Approximately how many bytes are in a kilobyte (KB)?
What is 1,000
100
How are voice communications converted to digital signals?
What is they are broken into very small samples and then binary values are assigned to them
100
What is a networking standard
What is the details of what a networking technology does and how it does it
100
How do LANs and WANs differ on the means they use to send data
What is there is no difference, as both can use electricity, light, or RF (radio frequency)
100
Ethernet began life as a _____ technology
What is LAN
200
In the graphic drawn on the whiteboard, where the capacitors indicate individual bits in RAM, how will the computer interpret the indicated capacitor
What is as a zero
200
What does compression do to video files
What is it takes a standard video and stores it as a smaller video file
200
What standards-setting body sets de facto standards
What is ANSI
200
Why is it important to understand alternating current when learning about networks
What is the AC signal changes over time, which gives standards groups more options for how to encode data using electricity
200
What is meant by Ethernet “bit rate” as defined by IEEE standards
What is the speed of the cables used in an Ethernet network
300
Convert this binary number to decimal: 00101011
What is 43
300
In this sample Web address, which part identifies the protocol being used:
http://example.com/page2
What is http
300
Why is the TCP/IP model divided into layers
What is to make it easier to understand how networks work, to make it easier to write protocols for networks and to make it easier to create standards for networks
300
What causes full duplex to transmit and receive simultaneously
What is there are four wires: one wire pair for receiving and another for transmitting
300
Which address table does a LAN switch use to determine how to deliver a frame to the correct destination?
What is MAC address table
400
On the drive graphic, what part of the drive is being pointed to?
What is a track
400
What does the Internet core comprise
What is many separate networks, some small and some large
400
Why is the TCP/IP model considered an “open” networking model
What is it is not owned by any specific organization and shares details of how it works with all
400
What is an RJ-45 used for on networks
What is it is the connector used for UTP network cabling
400
In the 10BaseTx standard, what type of cable technology is specified
What is twisted pair
500
A single hexadecimal digit is equivalent to _____ binary
digits.
What is 4
500
Which of the following physical network topologies has the inherent weakness of a single point of failure
What is Star
500
What do routers do in a network
What is routers move data between separate LANs, often by linking them to WAN lines
500
Which of the following technologies is considered a wireless LAN technology/standard
What is 802.11g
500
If you wanted to find out if you could reach a printer on the network, which command would you use