TestOut Network Pro - Chapter 3 Exam Questions and Answers (Graded A)

TestOut Network Pro - Chapter 3 Exam Questions and Answers (Graded A) NIC (Network interface card) -Answer-A ___ connects a host to the network medium. It is responsible for converting binary data into a format that can be sent on the network medium. GBIC (gigabit interface converter) -Answer-A ___ is a large transceiver that fits in a port slot and is used for gigabit media, including copper and optical fiber. SFP (small form-factor pluggable) -Answer-An ___ is similar to a GBIC, but is smaller size and is sometimes called a mini-GBIC XFP -Answer-Similar to an SFP but is used for 10-gigabit networking. QSFP (quad channel small form-factor pluggable) -Answer-A ____ is a compact hot-pluggable transceiver that is also used for data communications applications. MAC address -Answer-A unique identifier burned into the ROM of every ethernet NIC. ARP (Address resolution protocol) -Answer-Hosts use ___ to discover the MAC address of a device from its IP address. RARP (Reverse address resolution protocol) -Answer-Hosts use the ____ to find the IP address of a host with a known MAC address. Transceiver module -Answer-A ____ ____ is used to change the media type of a port on a network device, such as a switch or a router. Examples include GBICs, SFPs, SFP+, XFP, and QSFPs. Media converter -Answer-A ____ ____ is used to connect network adapters that are using different media types. For example, it could be used to connect a server with a fiber optic ethernet NIC to a copper ethernet cable. It is a 12-digit (48 bit) hexadecimal number often written as -00 or 0000.0000.0000. The first half is assigned to each manufacturer. -Answer-Describe a MAC address The sending device sends out a broadcast frame with the destination being all Fs. All hosts on the subnet process the broadcast looking at the destination IP. If the destination IP matches its own, the hose responds with a frame that includes its own MAC address. The original sender reads the MAC address from the fram and associates the IP with it. -Answer-Describe how the address resolution protocol finds a MAC address using its IP address. Hub -Answer-The central connecting point of a physical star, logical bus topology. Bridge -Answer-A device that connects two or more media segments on the same subnet. It filters traffic between both segments based on the MAC address in the frame. Switch -Answer-A multi-port bridge that performs filtering based on MAC addresses and provides additional features not found in a bridge. WAP (Wireless access point) -Answer-A hub for a wireless network. As with a hub, any message sent to any wireless host connected to it can be received by all other wireless hosts. -A host sends a frame to another