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What is a switch
Device that makes forwarding decisions based on MAC addresses, also used to discipline children in the 1800s
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What is Wide Area Network
WAN stands for
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What is CAT5e
The most common type of ethernet cable, best performance for cost
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What is 802.11a
802.11g and what other type of wireless device won't work together in the g protocol standard
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Who is Beck
He gloriously defeated Beyonce for album of the year
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What is a multipurpose device
A device that integrates a switch, a router, and a wireless access point into one package is called
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What is Cellular service
Allows people to wirelessly connect to the internet while traveling
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What is CAT3
Phone cable, can also hook up a modem
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What is fiber optic
The fastest available network connection option
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What is Measles
This highly contagious, dangerous, and easily preventable disease is rapidly spreading across the United States and Mexico as we speak
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What is a hub
The dumb way to split network connections up between computers
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What is a Network host
A printer that is connected to a switch, a hub, or a router is considered to be a
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What is CAT5
The original Ethernet standard
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What is Light
Fiber optic cables use what to transmit signals?
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Who is Brian Williams
News anchor who "mis-remembered" being in a helicopter that was hit by an RPG in the middle east (note that it never actually happened)
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What is DHCP server
This type of server provides login information, local network access, printer services, and internet access to computers in its domain
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What is Personal Area Network, and Bluetooth
PAN stands for what, AND what technology is required to connect to one?
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What is CAT8
The newest and fastest ethernet version that is not yet widely available
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What is speed (in Mbps, double points if you mention this part)
The 1000 in 1000BASE-T standard indicates what statistic for the cable?
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What is ISIS
Radical militant group that has taken control of a great deal of Iraq and Syria. Also the name of Lord Grantham's dog in Downton Abbey
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What is Client/Server Model
Secure access to confidential information, centralized database for storing said information, and ability to do regular backups are benefits of this model over P2P
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What is Logical Topology or Network Topology
This describes how computers access a LAN medium
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What is Feeny
Mr. Conney's first cat's name
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What is 328 ft or 100 m
How far can a 1000BASE-T standard cable stretch and still work?
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What is The Silmarillion
Mr. Conney's current book of choice; written by J.R.R. Tolkien, and edited by Christopher Tolkien. It tells the story of the creation of Middle Earth long before Hobbits and the Rings of Power.
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