Cabling and connectors
Acronyms
Routing
Switching
Misc
100

Fiber cable mode used in long distances

SMF (Single Mode Fiber)

100

SSO

Single Sign On (facilitated by SAML)

100

 How many available IP addresses you get if you split a /24 network in half

128 available (126 usable)

100

Protocol that prevents broadcast storms

 STP (Spanning Tree Protocol)

100

Version of SNMP that allows for Authentication, Encryption, and message integrity

Version 3

200

Both connector types for a coaxial cable

F-connector and BNC

200

RSTP

Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol

200

IP address of route (or gateway) of last resort

0.0.0.0

200

Device that breaks up collision domains

Managed Switch

200

Security concept where a user only get access to what they need and nothing else

Principle of Least Privilege

300

Most common fiber-optic connector used to connect to a NIC

LC Connector

300

CDN

Content Delivery Network (To deliver content to users from servers closest to them)

300

Inconsistencies in the delivery of data packets due to network congestion (hint: not latency)

Jitter

300

Switch standard that can power VOIP phones and access points

PoE (Power Over Ethernet)

300

Best topology for a Wireless Controller and its WAP's

Mesh

400

Layer of the OSI Model where CRC errors are found

Layer 1 (Physical)

400

SSE

Security Service Edge (cloud security framework)

400

FHRP uses a floating ________ to allow the cluster of routers to share a single interface

VIP (Virtual IP Address)

400

Where MAC addresses are stored on a managed switch

Mac Address Table  (Also called CAM table)

400

Term for troubleshooting a 3-tier Hierarchy network that starts at the Access layer and works to the Core Layer

Bottom-Up

500

Type of Ethernet cable used when wiring through a confined space

Plenum (fire-resistant)

500

DCI

Data Center Interconnect (connects multiple datacenters together)

500

Term for a single cloud software application or infrastructure that services numerous customers

Multitenancy

500

Allows only trusted ports to respond to DHCP requests

DHCP snooping

500

Provisioning that allows OS configuration prior to deployment on a network without user interaction

SD-WAN Zero-Touch

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