General Knowledge
Name one 3-letter word used to access a computer or server remotely
What is SSH or VPN?
This device is used to connect multiple computers and network devices together within a local area network (LAN).
What is a switch?
This type of storage device uses spinning disks and read/write heads to store data magnetically.
What is Hard Drive?
Two major types of digital video connections are (Hint* it is located on every Monitor or TV)
What is an HDMI or DisplayPort?
An OU stands for....
What is an Organization Unit?
A unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits.
What is a Byte?
A logical group of workstations, servers, and network devices that appear to be on the same LAN despite their geographical distribution.
What is a VLAN (Virtual Area Netork)?
This firmware is stored on a computer’s ROM chip, it is used to provide runtime services for operating systems and programs to perform hardware initialization during the boot process.
What is BIOS
A device or processing system that encodes and decodes data.
What is a Codec?
Users of this group have administrative privileges over the entire domain.
What is Domain Admin?
This next generation Internet Protocol standard intended to eventually replace IPv4
What is IPv6?
A type of attack which floods a network or server with excessive traffic, causing it to become slow or unavailable.
What is a DDoS attack (Distributed Denial of Service)?
This hardware component is responsible for rendering graphics and images on a computer screen.
An electronic device in a audio or stereo system which causes sounds or signals to get louder.
What is an amplifier?
A Windows server that has Active Directory installed and is responsible for allowing client computers access to domain resources.
What is a Domain Controller?
This layer in the OSI Model is the highest and is responsible for providing a user interface.
What is the Application Layer?
Faking the sending address of a transmission to gain illegal entry into a secure system.
What is Spoofing?
A set of files that tells a piece of hardware how to function by communicating with a computer's operating system.
What is a device driver?
A type of processor used to filter and compress audio and for telecommunications.
What is a DSP (Digital Signal Processor)?
An existing group You can add users to, and they will automatically inherit all of the group's privileges/permissions.
What is a Security Group?
This protocol is used to handle delivery of information from one network to another.
What is TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)?
This standard communication protocol is used for sending and receiving emails between senders and receivers.
What is SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol)?
The 5 MINIMUM components you need for a computer to POST
What are? PSU, Motherboard, Memory (RAM), CPU, GPU
A signaling protocol used for initiating, maintaining, and terminating communication sessions that include voice, video, and messaging applications.
What is SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)?
Centralized repository that simplifies the management of devices and users within a windows environment.
What is Active Directrory?