Deck 12: Internet Standards and Services

Question 1

A de facto standard is one that, while not codified, is agreed upon and adhered to nevertheless.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

IP telephony is a method of encoding and transmitting voice signals over a data network using TCP/IP.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Resolvers are servers that contain databases of names and their associated IP addresses.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

An alias provides a nickname for a host.

Question 5

Name space refers to the database of Internet IP addresses and their associated names.

Question 6

Newsgroups are hosts on the Internet that need to look up domain name information and associate it with an IP address.

Question 7

Each name server manages a group of devices, collectively known as a tag.

Question 8

Port numbers in the range of 0 through 1023 are also known as well known ports.

Question 9

Newsgroup messages are transported by the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).

Question 10

When VoIP is carried over the Internet, it is known as Internet telephony.

Question 11

The Domain Name System is a centralized method for automatically associating IP addresses with host names. _________________________

Question 12

A(n) RFC is a numbered document that articulates some aspect of Internet technology. _________________________

Question 13

When an Internet draft is transferred to the RFC editor, it is reclassified as a(n) draft standard. _________________________

Question 14

A(n) de facto standard is one that, while not codified, is agreed upon and adhered to nevertheless. _________________________

Question 15

Name server refers to the database of Internet IP addresses and their associated names. _________________________

Question 16

A(n) resource record describes one piece of information in the DNS database. _________________________

Question 17

NNTP is a protocol that operates via TCP port 19. _________________________

Question 18

When VoIP is carried over the Internet, it is known as Packet Internet Groper. _________________________.

Question 19

A network that uses Internet-like services and protocols to exchange information over a broad geographical area (or a WAN) is known as a(n) intranet. _________________________

Question 20

Which of the following is a nickname for a host?

A) Anchor
B) Alias
C) Browser
D) Echo reply

Question 21

Which of the following is an HTML tag that formats information on a Web page as a hyperlink to another area of a web page?

A) Browser
B) ARPANET
C) Anchor
D) Echo reply

Question 22

Which software interprets HTTP-encoded material and provides clients with an easily navigated, graphical interface to the Web?

A) Browser
B) Alias
C) Host file
D) Element

Question 23

A standard that is not an official policy, but is adhered to nevertheless, is referred to as:

A) Draft standard
B) de facto standard
C) Internet draft
D) Proposed draft

Question 24

A hierarchical way of tracking domain names and their databases, is referred to as:

A) DNS
B) ARPA
C) HTML
D) ICMP

Question 25

Which of the following is a proposed standard that has demonstrated interoperability and functionality and is ready for the last phase of scrutiny before it becomes an RFC standard?

A) Proposed standard
B) Draft standard
C) Internet standard
D) None of the above

Question 26

The response signal sent by a device after another device pings it, is referred to as (n):

A) Echo reply
B) Name space
C) Echo request
D) IP telephony

Question 27

What term is used to describe the request for a response that is generated when one device pings another on the network?

A) Alias
B) Echo reply
C) Anchor
D) Echo request

Question 28

Which of the following describes a means of conducting business over the Web?

A) Intranet
B) Element
C) E-commerce
D) Extranet

Question 29

Which of the following uses Internet-like services and protocols to make resources available to multiple locations of the same organization?

A) Extranet
B) Host file
C) Intranet
D) Internet2

Question 30

A text file that associates TCP/IP host names with IP addresses, is known as:

A) Host file
B) IP telephony
C) Namespace
D) Element

Question 31

The language that defines formatting standards for Web documents is referred to as:

A) ICMP
B) IANA
C) IAB
D) HTML

Question 32

Which of the following is a TCP/IP configuration and management utility used with UNIX systems?

A) ipconfig
B) netstat
C) ifconfig
D) None of the above

Question 33

Which of the following is a proposed standard that is submitted by a computer networking professional to an IETF working group?

A) Draft standard
B) Internet draft
C) Alias
D) Resolver

Question 34

Which of the following is a mail storage and manipulation protocol that depends on SMTP's transport system and improves upon the shortcomings of POP?

A) IMAP
B) ISOC
C) DNS
D) NNTP

Question 35

Which of the following is a network that connects educational and private institutions for the purposes of research and development?

A) Intranet
B) Internet2
C) Extranet
D) NNTP

Question 36

Which of the following is a TCP/IP-based network that connects clients with resources within an organization?

A) Extranet
B) Internet
C) Intranet
D) IP telephony

Question 37

Which of the following is the TCP/IP configuration management utility that is used in Windows NT, 2000, and XP systems?

A) netstat
B) ipconfig
C) ifconfig
D) None of the above

Question 38

Which of the following is a server that contains a database of TCP/IP host names and their associated IP addresses?

A) Name space
B) Intranet
C) Root server
D) Name server

Question 39

Which of the following is a database of Internet IP addresses and their associated names, distributed over DNS name servers?

A) Newsgroup
B) Name space
C) Resolver
D) Name server

Question 40

A TCP/IP utility that displays statistics and details about TCP/IP connections and listening ports on a host, is referred to as:

A) ipconfig
B) netstat
C) ifconfig
D) None of the above

Question 41

The protocol that supports the process of reading newsgroup messages, and the transferral of news files between news servers is referred to as:

A) NNTP
B) SMTP
C) ICMP
D) IMAP

Question 42

An Internet service, similar to e-mail, in which information is distributed to a wide group of users at once, rather than from one user to another, is referred to as:

A) NSFNET
B) Newsgroup
C) Name server
D) Name space

Question 43

Which of the following is a TCP/IP troubleshooting utility that can verify that TCP/IP is installed and correctly configured?

A) netstat
B) PING
C) ifconfig
D) ipconfig

Question 44

Which of the following is a TCP/IP subprotocol that provides centralized storage for e-mail messages?

A) POP
B) RIR
C) RFC
D) SMTP

Question 45

Which of the following is a type of RFC that describes a technology that has been proposed in an Internet draft but has not yet been proven as an Internet standard?

A) Resource record
B) Proposed draft
C) ICANN
D) Draft standard

Question 46

Which of the following is a not-for-profit agency that manages the distribution of IP addresses to private and public entities.

A) Regional Internet Registry
B) Resolver
C) NSFNET
D) IAB

Question 47

Which of the following is described as any host on the Internet that needs to look up domain name information to resolve a name with an IP address?

A) Resource record
B) Root server
C) Resolver
D) Element

Question 48

Which of the following is described as the element of a DNS database stored on a name server that contains information about TCP/IP host names and their databases?

A) Resource record
B) Switch
C) RFC
D) Traceroute

Question 49

A numbered document that articulates some aspect of Internet or TCP/IP technology, is referred to as:

A) Resource record
B) RFC
C) RIR
D) Internet draft

Question 50

Which of the following is a DNS server maintained by ICANN?

A) Name server
B) NFSNET
C) ARPANET
D) Root server

Question 51

A character, or combination of characters that follows a command and instructs the command to format its results in a specific way, is referred to as:

A) Switch
B) Resolver
C) Browser
D) Anchor

Question 52

Which of the following is a formatting indicator used in HTML?

A) Resolver
B) Anchor
C) Tag
D) None of the above

Question 53

Which of the following is the highest-level category used to distinguish domain names?

A) TLD
B) RIR
C) PING
D) POP

Question 54

Which of the following is a TCP/IP utility that uses ICMP to trace the path from one host to another?

A) netstat
B) traceroute
C) ifconfig
D) ipconfig

Question 55

Does the term intranet refer to a TCP/IP-based network that connects clients with resources within an organization?

Question 56

Does a name space contain a database of TCP/IP host names and their associated IP addresses?

Question 57

Can you use the term name server to refer to a database of Internet IP addresses and their associated names?

Question 58

Does netstat display statistics and details about TCP/IP connections?

Question 59

Does an anchor allow a user within an organization to address a host by a different name?

Question 60

Does the term alias refer to an HTML tag that formats information on a Web page?

Question 61

Does the term echo reply refer to the response signal sent by a device after another device pings it?

Question 62

Does the term Internet2 refer to a network that connects educational and private institutions for the purposes of research and development?

Question 63

Does NNTP support the process of reading group messages, posting new messages, and transferring news files between news servers?

Question 64

Does an address resource record map the IP address of an Internet-connected device to its domain name?

Question 65

The ____________________ is a centralized method for automatically associating IP addresses with host names.

Question 66

A(n) ____________________ is a numbered document that articulates some aspect of Internet technology.

Question 67

____________________ is a method of encoding and transmitting voice signals over a data network using TCP/IP.

Question 68

A(n) ____________________ provides a nickname for the host.

Question 69

____________________ refers to the database of Internet IP addresses and their associated names.

Question 70

____________________ are any hosts on the Internet that need to look up domain name information and associate it with an IP address.

Question 71

____________________ contain databases of names and their associated IP addresses.

Question 72

Each name server manages a group of devices, collectively known as a(n) ____________________.

Question 73

Newsgroup messages are transported by the ____________________ protocol.

Question 74

Match each statement below with the correct item

-A type of DNS data record that maps the IP address of an Internet-connected device to its domain name.

A)Address resource record
B)Echo reply
C)Anchor
D)Intranet
E)Browser
F)de facto standard
G)ipconfig
H)Alias
I)netstat
J)Draft standard

Question 75

Match each statement below with the correct item

-In a hostfile, a nickname for a host.

A)Address resource record
B)Echo reply
C)Anchor
D)Intranet
E)Browser
F)de facto standard
G)ipconfig
H)Alias
I)netstat
J)Draft standard

Question 76

Match each statement below with the correct item

-An HTML tag that formats information on a Web page as a hyperlink to another are of the Web page or to another Web page.

A)Address resource record
B)Echo reply
C)Anchor
D)Intranet
E)Browser
F)de facto standard
G)ipconfig
H)Alias
I)netstat
J)Draft standard

Question 77

Match each statement below with the correct item

-The software that interprets HTTP-encoded material and provides clients with an easily navigated, graphical interface to the Web.

A)Address resource record
B)Echo reply
C)Anchor
D)Intranet
E)Browser
F)de facto standard
G)ipconfig
H)Alias
I)netstat
J)Draft standard

Question 78

Match each statement below with the correct item

-A standard that is not an official policy but is adhered to nevertheless.

A)Address resource record
B)Echo reply
C)Anchor
D)Intranet
E)Browser
F)de facto standard
G)ipconfig
H)Alias
I)netstat
J)Draft standard

Question 79

Match each statement below with the correct item

-A proposed standard that has demonstrated interoperability and functionality and is ready for the last phase of scrutiny before it becomes an RFC standard

A)Address resource record
B)Echo reply
C)Anchor
D)Intranet
E)Browser
F)de facto standard
G)ipconfig
H)Alias
I)netstat
J)Draft standard

Question 80

Match each statement below with the correct item

-The response signal sent by a device after another device pings it.

A)Address resource record
B)Echo reply
C)Anchor
D)Intranet
E)Browser
F)de facto standard
G)ipconfig
H)Alias
I)netstat
J)Draft standard