Chapter 3 Data Transport and Cabling

Question 1

A number indicating a protocol’s reliability. Lower #’s are a higher priority.

Answer 1

(AD) Administrative Distance

Question 2

A table of MAC addresses and IP addresses - includes static and dynamic.

Answer 2

ARP table / ARP cache

Question 3

A group of networking from the same organization, maybe same domain.

Answer 3

(AS) Autonomous System

Question 4

A 32-bit number similar to IP addresses for organizations.

Answer 4

(ASN) Autonomous System Number

Question 5

“The protocol of the internet” - scouts cross-country, travels through routers over TCP, determines paths on many factors.

Answer 5

(BGP) Border gateway protocol

Question 6

The group of nodes that a broadcast reaches.

Answer 6

Broadcast domain

Question 7

A character string over TCP to verify the connection.

Answer 7

checksum

Question 8

The time it takes to find the best path

Answer 8

Convergence

Question 9

Determines the best path based on distance.

Answer 9

Distance-vector routing protocol

Question 10

Protocols used by exterior and border routers to distribute data outside of the autonomous system.

Answer 10

(EGP) Exterior Gateway Protocols

Question 11

A measure of a sequence of packets

Answer 11

flow

Question 12

A routing protocol that exhibits both link-state and distance-vector routing protocols.

Answer 12

Hybrid routing protocol

Question 13

Protocol that manages multicasting.

Answer 13

IGMP

Question 14

Protocols used by interior routers and border routers.

Answer 14

IGP

Question 15

IGP best-path algorithm, used by interior routers only.

Answer 15

IS-IS

Question 16

A number used in the first SYN message of a three-way-handshake that is calculated by a clock-based algorithm.

Answer 16

ISN

Question 17

Protocols used to communicate beyond neighboring routers to determine the best route.

Answer 17

Link-state routing protocols.

Question 18

An older NetBIOS Windows protocol, alternative to TCP/IP

Answer 18

nbtstat

Question 19

Command used to give a list of interfaces on a device.

Answer 19

netstat

Question 20

Command that uses ping and tracert to troubleshoot network issues.

Answer 20

pathping

Question 21

A routing information protocol that only counts the hops.

Answer 21

RIP

Question 22

The routing information is adapted to another routing protocol’s specifications.

Answer 22

Route redistribution

Question 23

Cost for a more effective route.

Answer 23

Routing cost

Question 24

When a message gets stuck in a loop between limited routers and finds no destination.

Answer 24

Routing loop

Question 25

The properties of a route.

Answer 25

Routing metric

Question 26

A chronological number that TCP attaches to segments so that the destination host can reorder the segments, if necessary.

Answer 26

Sequence number

Question 27

The SYN/ACK synchronized confirmation messages over TCP to establish a connection.

Answer 27

Three-way-handshake

Question 28

Maximum duration of an IPv4 packet on a network before it is discarded, also maximum forwards or hops.

Answer 28

TTL

Question 29

A protocol that notifies the sender that something has gone wrong in the transmission process and that packets were not delivered.

Answer 29

ICMP (Internet Control Messaging Protocol)

Question 30

An application layer protocol used to synchronize the clocks of computers on a network.

Answer 30

NTP (Network Time Protocol)