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Networking Fundamentals

By : Gordon Davies
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Networking Fundamentals

By: Gordon Davies

Overview of this book

A network is a collection of computers, servers, mobile devices, or other computing devices connected for sharing data. This book will help you become well versed in basic networking concepts and prepare to pass Microsoft's MTA Networking Fundamentals Exam 98-366. Following Microsoft's official syllabus, the book starts by covering network infrastructures to help you differentiate intranets, internets, and extranets, and learn about network topologies. You’ll then get up to date with common network hardware devices such as routers and switches and the media types used to connect them together. As you advance, the book will take you through different protocols and services and the requirements to follow a standardized approach to networking. You’ll get to grips with the OSI and TCP/IP models as well as IPv4 and IPv6. The book also shows you how to recall IP addresses through name resolution. Finally, you’ll be able to practice everything you’ve learned and take the exam confidently with the help of mock tests. By the end of this networking book, you’ll have developed a strong foundation in the essential networking concepts needed to pass Exam 98-366.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Section 1: Network Infrastructure
7
Section 2: Network Hardware
11
Section 3: Protocols and Services
18
Section 4: Mock Exams
19
Mock Exam 1
20
Mock Exam 2

Questions

1. What type of network medium is used by SONET?

(A) UTP
(B) Coaxial
(C) Wireless
(D) Optical

2. What is the speed of an E3 connection?

(A) 1.544 Mb/s
(B) 2.048 Mb/s
(C) 34.368 Mb/s
(D) 44.736 Mb/s

3. Which devices convert digital signals to analog signals for transmission over the telephone network?

(A) Modem
(B) Switch
(C) Router
(D) Telnet

4. Which device in a packet-switching network is most likely to function as a PAD?

(A) Modem
(B) Switch
(C) Router
(D) Telnet

5. How many B channels does an ISDN Basic Rate Interface have?

(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4

6. Which WAN technology used fixed-size cells to transfer data?

(A) Frame relay
(B) Packet switching
(C) ATM
(D) 3G

7. Which of the following is used for error checking in X.25 networks?

(A) CRC
(B) ATM
(C) ECC
(D) PSE

8. If you had a committed information rate (CIR) of 128 Kb/s, what would the burst excess be?

(A) 128...