Section 4

Question 1

Sharing information and resources through linked computer systems

Answer 1

Networking

Question 2

Network type that is normally used for short-range communications.

Answer 2

PAN (Personal Area Network)

Question 3

Network type that consists of a collection of computers in a single building or complex

Answer 3

LAN (Local Area Network)

Question 4

Network type that links systems over a greater distance; including machines on opposite sides of the world

Answer 4

WAN (Wide Area Network

Question 5

A classification of networks considers the topology of the network or pattern in which machines are connected

Answer 5

Bus

Question 6

A topology that has a single machine serving a central point to which all others are connected

Answer 6

Star

Question 7

A topology that connects devices directly to each other as a peer

Answer 7

Ring

Question 8

A topology that connects every device in a network to every other device

Answer 8

Mesh

Question 9

Communication that allows the activities/processes on different computers within a network to coordinate actions and complete tasks

Answer 9

Interprocess Communication

Question 10

Communication model in which computers are connected through a switch

Answer 10

Client-Server Model

Question 11

What is the data that travels through a network using communication channels that connect the network components

Answer 11

Transmission Media

Question 12

What kind of cable was commercially used in the 1940s and was used for both baseband and broadband data communication services

Answer 12

Coaxial Cables

Question 13

What type of coaxial cable has a signal at a very narrow frequency range on which data/information is superimposed and then transmitted

Answer 13

Baseband

Question 14

What type of coaxial cable is considered high-capacity transmission technologies that are used to transmit data, voice, and video across long distances and at high speeds

Answer 14

Broadband

Question 15

What cable uses the concept of reflection of light through a core made up of glass or plastic

Answer 15

Fiber-optic cables

Question 16

What is the media is sometimes more convenient and practical than installing cables

Answer 16

Wireless transmission

Question 17

What device can extend the range of cabling types so connections can be made by increasing the strength of the network signal

Answer 17

Repeaters

Question 18

What device is used to connect different types of networks and provide management of the message

Answer 18

Bridges

Question 19

What device is used on LANs to reduce network traffic by management of network messages

Answer 19

Switches

Question 20

What device makes internet possible

Answer 20

Router

Question 21

List of minimum to maximum bandwidth

Answer 21

CAT1
CAT2
CAT3
CAT4
CAT5
CAT5e
CAT6
CAT7

Question 22

What is the individual networks comprising the internet are constructed and maintained by

Answer 22

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

Question 23

What tier of ISPs is at the top of the hierarchy and consist of high-speed, capacity, and international WANs

Answer 23

Tier 1

Question 24

What tier is more common and regional in scope and are essentially networks of routers that collectively provide the internet’s communication infrastructure

Answer 24

Tier 2

Question 25

What tier is typically independent internets, operated by a single organization that supplies internet access to homes and business

Answer 25

Tier 3

Question 26

What does the internet use as unique identifiers

Answer 26

IP (Internet Protocol)

Question 27

What is the name of the nonprofit organization that coordinates the internet's operations

Answer 27

ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)

Question 28

What is a hierarchical and decentralized system that translates human-readable domain names into numerical IP adressses

Answer 28

DNS (Domain name system)

Question 29

What are easy-to-read names that are used to navigate the internet

Answer 29

Domain names

Question 30

What is the DNS system arranged by

Answer 30

Hierarchy

Question 31

What is the process of translating a domain name into an IP address called

Answer 31

DNS Resolution

Question 32

What are rules, procedures, and formats that govern the communication of multiple devices over a network

Answer 32

Network Protocol

Question 33

What is the name given to each hypertext document available through the World Wide Web

Answer 33

URL (Unique Resource Locator)

Question 34

What is the way of encoding a document called

Answer 34

HTML (HyperText Markup Language)

Question 35

What generalized language provides a standardized style for designing notational systems for representing data as text files

Answer 35

XML (Extensible markup language)

Question 36

What is composed of a hypertext document format for embedding hyperlinks to other documents, networks, and a server process that supplies hypertext pages upon requests

Answer 36

WWW (World Wide Web)

Question 37

What is any software intentionally designed to cause damage to a computer, server, client, or computer network

Answer 37

Malware

Question 38

What type of malware is a software program that inflicts a computer by inserting itself into programs that already reside in the machine

Answer 38

Virus

Question 39

What type of malware is an autonomous program that forwards copies of itself to other machines in a network and could result in detriment of individual machines or the network

Answer 39

Worm

Question 40

What type of malware resides on a computer, collecting information about the computer's activities and reporting back to the instigator

Answer 40

Spyware

Question 41

What type of malware obtains private information by simply asking

Answer 41

Phishing

Question 42

What form of attack is the process of overloading a computer with messages and results in suffocating the network resources

Answer 42

DoS(Denial-of-Service)

Question 43

What form of attack is when the attacker intercepts the data as it travels to or from the victim's device

Answer 43

MITM(Man in the Middle)

Question 44

What form of attack is where the attacker uses all possible combinations of characters to learn a user's password

Answer 44

Brute force attack

Question 45

What form of attack is preformed by using an application and a large dictionary text file with just words

Answer 45

Dictionary attacks

Question 46

What preventative tool is a software that acts as an intermediary between a client and a server to shield the client from adverse actions to the server

Answer 46

Proxy server

Question 47

What preventative tool is a software that monitors network behaviors looking for anomalies to proactively or reactively mitigate unwanted occurrences

Answer 47

Network auditing

Question 48

What preventative tool detects and removes known viruses from the network

Answer 48

Antivirus