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Non-Handicapper Generals
LANs & WANs, Man!
OSI
Potpourri
Somebody Call Security!
100
Microsoft's tool that is used to create network topology diagrams
What is Visio?
100
A network topology with all links radiating from a central point, or a Hollywood Celebrity
What is a Star?
100
The color of a MultiMode fiber cable
What is Orange?
100
The decimal equivalent of the binary number 11111111
What is 255?
100
A term used to describe a program that pretends to be something useful, often with nefarious intent
What is a Trojan?
200
A set of rules that guide the progress of a message from sender to receiver
What is a Protocol?
200
The fundamental differences between a LAN and WAN?
What is Speed, Cost, and Distance?
200
The type of fiber optic cable used on very long links over 1 KM
What is Multi-Mode Fiber?
200
Of the IP address 172.16.20.14 /16, the "host" portion of the address
What is 20.14?
200
A term describing "tricking" a legitimate user into helping an attacker, it has nothing to do with building Facebook and Twitter
What is Social Engineering?
300
The term used to describe carrying Voice, Video, and Data on one network
What is Convergence?
300
In Cisco's 3-layer network design model, the layer that is associated with end-user workstations
What is the Access Layer?
300
The bottom layer of the OSI networking model, or a #1 hit from Mrs. Newton-John
What is Physical?
300
The hexadecimal equivalent of the binary number 0001 1111
What is 1F
300
A technical term that encompasses Viruses, Trojans, Bots, and Root Kits
What is MalWare?
400
A network device that is more efficient than a hub, it passes layer 2 packets only to needed ports
What is a Switch?
400
Of DS1, T3, and OC3, the WAN link with the highest bandwidth
What is OC3?
400
The acronym used to describe signal interference caused by electric motors and fluorescent lights
What is EMI/RFI?
400
The name of the default browser in Fedora Linux, or a 1982 Clint Eastwood Movie
What is Firefox?
400
A mechanism for scrambling data such that only the intended recipient can read it, it can be used to overcome security concerns with wireless networks
What is Encryption?
500
A mechanism for avoiding congestion in a network, NOT where you pass the Dutchie.
What is Token Passing (or Toke 'n' Passing)?
500
Three WAN networking technologies that are based on "public/private cloud" model
What are ATM, Frame Relay, and MPLS?
500
An mnemonic phrase for the naming the OSI layers from bottom to top
What is Please Do Not Throw Sausage Pizza Away?
500
A term used to describe the mechanism whereby routers automatically learn the network; it is better than Static Routing
What is Dynamic Routing?
500
A secure technique to send data over the internet from one private Site to another private Site
What is (site-to-site) VPN?