3.1: Week 1 of Connect and Protect

What are the three main categories of services that CSPs provide?

Software as a service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a service (IaaS), Platform as a service (PaaS)

What are some benefits of switches? Select all that apply.

Some benefits of switches include the following: They control the flow of traffic, they can improve network performance, and they pass data to the intended destination.

To connect an entire city, the most effective network type would be a local area network (LAN).

To connect an entire city, the proper network type would be a WAN

Fill in the blank: fe80::ab12:cd34:ef56:0023:2345 is an example of an accurate ___ address.

IPv6

Which of the following is an example of an IPv4 address

172.16.254.1 IPv4 addresses are written as four, 1-3-digit numbers separated by decimal points. Each one can contain the values 0-255

A security professional wants to ensure information is being broadcast to every computer on their organization's network. What device should they investigate

A hub is a network device that broadcasts information like a radio tower. A router connects multiple networks together

What is the term for an address assigned by an internet service provider that is shared by all devices on a local area network

A public IP address is assigned by an internet service provider and shared by all devices on a local area network. It is connected to geographic location

Fill in the blank: A switch uses a MAC _____ to direct data packets to the correct device.

A switch uses a MAC address table to direct data packets to the correct device.

security analyst is accessing a webpage that uses HTTPS. The analyst scans the network to see what ports are active. Which port number is used for HTTPS webpages?

Port 443

What is the purpose of the protocol number of a data packet?

To tell the receiving device what to do with the information in the packet

Question 4 Fill in the blank: The practice of using servers, applications, and network services that are hosted on the internet is called _____ computing

cloud

Fill in the blank: An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a unique string of characters that identifies the _____ of a device on the interne

location An IP address is a unique string of characters that identifies the location of a device on the internet.