Networking Basics Quiz

A new technician for 123 Corp plans out the maximum length of a Gigabit Ethernet segment using MMF optic cable. What is the correct distance? (Choose only one)

• 550m
• 100m

• 125m

• 10km

Your company uses UTP cable for all of its network connections including workstations and servers. The users have reported problems connecting to one of the most important servers on the network and you have been called in to look at it, due to a possible physical security breach by a former employee. While examining the server, you find that a small battery-powered motor has been placed and is running next to the server’s network connection. What is causing the network problem?

• Electromagnetic interference

• Static electricity

• Transceivers

• Unknown, but the motor is probably unrelated

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

You are the network engineer assigned to implement a new 100 Mbps network connection. You need to select the correct cabling, as well as the correct standard. From the selections below, choose which 100 Mbps networking standard makes use of only two pairs of a Category 5 UTP cable.

• 10BaseT

• 100BaseFL

• 100BaseTX

• 100BroadT4

Which OSI model layer is responsible for frame sequencing?

• The physical layer

• The transport layerr

• The data link layer

• The application layer

Which of the following is a valid MAC address?

• 00:05:J6:0D:91:K1

• 10.0.0.1-255.255.255.0

• 00:05:J6:0D:91:B1

• 00:D0:A0:5C:C1:B5

Standards for CSMA/CD are specified by which IEEE 802 sublayer?

• 802.1

• 802.3

• 802.4

• 802.5

Which layer of the OSI model is responsible for data encryption?

• Presentation

• Session

• Network

• Data Link

You are designing a 1000Base-T network. In creating this network, what distance limitation will you be facing when installing the cabling?

• 100 m

• 185 m

• 500 m

• 2 km

You have been hired by a company that uses a topology shown below. In looking at the physical layout of your network, which of the following types of topologies is being used?

• Bus

• Star

• Mesh

• Ring

What are the first 24 bits in a MAC address called?

• NIC

• BIA

• OUI

• VAI