Communication that can travel in both directions simultaneously is referred to as _____.

Communications networks that connect a few rooms or buildings are called _____.

When describing physical network connections, the jack where a cable connects on a networking card or the computer systems unit is called a _____.

Most contemporary Category 5 or 6 wired computer connections use a cabling standard known as _____.

A(n) _____ is programmed or can learn which devices are connected to which physical connections, but they use more complex protocols that regulate their communications to move data where it is needed.

_____ are standards that define how technology interacts at different levels.

The Open Systems Interconnection or OSI reference model is _____.

The top-layer of the OSI Model is called the _____ layer and controls how software interacts between the user and the rest of the layers.

In order for TCP/IP IPv4 addresses to identify both networks and specific computers the protocol uses a _____.

In order for a network to assign network addresses as they are needed they use _____.

Most contemporary wired Local Area Networks use a protocol called _____ to manage the physical layer.

The Internet service _____ was developed in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee.

To access to World Wide Web the user directly interacts with a program called a _____ such as Firefox or Chrome.

The content the user sees when accessing the World Wide Web is received as _____.

_____ allows users to connect a remote shell to run programs, view files, and perform a variety of other operations as if they were using the system locally.

_____ provides a communication framework with centralized directories that hold a variety of useful data such as directory services and user rights.

A secure replacement for FTP and telnet is available by using _____.

For communication to occur, each of the following must be involved EXCEPT:

Communications that can travel in both directions but has to alternate turns is referred to as _____.

Two-directional communication media in wide use today is all of the following EXCEPT:

A(n) _____ receives a message from one computer and then relays it to all of the other computers connected to it.

In computer network _____ are used to describe the cost or number of connection it expects a data packet to take before it reaches the next destination.

The most popular and prevalent protocol stack in use today is _____.

Most contemporary wired Local Area Networks use a protocol called _____ to manage the physical layer.

The element of the TCP/IP protocol stack that lets users access Web locations with names instead of numbers is the _____.

Which of the following is not an email-oriented protocol?

_____ is a simple method of transferring files between computer systems and operates in the Application layer and only uses TCP for communication.

A(n) _____ is a combination of hardware and software that filters or restricts specific information from moving between the outside network and the inside network.

A(n) _____ is a firewall which examines the header information of data packets that come into a network and determines whether to deny them or forward them to the next network connection, based on its configuration rules.

The ____ firewall deployment model is when the organization places multiple devices between the inside and outside networks, in an area of the network known as the demilitarized zone or DMZ.

Most modern firewalls use complicated configurations typically with _____ of rules.

When a firewall is configured which of the following is NOT true:

Using virtual machine environments to host firewalls adds _____ to the organization in simplifying the operation of a firewall, but can make configuring it more difficult.

A(n) _____ is the cybersecurity version of a burglar alarm.

A(n) _____ is an IDPS that resides on a particular computer or server, known as the host, and monitors activity only on that system.

The process of configuring the IDPS so that it minimizes both the False Positive and False Negative rates is called _____.

A Virtual Private Network or VPN uses encryption technology to create _____

Using IPSec’s _____ mode, two VPN servers are set up to communicate with each other and any traffic that is destined for the other network is first encrypted and embedded in a packet that is addressed by one VPN server for the other.

Using IPSec’s _____ mode, the user makes a client-to-network connection by signing in to activate a piece of software, then log in with their credentials to establishes a connection with the destination network.

_____ is the process of converting a readable message into a form that cannot be understood by unauthorized individuals or systems

_____ describes the processes involved in encoding and decoding messages so that others cannot understand them.

_____ is the process of deciphering the original message (or plaintext) from an encrypted message (or ciphertext), without knowing the algorithms and keys used to perform the encryption.

_____ encryption uses that the same algorithm and key to both encipher and decipher the message, also known as private key encryption.

A(n) _____ will read the request, and then retrieve the information requested itself. It may also cache frequently requested information to speed up operations

One administrative challenge is that each firewall brand is _____.

A(n) _____ is the cybersecurity version of a burglar alarm.

A(n) _____ is an IDPS that resides on a computer or appliance connected to a segment of an organization’s network and monitors traffic on that segment, looking for indications of ongoing or successful attacks.

Virtually all IDPS have the capability to _____.

The _____ level is the predefined assessment level that triggers a predetermined response when surpassed.