Network + Chapt 4 Quiz

Question 1

Which standard describes structured cabling?

a. ANSI 110C

b. OSI Layer 1	
c. IEEE 802.3	
d. TIA/EIA–568

Answer 1

d. TIA/EIA–568

Question 2

Where does a service provider’s network end and the customer network begin?
 	a. At the demarc	
	b. In the MDF	
	c. On the network 
             backbone	
	d. At the IDF junction

Answer 2

a. At the demarc

Question 3

Where are you most likely to find an organization’s main servers?

a. Work area

b. IDF	
c. Entrance facility	
d. MDF

Answer 3

d. MDF

Question 4

Which of the following is most likely to use fiber–optic cabling?

a. Backbone wiring

b. Horizontal wiring	
c. Patch cables	
d. Rollover cables

Answer 4

a. Backbone wiring

Question 5

What type of cabling should you use in the area above the ceiling or below the subflooring?

a. Fiber–optic

b. Plenum–rated	
c. PVC cable	
d. Shielded twisted–pair

Answer 5

b. Plenum–rated

Question 6

If you experience a temporary dimming of lights, what have you experienced?

a. A surge

b. A brownout	
c. A blackout	
d. An inverter

Answer 6

b. A brownout

Question 7

What type of power converter converts AC power to DC power?

a. Rectifier

b. Regulator	
c. Inverter	
d. Transformer

Answer 7

a. Rectifier

Question 8

What type of device is used to guard against momentary increases in voltage?

a. Surge protector

b. Transformer	
c. Rectifier	
d. Power strip

Answer 8

a. Surge protector

Question 9

What feature should you look for in a UPS if your electrical power has a lot of noise?

a. Surge protector

b. Higher VA value	
c. Standby power	
d. Line conditioning

Answer 9

d. Line conditioning

Question 10

What type of device should you consider for a network that frequently experiences total blackouts for long periods of time?

a. Surge protector

b. Generator	
c. Offline UPS	
d. Transformer

Answer 10

b. Generator

Question 11

What is the highest layer of the OSI model at which NICs operate?

a. Data Link

b. Network	
c. Physical	
d. Transport

Answer 11

a. Data Link

Question 12

In what type of motherboard slot are you most likely to install an Ethernet NIC on a new computer?

a. USB

b. PCI	
c. PCIe	
d. ISA

Answer 12

c. PCIe

Question 13

What type of communication method is most like talking on a telephone?

a. Full–duplex

b. Half–simplex	
c. Half–duplex	
d. Simplex

Answer 13

a. Full–duplex

Question 14

What feature should you choose if you want a NIC to select the best link speed and duplex that is supported by a neighboring device?

a. Auto Negotiation

b. Receive Buffers	
c. Receive Side Scaling	
d. Jumbo Packet

Answer 14

a. Auto Negotiation

Question 15

Which part of an Ethernet II frame signals to a receiving node that bytes of a frame are coming?

a. Header

b. Trailer	
c. Type	
d. Preamble

Answer 15

d. Preamble

Question 16

What can you use to do a physical component test on a NIC?

a. Device driver

b. Loopback plug	
c. Ipconfig	
d. Ping

Answer 16

b. Loopback plug

Question 17

Which command should you use to test IPv6 functionality on the local NIC?

a. ping ::1

b. ipconfig –4	
c. ipconfig –6	
d. ping 127.0.0.1

Answer 17

a. ping ::1

Question 18

Using Cisco iconography, what type of network device is represented by a small rectangular box that contains four arrows pointing in opposite directions?

a. Hub

b. Router	
c. Switch	
d. Firewall

Answer 18

c. Switch

Question 19

Which device are you most likely installing if you are using the iSCSI protocol?

a. NAS

b. 110 Block	
c. SAN	
d. Switch

Answer 19

c. SAN

Question 20

Which of the following is a Transport layer protocol used on fiber–optic media instead of TCP or UDP?

a. ICMP

b. Power over Ethernet	
c. Fibre Channel	
d. iSCSI

Answer 20

c. Fibre Channel