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These Interview Questions With Answers Will Test Your Basic Knowledge of PC and Networking

These interview questions test knowledge of networking and PCs. They cover topics like opening the command prompt, finding the IP address, verifying network connections using ping, tracing network paths with tracert, checking open ports with netstat, TCP/IP settings, using telnet, viewing network configurations, determining file associations, customizing command prompts, using DirectX diagnostics, checking DNS configurations, editing hosts files, enhancing testing processes, and defining FTP.

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These Interview Questions With Answers Will Test Your Basic Knowledge of PC and Networking

These interview questions test knowledge of networking and PCs. They cover topics like opening the command prompt, finding the IP address, verifying network connections using ping, tracing network paths with tracert, checking open ports with netstat, TCP/IP settings, using telnet, viewing network configurations, determining file associations, customizing command prompts, using DirectX diagnostics, checking DNS configurations, editing hosts files, enhancing testing processes, and defining FTP.

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These interview questions with answers will test your basic knowledge of PC and

networking.

Software testing - Questions and Answers - PC and networking

1. Question: How to open the command prompt?


To open a command prompt window in Windows 2000 or XP, click Start | Run, type
cmd in the box, and click OK.

2. Question: How to find IP address of your connection?


Go to start/run type 'cmd' then type 'ipconfig' Add the '/all' switch for more info.

3. Question: How to verify connection to remote computer?


Ping tool verifies connections to remote computers
example: In cmd type c:>ping 192.168.0.1 -t
-t Ping the specified host until interrupted
-a Resolve addresses to hostnames

4. Question: How to find a path on the network from your PC that is running load test
script to web server?
Use Tracert Utility runs at the Command prompt. It will trace a path from you to
the URL or IP address given along with the tracert command. Tracert determines
the route taken to a destination by sending ICMP echo packets

5. Question: How to find what ports are open on your system?


In cmd type c:>netstat This command gives you a generic look at what ports are
open on your system

6. Question: What TCP/IP Settings are used on computer?


Description of TCP/IP Settings that are used in network troubleshooting
1. IP Address
2. Subnet Mask
3. Default Gateway
4. DHCP Server
5. DNS Servers

7. Question: What is telnet?


Telnet is a text based communication program that allows you to connect to a
remote server over a network
telnet
is the name or IP address of the remote server to connect to.
is the port number of the service to use for the connection. The default is 23
(TELNET service).
8. Question: How to find a network configuration of your PC?
In cmd type c:> net config workstation
the result displays a list of configurable services: computer name,user name, logon
domain, domain DNS name.

9. Question: How to find what program used as default for opening file .xyz
In cmd type C:> assoc .xyz which program will open that .xyz file

10. Question: How to change settings in command prompt?


The first thing you'll want to do is Start, Run, cmd.exe, then right click the window
menu and choose properties. Try the following values for improvement:
Options | Command History | Buffer Size | 400
Options | Command History | Discard Old Duplicates | True
Options | Edit Options | QuickEdit Mode | True
Layout | Screen buffer size | Height | 900
Layout | Window size | Height | 40

11. Question: How to start DirectX Diagnostic Tool ?


To start the DirectX Diagnostic Tool: 1. Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type dxdiag, and then click OK.

12. Question: How to determine whether there is an issue with the DNS configuration of
your connection to your ISP?
At a command prompt, type ipconfig /all, and then press ENTER to display the IP
address of your DNS server. If the IP address for your DNS server does not appear,
you need contact your ISP.

13. Question: What do you need to do that your browser will point URL
www.YourTest.com to the internal IP address 127.99.11.01?
Make changes in the hosts file in C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
The Hosts file is looked at first before going out to the DNS (Domain Name Service)
servers.
you have to put the following on new lines at the end of hosts file:
127.99.11.01 YourTest.com
127.99.11.01 www.YourTest.com

14. Question: What can you suggest to enhance testing process on windows OS?
Put shortcut to notepad.exe in SendTo folder. It is speed up work with different files
like hosts, configuration files.

15. Question: What is FTP?


FTP is short for File Transfer Protocol. This is the protocol used for file transfer
over the Internet.
The 7 Layers of the OSI Model

The OSI, or Open System Interconnection, model defines a networking framework for
implementing protocols in seven layers. Control is passed from one layer to the next, starting at
the application layer in one station, proceeding to the bottom layer, over the channel to the next
station and back up the hierarchy.

This layer supports application and end-user processes. Communication


partners are identified, quality of service is identified, user authentication and
privacy are considered, and any constraints on data syntax are identified.
Application
Everything at this layer is application-specific. This layer provides application
(Layer 7) services for file transfers, e-mail, and other network software services. Telnet
and FTP are applications that exist entirely in the application level. Tiered
application architectures are part of this layer.
This layer provides independence from differences in data representation (e.g.,
encryption) by translating from application to network format, and vice versa.
Presentation The presentation layer works to transform data into the form that the
(Layer 6) application layer can accept. This layer formats and encrypts data to be sent
across a network, providing freedom from compatibility problems. It is
sometimes called the syntax layer.
This layer establishes, manages and terminates connections between
applications. The session layer sets up, coordinates, and terminates
Session
conversations, exchanges, and dialogues between the applications at each end.
(Layer 5) It deals with session and connection coordination, token management,
synchronization and traffic management.
This layer provides transparent transfer of data between end systems, or hosts,
Transport
and is responsible for end-to-end error recovery and flow control. It ensures
(Layer 4) complete data transfer.
This layer provides switching and routing technologies, creating logical paths,
Network known as virtual circuits, for transmitting data from node to node. Routing and
(Layer 3) forwarding are functions of this layer, as well as addressing, internetworking,
error handling, congestion control and packet sequencing.

Data Link At this layer, data packets are encoded and decoded into bits. It furnishes
(Layer 2) transmission protocol knowledge and management and handles errors in the
physical layer, flow control and frame synchronization. The data link layer is
divided into two sublayers: The Media Access Control (MAC) layer and the
Logical Link Control (LLC) layer. The MAC sublayer controls how a
computer on the network gains access to the data and permission to transmit it.
The LLC layer controls frame synchronization, flow control and error
checking.
This layer conveys the bit stream - electrical impulse, light or radio signal --
through the network at the electrical and mechanical level. It provides the
Physical
hardware means of sending and receiving data on a carrier, including defining
(Layer 1) cables, cards and physical aspects. Fast Ethernet, RS232, and ATM are
protocols with physical layer components.

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