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| What is the minimum number of computers needed for a computer network? |
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What is a privately-owned network whose access is restricted to authorized personnel is
called? |
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What type of network environments consist of computer systems from different vendors that
run different operating systems and communication protocols? |
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What type of network is made up of components from the same vendor or compatible
equipment that all run under the same operating system or network operating system? |
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| What is a communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area? |
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| What type of communications network links a broad geographical region? |
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What type of communications network links different interconnected networks over an
unlimited geographical region? |
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| Global area network (GAN) |
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| How many users are normally in a peer-to-peer network? |
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| How many users are in a single-server network? |
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| How many users are in a multi-server network? |
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| How many users are in a multi-server high-speed backbone network? |
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What type of communications network links geographically dispersed offices in other cities
or around the globe? |
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| What is used to identify network nodes on a physically connected network? |
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| Media access control list |
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| How many octets is the standard internet protocol broken down into? |
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| What is the binary equivalent to the dotted decimal number 96? |
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| What is the host id of internet protocol (IP) address 131.10.230.120/24? |
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| What is the host id of internet protocol (IP) address 131.10.230.120/24? |
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| How many bits are typically covered in an internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) subnet mask? |
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| What series of Air Force instruction series covers communications and information? |
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What Air Force instruction provides policy, direction, and structure for the Air Force global
information grid (AF-GIG)? |
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According to the Air Force network structure, what tier is the Air Force network operations
center (AFNOSC)? |
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What network entity provides reliable, secure networks and network services for base level
customers? |
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What is defined as a bundle of application software designed to significantly improve
network efficiency and productivity? |
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| network management server |
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| Which of the following are the three most common network management architectures? |
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| Centralized, hierarchical, and distributed |
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What network architecture has a network management platform on one computer system at
a location that is responsible for all network management duties? |
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What network architecture uses multiple systems for network management, with one system
acting as a central server and the others working as clients? |
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What level of network management activity are you working at when you as the network
manager are monitoring and troubleshooting components to eliminate the side-effect alarms and
isolate problems to a root cause? |
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What level of network management activity are you working at when the automated
monitoring of components provides problem analysis, giving a root cause alarm for the problem
at-hand? |
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| Performance management can be broke into what two separate functional categories? |
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Which function of performance management tracks historical data by tracking activities on
the network? |
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| What network management area is concerned with controlling access points to information? |
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What is the established to distinguish between errors that fall within a normal range and
excessive errors because of a fault? |
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Network management protocols are designed (in most cases) to reside above what layer of
the operational system interface (OSI) model? |
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What is a hierarchical structured format that defines the network management information
available from network devices? |
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| Management information base |
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What area of the simple network management protocol (SNMP) tree structure is reserved
for vendors related label and leaf objects associated with specific manufactured equipment? |
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What simple network management protocol (SNMP) node is responsible for monitoring,
collecting and reporting management data to the management system? |
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What operational simple network management protocol (SNMP) message asks for a
specific instance of management information? |
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What operational simple network management protocol (SNMP) message is used to retrieve
multiple pieces of information with minimal overhead? |
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What operational simple network management protocol (SNMP) message is used to modify
the value of one or more instances of management information? |
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What operational simple network management protocol (SNMP) message is an unsolicited
message from an agent to the manager? |
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What is the type of probe that collects inter-device connectivity information using
proprietary topology management information bases (MIB)? |
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What is the centerpiece of a systems management automated report tracking system
(SMARTS) application? |
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What component of the systems management automated report tracking system (SMARTS)
application contains knowledge of available domain managers? |
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What are the three types of systems management automated report tracking system
(SMARTS) notifications? |
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| Compound events, problems, and symptomatic events |
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What color on the systems management automated report tracking system (SMARTS)
alarm log indicates one or more events? |
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How many different categories of information does the performance monitor provide you
about your network? |
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What device provides a capability for digital network diagnostics and developing
communications software? |
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What provides information concerning the network utilization and frame errors that are
related to a specific protocol? |
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What reports errors that occur at the physical layer such as bad frame check sequence
(FCS), short frames, and jabbers? |
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| Media access control(MAC) node statistics |
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What automatically runs in the background when the protocol analyzer application is
activated? |
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What provides information concerning the bandwidth utilization and the number of
connections that are related to specific nodes? |
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What is a measure used to verify the eligibility of a subject and the ability of the subject to
access certain information? |
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| What are three primary ways to authenticate one-self? |
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| Something you know, something you have, or something you are |
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Knowledge-based identification and authentication methods require the user to provide
something you |
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| The Air Force requires a network password to be at least how many characters long? |
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| What regulation covers remanence security? |
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| Storage media that retains data after power is removed is considered |
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| Which standard form is used to annotate storage media has been sanitized? |
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| Who can declassify storage media that has been sanitized? |
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What is the process of physically damaging the media to render it unusable in a computer
and render the data on the media irretrievable by any known exploitation methods? |
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What is the process of erasing magnetic media by reducing the magnetic flux to virtual zero
by applying a reverse magnetizing field? |
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| What is the preferred method of sanitizing magnetic media? |
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What is a comprehensive evaluation and validation of an Air Force information system (IS)
to establish the degree to which it complies with assigned information assurance (IA) controls
based on standardized procedures? |
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What is a formal declaration by a designated approving official (DAA) that an information
system is approved to operate in a particular security mode using a prescribed set of safeguards at
an acceptable level of risk? |
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What is the Department of Defense process for certifying and accrediting information
systems to operate on the global information grid (GIG)? |
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| Department of Defense Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) |
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What documentation is required to permanently connect to the global information grid
(GIG) system? |
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| Authorized to operate (ATO) |
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What documentation signifies that a system is not allowed to connect to the global
information grid (GIG)? |
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| Denial of authorization to operate (DATO) |
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What process, along with AFI 33–210, Air Force Certification and Accreditation (C&A)
Program (AFCAP), provides the basic framework of the certification & accreditation (C&A)? |
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| Information technology (IT) lean reengineering |
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What do you call the consolidated list of requirements that a program office must adhere to
when fielding a system? |
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| Security, interoperability, supportability, sustainability, and usability (SISSU) |
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| What is the database of record for registering all systems and applications? |
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| Enterprose information technology data repository (EITDR) |
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What is a collection of computing environments connected by one or more internal
networks under the control of a single approval authority and security policy? |
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How many non-secure internet protocol router network (NIPRNet) gateways does the Air
Force possess? |
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| Which agency must approve all information protection tools prior to their use? |
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| Headquarters USAF (HQ USAF) |
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What device is placed outside the boundary protection mechanism to monitor all attempted
attacks? |
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| Intrusion detection system (IDS) |
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| What are examples of network attacks that bypass the firewall? |
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| Tunneling and application-based attacks |
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What is the intrusion practice of encapsulating a message that would be rejected by the
firewall inside a second message that will pass through the firewall? |
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A base web-server that interfaces with the public must be placed in what area of a base
network? |
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| De-militarized zone (DMZ) |
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| What is the simplest and least expensive way to stop inappropriate network addresses? |
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What type of firewall consists of a screening router and a set of rules that accept or reject a
message based on information in the message’s header (a packet): the source address, the
destination address, and the port? |
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What type of firewall is used to separate secure sites, networks, or network segments from
less secure areas? |
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What type of firewall generates audit trails of all network-related activity for monitoring
and intrusion detection purposes? |
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What network device performs rigorous examinations of systems to identify weaknesses
that might allow security violations? |
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| What action represents one of the greatest vulnerabilities to internal networks? |
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| Network-connected computer system with modems that make calls to and accept calls from the public- switched network |
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What do you call a current and perceived capability, intention, or attack, directed to cause
denial of service? |
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An information system on your network that is not set to require the use of a common
access card (CAC) or password would be considered a |
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| A program that replicates by attaching itself to a program is a |
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What type of malicious logic can form large networks that can be used to launch a variety
of attacks without an information system owner’s knowledge? |
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What type of malicious logic can become active on an information system without the need
to infect a file? |
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What is a cryptographic key and certificate delivery system that makes possible secure
electronic transactions and exchanges of sensitive information between relative strangers? |
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| Public key infrastructure (PKI) |
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| What can be used to encrypt a message so that it can only be decrypted by the recipient? |
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What is a file that is kept with you and will allow you to decrypt files encrypted specifically
for you using your openly available encryption code? |
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What is an electronic document that officially links together a user’s identity with his public
key? |
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| Public key infrastructure (PKI) certificate |
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Which component of the public key infrastructure (PKI) is responsible for establishing,
authenticating, maintaining, and revoking certificates? |
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| The two ways key establishment can occur are key |
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| Which public key algorithm is exclusively a key establishment protocol? |
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What is the primary unclassified public key infrastructure (PKI) token for individual PKI
keys and certificates in the Air Force? |
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Which team provides a communication link between forces securing the area and setting up
support facilities? |
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| Initial communications support teams |
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Term
| Sustained communications support becomes a part of the deployment if it exceeds |
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Who provides uninterrupted flow of mission critical information to field and in-garrison
units for the duration of a contingency? |
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Definition
| Sustained communications support teams |
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Term
What program is known as a state of the art ground-to-ground communications
infrastructure designed to provide base level full spectrum communications to the commander
and all agencies on base? |
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| Theater deployable communication (TDC) |
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