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Comptia Network +

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1. IDS means...
Intrusion Detection System
Internet Protocol
Each computer is directly connected to other computers in the same network and data flows in a circle shape from computer to computer and eventually back to the source. This topology isn't very popular because it's not easily scalable and the cable r
Split the scope addresses between the servers assigning 192.168.0.1 through 192.168.0.127 for the PDC (Primary Domain Controller) and 192.168.0.128 through 192.168.0.254 for the BDC (Backup Domain Controller).

2. On what Port is HTTPS/ SSL?
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
Internet Protocol
Packets from entering and leaving a network
443

3. Which of the following is a self-assigned address based on APIPA (Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing)?
Industry Standards Organization
Integrated Services digital Network
There will be no Internet access.
169.254.1.1

4. On what Port is HTTP?
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
80
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).

5. DOS means...
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.
Routing Internet Protocol
Hypertext transfer protocol
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service

6. What is LEAP?
192.168.96.254
10 GBASE-LR
A long length of antenna extension cable
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.

7. Why did we develop networking?
MultiProtocol Label Switching
As a way to share resources and information
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Time domain reflectometer

8. Which one of the following choices is the MOST secure place to store tape backups?
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
In a locked room in an offsite location
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)

9. Which OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) layer converts digital data into electronic signals to beput on a wire?
Physical
Application
161 & 162
passing a username and password in plaintext.

10. SSH Means...
Bus
Digital Subscriber Line
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers
Secure Shell

11. What is EGP?
Exterior Gateway Protocol
135-139
Service Set Identifier
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)

12. A user complains that they can no longer access resources on the network. The user is unable to ping other nodes and ipconfig returns an IP (Internet Protocol) address that is not in the correct subnet. What is the problem?
Intrusion Detection System
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol - a network service that assigns IP addresses to clients. Should remember that it uses scopes to manage any excluded/ static IP addresses.
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.

13. What is on Port 443?
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)
Plain Old Telephone Service
HTTPS/ SSL
Network Address Translator

14. Which command will produce the following output? ethoLink encap : Ethernet HWaddr: 00:80:C8:D6:74:43 inet adder : 4.150.6.3 Bcast : 4.255.255.255 Mask: 255.0.0.0
SMTP Server
ifconfig
Transmission Control Protocol
Proxy server

15. DHCP means...
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
Port Address Translator
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

16. A rogue residential gateway has been installed in a network. It is running DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). If the computers have static IP (Internet Protocol) addresses assigned - what problems might exist on the network?
New Technology File System
Internet connection
There will be no Internet access.
Telnet

17. Which one of the following provides a fault-tolerant storage system containing five disks and a single controller that will function if a single disk fails?
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
A striped set array with parity
Network Access Control
Usually restricted to spanning a particular geographic location such as an office building - a single department within a corporate office - or even a home office)

18. Which two utilities can be used to find out what IP (Internet Protocol) address resolves from a domain name?
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
netstat and ping
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers
Network File System

19. SMB Means...
Internet connection
SSH
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
MultiProtocol Label Switching

20. File Server
10 GBASE-LR
Transmission Control Protocol
Client - protocol - and adapter
Stores and dispenses files

21. What enables a UNIX computer to access exported file systems from other UNIX computers?
NFS (Network File System)
Uniform Resource Locator
The Internet router is blocking port 25.
Electromagnetic Interference

22. What is on Port 22?
SSH
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
Computers are connected to one central point w/ their own individual cables or wireless connections. This topology offers advantages over the bus topology and is used more often despite having more physical requirements than the bus topology. Benefit
cold site.

23. FTP Means
Wireless LAN
File Transfer Protocol
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Internet Protocol

24. LAN Means...
Client - protocol - and adapter
Local Area Network
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
The device ID (Identification)

25. A workstation with a static IP (Internet Protocol) address can print and authenticate to a server - but cannot browse to www.comptia.org. What is the FIRST item to troubleshoot?
Network Interface Card
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
Internet connection
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR

26. Which networking device works at the upper three layers of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) and connects networks with different architectures?
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).
encapsulating the data payload.
Gateway
D. Switch and bridge

27. What is EAP? What is it used for?
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.
ping
Secure Sockets Layer
Two or more connected computers that can share resources

28. ICMP means...
Industry Standards Organization
Internet Service Provider
Internet Control Message Protocol
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.

29. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) fiber optic standard?
Electromagnetic Interference
10 GBASE-LR
23
514

30. DNS means...
Each computer is directly connected to other computers in the same network and data flows in a circle shape from computer to computer and eventually back to the source. This topology isn't very popular because it's not easily scalable and the cable r
Client - protocol - and adapter
Post Office Protocol 3
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server

31. To increase the number of available IP (Internet Protocol) addresses - IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) uses which one of the following options?
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange
128 bit addresses
514

32. Application Server
Usually restricted to spanning a particular geographic location such as an office building - a single department within a corporate office - or even a home office)
Each computer is directly connected to other computers in the same network and data flows in a circle shape from computer to computer and eventually back to the source. This topology isn't very popular because it's not easily scalable and the cable r
Manages network applications
This IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot be pinged remotely.

33. What is on Port 3389?
Primary Rate Interface
RDP/ Terminal Services
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)

34. All of the following are benefits of IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) EXCEPT...
larger subnet masks.
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
1433
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)

35. Print Server
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
Remote Desktop Protocol
Manages printers on the network
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network

36. What is DHCP? What is its key attribute?
Usually restricted to spanning a particular geographic location such as an office building - a single department within a corporate office - or even a home office)
Periodically (randomly) blinking
Telnet
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol - a network service that assigns IP addresses to clients. Should remember that it uses scopes to manage any excluded/ static IP addresses.

37. What is PPTP?
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server

38. DC means...
They get their name because they truly are 'at the service' of the network and run specialized software for the network's maintenance and control known as the network operating system. Sometimes servers have more than one job. But whether servers are
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D
Internet Service Provider
Direct Current

39. Which one of the following devices connects a network segment to a public telephone network?
3389
Verification
Secure Sockets Layer
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)

40. A home user has been assigned one static IP (Internet Protocol) address. If the user wishes to use the 192.168.0.1 address range - what technology should the user implement?
128 bit addresses
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
The analyzer is functioning properly.
Proxy server

41. How many concurrent connections can a Windows 2000 Professional computer support on a single share?
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine
10
Each computer is directly connected to other computers in the same network and data flows in a circle shape from computer to computer and eventually back to the source. This topology isn't very popular because it's not easily scalable and the cable r
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

42. Host
Network Time Protocol
Any network device with an IP address
1
All hosts can communicate.

43. What is on Port 143?
File Transfer Protocol
DNS
IMAP (Mail Client)
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)

44. A company wants to have an intranet. Where would the intranet web server be located in the network?
In the LAN (Local Area Network)
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
They get their name because they truly are 'at the service' of the network and run specialized software for the network's maintenance and control known as the network operating system. Sometimes servers have more than one job. But whether servers are
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.

45. Which one of the following options is required for a client workstation to connect to a network resource?
The device ID (Identification)
Internet Service Provider
Client - protocol - and adapter
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

46. Which one of the following servers provides web caching services?
Manages network applications
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)
Local Area Network
Proxy

47. MIME means...
SMTP Server
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol - a network service that assigns IP addresses to clients. Should remember that it uses scopes to manage any excluded/ static IP addresses.
Proxy Server
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension

48. What is NAT?
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
File Transfer Protocol
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant
Network Address Translator

49. What is Broadcast Transmission?
The Internet router is blocking port 25.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol - a network service that assigns IP addresses to clients. Should remember that it uses scopes to manage any excluded/ static IP addresses.
128 bit addresses
A transmission method in which data goes form a source node to all other nodes on a network. Each node receives the data and acts on it - which can generate a great deal of network traffic.

50. Which one of the following security protocols creates a secure connection over the Internet?
SMTP Server
Media Access Control
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)