Essentials of Networking

Question 1

What is a remote host?

Answer 1

Other computing device on the network or is not reachable beyond the network.

Question 2

What is a host?

Answer 2

Any computing device connected to a network

Question 3

What is a Web server?

Answer 3

A remote computer that stores the files that make up a Web site

Question 4

What is a file server/file share?

Answer 4

A networked host that enables you to access a bunch of files and folders

Question 5

What is a mail server?

Answer 5

Networked host you use to access email messages.

Question 6

What does IDC stand for?

Answer 6

Insulation Displacement Connector

Question 7

What is a patch panel?

Answer 7

Type of distribution frame used with twisted pair cabling with IDCs to terminate fixed cabling on one side and modular jacks to make cross-connections to other equipment on the other.

Question 8

what is a patch cord?

Answer 8

patch cord is used to connect a port on the patch panel to a port on an Ethernet switch

Question 9

What is a hub?

Answer 9

legacy network hardware device that was used to implement the 10BASE-T and 100BASE-T Ethernet cabling designs

Question 10

What is a collision domain?

Answer 10

one computer can send a frame at any one time