IT Protocols & Standards
What does HTTP stand for?
What is HyperText Transfer Protocol?
What does IP stand for?
What is Internet Protocol?
What is the most common command-line interface used in Microsoft Windows?
What is Command Prompt (CMD)?
This is the first thing you should try when troubleshooting a frozen computer.
What is rebooting (turning it off and on)?
What does USB stand for?
What is Universal Serial Bus?
What does VPN stand for?
What is Virtual Private Network?
What is the purpose of the DNS system?
What is translating domain names into IP addresses?
How many bits are in an IPv4 address?
What is 32 bits?
What operating system is represented by a four-colored window logo?
What is Microsoft Windows?
Which command in Windows opens the Task Manager?
What is Ctrl + Shift + Esc?
This device is used to display visual output from a computer.
What is a monitor?
What does URL stand for?
What is Uniform Resource Locator?
This protocol is used to transfer files between computers over the Internet.
What is FTP (File Transfer Protocol)?
What is the default port for HTTP?
What is port 80?
What does the acronym GUI stand for?
What is Graphical User Interface?
What does “ping” test in networking?
What is connectivity or reachability to another network device?
This type of storage is faster than traditional HDDs.
What is an SSD (Solid-State Drive)?
This is the process of sending malicious emails to obtain sensitive information.
What is phishing?
This newer protocol, replacing IPv4, uses 128-bit addressing.
What is IPv6?
What does MAC in MAC address stand for?
What is Media Access Control?
This Microsoft operating system introduced the Start Menu and was launched in 1995.
What is Windows 95?
This tool allows you to view active network connections and their associated ports on a computer.
What is netstat?
RAM stands for this.
What is Random Access Memory?
What does BIOS stand for?
What is Basic Input/Output System?
SMTP is used for this.
What is sending emails (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)?
This device connects multiple devices on a network and directs data between them.
What is a switch?
This Windows feature allows users to run older software by emulating previous versions of the operating system.
What is Compatibility Mode?
Which tool is commonly used to trace the route packets take to reach a destination?
What is traceroute?
This is the component responsible for processing all instructions in a computer.
What is the CPU (Central Processing Unit)?
This is the full form of SSH, a protocol used to securely connect to remote servers.
What is Secure Shell?