Deck 15: Connecting to and Setting up a Network

Question 1

Using a ______________, packets are delivered to a single node on a network.

A) anycast address
B) default gateway address
C) multicast address
D) unicast address

Answer 1

D

Question 2

A problem with virtual networks is that data transmitting through them cannot be encrypted and therefore is not secure.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Which utility can be used to automatically diagnose a problem with a network connection?

A) My Network Places
B) Device Manger
C) Windows Network Diagnostics
D) Control Panel

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The solution for securing private data traveling over a public network, such as the Internet, is a _________.

A) public encrypted network
B) virtual private network
C) private encrypted network
D) virtual prevention network

Question 5

Which is used to identify the network portion and the host portion of an IP address?

A) dynamic address
B) DHCP address
C) default gateway
D) subnet mask

Question 6

What is it called when a router is configured to open or close certain ports so they can or cannot be used.

A) port triggering
B) demilitarized zone (DMZ)
C) port filtering
D) port forwarding

Question 7

The Telnet protocol encrypts transmitted data, which therefore cannot be read by others on the network.

Question 8

If the computer you are using is a laptop that moves from one network to another, you can click the _____ tab and configure static IP address settings for a second network.

A) General Configuration
B) Alternate Configuration
C) Secondary Configuration
D) Fallback Configuration

Question 9

What type of IP address should be configured on a wireless access point so that it can always be located by the devices that it serves?

A) static IP address
B) dynamic IP address
C) private IP address
D) default IP address

Question 10

Which protocol makes a connection, checks whether the data is received, and resends it if it is not?

A) TCP
B) UDP
C) IP
D) DNS

Question 11

Which command can be used to display TCP\IP configuration information and refresh the IP address?

A) msconfig
B) netstat
C) ipconfig
D) netcfg32

Question 12

Which TCP\IP protocol is used by Windows to share files and printers on a network?

A) Server Message Block (SMB)
B) Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
C) File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
D) Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

Question 13

What is the name of a 32-bit or 128-bit number that is used to identify a device?

A) port number
B) protocol number
C) IP address
D) IP version

Question 14

When connecting to a private and secured wireless access point, you must provide the information that proves you have the right to use the network.

Question 15

How are IP addresses available to the Internet classified?

A) public
B) private
C) non-routable
D) standard

Question 16

Which type of IP address is configured by a server when a device first initiates a connection to the network?

A) default
B) dynamic
C) static
D) configured

Question 17

Wireless networks are either public, unsecured hotspots or private, secured hotspots.

Question 18

What is used to identify a wireless access point?

A) secure key
B) MAC address
C) Network ID
D) SSID

Question 19

What type of device can be used to block unwanted traffic initiated from the Internet and can also restrict Internet access from an internal network?

A) hub
B) switch
C) firewall
D) VPN

Question 20

When using static IP addressing, software automatically configures the network connection on each device.

Question 22

Describe two methods that a wireless access point might use to secure a wireless network.

Question 23

Describe the contents and purpose of a subnet mask.

Question 24

Describe TCP and how it provides reliability of packet delivery.

Question 25

What is DNS and how does it work?

Question 26

Before data is transmitted on a network, it is first broken up into ____________________.

Question 27

Describe communications at the application level - give an example.

Question 28

The first part of an IPv4 address identifies the network, and the last part identifies the ____________________.

Question 29

Describe a domain name and provide examples of domain names.

Question 30

Which wireless networking radio frequency yields faster speeds but offers shorter range?

A) 2.4 GHz
B) 5 GHz
C) 7 GHz
D) 11 GHz

Question 31

Describe the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol.

Question 32

Describe how a computer with a Private IP address accesses the Internet.

Question 33

Discuss how a VPN might be used and how it protects data.

Question 34

Discuss User Datagram Protocol.

Question 35

Communication between two computers happens at three levels (layers) and these levels include the application, operating system, and ____________________.

Question 36

A ____________________ is the name of a computer and can be used in place of its IP address.

Question 37

Using __________________, when a firewall receives a request for communication from the Internet to a specific computer and port, the request will be allowed and forwarded to that computer on the network.