Networking Terms and Definitions

What is the term for a network connection made by a node or host on a network?

• Interface

• Protocol

• Gateway

• Subnet

What do you call one of 4 bytes that are separated by periods and together make up an IPv4 address?

• Octet

• Nibble

• Quad

• Segment

What does FQDN stand for in networking?

• Fully qualified domain name

• Fast query domain network

• Frequent quality data node

• Full queue data network

What is the last two parts of an FQDN, usually associated with a company’s name and its type of organization?

• Domain name

• IP address

• Subnet mask

• Gateway

What is the first part of an FQDN, such as www or ftp, which identifies the individual computer on the network?

• Host name

• Domain name

• Top-level domain

• Protocol

What is a 24-bit character sequence assigned by IEEE that appears at the beginning of a network interface’s physical address and identifies the NIC’s manufacturer?

• OUI (Organizationally Unique Identifier)

• MAC (Media Access Control) Address

• IP (Internet Protocol) Address

• SSID (Service Set Identifier)

What is a unique set of characters assigned to each NIC by its manufacturer, also called an extension identifier?

• Device ID

• IP Address

• Subnet Mask

• Port Number

What is a database that stores a mapping of MAC addresses to switch to ports and in other cases stores MAC addresses allowed on a network?

• MAC address table

• Routing table

• ARP cache

• DNS table

What type of IP address is manually assigned to a device and remains constant until it is manually changed?

• Static IP address

• Dynamic IP address

• Link-local IP address

• APIPA address

What type of IP address is assigned to a device upon request and may change when the DHCP lease expires or is terminated?

• Dynamic IP address

• Static IP address

• Loopback IP address

• Private IP address