Ch5 Jeopardy - Jacob

Devices

100

NIC

What is a network interface card?

200

This device receives a signal, amplifies it, and sends it on its way.

What is a repeater?

300

This device sucks at connecting devices in a LAN, but at least it does it.

What is a hub?

400

This device is in standard use and connects devices in a LAN.

What is a switch?

500

This device connects networks.

What is a router?

Cables/Connectors

100

This cable is the most commonly used in networking a LAN, but is not used for long distance because it is unreliable.

What is twisted pair(UTP)?

200

This kind of cable uses light rather than electricity to send data.

What is fiber optic?

300

Twisted pair cable can reach up to this far.

What is 100 meters?

400

These are the only two colors that swap between a T568A and T568B scheme.

What is green and orange?

500

This kind of fiber optic can send multiple light pulses at once.

What is multimode fiber?

Protocols

100

IP

What is Internet Protocol?

200

A Bluetooth device can connect up to this many other Bluetooth devices.

What is 7?

300

The more reliable of the two transport protocols.

What is Transmission Control Protocol(TCP)?

400

The super fast "hope it gets there" one of the two transport protocols.

What is User Datagram Protocol?

500

NFC

What is Near Field Communication?

Network Abbv.

100

LAN

What is Local Area Network?

200

WAN

What is Wide Area Network?

300

MAN

What is Metropolitan Area Network?

400

PAN

What is Personal Area Network?

500

WMN

What is Wireless Mesh Network?

Other

100

Two standards commonly used in smart home setups.

What is Zigbee and Z-Wave?

200

DNS

What is Domain Name Service?

300

Any computer directly participating in network communication.

What is a host?

400

DHCP

What is Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol?

500

The port number for https

What is 443?