Exam 5: Protocols and Network Software

The "flow" between layers in the OSI reference model goes _____ when data is being sent out to the network.

A directory service is a database stored on the client that contains information about users and network devices and their privileges to those devices.

Each Class C network address can have _____ hosts.

The range of IP addresses from 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 are used as _____ addresses.

In order for a NIC to communicate with the computer in which it is installed, special software known as a device driver must be installed.

With a subnet mask, a 1 represents a(n) _____.

A single Class A network can have how many hosts?

A designator enables the network interface card (NIC) and the client's operating system to communicate.

The protocol that "leases" an IP address to a device is _____.

The IP address is also called the _____ address.

Class E and Class _____ addresses are for special uses.

The International Standards Organization (ISO) created a model that shows what happens during each step on a network and called it the ______________________________ reference model.

Explain Class D multicast addresses.

IP addresses are broken down into groups called _____.

Because TCP/IP is a connection-oriented protocol, it establishes a session (or link) between the devices known as a two-way handshake.

Tell what private IP addresses are and how they are used.

A _____ protocol places the packets on the network and then assumes that they will arrive at the destination.

The reason for the popularity of TCP/IP for LANs is because it is the protocol used on the ____________________.

The IP address 198.146.118.20 is an example of ____________________ decimal notation.

With a Class _____ address, the first octet indicates the number of the network and the remaining three octets is the number of the host.