Deck 9: Ipxspx, Appletalk, and Other Network Protocols

Question 1

A(n) ____ is any entity on the network that can be assigned a network address.

A) NAU
B) MAU
C) NA
D) MAC

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Each protocol family including IPX/SPX was developed by a computer manufacturer in order to network their own brand of computers together.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The ____________________ suite of protocols was created by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1974 to connect DEC minicomputers together.

Answer 3

DECnet

Question 4

The OSL provides the interface between the network hardware and the network software.

Question 5

A logical unit is designed to manage many physical units.

Question 6

The ____ services are used to manage all (or part) of the sessions on the physical and logical units within a network, which collectively make up a domain.

A) System Structure Control Point
B) System Service Control Point
C) System Service Connection Point
D) System Survey Control Point

Question 7

The first part of a DECnet Phase V address is called the ____.

A) source part
B) initial domain part
C) initial source part
D) initial interface part

Question 8

____ was added to reduce the amount of control traffic necessary when using NCP.

A) NDB
B) NCFP
C) NCPD
D) NCPB

Question 9

____________________ is used to synchronize both ends of the SPX connection to achieve maximum throughput.

Question 10

The DECnet protocols are based on a network architecture that is referred to as the ____.

A) Digital Network Architecture
B) Digital Network Infrastructure
C) Digital Network Alliance
D) Digital Network Alignment

Question 11

In IPX, the ____________________ field is normally set to FFFF hexadecimal and is typically not used for error detection.

Question 12

CICS, IMS, and TSO are application programs that provide interactive support, transaction processing, and hierarchical database access.

Question 13

A(n) ____________________ unit is used to access the programs run by the end user.

Question 14

The communication between two NAUs is called a(n) ____________________.

Question 15

In IPX, the ____ field indicates the number of bytes in the IPX packet, including the 30-byte header.

A) Control
B) Length
C) Marker
D) Description

Question 16

The IPX network addressing space is flat, meaning there is no subnetting allowed.

Question 17

The ____ protocol was designed by IBM to allow communication between IBM mainframe computers and any other types of computers that support SNA.

A) Systems Network Alliance
B) Structured Network Architecture
C) Systems Network Design
D) Systems Network Architecture

Question 18

The Transport Control field is initially set to ____ by the transmitting station and is incremented each time the IPX packet passes through a router.

A) 0
B) 5
C) 17
D) 20

Question 19

The ____ is a broadcast protocol that is used to maintain a database of servers and routers connected to the NetWare network.

A) Service Addressing Protocol
B) Service Announcement Protocol
C) Service Advertising Protocol
D) Service Alerting Protocol

Question 20

A(n) ____ unit is used to access the programs run by the end user.

A) physical
B) interpreted
C) logical
D) virtual

Question 21

Describe NCP.

Question 22

List and describe the two segments of the SNA protocol stack.

Question 24

Describe the SNA protocol.

Question 25

List the services that IBM developed to connect the logical units of SNA.

Question 26

List the four fields of the domain-specific part of the DECnet address.