Cybr 2600 Midterm (Networking)

You'll find backbone cabling in the MDF or between IDFS

Fiber optic cabling can be used in noisy environments and can carry data over longer distances.

When and how many times is a CRC calculated?

Which layer of the OSI model does Project 802 divide into two sublayers?

When 2 cables run side by side, signals might interfere with signals traveling on the other wires. What is this?

You have just installed a new NIC in your PC to replace the 1 that had started breaking. What software must be installed

Layers acting as though they communicate directly with each other across the network are called which of the following?

Correct order of a user attempting to access network resources?

Which of the following problems can occur at the Physical layer

Project 802 specified 2 sublayers Data Link which are Logical Link Control and Media Access Control

UTP is susceptible to EMI and Crosstalk.

Which of the following requests information stored on another computer?

Switched logical topology creates dynamic connections and uses a physical star topology.

Which technology is likely to be implemented as a point-to-point physical topology?

Topology needed in a WAN with a central and 3 branches with all the traffic going through the central.

Which of the following is defined by the extent to which signals in an Ethernet bus topology network are propagated?

Which OSI layer determines the route a packet takes from sender to receiver?

Which of the following describes a hub-based Ethernet network?

Which of the following is a basic function a computer performs? (Multiple Answer)

Which of the following wireless technologies does a 802.11 wireless network using the 2.4 GHz frequency range use?

Properties of ethernet: Scalable and best effort delivery system

What purpose does the timestamp serve in a switching table?

When a CPU has two or more processors, each one is referred to as a(n) ________.

Which of the following best describes a client?

Hubs bandwidth is usually specified by bits per second, Correct?

How many channels can be used on an 802.11b network in North America?

Components of structured cabling system: Patch cables and Horizontal wiring.

Only 2 strands of fiber are needed for connection.

Which OSI layer handles flow control, data segmentation, and reliability?

Which OSI layer governs how a NIC is attached to the network medium?

What's the name of the PDU at the Transport layer?

2 Companies now sharing their resources by using TCP/IP. What best describes this arrangement?

What characteristic of twisted-pair cabling helps mitigate the effects of crosstalk?

Which type of Wi-Fi signal interference is most likely to be caused by leaves on trees?

Which WIFI standard can provide the highest bandwidth?

Which motherboard component controls data transfers between memory, expansion slots, I/O devices, and the CPU?

When might you want to use a rollover cable?

Full duplex ethernet is only possible with switches and has collision detection turned off.

Which type of connection is most likely to require a crossover cable?

11 Mbps is the common operational speed of a wireless network.

Which of the following is true of a repeater?

Which of the following characteristics is associated with a peer-to-peer network? Many Answers

What information is found in a routing table?

At which Data Link sublayer does the physical address reside?

OSI in correct order? Physical, Data link, Network, Transport, Session, Presentation, Application

Which of the following conditions requires cables not to exceed a recommended maximum length?

Which of the following is an example of a protocol found at the Application layer? (

Interconnected 5 computers and printer. This is an example of?

Peer-to-peer networks aren’t suitable in which of the following situations?

Which statement is true about fiber-optic cables?

What does a switch use to create its switching table?

If a router receives a packet with a destination network address unknown to the router, what does the router do?

In network communication, the _____ address is used to deliver a frame to the correct computer on the network. 2 options

Which of the following is a task usually performed by the BIOS?

TCP/IP uses _________ to look up a computer’s IP address, given its name.

Bandwidth sharing - how devices are connected to a hub use the speed at which the hub can transmit data

TCP/IP is an example of which of the following?

How does a protocol analyzer capture all frames?

Which IEEE 802 standard applies to Ethernet?

Dedicated bandwidth - how devices connected to a switch use the speed at which it can transmit data?

The unit of info containing MAC addresses and an error-checking code that’s processed by the network layer is called a _

The time it takes for read/write heads to move to the correct spot on the platter is the ____________.

You’re configuring a WLAN in a long narrow room. You can only put the AP is at the far end of the room. Antenna type?

Features of 100baseFX: often used as backbone cabling and uses two strands of fiber.

These are both wiring standards for Twisted pair cable connections: IEEE 802.3a & TIA/EIA 568B

4 users in a company, tight budget. What type of network should you install?

Which of the following is true of IEEE 802.3an?

In Windows 10, which of the following displays information about currently installed NICs?

Which of the following best describes a MAC address?

Which of the following is the purpose of an SSID?

The __________ executes instructions provided by computer programs.

What happens to signals as they travel the length of the medium?

Which term refers to stripping header information as a PDU is passed from one layer to a higher layer?

Which of the following is true of a MAC address?

Indicator lights on a hub include Link status, Connection speed, and activity?

What’s the purpose of an RTS signal in wireless networking?

Which topology most likely uses coaxial cabling?

You have installed Windows Server on a new server and want to centralize user logons and security. What should U install

Unshielded twisted pair cabling has a limitation of 100 meters and is susceptible to electrical interference.

At which OSI layer does the PDU contain sequence and acknowledgement numbers?

Which OSI layer is responsible for setting up, maintaining, and ending ongoing information exchanges across a network?

Which of the following is considered long-term storage?

To which device is a wireless access point most similar in how it operates?

A(n) ______________ message is used to determine whether a computer is listening on the network.

Advantages of Star Topology - Faster technologies than bus and Centralized monitoring of network traffic

This process includes adding information such as addresses

Which access method uses a "listen before sending" strategy?

What type of connector is used most commonly with TP network wiring?

Which of the following is the process for representing bit signals on the medium?

Which of the following describes the arrangement of network cabling between devices?

What feature of a switch allows devices to effectively communicate at 200 Mbps on a 100 Mbps switch?

Which access method does Wi-Fi use?

Which of the following types of fiber-optic connectors provides high density and requires only 1 connector for 2 cables?

Which Wi-Fi standard uses beamforming to allow an AP to send data to multiple devices simultaneously?

Correct order? Power, CPU starts, POST executed, Boot devices searched, OS loaded on RAM, & OS started.

The space between a false ceiling and the true ceiling where heating and cooling air circulates is called the

Which IEEE 802 standard applies to wireless LANs?