CIW Network Technology Associate Exam Questions with Correct Answers
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Course
CIW IBA
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CIW IBA
account lockout - Answer-a legitimate practice in which a user account is automatically disabled after a certain number of failed authenication attempts
active partition - Answer-A logical partition that contains the files necessary to boot an operating system. This partition is read first at bo...
CIW Network Technology Associate
Exam Questions with Correct Answers
account lockout - Answer-a legitimate practice in which a user account is automatically
disabled after a certain number of failed authenication attempts
active partition - Answer-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 - Answer-A device that provides connectivity between at least two systems.
application-level gateway - Answer-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 - Answer-The weakening of a transmission signal as it travels farther from
its source.
authentication - Answer-The process of verifying the identity of a user who logs on to a
system, or the integrity of transmitted data.
back end - Answer-A series of systems that fulfill requests made by a client. Back-end
systems can include mainframes and servers containing information databases.
backbone - Answer-The highest level in the computer network hierarchy, to which
smaller networks typically connect.
BitTorrent - Answer-A peer-to-peer file sharing protocol used for distributing large
amounts of data.
Bluetooth - Answer-A standard for short-range radio signals that is used to form
personal area networks (PANs).
bottleneck - Answer-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) - Answer-The growing movement of employees who
bring their own devices, such as smartphones and tablets, to work.
bus - Answer-An electronic pathway that conducts signals to connect the functional
components of a computer.
, business logic - Answer-The coding necessary to create relationships in the data stored
in a database.
BYOD policy - Answer-A plan implemented to manage employee personal mobile
devices on a company network.
byte - Answer-A measurement of memory needed to store one 8-bit character.
cable modem - Answer-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) - Answer-The LAN
access method used by Ethernet. Checks for network access availability with a signal.
client - Answer-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 - Answer-Software, infrastructure and platform services that are hosted
by a remote data center and provided to organizations or individuals over the Internet.
cloud service provider - Answer-A company that provides applications and services
(over the Internet) to individual or enterprise subscribers who would otherwise need to
provide those applications and services on their own servers.
cluster - Answer-A group of sectors used as the basic unit of data storage.
coax - Answer-Short for coaxial cable. High-capacity two-wire (signal and ground)
cable; inner wire is the primary conductor, and the metal sheath serves as the ground.
COM - Answer-Older PC serial ports are referred to as numbered COM
(communication) ports. COM ports have a maximum transmission speed of roughly 115
Kbps.
Content Management System (CMS) - Answer-A server or series of servers that allows
you to easily create, store and track all documents and information produced by an
organization.
continuous data protection (CDP) - Answer-A backup technique that saves every
change made to computer data; it allows data restores at any point in time.
cyberbullying - Answer-Willful harm inflicted on others through the use of information
and communication technologies.
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