
Definition
Which two network classes are reserved for special purposes?
Term
zero
Definition
When using classful IPv4 addressing what does the network id end with?
Term
0 and 255
Definition
What two IP Addresses are reserved?
Term
1 through 254
Definition
What numbers can be used for the host addresses?
Term
Sendmail and Microsoft Exchange Server
Definition
What is the most popular mail server software?
Term
Hostname utility
Definition
What utility can you use the find the host name that has been assigned to a client?
Term
Skype
Definition
What is a popular internet telephony software the is a type of softphone?
Term
Streaming video, IPTV, and video conferencing
Definition
Video over IP services are divided into what three sections?
Term
Key pair
Definition
What is called when a public key and a private key are combined?
Term
PGP (pretty good privacy )
Definition
What is a public key encryption system that can verify the authenticity of an e-mail sender and encrypt e-mail data in transmission
Term
Crossover
Definition
What is it called when the transmit and receive pairs are reversed in one of the connectors of an ethernet cable?
Term
Resistance
Definition
What is a fundamental property of wire that depends on a wires molecular structure and it size?
Term
Network monitor
Definition
What tool continuously monitors network traffic from a server or a workstation?
Term
Ghost frames
Definition
What is it called when frames are not actually data frames but devices misinterpreting stray voltage?
Term
Protocol analyzers
Definition
What utilities offer a great deal of versatility in the type and depth of information that can be revealed, but can be more than you or the machine can reasonably process?
Term
Little
Definition
How much information will you get from viewing a wireless connection status?
Term
Integrity checking
Definition
What is a method of detecting malware by comparing current characteristics of files and disks against an archive version?
Term
Heuristic scanning
Definition
What is a scanning technique that attempts to identify malware that are the most fallible and most likely to emit false alarms?
Term
SANs
Definition
What are distinct networks of storage devices that communicate directly with each other and with other networks?
Term
Archive bit
Definition
What file attribute can be checked or unchecked to indicate whether a file must be archived?
Term
Fault Management
Definition
What is the detection and signaling of device link or component faults?
Term
Network Management Agent
Definition
What software routine collects information about the device operation and provides it to the network management application running on the console?
Term
Backbone upgrade
Definition
What is the most comprehensive and complex upgrade involving network hardware?
Term
Justify it
Definition
Because backbone upgrades are expensive and time consuming the first step in the project is to what?
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