Network Configurations

Question 1

▪ Responsible for putting frames in the physical network’s transmission
media
▪ The data can only travel through the
local area network

Answer 1

Link/Network Interface Layer

Question 2

TCP/IP

Answer 2

Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol

Question 3

A logical identifier for a group of hosts in a computer network

Answer 3

Multicast Address

Question 4

Default subnet mask for a given class of IP addresses

Answer 4

Classful Mask

Question 5

Allows for borrowing some of the host bits and reassigning them to the
network portion

Answer 5

Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)

Question 6

Can be accessed over the Internet and is assigned to the network by an
Internet service provider

Answer 6

Public IP Address(Routable)

Question 7

Can be used by anyone any time, but only within their own local area
network

Answer 7

Private IP Address (Non-Routable)

Question 8

Allows for routing of private IPs through a
public IP

Answer 8

Network Address Translation (NAT)

Question 9

IP Range: 10.0.0.0-10.255.255.255
Possible hosts: 16.7 million (256x256x256)

Answer 9

Private IP Class A with Starting Value 10

Question 10

IP Range: 172.16.0.0-172.31.255.255
Possible Hosts: 1.05 million (16x256x256)

Answer 10

Private IP Class B with Starting Value 172.16-172.31

Question 11

IP Range: 195.168.0.0-192.168.255.255
Possible Hosts: 65,536 (256x256)

Answer 11

Private IP Class C with Starting Value 192.168

Question 12

Creates a loopback to the host and is often used in troubleshooting and
testing network protocols on a system

Answer 12

Loopback Address (127.0.0.1)

Question 13

Used when a device does not have a static IP address or cannot reach a
DHCP server
● 169.254.0.0 to 169.254.255.255

Answer 13

Automatic Private IP Addresses (APIPA)