Vocab

Question 1

OSI

Answer 1

Open Systems Interconnection, e.g. 7-Layer OSI Model

Question 2

TCP

Answer 2

Transmission Control Protocol

Question 3

IP

Answer 3

Internet Protocol

Question 4

ISO

Answer 4

International Standardization Organization (invented the OSI Model)

Question 5

UTP

Answer 5

Unshielded Twisted Pair e.g. Cat-5

Question 6

UDP

Answer 6

User Datagram Protocol; (connectionless network protocol, contrast with TCP)

Question 7

OUI

Answer 7

Organizationally Unique Identifier; The first 3 bytes of a mac address

Question 8

EUI

Answer 8

Extended Unique Identifier (AKA Mac Address)

Question 9

DEVICE ID

Answer 9

The last 3 bytes in a mac address

Question 10

FCS

Answer 10

Frame check sequence; checksum in a frame header

Question 11

LATENCY

Answer 11

the delay before a transfer of data begins following an instruction for its transfer.
“poor performance due to network latency”

Question 12

WEP

Answer 12

Wired equivalent privacy

Question 13

PKI

Answer 13

Public key infrastructure

Question 14

Unicast

Answer 14

Unicast is a type of communication where data is sent from one computer to another computer. Unicast is a one-to-one type of network communication. Different data streams are generated for each Unicast connection. This type of communication is the option when clients need different data from network server.

Question 15

Multicast

Answer 15

Multicast is a type of communication where multicast traffic addressed for a group of devices on the network. IPv6 multicast traffic are sent to a group and only members of that group receive the Multicast traffic.

Question 16

Anycast

Answer 16

Anycast is a type of IPv6 network communication in which IPv6 datagrams from a source are routed to the nearest device (in terms of routing distance) from a group servers which provide the same service. Every nodes which provide the same service are configured with same Anycast destination address.

Question 17

ICMP

Answer 17

Internet control message protocol

Question 18

SFP

Answer 18

Small Form-factor Pluggable

Question 19

MAU

Answer 19

Multistation Access Unit

Question 20

MU-MIMO

Answer 20

Multiple Users, Multiple Input, Multiple Output

-Permits multiple devices to send/receive wireless data simultaneously.

Question 21

SONET

Answer 21

Synchronous Optical Networking

• 10GBaseEW
• 10GBaseLW
• 10GBaseSW

Question 22

BROUTER

Answer 22

Bridge/Router

• when acting as bridge it operates at the data-link layer 2
• when acting as router it operates at the network layer 3

Question 23

PoE

Answer 23

Power Over Ethernet

(PoE) is defined by the IEEE 802.3af and 802.3at standards

Question 24

LC connector

Answer 24

A miniaturized version of the fiber-optic SC connector.

Question 25

VNC

Answer 25

Virtual Network Computing

Question 26

EAP | EAP-FAST

Answer 26

Extensible Authentication Protocol - Flexible Authentication Secure Tunneling.

Question 27

RADIUS

Answer 27

Remote authentication dial-in user service (Uses UDP & is apart of AAA)

Question 28

WPA

Answer 28

Wifi Protected Access

Question 29

WAP

Answer 29

Wireless Application Protocol (AKA The weakest wireless protocol)

Question 30

AES

Answer 30

Advanced Encryption Standard

Question 31

TACACS+

Answer 31

Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus

Question 32

SSO

Answer 32

Single Sign On

Question 33

TGT

Answer 33

Ticket Granting Ticket

Question 34

TGS

Answer 34

Ticket Granting Server

Question 35

KDC

Answer 35

Key Distribution Center

Question 36

DDoS/DoS

Answer 36

Distributed Denial of Service / Denial of Service

Question 37

IPX

Answer 37

Internetwork Packet Exchange

Question 38

CLASS A IP ADDRESS RANGE

Answer 38

0-126 | 00000000-11111110

Question 39

CLASS B IP ADDRESS RANGE

Answer 39

128-191 | 10000000-10111111

Question 40

CLASS C ADDRESS RANGE

Answer 40

192-223 | 11000000-11011111

Question 41

CLASS D ADDRESS RANGE

Answer 41

224-239 | 11100000-11101111

Question 42

CLASS E ADDRESS RANGE

Answer 42

240-255 | 11110000-11111111

Question 43

DSCP

Answer 43

Differentiated Services Code Point is a packet header value that can be used to request (for example) high priority or best effort delivery for traffic

Question 44

CARP

Answer 44

Common Address Redundancy Protocol

Question 45

HSRP

Answer 45

Hot Stand-by Router Protocol

Question 46

LACP

Answer 46

Link Aggregation Control Protocol

Question 47

Tone Generator

Answer 47

Allows you to input a signal on one end of a cable and probe the other end of the cable for connectivity