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IT 08: Networks
Online Study Questions
8.1 Principles of Networking
1. How are networks formed?
Networks are systems that are formed by links.
2. What are websites that allow individuals to
link to each other’s pages called?
Social networking sites.
3. What are connections with your friends
called?
My personal network
4. What two things do computers share when
linked by a network?
Data and resources.
5. What is the smallest “network” you can
create?
Two computers connected by a single cable
8.1.1 Define Computer Networks
6. What is a collection of hosts connected by
networking devices?
A computer data network.
7. What is any device that sends and receives
information on the network called?
A host.
8. What are devices that are connected to
hosts called?
Peripherals.
9. When a printer is connected directly to a
switch, is it a host or peripheral?
Peripheral
10. Network devices link together using a
variety of connections. What type of cabling
uses electrical signals?
Copper cabling
11. What type of cable uses light pulses to
transmit?
Fiber-optic cabling
12. What type of connection uses laser
technology?
Wireless connection
8.1.2 Explain the benefits of networking
13. What are two benefits of networking _
computers?
Lower ___costs_________________
Increased ____ productivity_______________
14. When sharing a networked printer, where
are the print jobs sent?
To a central print server
15. What type of tool is email considered?
An online
____ collaboration ___________________ tool
16. What device manages network resources?
A server.
Activity Advantages and Disadvantages of Networking
8.2 Describe types of networks
8.2.1 Describe a LAN
17. What is a group of interconnected devices
that is under the same administrative control
called?
Local Area Network (LAN).
18. Who controls the security and access
control policies that are in force on the
network?
LAN Administrator
8.2.2 Describe a WAN
19. What are networks that connect LANs in
geographically separated locations?
Wide Area Networks (WANs)
20. What is the most common example of a
WAN?
The Internet
21. Who interconnects LANS?
Telecommunications service providers (TSP).
8.2.3 Describe a WLAN
22. What is used to transmit and receive data
over wireless devices?
Radio waves.
23. On a wireless network, what is connected to
the network with copper cable?
Access points.
Activity: Network Types
8.2.4 Explain peer-to-peer networks
24. In a peer-to-peer network, how are devices
connected to each other?
directly
25. What is the maximum number of computers
that should be in a peer-to-peer network?
Ten computers.
26. Is there a centralized security?
No
8.2.5 Explain client/server networks
27. What device answers a clients request for
information in a client/server network?
The server
28. Where is all network data stored?
On a centralized file server
29. What two things must each user provide to
gain access to network resources?
An authorized username;
A password.
8.3 Describe basic networking concepts and technologies
8.3.1 Explain bandwidth and data transmission
30. What is the amount of data that can be
transmitted within a fixed time period?
Bandwidth
31. What are the small chunks of data called
that are sent over a network?
Packets.
32. How is bandwidth measured?
In bits per second.
33. How do you write megabits per second?
Mbps
34. How many bits are in one byte?
8 bits
35. What is unidirectional or one-way
communication called?
Simplex.
36. When data flows in one direction at a time,
what is it called?
Half-duplex
37. What is data flowing in both directions at the
same time?
Full-duplex
38. Although the data flows in both directions,
how is the bandwidth measured?
The bandwidth is measured in only one direction.
39. What type of communication is a telephone
conversation?
Full duplex
40. What type of communication does a police
two-way radio use?
Half-duplex
41. What type of communications is DSL?
Full duplex
8.3.2 Describe IP addressing
42. What is the number that is used to identify a
device on the network called?
An IP address.
43. Must each device on a network have a
unique IP address to communicate with
other network devices?
Yes
44. Each device on a LAN has to have an IP
address. In order to communicate, these IP
addresses must be in the same
_____network ________?
45. What on the host is assigned a physical
MAC address?
The host NIC.
46. How often does the physical address of a
host change?
The physical address remains the same.
47. What is another name for a “logical
address”?
The IP address.
48. How many bits are in an IP address?
32 binary bits
49. What does the first part of an IP address
identify?
The network
50. What does the second part of an IP address
Identify?
A host on that network.
51. What is the only part of the IP address do
routers need to know?
The first part (how to reach each network).
52. What class of IP address is used by
universities?
B
53. What class is used for experimental testing? E
54. What class of IP is given to customers by
their ISP?
C
55. What portion of the IP address does the
subnet mask identify?
The network portion of an IP address.
56. The Class A subnet mask is 255.0.0.0.
What does the 255 indicate?
That all all thw bits (255) are network bits.
57. What is the default subnet mask of a Class
C address?
255.255.255.0
58. What settings in Windows, will you find
TCP/IP settings?
The Properties window for the Network Interface Card (NIC).
59. What device enables a computer to connect
to the network?
Network Interface Card (NIC)
60. What does it mean that a MAC address is
“burned in”?
It is permanently programmed into the NIC when it is manufactured.
61. What is used by the MAC to deliver data on
the LAN?
Frames
8.3.3 Define DHCP
62. What software utility dynamically assigns IP
addresses to NW devices?
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
63. What are the four types of information that a
DHCP server can assign to hosts?
IP address
Subnet mask
Default gateway
Optional values, such as a Domain Name System (DNS) server address

64. If a DHCP server offers an IP address and

the host accepts, what is it called when the
server assigns an IP address for a specific
period of time?
leases.
65. How can a computer be configured to
accept an IP address from a DHCP server?
By clicking the "Obtain an IP address automatically" option in the NIC configuration
window.
66. Your computer has been assigned an
address of 169.254.2.1. Which service
dynamically assigned this address to the
computer?
Automatic Private IP Adressing (APIPA)

8.3.4 Describe Internet protocols and applications

67. What is a protocol?
A set of rules
68. What are the five main functions of
protocols?
Identifying __errors_________________
Compressing the data
Deciding how data is to be
_________sent_______
Addressing data
Deciding how to_____announce______________
sent and received data
69. What protocol is small, nonroutable, and
designed for a workgroup network that
requires no connection to the Internet?
NETbui
70. What protocol used to download email
messages from an email server?
POP
Activity: Network Protocols Activity
8.3.5 Define ICMP
71. What protocol announces errors and
congestion on a network?
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
72. What CLI utility tests connection between
computers?
Packet internet groper (ping).
73. How many pings are sent to a destination
when testing connectivity?
Four.
74. If you ping www.cisco,com, what will the
server display in the answer?
The IP address of the server
75. What does a router do with a packet if it
doesn’t know where to send it?
The router deletes it.
8.4 Describe the physical components of a network
8.4.1 Identify names, purposes, and characteristics of network
devices
76. What devices extend the range of a network
by receiving data on one port, and then
regenerating the data and sending it out to
all other ports?
Hubs
77. What are sections of a network called?
segments
78. What device maintains a table of MAC
addresses for computers attached to each
port?
awitch
79. What device connects entire networks to
each other?
router
80. What address do routers read?
IP
81. What does a Wireless AP use to
communicate?
Radio waves
8.4.2 Identify names, purposes, and characteristics of common
network cables
82. What type of cable uses glass to transmit
data?
Fiber optic
83. What is noise generated by adjacent pairs of
wires called?
Crosstalk
84. What is needed so that your network
communication isn’t slow due to interference
caused by the magnetic field?
The cancellation efect
85. What is the most commonly used cabling in
networks?
UTP
86. What is the range of Unshielded Twister
Pair cable?
328 feet (100 m)
87. What in the cable limits signal degradation?
The twisting of the pairs
88. What category has four pairs of wires and a
transmission rate of 100 Mbps?
Cat 5 and 5e
89. What cable is used in most network
installations?
5 and 5e
90. What type of coax cable is used for tv
installations in the US?
RG-59
91. Why can fiber-optic cable deliver signals
that are clearer, can go farther, and have
greater bandwidth than cable made of
copper or other metals?
Because is made of glass
8.5 Describe LAN topologies and architectures
8.5.1 Describe LAN topologies
92. What defines the way in which computers,
printers, and other devices are connected to
a network?
Physical topology
93. What determines how the hosts
communicate across a medium, such as a
cable or the airwaves?
Logical topology
94. What topology is a star network with an
additional networking device connected to
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the main networking device?
Extendet Star Topology

95. What topology connects all devices to each

other and is used in WANs that interconnect
LANS?
mesh
96. What topology is is first come, first served
for transmitting data on the network?
broadcast
8.5.2 Describe LAN architectures
97. What is the Ethernet IEEE standard?
802.3
98. What access control method must be used
on this network?
CSMA/CD
99. How do hosts access the network using the
IEEE802.3 standard?
First come, first served
100. As networks get bigger, what physical
topology does an Ethernet network use?
An extendet sar or hierarchical star topology
101. What is the speed of Gigabit Ethernet?
Up to 1000 Mbps
102. What is often used to connect several
buildings in an office complex or on a
university campus?
FDDI
8.6 Identify standards organizations
103. Which standards organization has more
than 860 active standards?
IEEE
8.7 Identify Ethernet standards
8.7.1 Explain cabled Ethernet standards
104. What is the Ethernet standard?
IEEE 802.3
105. What network access control method must
Ethernet networks implement?
CSMA/CD
106. What must a host do before it sends data?
*listen* to the NW wire for clarence
107. How do hosts waiting to transmit data react
to a collision on a CSMA/CD network?
Listen to the network wire for a change to send data at the end of backoff period
108. Who has permission to transmit first, after a
collision?
No one
109. Ethernet collisions can reduce transmissions
by what percentage?
40%
110. What technology uses a star topology?
10 BASE-T
111. What is another name for 100BASE-TX?
Fast Ehernet
112. What is the maximum range a data signal
can travel through a 1000BASE-T network
segment?
328 feet (100m)
113. What type of Ethernet implementation
should you use for live video?
Gigabit Ethernet
8.7.2 Explain wireless Ethernet standards
114. What is the IEEE standard that specifies
connectivity for wireless networks?
802.11
115. Which wireless IEEE standard operates in a
radio frequency of 2.4 GHz and supports a
maximum bandwidth of 54 Mbps?
802.11g
8.8.Explain OSI and TCP/IP data models
116. Which model was created by the DoD? TCP/IP OSI
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117. What protocol is the standard for
transporting data across networks?
TCP/IP OSI
118. What model standardized the way devices
communicate on a network?
TCP/IP OSI
8.8.1 Define the TCP/IP model
119. What layer provides web browser services?
Application
120. What layer describes how hosts access the
physical media?
Network access protocols
8.8.2 Define the OSI model
121. What layers of the OSI model are
implemented in hardware?
Lower
122. Which layer of the OSI model is primarily
concerned with accessing the physical
media and physical addressing?
Data link
123. Which term describes the process of adding
headers to data as it moves through the
layers of the OSI model?
encapsulation
124. What is the term to describe data as it is
broken down and sent down the layers of
the OSI model?
PDUs
125. What does a segment become at Layer 3?
PAcket
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8.8.3 Compare OSI and TCP/IP
Activity: OSI Model
8.9 Describe how to configure a NIC and a modem
126. What device is required to connect to the
internet?
NIC
8.9.1 Install or update a NIC driver
127. What should you disable when installing a
new driver?
Disable virus protection softer
128. What is a best practice to follow when
installing a driver?
Close an application that is running
129. Why should you reboot after installing a
driver?
Rebooting the computer will ensure that the installation has gone as planned and that
the driver is working properly

8.9.2 Attach computer to existing network

130. What will indicate a network connection after
you plug in the cable?
Blink LEDs
131. What must all NICs be configured with in
order to participate on the network? (3)
Protocol IP Address/ MAC Address
8.9.3 Describe the installation of a modem
132. What is an electronic device that transfers
data between one computer and another
using analog signals over a telephone line?
modem
8.10 Identify of other technologies used to establish
connectivity
133. What’s the acronym for the "plain old
telephone system"?
POTS
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8.10.1 Describe telephone technologies
134. What is the maximum bandwidth when
using an analog telephone connection?
54 Kbps
135. When using ISDN, what technology carries
the data?
Digital
136. What technology shares the telephone wires
with analog signals?
DSL
137. Which technology is not good for hosting a
web server?
ADSL
8.10.2 Define power line communication
138. Which has faster bandwidth – analog
modems or PLC?
PLC analog modem
139. What type of signals can PLC carry?
It can carry both voice and data signals across power lines
140. What makes PLC easy for home network
installers?
It requires no control wiring for electrical devices at the costumer Premises
Requires only an electrical outlet
8.10.3 Define broadband
141. Which WAN technology uses a wide range
of frequencies or channels through which to
transmit data?
broadband
142. What four technologies are considered
broadband?
CABLE
DSL
ISDN
satellite
143. What are the satellite download speeds?
500 kbps
8.10.4 Define VoIP
144. What is a disadvantage of using VoIP?
VoiP depends on a reliable Internet connection
8.11 Apply common preventive maintenance techniques used
for networks
145. What is the biggest problem with network
devices, especially in the server room?
heat
146. What should you do to your cable to save
you time later?
Label than
8.12 Troubleshoot a network
8.12.1 Review the troubleshooting process
147. After gathering information from the
customer, what should a technician do?
Verify the obvious issues
8.12.2 Identify common network problems and solutions
148. What are the three areas where network
problems are likely to occur?
Hardware
Software
Connectivity issues
Summary
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