Category Archives: Networking

Windows admin interview questions

By admin | September 3, 2004

Describe how the DHCP lease is obtained. It’s a four-step process consisting of (a) IP request, (b) IP offer, © IP selection and (d) acknowledgement.

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Network engineer/architect interview questions

By admin | September 1, 2004

Explain how traceroute, ping, and tcpdump work and what they are used for?
Describe a case where you have used these tools to troubleshoot.

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Wireless engineer interview questions

By admin | September 1, 2004

A recruiter from Atlanta submitted this set of questions for interviewing at a wireless equipment company.

Describe your home WLAN setup.(Pay attention to candidate’s confidence. Plus if the candidate built it himself. Plus if the network is secured additionally, regardless of the protocols used. Plus if the candidate fought poor coverage.)

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CCNA/Cisco admin interview questions

By admin | February 5, 2004

You need to retrieve a file from the file server for your word processing application, which layer of the OSI model is responsible for this function?

Presentation layer
Application layer
Session layer
Transport layer
Datalink layer

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Networking and protocols interview questions

By admin | December 7, 2003

Q: What are the seven layers of the OSI model?
A: The layers are physical, data link, network, transport, session, presentation, and application layers.

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Networking interview questions

By admin | December 7, 2003

Q1. Name of seven layers in Open System Interconnection model.
A. They are Application, Presentation, Session, Transport, Network, Data link, and Physical.

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Network programming interview questions

By admin | December 7, 2003

Question 1: How does the race condition occur?
It occurs when two or more processes are reading or writing some shared data and the final result depends on who runs precisely when.

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Networking and Unix interview questions

By admin | December 7, 2003

What is UTP?
UTP — Unshielded twisted pair 10BASE-T is the preferred Ethernet medium of the 90s. It is based on a star topology and provides a number of advantages over coaxial media:
It uses inexpensive, readily available copper phone wire. UTP wire is much easier to install and debug than coax. UTP uses RG-45 [...]

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