Top Hardware & Networking Interview Questions & Answers Posted on June 5, 2017 | 25,!0 views 4.33 avg" 4.33 avg" rating #87 #87$ $ s%ore ' 9 votes
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Hardware and networking engineers are t)e %ore +e+ers o- an. organisation/s IT tea+" T)e. are responsi*e -or i+p*e+enting, +aintaining, supporting, deve*oping and, in so+e %ases, designing %o++uni%ation networks wit)in an organisation or etween organisations" T)eir goa* is to ensure t)e integrit. o- )ig) avai*ai*it. network in-rastru%ture to provide +ai+u+ per-or+an%e -or t)eir users" o+panies *ook -or epert pro-essiona*s w)o %an )and*e t)eir networking reuire+ents e--i%ient*." T)ere are a *ot o- opportunities -or su%) pro-essiona*s in t)e industr. and i- .ou want to oost .our %areer, .ou s)ou*d de-inite*. t)ink o- going -or a%erti-i%ation %ourse in networking,, *ike NA or o+pTIA" T)ere are various %ourses depending on t)e *eve* o- epertise 3 eginner, inter+ediate or networking advan%ed" 4etting a o is not eas. and t)e %o+petition is )ig) nowada.s" 6ou 6ou )ave to e we**'prepared to %ra%k a Networking o interview interview"" Here are so+e o- t)e proa*e Hardware proa*e Hardware and Networking Interview questions t)at questions t)at +a. e asked in a )ardware and networking interview
Q1. What are the two types o trans!ission te"hno#ogy avai#a$#e% &ns. T)e &ns. T)e two t.pes o- trans+ission te%)no*og. are 3 $road"ast $road"ast and and point'to'point point'to'point""
Q(. What is a )su$net*% &ns. A &ns. A 8su$net* 8su$net* is is a generi% ter+ -or a se%tion o- a *arge network, usua**. separated . a ridge or a router"
Q3. What is +N,% &ns. T)e &ns. T)e +o!ain Na!e ,yste! -+N, is -+N, is a %entra* part o- t)e Internet, providing a wa. to +at%) na+es #a wesite .ou/re seeking to nu+ers #t)e address -or t)e wesite" An.t)ing %onne%ted to t)e Internet 3 *aptops, ta*ets, +oi*e p)ones, and wesites 3 )as an Internet Proto%o* #IP address +ade up o- nu+ers"
Q4. /0p#ain )hidden shares*. &ns. & hidden or an ad!inistrative share is share is a network s)are t)at is not visi*e w)en viewing anot)er %o+puter/s s)ares"
Q. How !any #ayers are there in the 2,I !ode#% Na!e the!
&ns. T)ere are 7 *a.ers 3 p).si%a*, data *ink, network, transport, session, presentation, and app*i%ation"
&#so ead *oud o+puting T)e good and t)e ad99 Q5. What is a )"#ient* and )server* in a network% &ns. 6#ients and servers are separate *ogi%a* entities t)at work toget)er over a network to a%%o+p*is) a task"
Q7. What are the dierent ways to e0"hange data% &ns.
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4et NP erti-ied Now>> Q9. What is a &6 address% &ns. & &6 -edia &""ess 6ontro# address is t)e ?'it )ardware address o- a @AN %ard and is usua**. stored in t)e B= o- t)e network adapter %ard and is uniue"
Q9. What are the perquisites to "onigure a server% &ns.
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Q1. What is )$ea"oning*% &ns. ea"oning is t)e pro%ess t)at a**ows a network to se*-'repair networks pro*e+s"
Q11. +ierentiate $etween )attenuation*: )distortion*: and )noise*. &ns. C)en a signa* trave*s t)roug) a +ediu+, it *oses so+e o- its energ. due to t)e resistan%e o- t)e +ediu+" T)is *oss o- energ. is %a**ed attenuation" C)en a signa* trave*s t)roug) a +ediu+ -ro+ one point to anot)er, it +a. %)ange t)e -or+ or s)ape o- t)e signa*" T)is is known as distortion" Noise is unwanted e*e%tri%a* or e*e%tro+agneti% energ. t)at degrades t)e ua*it. o- signa*s and data"
4et NA erti-ied Now>> Q1(. What is an I; address%
&ns. An Internet ;roto"o# address #IP address is a nu+eri%a* *ae* assigned to ea%) devi%e #e"g", %o+puter, printer parti%ipating in a %o+puter network t)at uses t)e Internet Proto%o* -or %o++uni%ation"
&#so ead Top Network Dngineer Interview Questions & Answers Q13. +ierentiate $etween a )$it rate* and )$aud rate*. &ns. & $it rate is t)e nu+er o- its trans+itted during one se%ond, w)ereas,$aud rate re-ers to t)e nu+er o- signa* units per se%ond t)at are reuired to represent t)ose its" ;aud rate E it rate F N, w)ere N is t)e no" o- its represented . ea%) signa* s)i-t"
Q14. What is )$andwidth*% &ns. T)e *i+ited range o- -reuen%. o- signa*s t)at a *ine %an %arr. is %a**ed t)e $andwidth"
Q1. What is ;ro
Q15. What is I6;% &ns. I6; -Internet 6ontro# essage ;roto"o# is a network *a.er proto%o* o- t)e TPFIP suite used . )osts and gatewa.s to send noti-i%ation o- datagra+ pro*e+s a%k to t)e sender"
Q17. What are the !a
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&#so ead is%o erti-i%ations NA Gs NP Q18. What are the i!portant topo#ogies or networks% &ns. T)ere are t)ree i+portant topo*ogies 3 ,tar: us and ing.
Q19. +ierentiate $etween stati" I; addressing and dyna!i" I; addressing. &ns. In stati" I; addressing, a %o+puter #or anot)er devi%e is %on-igured to a*wa.s use t)e sa+e IP address, w)ereas in dyna!i" I; addressing, t)e IP address %an %)ange periodi%a**. and is +anaged . a %entra*ised network servi%e
