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Network Protocol Questions Flashcards

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What does FTP mean and what is its function? What are some aspects of it?

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  • File Transfer Protocol
  • File exchange
  • Authenticates with a username and password
  • Full featured functionality (list, add, delete, etc.)
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A type of cryptographic network protocol for secure data communication, remote command-line login, remote command execution, and other secure network services between two networked computers is known as:

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-SSH (Secure Shell)

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What does Telnet allow?

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  • Provides username & password authentication
  • Transmits data in an unencrypted form
  • Enables remote login and command execution
  • Console access
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The SMTP protocol is used for:

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  • Sending email messages from a client device

- Sending email messages between mail servers

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What describes a system that maps domain names to various types of data, such as numerical IP addresses?

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-DNS (Domain Name System)

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Which network protocol enables users to retrieve the contents of an Internet page from a web server?

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-HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)

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What is the function of POP3?

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-Email retrieval

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IMAP is used for:

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-Retrieving email messages from a mail server

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What is the name of a network protocol that secures web traffic via SSL/TLS encryption?

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-HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)

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Which of the following is a Microsoft-proprietary remote-access protocol providing users with a graphical interface that allows them to connect to another computer on a network?

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-RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol)

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What is used when a WINS server tries to resolve a host name into an IP address on a Windows-based LAN?

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-NetBIOS

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True or False

The function of the NetBT protocol is to allow NetBIOS services to be used over TCP/IP networks.

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-True

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Characteristic features of SMB/CIFS?

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  • Used mainly by computers running Microsoft Windows operating systems
  • Provides shared access to files, directories, and devices
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What protocols permits automated discovery of networked services on Local Area Networks (LANs)?

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-SLP (Service Location Protocol)

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Name a file sharing network protocol?

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  • AFP (Apple Filing Protocol)
  • SMB (Server Message Block)
  • CIFS (Common Internet File System) (this is SMB)
  • NetBIOS
  • FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
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A network protocol providing an alternative solution to the manual allocation of IP addresses is known as:

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-DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)

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LDAP is an example of a(n):

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-Directory access protocol

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A type of protocol used in network management systems to monitor network-attached devices is called:

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-SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)

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What does TCP mean, do, and what are some aspects of it?

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  • Transmission Control Protocol
  • TCP transfers packets using IP
  • Connection-oriented
  • A session is started, sender and receiver communicate on data being sent
  • If data sent is corrupted, the receiver doesn’t acknowledge it and the sender resends
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What does UDP mean, do, and what are some aspects of it?

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  • User Datagram Protocol
  • UDP transfers packets using IP
  • speed and simplicity, connectionless (no session started, data is sent and received with no acknowledgement)
  • no error checking because no acknowledgement
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What does SSH mean? What is it?

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  • Secure Shell
  • Encrypted communication link that allows remote logins
  • A user can connect to a server to transfer information in a more secure manner than other methods
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What does a client use to receive email?

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  • IMAP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol v4)

- POP3 (Post Office Protocol Version 3)

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Advantage of IMAP4 over POP3?

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-Includes management of email inbox from multiple clients

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What does RDP mean and what does it do?

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  • Remote Desktop Protocol

- Share a desktop or application from a remote location

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What does DNS mean and what does it do?

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  • Domain Name System

- Converts names to IP addresses

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What does SLP mean and what does it do?

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  • Service Location Protocol

- It allows clients to locate servers and other services on the network.

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What does SNMP mean and what does it do?

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  • Simple Network Management Protocol
  • Gather stats from network devices
  • SNMP examines and changes configuration parameters of LAN and WAN connected repeaters, bridges, routers, switches, and other devices connected to a network.
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What does LDAP mean and what does it do?

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  • Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

- Store and retrieve information in a network directory

29
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True or False

Is LDAP commonly used in Microsoft Active Directory?

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-True

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What does DHCP mean and what does it do?

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  • Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
  • Auto configs IP address, subnet mask and other options
  • Dynamic, meaning IP addresses are assigned in real-time from a pool
  • Each system is given a lease and must renew at set intervals
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What is DHCP reservation?

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  • Can reserve IP addresses by using MAC address in the DHCP server
  • Quickly manage addresses from one location
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What does NetBIOS do?

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  • Allows computers and applications to communicate with network hardware, and allows data to transmit properly over a network
  • Older systems use this, newer systems use SMB
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What does SMB mean and what does it do?

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  • Server Message Block
  • Common network communications method used on Microsoft operating systems allowing those computers to communicate with other SMB computers. AKA File sharing, printer sharing, etc.
  • Like NetBIOS but modern and better
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What is CIFS?

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  • SMB (Server Message Block)

- File sharing over IP between computers that use it

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What does AFP mean and what does it do?

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  • Apple Filing Protocol
  • File sharing between systems that use it.
  • Used in Apple systems
  • Works with SLP (Service Location Protocol)
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What is Telnet?

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  • Telecommunication Network
  • A terminal emulation that enables a user to connect to a remote host or device using a telnet client.
  • Unencrypted, data is transmitted in clear text
  • SSH is similar but SSH is encrypted

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