Networking

Question 1

What does EMI stand for?

Answer 1

Electromagnetic Interference

Question 2

What does WLAN stand for?

Answer 2

Wireless Local Area Network

Question 3

What does NIC stand for?

Answer 3

Network Interface Card

Question 4

What does IEEE stand for?

Answer 4

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Question 5

What does CMOS stand for?

Answer 5

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor

Question 6

What does LAN stand for?

Answer 6

Local Area Network

Question 7

What does IP stand for?

Answer 7

Internet Protocol

Question 8

What does DSL stand for?

Answer 8

Digital Subscriber Line

Question 9

What does ISP stand for?

Answer 9

Internet Service Provider

Question 10

What does DHCP stand for?

Answer 10

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Question 11

What does NETBios stand for?

Answer 11

Network Basic Input Output System

Question 12

What does MAN stand for?

Answer 12

Metropolitan Area Network

Question 13

What does DNS stand for?

Answer 13

Domain Name Server/Service

Question 14

What does IRQ stand for?

Answer 14

Interrupt Request

Question 15

What does APIPA stand for?

Answer 15

Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing

Question 16

What does NFS stand for?

Answer 16

Network File System

Question 17

What does WAN stand for?

Answer 17

Wide Area Network

Question 18

What does ICMP stand for?

Answer 18

Internet Control Message Protocol

Question 19

What does NAT stand for?

Answer 19

Network Address Translation

Question 20

What does VLAN stand for?

Answer 20

Virtual Local Area Network

Question 21

What does MAC (address) stand for?

Answer 21

Media Access Control

Question 22

What does DAC stand for?

Answer 22

Discretionary Access Control

Question 23

What does VPN stand for?

Answer 23

Virtual Private Network

Question 24

Usable only on private networks and cannot be routed through the internet

Answer 24

Private IP Address

Question 25

What is the following IP range called? 192.0.0.0 to 223.255.255.255

Answer 25

IPv4 Class C Range

Question 26

What's delivered to any interface or node in the same LAN using IPv4 only?

Answer 26

Broadcast

Question 27

What does IPv4 stand for and how many bits is it?

Answer 27

Internet Protocol Version 4 32 bits

Question 28

What is the following IP range called? 168.254.0.0 to 169.254.255.255

Answer 28

APIPA Range

Question 29

What is the following IP range called? 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255

Answer 29

Private Class C Range

Question 30

What is usable on both private and public networks and can be routed through the internet, as long as the IP address is unique

Answer 30

Public IP Address

Question 31

IPv6 version of public addresses which must be unique and usable on the internet

Answer 31

IPv6 Global

Question 32

What is the following IP range called? 128.0.0.0 to 191.255.0.0

Answer 32

IPv4 Class B Range

Question 33

Delivered to one interface or node

Answer 33

Unicast

Question 34

What is the following IP address called? 127.0.0.1

Answer 34

IPv4 Loop-back Address

Question 35

Delivered to the nearest interface

Answer 35

Anycast

Question 36

Delivered to a group of interfaces or nodes

Answer 36

Multicast

Question 37

What does NAT do?

Answer 37

Translates IP addresses between different networks typically between a public and private network.

Question 38

What is the following IP range called? 172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255

Answer 38

Private Class B Range

Question 39

What is the following IP range called? 1.0.0.0 to 126.0.0.0

Answer 39

IPv4 Class A Range

Question 40

What does IPv6 stand for and how many bits is it?

Answer 40

Internet Protocol Version 6 128 Bits

Question 41

What does IaaS stand for?

Answer 41

Infrastructure as a Service

Question 42

What does DaaS stand for?

Answer 42

Data as a Service OR Desktop as a Service

Question 43

What does DBaaS stand for?

Answer 43

Database as a Service

Question 44

What does SaaS stand for?

Answer 44

Software as a Service

Question 45

What does NaaS stand for?

Answer 45

Network as a Service

Question 46

What does PaaS stand for?

Answer 46

Platform as a Service

Question 47

Connecting two devices using a physical cable to share a network or data connection between them

Answer 47

Tethering

Question 48

For short-range direct wireless connections between smartphones, computers, laptops, and other devices

Answer 48

Bluetooth

Question 49

An open standard based on IEEE 802.15.4 PAN that creates a mesh of wireless devices for sharing information. Often used in home automation networks.

Answer 49

ZigBee

Question 50

Proprietary wireless standard that creates a mesh of wireless devices for sharing information. Often used in home automation networks.

Answer 50

Z-Wave

Question 51

Often used for payments but can have other use cases. Requires proximity and line of site for devices to share data wirelessly

Answer 51

NFC