Network Engineer Questions

IP address is currently 4 bytes long. An IP address is written in "dotted decimal" notation, which is 4 sets of numbers separated by period each set representing 8-bit number ranging from (0-255).

RAM storage capacity is measured in bytes, kilo bytes, mega bytes, giga bytes,...

In a baseband transmission, the entire bandwidth of the cable is consumed by a single signal. In broadband

transmission, signals are sent on multiple frequencies, allowing multiple signals to be sent simultaneously.

Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) which defined an IP address as a 32-bit value

IPv4 is in contrast to IPv6, which defined an IP address as a 128 bits value.

IEEE 1284 is a standard that govern parallel communications.

• IEEE 1284 is a standard that defines bi-directional parallel communications between computers and other devices.

• It was originally developed in the 1970s by Centronics, and was widely known as the Centronics port, both before and after its IEEE standardization.

Internet service providers (ISP's) emerged in the late 1980's and early 1990's.

The ARPANET was decommissioned in 1990.

By 1995, the Internet was fully commercialized in the U.S., when the NSFNet was decommissioned, removing the last restrictions on use of the Internet to carry commercial traffic.

Candidate Key – A Candidate Key can be any column or a combination of columns that can qualify as unique key in database. There can be multiple Candidate Keys in one table. Each Candidate Key can qualify as Primary Key. 

Primary Key – A Primary Key is a column or a combination of columns that uniquely identify a record. Only one Candidate Key can be Primary Key.

• One needs to be very careful in selecting the Primary Key as an incorrect selection can adversely impact the database architect and future normalization. For a Candidate Key to qualify as a Primary Key, it should be Non-NULL and unique in any domain.

Passive Voice : Has the work been completed by him?

Rules in changing from Active voice to Passive voice :

1. Identify the subject, the verb and the object: S+V+O

2. Change the object into subject

3. Put the suitable helping verb or auxiliary verb

4. Change the verb into past participle of the verb

5. Add the preposition "by"

6. Change the subject into object.