General MTA

Question 1

LAN

Answer 1

Local area network - used at a home or workplace

Question 2

WAN

Answer 2

Wide area network - large scale network that covers a huge geographical area e.g the internet

Question 3

MAN

Answer 3

Metropolitan area network - a large network that covers the size of a city

Question 4

CAN

Answer 4

Campus area network - covers a network such as a university or college

Question 5

PAN

Answer 5

Personal area network - used low power technology such as Bluetooth

Question 6

CSMA/CA

Answer 6

Carrier sense multiple access / collision avoidance - nodes on the network broadcast when they are using the network and when they have finished to avoid collisions

Used in W I R E L E S S networks

Question 7

CSMA/CD

Answer 7

Carrier sense multiple access/ collision detection - all nodes on the network are listening out for other nodes and will wait until the transmission media is idle before communicating

used in W I R E D networks

Question 8

Token passing

Answer 8

Used in ring topologies to ensure that collisions are impossible. A virtual token is passed and a node must be in possession of the token before transmitting

Question 9

Unicast

Answer 9

Data is sent from 1 to 1

Question 10

Multicast

Answer 10

Data is sent 1 to many

Question 11

Broadcast

Answer 11

Data is sent 1 to all

Question 12

Any cast

Answer 12

Data is sent 1 to many where a device can opt to receive the signal

Question 13

What does a device need to be on a network?

Answer 13

A network interface card

A host address

(Default gateway is required for internet but not local networking)

Question 14

Class A address

Answer 14

1 - 126

Subnet mask: 255.0.0.0

Question 15

Class B address

Answer 15

128-191

Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0

Question 16

Class C address

Answer 16

192-223

Subnet mask 255.255.255.0

Question 17

Class D address

Answer 17

224+

Used for multi casting

Question 18

What kind of address is this:

10.6.2.21

Answer 18

Class A private address

Question 19

What kind of address is this:

172.16.32.87

Answer 19

Class B private address

Question 20

What type of address is this:

192.168.16.23

Answer 20

Class C private

Question 21

What type of address is this:

68.24.78.221

Answer 21

Class A public

Question 22

What type of address is this:

127.0.0.1

Answer 22

Loop back address

Question 23

How many bits are in an IPv4 address?

Answer 23

32 bits

Question 24

How many bits are there in an IPv6 address?

Answer 24

128

Question 25

What address is this

169.254.45.50

Answer 25

APIPA address