
Networking Infrastructures
Category: Objective Test
Type: Individual
Grade Level: 9-12
Event Guidelines
Participants must furnish their own laptop for testing at the conference. No calculators, phones, or other memory storage devices are allowed.
Competency:
- General network terminology and concepts
- network operating system concepts
- equipment for network access (firewall, DSU/CSU, T1, WiFi)
- OSI model and functionality
- network topologies and connectivity
- network security
Eligibility:
All FBLA members in Grades 9 through 12 are eligible to compete.
Judging
The test will be machine graded. Ties will be broken based on the order the tests were submitted. All judges’ decisions are final.
Who Goes to Nationals?
The first-, second-, and third-place winners of this event will represent Nebraska in the Networking Infrastructures event at the National Leadership Conference, provided they have not placed in the top 10 for this event at a previous National Leadership Conference.