Getting Started
An _________signal is continuous
What is analog?
Each cable is made up of four twisted pairs of wire (eight wires in all).
What is unshielded twisted pair (UTP) or shielded twisted pair (STP)?
Most common type network topology and all the computers on the network are connected together thru a central hub or switch.
What is star topology?
P2P stands for a type network usually created at home or small business.
What is Peer to Peer?
Passwords should be at least ____ long, contain ______ and _____
case letters, least one ________, and one ____________.
What is 8, upper and lower, number and symbol or special character?
A __________ signal is either on or off.
What is digital?
Networks using ______________are characterized by not having a hub that you would have with UTP.
What is coax or coaxial cable?
Most expensive and every computer is directly connected to every other computer.
What is a Mesh Topology?
Other uses can see or load a document but can't edit.
What is Read Only?
The network gets to many requests at the same time and can not handle them all so it stop all incoming traffic.
What is a Denial of Service Attack?
Computers send information across a network in broken down into _____________.
What is packets?
____________contain strands of flexible glass or plastic that transmit light rather than electrical signals, and they are coated in Kevlar and plastic.
What is fiber optic cable?
This type area network can cross regional or national boundaries and usually used in very large international businesses.
What is a Wide Area Network (WAN)?
This network is more expensive to implement.
What is Client/Server Network?
A spike in traffic that slows down the network.
What is Malware?
A ______________ is a set of rules that regulate how something works.
What is a protocol?
A circuit board that allows you to plug in an Ethernet cable and connect your computer to the network.
What is Network Interface Card (NIC)?
A rule for group behavior that is mandated by a gouverning body like IEEE or agreed on by a general consensus.
What is a standard?
Uses roaming authentication.
What is client/server network?
Something in the code of an appliation or physical layout of a network that makes it possible for it to be hacked.
What is a vulnerability?
__________________________controls how data is sent. TCP detects any transmission problems, requests re-transmission of lost data, rearranges out-of-order data, and even helps minimize network congestion to reduce the occurrence of the other problems.
What is Transmission Control Protocol or TCP?
The outer of the network, the component that sits at the edge of a local network and connects it with other networks.
What is a Router?
Use the mnemonic below to list he 7 layers of the OSI model from Layer 7 to Layer 1 or Layer 1 to 7
All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Please Do Not Throw Sausage Pizza Away
What is 7.Application, 6.Presentation, 5.Session, 4.Transport, 3.Network, 2.Data Link, 1.Physical Layers?
Users have full control and they can edit, or delete files.
What is Read & Write or Full Access?
Provides internet over telephone lines.
What is Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)?