AP Networking Study Games | Ten Free Practice Games by Topic

AP Networking Study Games

Ten games, one for every topic in the course that asks you to configure, secure, troubleshoot or verify something rather than just describe it

These are not quizzes with a countdown on them. Each one is built around a single mistake that people actually make on real networks: the firewall rule that never gets reached, the address that is one host short, the test that passes whether or not you configured anything. Nothing here is graded. Play them as many times as you like, and beat your own score on the leaderboard at the bottom of each page.

Unit 1Foundations of networking and security
Harden FirstTopic 1.4

Six weaknesses, three changes, one night. Fix the ones the attacker was going to use.

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Unit 2Network components and addressing
Address AutopsyTopic 2.2

Ten addresses off a live network. Two of them are already a diagnosis.

Play itAI AuditTopic 2.4

Four AI-written designs. Most of every one is correct, which is the problem.

Play itSegment SortTopic 2.6

Twelve devices, four zones. Group them by what they would cost you.

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Unit 3Building and securing a network
Guest GateTopic 3.3

Configure it, then prove it. Every wrong test in this game passes.

Play itSubnet SprintTopic 3.4

Eight blocks. Give each one room to grow and not one address more.

Play itRule OrderTopic 3.5

Not one rule is wrong. Only the order, and the order decides who gets in.

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Unit 4Managing and troubleshooting a network
Shell HopTopic 4.3

One transfer, start to finish. The last step is the one people skip.

Play itPacket PathTopic 4.4

Four journeys, one hop at a time. Specificity beats a better metric.

Play itLog HuntTopic 4.5

Ten log lines. Half are an attacker, half are the network being unwell.

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Why these ten topics. The AP Networking course framework attaches skills to every topic, and ten of the twenty two ask students to implement, configure or verify something. Those ten are exactly the ten below. The other twelve topics are covered by the lessons and the topic quizzes, because reading and answering questions is a fair way to assess explaining and identifying. It is not a fair way to assess whether you can build the thing.

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