Lesson 11: Network Management

Question 1

The ability to track various
events on a network.

Answer 1

accounting

Question 2

A useful piece of documentation
that provides a representative sample of
how the network is working at a specific
point in time.

Answer 2

baseline

Question 3

A type of signaling fault that
occurs when one or more bits in a
particular packet or frame, but not the
entire packet, are lost.

Answer 3

bit error

Question 4

The preset minimum below which
the network administrator can guarantee
that data will not flow.

Answer 4

bit rate

Question 5

A component of a network
optimization system that determines
what content to send to the
server. It also checks the caching server
for a copy of requested content before
going to the original source if a copy is
not there.

Answer 5

caching engine

Question 6

A network server that
stores a local copy of content requested
from another source (such as an
Internet server) and retains it for a
specified amount of time.

Answer 6

caching server

Question 7

Allows multiple devices in a
common pool to use the same IP address.

Answer 7

CARP (Common Address Redundancy Protocol)

Question 8

The organization of
a network into divisions, designed in such
a way that if one section of a network is
brought down, the other sections of the
network will not be directly affected.

Answer 8

compartmentalization

Question 9

A type
of software designed to monitor network
connections.

Answer 9

connectivity monitoring software

Question 10

Any type of software
that e~bles a computer to connect
to a network or another computer,
either remotely or locally.

Answer 10

connectivity software

Question 11

Events, conditions, and limits in
a network that contribute to the slow
delivery of data, called latency.

Answer 11

delays

Question 12

Paper or digital records
of what devices and cables you have on
your network, how the network is configured,
where it is located, and policies
and procedures used to manage and
maintain the network.

Answer 12

documentation

Question 13

The amount of rime a network
and/or network device is not functioning.

Answer 13

downtime

Question 14

Software applications intended
to both entertain and educate the
people who use them.

Answer 14

edutainment

Question 15

Data files that a system uses to
record errors, warning, and informational
messages generated by operating
system components or applications.

Answer 15

event logs

Question 16

An application or component
found on all current versions of
Windows that centralizes all event logs
on a local computer.

Answer 16

Event Viewer

Question 17

A network’s ability to have a
portion of itself fail but to still continue
to work at some level of functionality.

Answer 17

fault tolerance

Question 18

A goal or concept in
network optimization that refers to
the ability to keep a network up and
running reliably with the least amount
of downtime possible.

Answer 18

high availability

Question 19

A network
application that requires a lot of
bandwidth to function.

Answer 19

high bandwidth application

Question 20

Data files that contain an
ongoing record of the activity in a
specific device or on the network.

Answer 20

history log

Question 21

The difference in the amount of
time that two packets take to reach the
same destination due to network delays.

Answer 21

jitters

Question 22

The time it takes a data packet
to move from one designated network
location to another.

Answer 22

latency

Question 23

A measurement of how
well a program or network device can
handle latency.

Answer 23

latency sensitivity

Question 24

A testing methodology that
consists of deliberately purring greater
than normal demands on a network or
the devices on a network to see how
they will perform.

Answer 24

load testing

Question 25

A diagram that
shows how everything works on the
network.

Answer 25

logical network diagram

Question 26

Whatever carries communications
physically across a network, such as copper
wires, radio signals, or fiber optic cables.

Answer 26

media

Question 27

An important piece of
documentation that shows either the
physical layout of a network or its logical
layout.

Answer 27

network diagram

Question 28

A collective term
for various actions, procedures, and
methods related to monitoring, configuring,
maintaining, supporting,
and updating a network and its infrastructure.

Answer 28

network management

Question 29

The act of observing
a network’s activity and determining its
current state.

Answer 29

network monitoring

Question 30

The process of
striking a balance between network performance
and network cost.

Answer 30

network optimization

Question 31

A program or
service thatuses conventional data communications
technologies and networks
to carry video over IP.

Answer 31

network video application

Question 32

The chance
that a packet will be dropped while it is
moving across a network.

Answer 32

packet drop probabilities

Question 33

The specific practice of
limiting packet types, sources, or content
as the means to do bandwidth shaping.

Answer 33

packet shaping

Question 34

In networking, an analysis of
how well the network is currently functioning
and what can be done to make
it function better.

Answer 34

performance

Question 35

A document
that shows where everything on the
network is physically located.

Answer 35

physical network diagram

Question 36

A component of network
management that concerns how the
network is documented.

Answer 36

policy

Question 37

A component of network
management that lays out how the
network should be maintained, what
should happen should failure or
other such issues occur, and how to
implement established policies.

Answer 37

procedure

Question 38

The amount of time required
for a packet to travel to its destination.

Answer 38

propagation

Question 39

The mechanisms
that allow a network to reserve
resources and control how those
resources are distributed.

Answer 39

quality of service (QoS)

Question 40

A fault tolerance technique
in which a network has standby components
online and running, so that
if a main component ails, the redundant
component can pick up the load
seamlessly.

Answer 40

redundancy

Question 41

Rules and guidelines imposed
on the company by outside agencies
and/or organizations.

Answer 41

regulations

Question 42

A term referring to likelihood
thata network will function properly
over a given time period.

Answer 42

reliability

Question 43

A type of diagram that uses
graphic symbols rather than realistic
pictures to depict the elements of a
computer or network system.

Answer 43

schematics

Question 44

A type of application that is
designed to test the amount of data passing through a network in a specific amount of time.

Answer 44

speed test

Question 45

A condition in which a
packet has to be temporarily stored
before it can be transmitted.

Answer 45

storage delay

Question 46

A testing method in which
administrators deliberately load networks
or devices beyond the point
where they can function properly, to see
what will happen.

Answer 46

stress testing

Question 47

Data files maintained by the
operating system or components of
the operating system that record information
about system changes, device
changes, system events, driver changes,
and other similar types of information.

Answer 47

system logs

Question 48

A program or device
that is designed to test the amount of
data passing through a nerwork in a
specific amount of time. See speed test
or speed tester.

Answer 48

throughput tester

Question 49

A technique for nerwork
optimization in which traffic is prioritized
based on what type of packet
is passing through the nerwork. Also
known as bandwidth shaping.

Answer 49

traffic shaping

Question 50

The act of sending data
across a nerwork connection.

Answer 50

transmission

Question 51

The measure of how long a
nerwork and/or its devices have been
functioning without any outages or
shutdowns.

Answer 51

uptime

Question 52

A type of application
that uses conventional data
communication technologies and
nerworks to carry video over IP.

Answer 52

video application

Question 53

Nerwork communications
applications which are
used to communicate using video
transmissions.

Answer 53

video communications

Question 54

A nerwork application
which uses cameras to record what
is happening in a specific area and
transmit the image to a central server
location.

Answer 54

video surveillance

Question 55

The process by which an
operating system and/or network is
converted inro a software construct
that runs inside a host environment
independent of the hardware platform
being used ro support it.

Answer 55

virtualization

Question 56

A
group of protocols and standards that
allow voice communication and multimedia
sessions over packet-switched
networks using IP.

Answer 56

Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP)

Question 57

Handling network wiring
in a neat and well-ordered manner.

Answer 57

wire management

Question 58

A diagram showing
where all wires in a network are in
relation ro the physical layout of
the faciliry the network is located
in. This diagram shows rhe location of
the network’s cables, nor rhe devices.

Answer 58

wiring schematic