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Networking Principles

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Ethernet is an example of ...

a)

Physical Topology

b)

Logical Topology

c)

LAN Technology

d)

WAN Technology

2.

Being allowed to use your tablet at work is known as...

a)

BYOD

b)

BYOB

c)

BLOD

d)

BLOB

3.

What is virtualisation?

a)

Accessing a computer on another network

b)

Running an OS inside another OS

c)

Taking your phone to college

d)

Accessing a virtual environment

4.

Which of these are end-point devices?

a)

Laptop

b)

Server

c)

Router

d)

Wireless Access Point?

e)

Switch

5.

Which of these are intermediate devices?

a)

Laptop

b)

Server

c)

Router

d)

Wireless Access Point

e)

Switch

6.

Which of these statements describes a switch?

a)

Works at Layer 2

b)

Uses IP Addresses to make forwarding decisions

c)

Connects multiple devices together

d)

Connects different networks together

7.

Which of these statements describes a router?

a)

Works at Layer 2

b)

Uses IP Addresses to make forwarding decisions

c)

Connects multiple devices together

d)

Connects different networks together

8.

Windows 2019 is a server operating system?

a)

Yes

b)

No

9.

Which of these tools can be used to identify suspicious activity?

a)

Performance Monitor

b)

Active Directory

c)

Task Manager

d)

Event Viewer

10.

What addresses are used in frames?

a)

MAC Addresses

b)

IP Addresses

c)

Port Numbers

d)

Post Codes

11.

What addresses are used in packets?

a)

MAC Addresses

b)

IP Addresses

c)

Port Numbers

d)

Post Codes

12.

What addresses are used in segments?

a)

MAC Addresses

b)

IP Addresses

c)

Port Numbers

d)

Post Codes

13.

Fibre optic cable encodes individual bits by...

a)

varying the brightness

b)

varying the voltage

c)

varying the wavelength

d)

varying the amplitude

14.

Wifi encodes individual bits by...

a)

varying the brightness

b)

varying the voltage

c)

varying the wavelength

d)

varying the amplitude

15.

DHCP is used to ...

a)

find routers

b)

translate names to IP Addresses

c)

provide devices with IP Settings

d)

identify individual devices

16.

An IP Address consists of a network portion and a host portion. These portions are determined by the _?

(a)  

17.

What class of address is 10.15.20.25?

a)

Class A

b)

Class B

c)

Class C

d)

Class D

e)

Class E

18.

Is 172.32.15.16 a private IP address?

a)

Yes

b)

No

19.

Can class D addresses be assigned to computers as IP addresses?

a)

Yes

b)

No

20.

Which of these bit patterns indicate a Multicast address?

a)

0

b)

10

c)

110

d)

1110

e)

1111

21.

Which WiFi standard is fastest?

a)

802.11a

b)

802.11b

c)

802.11g

d)

802.11n

e)

802.11ac

22.

Ports cannot be discovered when in which mode?

a)

Open

b)

Closed

c)

Stealth

23.

A port scan is looking for...?

a)

Open ports

b)

Closed Ports

c)

Stealth Ports

d)

IP Addresses

24.

The hacker has intercepted a packet of data, copied it, then sent it onwards. What kind of attack is this?

a)

DoS

b)

Man-in-the-Middle

c)

Port Scan

d)

Redirection

25.

What does DoS stand for?

a)

Disk Operating System

b)

Director of Studies

c)

Denial of Service

d)

Doughnut or Sandwich

26.

A DDoS attack seeks to overwhelm a target machine by bombarding it with packets. Which methods could achieve this?

a)

Use a botnet

b)

Use ping from a single machine

c)

Spoof the source address using the network's own broadcast address

d)

Use email

27.

A hacker has hacked a DNS server and changed the IP address associated with rbs.co.uk. What kind of attack is this?

a)

DoS

b)

Port Scan

c)

Domain Hijacking

d)

DNS Poisoning

28.

A hacker calls the IT support team claiming to be the managing director and insisting that his password is reset immediately. What kind of attack is this?

a)

Malware

b)

Social Engineering

c)

Supply chain poisoning

d)

Identity Theft

29.

Port numbers...

a)

associate incoming packets with PCs

b)

associate incoming packets with applications

c)

identify local routers

d)

must always be closed

30.

An IDS is...

a)

Intruder deletion system

b)

Intruder discovery system

c)

Intruder detection system

d)

Intruder denial system

31.

IDS work by...

a)

magic

b)

detecting ping packets

c)

establishing a baseline activity level then comparing current activity to the baseline

d)

using a blacklist to block known attackers

32.

SNMP gathers ...

a)

network traffic data

b)

user data

c)

connection data

d)

attack data

33.

What can be used to detect network traffic?

a)

A packet sniffer

b)

A frame sniffer

c)

A packet reader

d)

A frame reader

34.

Which of these are potential vulnerabilities?

a)

Misconfigured router

b)

Unpatched applications

c)

Old operating systems

d)

Weak passwords

35.

Storing data in the cloud is safer than storing it locally.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

It depends

36.

Office 365 is cloud based?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Both cloud and desktop

37.

Which of these are network services?

a)

Database server

b)

Web server

c)

Task manager

d)

Email client

38.

An example of cloud-based document management is...

a)

Office 365

b)

Windows Explorer

c)

One Note

d)

One Drive

39.

The event viewer lets you...

a)

view error logs

b)

uninstall applications

c)

connect to the Internet

d)

block unwanted traffic

40.

A WLAN is a ....

a)

Wireless Local Area Network

b)

Wired Local Area Network

c)

WiFi Local Area Network

d)

Wide Local Area Network