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1
Q

The ability to track various
events on a network.

A

accounting

2
Q

A useful piece of documentation
that provides a representative sample of
how the network is working at a specific
point in time.

A

baseline

3
Q

A type of signaling fault that
occurs when one or more bits in a
particular packet or frame, but not the
entire packet, are lost.

A

bit error

4
Q

The preset minimum below which
the network administrator can guarantee
that data will not flow.

A

bit rate

5
Q

A component of a network
optimization system that determines
what content to send to the
server. It also checks the caching server
for a copy of requested content before
going to the original source if a copy is
not there.

A

caching engine

6
Q

A network server that
stores a local copy of content requested
from another source (such as an
Internet server) and retains it for a
specified amount of time.

A

caching server

7
Q

Allows multiple devices in a
common pool to use the same IP address.

A

CARP (Common Address Redundancy Protocol)

8
Q

The organization of
a network into divisions, designed in such
a way that if one section of a network is
brought down, the other sections of the
network will not be directly affected.

A

compartmentalization

9
Q

A type
of software designed to monitor network
connections.

A

connectivity monitoring software

10
Q

Any type of software
that e~bles a computer to connect
to a network or another computer,
either remotely or locally.

A

connectivity software

11
Q

Events, conditions, and limits in
a network that contribute to the slow
delivery of data, called latency.

A

delays

12
Q

Paper or digital records
of what devices and cables you have on
your network, how the network is configured,
where it is located, and policies
and procedures used to manage and
maintain the network.

A

documentation

13
Q

The amount of rime a network
and/or network device is not functioning.

A

downtime

14
Q

Software applications intended
to both entertain and educate the
people who use them.

A

edutainment

15
Q

Data files that a system uses to
record errors, warning, and informational
messages generated by operating
system components or applications.

A

event logs

16
Q

An application or component
found on all current versions of
Windows that centralizes all event logs
on a local computer.

A

Event Viewer

17
Q

A network’s ability to have a
portion of itself fail but to still continue
to work at some level of functionality.

A

fault tolerance

18
Q

A goal or concept in
network optimization that refers to
the ability to keep a network up and
running reliably with the least amount
of downtime possible.

A

high availability

19
Q

A network
application that requires a lot of
bandwidth to function.

A

high bandwidth application

20
Q

Data files that contain an
ongoing record of the activity in a
specific device or on the network.

A

history log

21
Q

The difference in the amount of
time that two packets take to reach the
same destination due to network delays.

A

jitters

22
Q

The time it takes a data packet
to move from one designated network
location to another.

A

latency

23
Q

A measurement of how
well a program or network device can
handle latency.

A

latency sensitivity

24
Q

A testing methodology that
consists of deliberately purring greater
than normal demands on a network or
the devices on a network to see how
they will perform.

A

load testing

25
Q

A diagram that
shows how everything works on the
network.

A

logical network diagram

26
Q

Whatever carries communications
physically across a network, such as copper
wires, radio signals, or fiber optic cables.

A

media

27
Q

An important piece of
documentation that shows either the
physical layout of a network or its logical
layout.

A

network diagram

28
Q

A collective term
for various actions, procedures, and
methods related to monitoring, configuring,
maintaining, supporting,
and updating a network and its infrastructure.

A

network management

29
Q

The act of observing
a network’s activity and determining its
current state.

A

network monitoring

30
Q

The process of
striking a balance between network performance
and network cost.

A

network optimization

31
Q

A program or
service thatuses conventional data communications
technologies and networks
to carry video over IP.

A

network video application

32
Q

The chance
that a packet will be dropped while it is
moving across a network.

A

packet drop probabilities

33
Q

The specific practice of
limiting packet types, sources, or content
as the means to do bandwidth shaping.

A

packet shaping

34
Q

In networking, an analysis of
how well the network is currently functioning
and what can be done to make
it function better.

A

performance

35
Q

A document
that shows where everything on the
network is physically located.

A

physical network diagram

36
Q

A component of network
management that concerns how the
network is documented.

A

policy

37
Q

A component of network
management that lays out how the
network should be maintained, what
should happen should failure or
other such issues occur, and how to
implement established policies.

A

procedure

38
Q

The amount of time required
for a packet to travel to its destination.

A

propagation

39
Q

The mechanisms
that allow a network to reserve
resources and control how those
resources are distributed.

A

quality of service (QoS)

40
Q

A fault tolerance technique
in which a network has standby components
online and running, so that
if a main component ails, the redundant
component can pick up the load
seamlessly.

A

redundancy

41
Q

Rules and guidelines imposed
on the company by outside agencies
and/or organizations.

A

regulations

42
Q

A term referring to likelihood
thata network will function properly
over a given time period.

A

reliability

43
Q

A type of diagram that uses
graphic symbols rather than realistic
pictures to depict the elements of a
computer or network system.

A

schematics

44
Q

A type of application that is
designed to test the amount of data passing through a network in a specific amount of time.

A

speed test

45
Q

A condition in which a
packet has to be temporarily stored
before it can be transmitted.

A

storage delay

46
Q

A testing method in which
administrators deliberately load networks
or devices beyond the point
where they can function properly, to see
what will happen.

A

stress testing

47
Q

Data files maintained by the
operating system or components of
the operating system that record information
about system changes, device
changes, system events, driver changes,
and other similar types of information.

A

system logs

48
Q

A program or device
that is designed to test the amount of
data passing through a nerwork in a
specific amount of time. See speed test
or speed tester.

A

throughput tester

49
Q

A technique for nerwork
optimization in which traffic is prioritized
based on what type of packet
is passing through the nerwork. Also
known as bandwidth shaping.

A

traffic shaping

50
Q

The act of sending data
across a nerwork connection.

A

transmission

51
Q

The measure of how long a
nerwork and/or its devices have been
functioning without any outages or
shutdowns.

A

uptime

52
Q

A type of application
that uses conventional data
communication technologies and
nerworks to carry video over IP.

A

video application

53
Q

Nerwork communications
applications which are
used to communicate using video
transmissions.

A

video communications

54
Q

A nerwork application
which uses cameras to record what
is happening in a specific area and
transmit the image to a central server
location.

A

video surveillance

55
Q

The process by which an
operating system and/or network is
converted inro a software construct
that runs inside a host environment
independent of the hardware platform
being used ro support it.

A

virtualization

56
Q

A
group of protocols and standards that
allow voice communication and multimedia
sessions over packet-switched
networks using IP.

A

Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP)

57
Q

Handling network wiring
in a neat and well-ordered manner.

A

wire management

58
Q

A diagram showing
where all wires in a network are in
relation ro the physical layout of
the faciliry the network is located
in. This diagram shows rhe location of
the network’s cables, nor rhe devices.

A

wiring schematic