Terms and Acronyms

Question 1

EUI-64

Answer 1

Extended Unique Identifier

Takes the 32bit MAC address and adds bits to it so it becomes 64bits

Question 2

APIPA

Answer 2

169.254.x.y
Automatically assigned when no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available or no IP address’ are available.

Question 3

BGP

Answer 3

Border Gateway Protocol

Used by ISPs (Internet Service Providers) to establish routing between one another.

Question 4

Session Initiation Protocol

Answer 4

Used to establish and breakdown, manage VoIP and conferencing communications

Question 5

SMB

Answer 5

Server Message Block
A protocol that operates at the application layer and is used to share files, serial ports, printers, and communication devices - including mail slots and named pipes between devices.

Question 6

CIFS

Answer 6

Common Internet File System
File sharing protocol that provides an open and cross-platform mechanism for requesting network server files and services. This is based on SMB for internet and intranet file sharing.

Question 7

Kerberos

Answer 7

An authentication service based on time-sensitive ticket-granting system

Question 8

IP

Answer 8

Internet Protocol

A connection-less network layer protocol that is responsible for sending data packets across the internet.

Question 9

NetBIOS

Answer 9

A session management protocol used to provide name registration and resolution services on legacy Microsoft networks.

Question 10

ISCSI

Answer 10

Internet Small Computer System Interface
An IP tunneling protocol that enables the transfer of SCSI data over an IP-based network to create a SAN (Storage Area Network)

Question 11

RFID

Answer 11

Radio Frequency Identification
A means of encoding information into passive tags, which can be easily attached to devices, structures, clothing, or almost anything else.

Question 12

NFC

Answer 12

Near Field Communication
A standard for Peer-to-peer radio communications over very short distances, facilitating contact-less payment and similar technologies. NFC is RFID based.

Question 13

NAS

Answer 13

Network Attached Storage

A storage device with embedded OS that supports typical network file access protocol

Question 14

Z-Wave

Answer 14

Low-power wireless communication protocol used primarily for home automations. Radio frequencies between high 800MHz to low 900MHz and a mesh topology.

Question 15

SAN

Answer 15

Storage Area Network
A network dedicated to data storage, typically consisting of storage devices and servers connected to switches via a host bus adapter.

Question 16

SIEM

Answer 16

Security Information and Event Management
A solution that provides real-time or near real-time analysis of security alerts generated by network hardware and applications.

Question 17

SDN

Answer 17

Software Defined Networking

Software application for defining policy decision on the control plane.

Question 18

TDMA

Answer 18

Time Division Multiple Access
Method of multiplexing using time slots on a communication channel. TDMA is associated with early GSM cell phone networks.

Question 19

CDMA

Answer 19

Code Division Multiple Access
Method of multiplexing a communications channel using a code to key the modulation of a particular signal. Associated with Sprint and Verizon networks.

Question 20

CAN

Answer 20

Campus Area Network

A LAN that spreads over several buildings within the same overall network.

Question 21

LAN

Answer 21

Local Area Network
A type of network covering various sizes, but generally considered to be restricted to a single geographic location and owned/managed by a single organization.

Question 22

WLAN

Answer 22

Wireless Local Area Networks

Network using wireless radio communications based on some variant of the 802.11 standard series.

Question 23

WAN

Answer 23

Wide Area Network

A network that spans multiple geographic locations.

Question 24

MAN

Answer 24

Metropolitan Area Network

Network that covers an area equivalent to a city or a municipality.

Question 25

OSPF

Answer 25

Open Short Path First

A link-state routing protocol used on IP networks.

Question 26

Link-State Routing

Answer 26

A dynamic routing method that floods routing information to all routers within a network to build and maintain a more complex network route database.

Question 27

Distance Vector Routing

Answer 27

A dynamic routing method used on packet-switched networks to calculate route costs and routing table entries.

Question 28

RIP

Answer 28

Routing Information Protocol
A routing protocol that configures routers to periodically broadcast their entire routing tables regardless of any change to the routing table. Max 15 Hops.

Question 29

EIGRP

Answer 29

Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
An improvement over IGRP that includes features that support VLSM (Variable Length Subnet Masking) and classful and classless subnet masks.