■ Copper cables
■ Shielded vs. unshielded
■ CAT3, CAT5, CAT5e, CAT6, CAT6a
■ PVC vs. plenum
■ RG-59
■ RG-6
■ Straight-through vs. crossover vs. rollover
■ Fiber connectors
■ ST
■ SC
■ LC
■ MTRJ
■ FC
■ Fiber coupler
■ Fiber cables
■ Single mode
■ Multimode
■ APC vs. UPC
■ Media converters
■ Single mode fiber to Ethernet
■ Multimode fiber to Ethernet
■ Fiber to coaxial
■ Single mode to multimode fiber
■ Tools
■ Cable crimpers
■ Punch down Tool
■ Wire strippers
■ Snips
■ OTDR
■ Cable certifier
✓ 1.6 Differentiate between common network topologies
■ Mesh
■ Partial
■ Full
■ Bus
■ Ring
■ Star
■ Hybrid
■ Point-to-point
■ Point-to-multipoint
■ Client-server
■ Peer-to-peer
✓ 1.7 Differentiate between network infrastructure implementations
■ WAN
■ MAN
■ LAN
■ WLAN
■ Hotspot
■ PAN
■ Bluetooth
■ IR
■ NFC
■ SCADA/ICS
■ ICS server
■ DCS/closed network
■ Remote terminal unit
■ Programmable logical controller
■ Medianets
■ VTC
■ ISDN
■ IP/SIP
✓ 1.8 Given a scenario, implement and configure the appropriate addressing schema
■ IPv6
■ Auto-configuration
■ EUI-64
■ DHCP6
■ Link local
■ Address structure
■ Address compression
■ Tunneling 6to4, 4to6
■ Teredo, miredo
■ IPv4
■ Address structure
■ Subnetting
■ APIPA
■ Classful A, B, C, D
■ Classless
■ Private vs. public
■ NAT/PAT
■ MAC addressing
■ Multicast
■ Unicast
■ Broadcast
■ Broadcast domains vs. collision domains
✓ 1.9 Explain the basics of routing concepts and protocols
■ Loopback interface
■ Routing loops
■ Routing tables
■ Static vs. dynamic routing
■ Default route
■ Distance vector routing protocols
■ RIP v2
■ Hybrid routing protocols
■ BGP
■ Link state routing protocols
■ OSPF
■ IS-IS
■ Interior vs. exterior gateway routing protocols
■ Autonomous system numbers
■ Route redistribution
■ High availability
■ VRRP
■ Virtual IP
■ HSRP
■ Route aggregation
■ Routing metrics
■ Hop counts
■ MTU, bandwidth
■ Costs
■ Latency
■ Administrative distance
■ SPB
✓ 1.10 Identify the basic elements of unified communication technologies
■ VoiP
■ Video
■ Real time services
■ Presence
■ Multicast vs. unicast
■ QoS
■ DSCP
■ COS
■ Devices
■ UC servers
■ UC devices
■ UC gateways
✓ 1.11 Compare and contrast technologies that support cloud and virtualization
■ Virtualization
■ Virtual switches
■ Virtual routers
■ Virtual firewall
■ Virtual vs. physical NICs
■ Software defined networking
■ Storage area network
■ ISCSI
■ Jumbo frame
■ Fibre channel
■ Network attached storage
■ Cloud concepts
■ Public IaaS, SaaS, PaaS
■ Private IaaS, SaaS, PaaS
■ Hybrid IaaS, SaaS, PaaS
■ Community IaaS, SaaS, PaaS
✓ 1.12 Given a set of requirements, implement a basic network
■ List of requirements
■ Device types/requirements
■ Environment limitations
■ Equipment limitations
■ Compatibility requirements
■ Wired/wireless considerations
■ Security considerations