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computer networking
AND DATA COMMUNICATIONS

PRETEST EXAM
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(book) Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide By Mark Dye, Rick McDonald,
Antoon Rufi
9. Information is carried with a packet.
Packet is the unit of data that is routed between an origin and a destination on the Internet or any
other packet-switched network.
Data is the quantity on which operations are performed by a computer, being stored or transmitted
in the form of electrical signals.
Source: (website) www.highteck.net/EN/Network/OSI_Network_Layer.html
(book) Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide By Mark Dye, Rick McDonald,
Antoon Rufi
10. VECO is an electrical plant and utility site.
Source:
http://www.affordablecebu.com/load/internet/top_10_internet_service_providers_isp_in_the_philippin
es/14-1-0-15940
11. LAN adapter (or NIC) provides the physical connection to the network at the PC or other host device.
Source: Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide By Mark Dye, Rick McDonald,
Antoon Rufi
12. See throughput in Item 26.
See bandwidth in Item 13.
The frequency is the rate at which something occurs or is repeated over a particular period of time or
in a given sample.
Source: Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide By Mark Dye, Rick McDonald,
Antoon Rufi
13. See frequency in E&R Item 12.
See throughput in Item 16.
Download time has no term in this section.
Source: Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide By Mark Dye, Rick McDonald,
Antoon Rufi
14. Server is a computer program that provides services to other computer programs (and their users)
in the same or other computers.
WAN is a network that is used to connect LANs that are located geographically far apart like
different cities.
MAN is a network that interconnects users with computer resources in a geographic area or region
larger than that covered by even a LAN but smaller than the area covered by a WAN.
Source: http://computernetworkingnotes.com/network-technologies/basic-networking.html
15. UTP = Unshielded Twisted Pair (cable)
16. Ethernet 1000BASE-T is gigabit Ethernet on copper cables, using four pairs of Category 5 UTP to
achieve the gigabit data rate with the maximum length of 100 m.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabit_Ethernet
17. Subnet (or subnetwork) is a logical grouping of connected network devices.
See MAC address in Item 7.
Bridge is a product that connects a LAN to another LAN that uses the same protocol (for example,
Ethernet or token ring).

Source: (website) www.highteck.net/EN/Network/OSI_Network_Layer.html

(book) Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide By Mark Dye, Rick McDonald,
Antoon Rufi
18. The true statement of IP
Source: www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_NetworkLayerLayer3-2.htm
19. Internet is a global system of interconnection computer networks that use the standard TCP/IP to link
several billion devices worldwide.
MAN and LAN are the types of area network which depends how larger the range of the computer
network.
Source: http://www.asystemsusa.com/faq.htm
20. AWG 22 copper cable is a stranded wire which has a standard size of the diameter in 0.644 m and
the cross-sectional area in 0.326 mm2.
See UTP in E&R Item 1.
RJ-46 is a connector used in data and voice applications.
Source: Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide By Mark Dye, Rick McDonald,
Antoon Rufi
21. Novell is a software and services company that its technology is contributed to the emergence of
LANs, which displaced the dominant mainframe computing model and changed computing worldwide. IPX is a networking protocol from Novell that interconnects networks that use clients and servers.
IPv5 was used to define an experimental real-time streaming protocol; it was decided to not use IPv5
and name the new IP protocol IPv6.
AppleTalk is a set of local area network communication protocols originally created for Apple
computers.
Source: http://whatismyipaddress.com/ip-v6
22. IETF is the main standard organization for the Internet and a large open international community of
network designers, operators, vendors, and researches concerned with the evolution of the Internet
architecture.
RFC is a formal document from the IETF that is the result of committee drafting and subsequent review
by interested parties.
TCP is the transport protocol that manages the individual conversation between web servers and web
clients.
Source: Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide By Mark Dye, Rick McDonald,
Antoon Rufi
23. IEEE 802.9 is a standard for an Integrated Voice and Data Local Area Network (IVDLAN).
IEEE 802.5 is a standard in MAC layer for token ring networks.
IEEE 802.3 is a standard in MAC layer (or Ethernet) for bus networks that use CSMA/CD. CD stands
for Collision Detection.
Source: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/8/802_11.html
24. RJ-26 is a multiple-line universal data jack for up to 8 lines in a 50 position miniature ribbon connector
and accommodates either fixed-loss loop and programmed types of data equipment.
RJ-42 has no standard connector yet.
RJ-48 has two kinds: RJ-48S which is normally associated with DDS (Data Distribution Services) from
the telephone company, and RJ-48C which is normally associated with a DSX-1 (Digital Signal CrossConnect) Interface for a T1 (Transmission Systen 1) circuit.

25. Segmentation, in TCP, is the process of taking a large chuck of data and breaking it into small-enough
pieces that can be easily transported together across a medium. See segments.
Framing is a technique that allows the upper layers (from the OSI layer) to access the media.
Source-destination method has no kind of technique or term in this section.
Source: Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide By Mark Dye, Rick McDonald,
Antoon Rufi
26. Download time has no term in this section.
See frequency in E&R Item 12.
See bandwidth in Item 13.
Source: Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide By Mark Dye, Rick McDonald,
Antoon Rufi
27. IPv4 address has 32 bits.
Source: Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide By Mark Dye, Rick McDonald,
Antoon Rufi
28. IPv6 address has 128 bits.
Source: Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide By Mark Dye, Rick McDonald,
Antoon Rufi
29. POP3 (Post Office Protocol version 3) is a standard mail protocol used to receive emails from a remote
server to a local email client. It allows the user to download email messages on the computer and read
them even when the user is offline.
See TCP/IP in E&R Item 3.
See STMP in E&R Item 4.
Source: (website)
http://www.highteck.net/EN/Application/Application_Layer_Functionality_and_Protocols.html
(book) Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide By Mark Dye, Rick McDonald,
Antoon Rufi
30. The default port number assigned to web-serving application (using HTTP) is 80.
Source: Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide By Mark Dye, Rick McDonald,
Antoon Rufi
31. Header, in network transmission, is part of the data packet and contains transparent information about
the file or the transmission.
See PDU in E&R Item 5.
See information in E&R Item 9.
Source: Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide By Mark Dye, Rick McDonald,
Antoon Rufi
32. See IP in Item 18.
Browser is a program with a GUI (graphical user interface) for displaying HTML (Hypertext Markup
Language) files, used to navigate the WWW (World Wide Web).
ISP is a company that helps create the Internet by providing connectivity to enterprises and individuals
Source: Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide By Mark Dye, Rick McDonald,
Antoon Rufi
33. See PDU in E&R Item 5.
See header in E&R Item 31.
See TCP/IP in E&R Item 3.

Source: Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide By Mark Dye, Rick McDonald,
Antoon Rufi
34. See coaxial cable in Item 20.
See UTP cable in E&R Item 1.
Crystal ball is not used in cabling or computer networking.
Source: Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide By Mark Dye, Rick McDonald,
Antoon Rufi
35. OSI Model and TCP/IP model are compared as shown in Figure 5. The TCP/IP model evolved faster
than the OSI model is now more practical in describing network communication functions. The OSI
model describes in detail functions that occur at the upper layers on the hosts, while networking is
largely a function of the lower layers.

Figure 5 Comparing the OSI and TCP/IP Models

When juxtaposed, you can see that the functions of the application, presentation, and session layers
of the OSI model are combined into one application layer in the TCP/IP model.
The bulk of networking functions reside at the transport and the network layers, so they remain
individual layers. TCP operates at the transport layer, and IP operates at the Internet layer.
The data link and physical layers of the OSI model combine to make the network access layer of the
TCP/IP model.
Source: Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide By Mark Dye, Rick McDonald,
Antoon Rufi
36. Network Access Protection (NAP) is a set of operating system components that provide a platform for
protected access to private networks. It describes two primary functions: data-link management and
the physical transmission of data on the media.
Transport Protocol is another name for TCP.
See IP in Item 18.
Source: Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide By Mark Dye, Rick McDonald,
Antoon Rufi
37. QoS refers to the mechanisms that manage congested network traffic.
See segmentation in E&R Item 25.
Multiplexing occurs when the segments of two or more messages can shuffle into each other and
share the medium.
Source: Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide By Mark Dye, Rick McDonald,
Antoon Rufi

38. Network layer is associated as IP addressing.

Source: http://quizlet.com/9071990/cisco-network-fundamentals-ch-1-3-flash-cards/
39. A LAN technology specified in IEEE 802.3 is Ethernet.
Source: Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide By Mark Dye, Rick McDonald,
Antoon Rufi
40. Terminal is a personal computer or workstation connected to a mainframe.
Computer is a device that stores and manipulates information.
Workstation is a computer intended for individual use that is faster and more capable than a personal
computer.
Source: Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide By Mark Dye, Rick McDonald,
Antoon Rufi