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1
Q

MMF

A

Short range communications upto 2km

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2
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SMF

A

Longer range communications upto 100km

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3
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STP

A

Shielded twisted pair

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4
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UTP

A

Unshielded twister pair

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5
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Plenum

A

Fire resistant cable

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6
Q

Coaxial cabling

A

RG-8 Older ethernet networks, RG-56 Broadband Internet, RG-59 Short-distance video

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7
Q

IPv4 address is how many bits?

A

32bits

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8
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IPv6 address is how many bits?

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128bits

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9
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APIPA addresses

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169.254.1.0 through 169.254.254.255

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10
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Loopback Address IPv4

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127.0.0.0 127.255.255.255

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11
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Loopback Address IPv6

A

::1

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12
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RFC1918 Private Addresses

A

10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 , 172.16.0.0 - 182.31.255.255 , 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255

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13
Q

List wireless encryption protocols, securest to weakest

A 
WPA2 + AES
WPA + AES
WPA + TKIP/AES (TKIP is there as a fallback method)
WPA + TKIP
WEP
Open Network (no security at all)
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14
Q

List 4 different network types

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LAN, WAN, MAN, PAN

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15
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List the different networking topologies

A

Mesh, Ring, Hybrid, Bus, Star

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16
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What is the most common network topology?

17
Q

Define Hub

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OSI Layer 1, multi-port repeater , traffic router to whole network

18
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Define Switch

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OSI Layer 2, Multi-port bridge, forwards traffic based on data link addresses, slightly more intelligent.

19
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Define router

A

OSI Layer 3, Forwards traffic based on address, intolerant, connects various types of network EG. WAN and LAN

20
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Define a WAP

A

Wireless access point bridges from wireless to wired networks

21
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Define a Modem

A

Modulator, demodulator, coverts analogue sounds to digital signals (old dial up)

22
Q

Define NAS

A

Network attached storage,

23
Q

Define Firewall

A

Filters trafic by IP, port number or application,

24
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DHCP

A

Device host configuration protocol, assigns IP addresses

25
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LDAP

A

lightweight director access protocol - network directory

26
Q

DNS

A

domain name service - user friendly mapping system for device names and IPs

27
Q

SNMP

A

Server message block, windows file and printer sharing

28
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SMB

A

server message block windows file and printer sharing

29
Q

SSH

A

Secure shell, encryption terminal session

30
Q

SFTP

A

Secure FTP over SSH, Encrypted file transfer.

31
Q

IPv6 Link Local Address?

CompTIA A+ 220-801 (21 decks)

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