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Comptia Network +

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is ARP? What are some of its attributes?
Password Authentication Protocol
Client - protocol - and adapter
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)

2. Which one of the following will affect the range of an 802.11b WAP (Wireless Access Point)?
A long length of antenna extension cable
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
161 & 162
802.11i

3. Which of the following choices describes an RJ-45 (Registered Jack) connector?
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request
netstat

4. An Ethernet MAC (Media Access Control) address consists of...
111
raphical User Interface
Two or more connected computers that can share resources
48 bits.

5. Wi-Fi Means...
Wireless Fidelity
Point to Point Protocol
Basic Rate Interface
53

6. LAN Local Area Network
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).
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)
Access Control List
Plain Old Telephone Service

7. What part of an Ethernet MAC (Media Access Control) address designates the manufacturer of the NIC (Network Interface Card)?
HTTPS/ SSL
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
Internet Protocol
bytes 1-3

8. ATM Means...
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
SQL Server

9. LED Means...
ifconfig
Light Emitting Diode
A long length of antenna extension cable
1

10. Which fiber connector looks similar to an RJ-45 (Registered Jack) connector and connects two strands of fiber?
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
netstat
gateway.

11. What is the maximum standard distance allowed to connect a customer via an ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) line?
SMB (Server Message Block)
20 & 21
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.

12. WAP Means...
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
Wireless Access Point

13. ICMP means...
HTTPS/ SSL
Internet Control Message Protocol
1000BASE-CX
Media Access Control

14. FQDN means...
Two or more connected computers that can share resources
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
Fully Qualified Domain Name

15. A WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) network administrator has disabled DNS (Domain Name Service) for security reasons. Users have lost the ability to access remote network shares named ournetworkshares and ourprivateshares. How can this be resolve
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
20 & 21
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths

16. POP3 Means...
rlogin
Post Office Protocol 3
135-139
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)

17. Around noon - 802.11b wireless users near the break room have intermittent - random connections. What is the problem?
Wireless Access Point
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
File Transfer Protocol
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.

18. What is the mechanism a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server uses to track which IP (Internet Protocol) address is assigned to a particular computer?
802.2
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
MAC (Media Access Control) address
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol

19. The 802.11 frequency band is...
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).
Internet connection
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine

20. Which of the following is a self-assigned address based on APIPA (Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing)?
80
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
169.254.1.1
encapsulating the data payload.

21. Physical Topology
A network map defining the specific characteristics of a network such as where workstations and other devices are located and the arrangement of all the physical media such as cables.
nslookup
53
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.

22. A network technician is troubleshooting a remote home users computer that is behind a SOHO (Small Office / Home Office) router running NAT (Network Address Translation). The technician wants to ping the IP (Internet Protocol) address of the remote us
Internetwork packet exchange
HTTPS/ SSL
This IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot be pinged remotely.
Network Interface Card

23. What is the maximum length of a gigabit Ethernet segment using MMF (MultiMode Fiber) optic cable?
Internet mail access protocol
POP3
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)
172.192.4.256

24. GUI means
raphical User Interface
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
HTTP

25. SMB Means...
User Datagram Protocol
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
Sys Log (Unix) or Event Manager (Windows)
Internet Protocol Security

26. Which OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) layer converts digital data into electronic signals to beput on a wire?
SUN RPC
Physical
Wireless LAN
Network Interface Card

27. On what Port is TFTP?
69
Network Access Control
Internetwork packet exchange
Public Key Infrastructure

28. FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) operates at what speed?
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.
100 Mbps (Megabits per second)
192.168.96.254
Firewall

29. What is on Port 23?
Telnet
Point to Point Protocol
Hybrid hub
Sys Log (Unix) or Event Manager (Windows)

30. Which digital interface device is used to connect to a local service providers digital T1 (T-Carrier Level 1) or E1 network?
143
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
Routing Internet Protocol
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)

31. A firewall differs from a proxy server in that a proxy server operates at which of the following levels of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model?
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
Internet Protocol Security
Application
3389

32. Which media access method is used for an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.5 network?
Gateway
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).
Intrusion Detection System
Token passing

33. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards uses
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
New stations can be added easily and quickly - Scalable - Easier to troubleshoot - A single cable failure doesn't disable entire network
Sys Log (Unix) or Event Manager (Windows)

34. TCP/IP Means;
389
10 GBASE-LR
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Periodically (randomly) blinking

35. Which one of the following will interfere with an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.11b access point?
Bluetooth enabled cell phones
Transmission Control Protocol
SUN RPC
rlogin

36. An administrator has been called to consult on a network. After receiving network traffic statistics - the administrator notices that there is an abnormally high amount of DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) traffic. What recommendation would
As a way to share resources and information
53
File Transfer Protocol
Configure the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to increase lease expiration time

37. Which one of the following choices is the MOST secure place to store tape backups?
HTTPS/ SSL
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
In a locked room in an offsite location
Client - protocol - and adapter

38. What is CHAP?
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)
Internet Information Services
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).

39. Host
BootP (Boot Protocol)
Any network device with an IP address
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
Bus

40. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards has the shortest maximum distance?
netstat
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)
10
1000BASE-CX

41. Which OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) layer provides interfaces to the user that enable programs to use network services?
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
72.16.16.1
Basic Input/Output System
Application

42. AC means...
Alternating Current
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR
Bluetooth enabled cell phones
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)

43. Which of the following options allows for secure communication over the Internet?
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.
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
New Technology File System
VPN (Virtual Private Network)

44. RIP Means...
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)
nslookup
Simple Network Management Protocol
Routing Information Protocol

45. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) fiber optic standard?
Network Address Translator
Extranet
10 GBASE-LR
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.

46. Fault Tolerance
1000BASE-CX
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
netstat

47. What is BGMP?
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)
Direct Current
Networked Basic Input/Output System
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.

48. Which one of the following servers provides web caching services?
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)
Client - protocol - and adapter
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
Proxy

49. A star network that uses several cable types must use which hub type in order to accommodate all client machines?
Hybrid hub
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
Select the most probable cause

50. ACL means...
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
Access Control List