Chapter 12 CIT
Which of the following is NOT a factor to consider when selecting network cabling?
Cable diameter
________ is the standard communications protocol used on most client/server networks.
Ethernet
Cars often have ________ networks.
Exhaust and fuel injection
________ cable is NOT subject to electromagnetic interference or radio frequency interference.
Fiber-optic
A(n) ________ address is the address that external entities use when communicating with your network.
IP
The computers in a lab on a floor of a building would be connected using a ________.
LAN
For business networks, which of the following is NOT one of the main cable types?
Polyvinyl
Which of the following is the most commonly used client/server network topology?
Star
A ________ uses the Internet communications infrastructure to build a secure and private network.
VPN
A(n) ________ server tracks who is logging on to the network as well as which services on the network are available to each user.
authentication
________ is the amount of data that can be transmitted across a transmission medium measured in bits per second.
bandwidth
A(n) ________ is a heavily secured server located between a company's secure internal network and its firewall.
bastion host
A ________ sends data from one collision domain to another.
bridge
Configuring an account to disable itself after a set number of login attempts using invalid passwords is a method of countering a ________.
brute force attack
In an Ethernet network, the signal that is sent to indicate a signal collision is called a ________ signal.
jam
The physical address assigned to each network adapter is called its ________ address.
media access control (MAC)
A ________ is a group of two or more computers, or nodes, configured to share information and resources.
network
Packet ________ is a form of protection for your computer that looks at each packet that comes into your computer network.
screening
A print server uses a print ________ as a software holding area for jobs waiting to be printed.
spooler
The ends of the cable in a bus network use a(n) ________ to absorb signals so that they are not reflected back to network components that have already received the signals.
terminator
In a ________ network, data collisions can occur fairly easily because the network is essentially composed of a single cable.
bus
A ________ network can contain servers as well as individual computers.
client/server
Which of the following is NOT a common network topology?
cluster
A(n) ________ server is a server that stores and manages files for network users.
file
A ________ keeps your computer safe by determining who is trying to access it.
firewall
A ________ topology uses more than one topology when building a network.
hybrid
In a ________ network, each node connected to the network communicates directly with every other node.
peer-to-peer
A network ________ is a set of rules for how information and communications are exchanged.
protocol
A ________ sends information between two networks.
router
Ring networks use the ________ method to avoid data collisions.
token
Most wired home networks use ________ cable, which is most susceptible to interference.
unshielded twisted-pair