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account lockout - ✔✔a legitimate practice in which a user account is automatically disabled after a certain
number of failed authenication attempts
active partition - ✔✔A logical partition that contains the files necessary to boot an operating system. This
partition is read first at boot time. If no active partition exists, or if the operating system files are
corrupted or missing, the computer will report error messages.
adapter - ✔✔A device that provides connectivity between at least two systems.
application-level gateway - ✔✔A firewall component that inspects all packets addressed to a user-level
application; uses proxies to control and filter traffic on a connection-by-connection basis. Also provides
authentication.
attenuation - ✔✔The weakening of a transmission signal as it travels farther from its source.
authentication - ✔✔The process of verifying the identity of a user who logs on to a system, or the
integrity of transmitted data.
back end - ✔✔A series of systems that fulfill requests made by a client. Back-end systems can include
mainframes and servers containing information databases.
backbone - ✔✔The highest level in the computer network hierarchy, to which smaller networks typically
connect.
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BitTorrent - ✔✔A peer-to-peer file sharing protocol used for distributing large amounts of data.
Bluetooth - ✔✔A standard for short-range radio signals that is used to form personal area networks
(PANs).
bottleneck - ✔✔A point in network communication at which information is processed more slowly. Also,
any element (a hard drive, I/O card or network interface card) that slows network connectivity rates.
bring your own device (BYOD) - ✔✔The growing movement of employees who bring their own devices,
such as smartphones and tablets, to work.
bus - ✔✔An electronic pathway that conducts signals to connect the functional components of a
computer.
business logic - ✔✔The coding necessary to create relationships in the data stored in a database.
BYOD policy - ✔✔A plan implemented to manage employee personal mobile devices on a company
network.
byte - ✔✔A measurement of memory needed to store one 8-bit character.
cable modem - ✔✔A device that allows computers to communicate over a network by modulating and
demodulating the cable signal into a stream of data.
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) - ✔✔The LAN access method used by
Ethernet. Checks for network access availability with a signal.
client - ✔✔An individual computer connected to a network. Also, a system or application (such as a Web
browser or user agent) that requests a service from another computer (the server) and is used to access
files or documents.
cloud computing - ✔✔Software, infrastructure and platform services that are hosted by a remote data
center and provided to organizations or individuals over the Internet.
Emily Charlene © 2025, All Rights Reserved.
CIW Network Technology Associate
Exam Questions and Answers 100%
Pass
account lockout - ✔✔a legitimate practice in which a user account is automatically disabled after a certain
number of failed authenication attempts
active partition - ✔✔A logical partition that contains the files necessary to boot an operating system. This
partition is read first at boot time. If no active partition exists, or if the operating system files are
corrupted or missing, the computer will report error messages.
adapter - ✔✔A device that provides connectivity between at least two systems.
application-level gateway - ✔✔A firewall component that inspects all packets addressed to a user-level
application; uses proxies to control and filter traffic on a connection-by-connection basis. Also provides
authentication.
attenuation - ✔✔The weakening of a transmission signal as it travels farther from its source.
authentication - ✔✔The process of verifying the identity of a user who logs on to a system, or the
integrity of transmitted data.
back end - ✔✔A series of systems that fulfill requests made by a client. Back-end systems can include
mainframes and servers containing information databases.
backbone - ✔✔The highest level in the computer network hierarchy, to which smaller networks typically
connect.
Emily Charlene © 2025, All Rights Reserved.
, 2|Page
BitTorrent - ✔✔A peer-to-peer file sharing protocol used for distributing large amounts of data.
Bluetooth - ✔✔A standard for short-range radio signals that is used to form personal area networks
(PANs).
bottleneck - ✔✔A point in network communication at which information is processed more slowly. Also,
any element (a hard drive, I/O card or network interface card) that slows network connectivity rates.
bring your own device (BYOD) - ✔✔The growing movement of employees who bring their own devices,
such as smartphones and tablets, to work.
bus - ✔✔An electronic pathway that conducts signals to connect the functional components of a
computer.
business logic - ✔✔The coding necessary to create relationships in the data stored in a database.
BYOD policy - ✔✔A plan implemented to manage employee personal mobile devices on a company
network.
byte - ✔✔A measurement of memory needed to store one 8-bit character.
cable modem - ✔✔A device that allows computers to communicate over a network by modulating and
demodulating the cable signal into a stream of data.
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) - ✔✔The LAN access method used by
Ethernet. Checks for network access availability with a signal.
client - ✔✔An individual computer connected to a network. Also, a system or application (such as a Web
browser or user agent) that requests a service from another computer (the server) and is used to access
files or documents.
cloud computing - ✔✔Software, infrastructure and platform services that are hosted by a remote data
center and provided to organizations or individuals over the Internet.
Emily Charlene © 2025, All Rights Reserved.
