CIS 444 exam 1 Flashcards
On an Ethernet network using the star topology, which device can function as the cabling nexus that forms the figurative center of the star?
Load balancer
Access Point
Router
Switch
switch
Which of the following Wide Area Network (WAN) technologies uses broadband signaling?
Cable television (CATV)
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)
Cable television (CATV)
Which of the following is not a technology typically used for a personal area network (PAN)?
Z-Wave
NFC
SDWAN
Bluetooth
SDWAN
Which of the following is a wide area networking mechanism that assigns labels to packets and forwards them based on those labels, rather than addresses?
MPLS
ATM
PPPoE
Frame relay
MPLS
Which of the following best describes the function of the network medium?
The network medium processes electrical or light signals and converts them to data.
The network medium provides the physical connection between networked computers.
The network medium provides the protocol used to transmit data between end systems.
The network medium passes data packets between two routers
The network medium provides the physical connection between networked computers.
Which network type is typically wireless?
WLAN
LAN
SAN
WAN
WLAN
Ralph is an employee of a company that offers the option to telecommute from home. As a telecommuting employee, he needs to connect to the company network to access client information, transfer files, and send email through a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection. Ralph is investigating the different Wide Area Network (WAN) services available for the remote connection before he implements one. His home is over 30 years old; the existing telephone wiring was not run through conduit, and the wiring seems to be deteriorating. Ralph has cable television (CATV) service, and his home is also approximately 20,000 feet from the nearest telephone central office. He wants to implement the fastest remote connection service possible, but cost is a factor in the decision. Which WAN technology should Ralph implement?
A DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) connection
A dedicated leased line (fractional T-1)
A standard modem-to-modem connection
A broadband CATV connection
A broadband CATV connection
Which of the following best describes the function of a demarcation point or demarc?
The vertical cross-connect that links horizontal networks together
The place in a telecommunications room where a patch panel is located
A switch or hub that connects the computers in a particular work area together, forming a horizontal network
The place where an outside service enters the building
The place where an outside service enters the building
Which of the following Wide Area Network (WAN) connection technologies uses analog signaling?
Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)
Cable television (CATV)
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
Which of the following cabling topologies provides the greatest number of redundant paths through the network?
Ring
Star
Mesh
Bus
Mesh
Which of the following statements about a wired Local Area Network (LAN) is true?
Wired LANs support only the star and ring topologies.
Wired LANs support only the star and bus topologies.
Wired LANs can support ring, bus, or star topologies.
Wired LANs support only the star topology
Wired LANs can support ring, bus, or star topologies
Which type of network connects Local Area Networks (LANs) in distant locations?
MAN
WAN
CAN
LAN
WAN
You have recently started a new job that enables you to telecommute from home, and you need a Wide Area Network (WAN) connection to the Internet. You will need to access the company network using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection to obtain client information, transfer files, and send email through the company servers. Your home is over 30 years old. The existing telephone wiring was not run through a conduit, and it seems to be deteriorating. You have cable television service, and your home is approximately 20,000 feet from the nearest telephone central office. You want to implement the fastest possible remote connection service, but cost is still a factor in the decision. Which WAN technology should you implement?
A dedicated leased line (fractional T-1)
A DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) connection
A broadband cable television (CATV) connection
A standard modem-to-modem connection
A broadband cable television (CATV) connection
Which type of network is typically confined to a small area, such as a single room, floor, or building?
CAN
WAN
LAN
MAN
LAN
Which technology is typically used for Personal Area Networks (PANs)?
DSL
ISDN
RFID
Bluetooth
Bluetooth
Which internet service provides unequal amounts of upstream and downstream bandwidth?
DSL
FCoE
OSI
SDSL
DSL
Which of the following hardware components is typically found at the demarcation point of a leased line, such as a T-1 or T-3?
110 block
Terminator
Smartjack
Punchdown
Smartjack
A company is moving their entire operation to a new building, and part of the plan is to increase the speed of their Internet access by installing a leased T-3 line to replace their existing broadband connection. The service provider they have selected sends a technician to install the leased line. Which of the following is the correct term for the location in the new building where the technician will terminate the T-3?
Switch
Demarc
Patch panel
Firewall
Demarc
Which of the following is an example of a hybrid topology?
Four Ethernet switches connected using a bus topology
Four Ethernet switches, each with a separate network connection to each of the other three
A workstation with two network interface cards, one of which is connected to a star network and one to a bus network
Four workstations, each with a separate network connection to each of the other three
Four Ethernet switches connected using a bus topology
Which of the following devices often provides diagnostic testing capabilities at the demarcation point of a leased line Wide Area Network (WAN) service?
AAAA server
SIP trunk
Media converter
Smartjack
Smartjack
On a TCP/IP network, which layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model contains protocols responsible for encapsulating the data generated by an application, creating the payload for a packet that will be transmitted over a network?
Presentation
Transport
Session
Physical
Transport
Which of the following terms describes the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) exchange that establishes a connection prior to the transmission of any data?
Connection establishment
Synchronization
Initialization exchange
Three-way handshake
Three-way handshake
Which two of the following functions is the multifunction device on a home or small office network known as a broadband router least likely to provide?
Proxy server and VPN headend
Firewall and router
Wireless Access Point (WAP) and switch
DHCP server and DNS server
Proxy server and VPN headend
Which of the OSI model layers is responsible for syntax translation and compression or encryption?
Network
Session
Presentation
Application
Presentation
The protocols at which layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model use port numbers to identify the applications that are the source and the destination of the data in the packets?
Transport
Network
Presentation
Application
Transport
Which layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model defines the medium, network interfaces, connecting hardware, and signaling methods used on a network?
Data link
Network
Physical
Transport
Physical
On a TCP/IP network, flow control is a function implemented in protocols operating at which layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model?
Session
Presentation
Network
Transport
Transport
Which layer Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model does not have protocols in the TCP/IP suite exclusively dedicated to them?
Session
Network
Application
Transport
Session
Ed is a software developer who has been given the task of creating an application that requires guaranteed delivery of information between end systems. At which layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model does the protocol that provides the guaranteed delivery run, and what type of protocol must Ed use?
Transport layer; connection-oriented
Data link layer; connectionless
Network layer; connection-oriented
Application layer; connectionless
Transport layer; connection-oriented
At which layer of the OSI model do you find the protocol responsible for the delivery of data to its ultimate destination on an internetwork?
Network
Session
Data link
Application
Network
You are designing an Ethernet network for your company’s newest branch office. Your current task is to decide which Ethernet specification to use for the network, a decision that you know will determine what type of cabling you need to purchase and the topology with which the cable will be installed. Which layers of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model apply to the cabling and topology elements of a network?
The application and transport layers
The transport and network layers
The network and data link layers
The data link and physical layers
The data link and physical layers
Which function is defined as occurring at the session layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model?
Dialog control
Datagram routing
Data encryption
Dialog switching
Dialog control
You are a consultant working on a new client’s network. The network has been in place for decades, and you have been given a diagram supplied by the original installer. The diagram says that the network computers are connected to a device called a multiport repeater. Which of the following devices can also be described as a multiport repeater?
Router
Hub
Switch
Bridge
Hub
Which of the following devices enables administrators of enterprise wireless networks to manage multiple Access Points (APs) from a central location?
Hypervisor
Wireless controller
Wireless endpoint
Demarcation point
Wireless controller
Specify the layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model at which the Internet Protocol (IP) operates and whether it is connection-oriented or connectionless.
Network; connection-oriented
Transport; connection-oriented
Network; connectionless
Transport; connectionless
Network; connectionless
The protocols that are responsible for the delivery of data packets to their final destinations on an internetwork operate at which layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model?
Network
Transport
Session
Application
Network
Which two of the following constructs provide roughly the same function? (Choose two that apply.)
CSU/DSU
SIP trunk
VPN concentrator
Smartjack
SIP trunk
Which layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model has its own logical addressing system and is responsible for routing packets from one network to another?
Transport
Session
Network
Presentation
Network
Which layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model is responsible for the logical addressing of end systems and the routing of datagrams on a network?
Physical
Data link
Transport
Network
Network
Which layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model is responsible for transmitting signals over the network medium?
Data link
Physical
Network
Transport
Physical
Which of the following are available as Internet of Things (IoT) devices?
Doorbells
Refrigerators
Thermostats
All of the above
All of the above
Which of the following devices operates only at the physical layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model?
Hub
Bridge
Router
Switch
Hub
Which of the following are available as Internet of Things (IoT) devices?
Thermostats
Doorbells
Speakers
All of the above
All of the above
Proxy servers operate at which layer of the OSI reference model?
Network
Transport
Data link
Application
Transport
Which device runs exclusively at the physical layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model?
Switches
Routers
Repeaters
Switches
Repeaters
Identify the layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model that controls the addressing, transmission, and reception of Ethernet frames, and also identify the media access control method that Ethernet uses.
Data link layer; CSMA/CD
Data link layer; CSMA/CA
Physical layer; Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA)
Physical layer; Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD)
Data link layer; CSMA/CD
You want to create a network in which computers from different departments are assigned to separate Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs). You also want to be able to forward traffic between the VLANs so that each computer is capable of accessing any other computer. Which of the following will enable you to perform all these functions with a single device?
Load balancer
Virtual router
Broadband router
Multilayer switch
Multilayer switch
Multiprotocol switches are devices that perform functions associated with two different layers of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model. Which layer is often associated with network switching?
Physical
Session
Transport
Data link
Data link
What layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model is responsible for translating and formatting information?
Transport
Application
Session
Presentation
Presentation
Which of the following devices can also be described as a multiport repeater?
Bridge
Hub
Switch
Router
Hub
Which of the following statements about bridges and switches is true?
Bridges and switches must support the network layer protocol implemented on the Local Area Network (LAN).
Bridges and switches build their internal tables based on destination addresses and forward packets based on source addresses.
Bridges and switches are data link layer devices that use Media Access Control (MAC) addresses to forward frames.
Bridges and switches are network layer devices that use logical addressing to forward frames.
Bridges and switches are data link layer devices that use Media Access Control (MAC) addresses to forward frames.
At which layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model is there a protocol that adds both a header and footer to the information that is passed down from an upper layer, thus creating a frame?
Data link
Physical
Transport
Network
Data link
Which of the following protocols provides connectionless delivery service at the transport layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model?
HTTP
UDP
TCP
ARP
UDP
A multilayer switch can operate at which layers of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model?
Network and Transport
Physical and Data link
Transport and Session
Data link and Network
Data link and Network
A multilayer switch typically functions at which layers of the OSI reference model?
Data link and Network
Session and Presentation
Network and Transport
Transport and Session
Data link and Network
Which of the following is another term for a switch?
Multihomed router
Multiport bridge
Multiport repeater
Multicast hub
Multiport bridge
Which of the following devices can you use to connect two multimode fiber-optic Ethernet networks in different buildings 2000 meters apart using a single-mode fiber-optic cable segment running at the same speed, while maintaining a single collision domain?
Router
Switch
Bridge
Media converter
Media converter
Alice is a network administrator designing a new Local Area Network (LAN). She needs to determine the type of cabling and the network topology to implement. Which layers of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model apply to cabling and topology elements?
Network and transport layers
Physical and data link layers
Transport and application layers
Data link and network layers
Physical and data link layers
Which of the following is not one of the five functional levels associated with a distributed control system such as Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems?
Remote access
Field level
Direct control
Production control
Remote access
Which protocol operates at the network layer of the OSI model, but does not encapsulate data generated by an upper layer protocol for transmission over the network?
ARP
ICMP
TCP
UDP
ICMP
Which of the following statements explains the purpose of the twists in twisted pair cabling?
The twists prevent collisions.
The twists completely eliminate crosstalk and electromagnetic interference (EMI) in adjacent wire pairs.
The twists prevent crosstalk in adjacent wire pairs and limit the effects of EMI on the signals carried over the cable.
The twists extend the bend radius allowance of the cable.
The twists prevent crosstalk in adjacent wire pairs and limit the effects of EMI on the signals carried over the cable.
Which of the following Ethernet specifications calls for CAT8 UTP cable exclusively?
10GBase-T
40GBase-T
100Base-TX
1000Base-SX
40GBase-T
Which statement about fiber-optic cabling is true?
There are two main fiber-optic cable types: single-mode and multimode.
Fiber-optic cables use IBM Data Connector (IDC) connectors.
Single-mode fiber-optic cable uses a laser light source and a copper core.
Multimode fiber-optic cable uses a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) light source
There are two main fiber-optic cable types: single-mode and multimode.
Network cable runs generally connect office endpoints, such as wall plates, to a central cabling nexus, which is typically where the runs are joined to a backbone network that links them together. Which of the following is a term for such nexuses where network cabling connections are found?
RDP
IDF
MIB
MTBF
IDF