M9 - Network Fundamentals and Configuration
Using a spreadsheet application, you open a file that is located on one of your Windows servers. Which OSI model layer is responsible for determining whether the request to open the file should be handled by the local file system or the network?
Data Link
Repeaters are the main network building block in medium-sized to large networks.
False
What is the unit of information used to send a frame onto the network medium?
Packets
What do TCP and UDP use to identify the source and destination Application layer protocols that a segment or datagram should be processed by?
port number
Which of the following is NOT a typical reason for creating an internetwork?
you're running a legacy operating system on one of your servers
About how much data is typically transferred in each packet or frame?
1500 bytes
Network client software allows a computer to share its resources by responding to resource requests generated by network servers.
False
The Internetwork layer is where the HTTP protocol operates.
False
When configuring a computer's IPv4 address, you must enter a default gateway for the computer to communicate on the local network.
False
When configuring the IP address settings for a computer, which of the following is true?
If the IP address is 192.168.100.101 with a 255.255.255.0 subnet mask, a valid default gateway address is 192.168.1.250.
A colleague has asked you where the media access control address of his computer is located? What do you tell him?
NIC
In which layers of the OSI model does the network interface operate?
Network and Application
Which OSI model layer is involved with user logon and logoff?
Session Layer
In the TCP/IP layered architecture, which of the following is a protocol that operates at the Internetwork layer?
TCP
A frame is a packet with the source and destination MAC addresses added to it.
True
When examining protocols of the TCP/IP model, what unit of information does the SMTP protocol work with?
data
What part of a frame does a switch use to determine where to forward the frame?
destination MAC address
What command-line tool can you use in Fedora Linux to display and change network interface settings?
ipconfig
In a wireless network using an access point, how does the sending device know that the frame was received?
it receives an acknowledgment
A Web browser is an example of which type of network component?
network client
Which network component extends from a computer's NIC to a switch?
network medium
In the layers of the network communication process, in which layer would you find TCP/IP?
network protocol
Which of the following is NOT a task performed by a NIC and its driver?
receives frames from the network protocol
In which element of a DNS server would you find a CNAME?
resource records
When a protocol of the TCP/IP suite adds a header to a UDP datagram, what unit of information has been created?
segment
