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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. NTP means...
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect
Authentication
Network Time Protocol
2. A company wishes to establish a secure network connection with a sister company over the Internet. Both companies must have access to each others resources without allowing general public access. What describes the type of network that should be empl
Extranet
The Internet router is blocking port 25.
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
3. In which OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) layer does a bridge operate?
Data Link
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
Windows Internet Name Service
Internet Control Message Protocol
4. Disk mirroring is also known as RAID ___...
1
Routing Information Protocol
RDP/ Terminal Services
Network Address Translation
5. IPSEC means...
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
Internet Protocol Security
cold site.
Network Time Protocol
6. DHCP means...
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)
20 & 21
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
1
7. Which networking device works at the upper three layers of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) and connects networks with different architectures?
Networked Basic Input/Output System Extended User Interface
Authentication
192.168.96.254
Gateway
8. RIP Means...
Industry Standards Organization
Routing Information Protocol
Multiple Link Interface
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol
9. What is on Port 3389?
53
Port 20 must also be unblocked.
gateway.
RDP/ Terminal Services
10. 802.11 security is defined in...
Wireless LAN
Any device on the network that can ask for access to resources
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
802.11i
11. GPS means...
Internet connection
Global Positioning System
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
12. The system administrator performs full backups on Sundays. Incremental backups are performed every day EXCEPT Sunday. The backups start at 10 a.m. and end by 12 p.m. The system crashes on Wednesday night. Which tapes must be used to restore data?
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes
Central Processing unit
802.11a.
There will be no Internet access.
13. DNS means...
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
Manages web-based activities by running Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for storing web content and accessing web pages
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.
2
14. A small office network with ten computers uses a cable modem and router to connect to the Internet and distribute services to clients. After several weeks of use - the routers collision LED (Light Emitting Diode) has begun to stay on permanently. Wha
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.
Network Access Control
Digital Subscriber Line
15. Servers
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16. WLAN Means...
135-139
128 bit addresses
Wireless LAN
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.
17. When one connection to a host fails in a full mesh network - it means...
All hosts can communicate.
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
18. File Server
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
Stores and dispenses files
19. While reviewing network traffic statistics - technicians have noticed that there is an abnormally high amount of DNS (Domain Name Service) traffic. What recommendation would help reduce traffic?
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
Secure Shell
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers
20. What is CHAP?
Run more than one central processing unit (CPU) and whose resources are available to other users on the network to access when needed. Something this powerful is typically referred to only as a server today. Don't confuse workstations with client mac
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
21. What is on Port 111?
25
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
SUN RPC
bytes 1-3
22. Ten workstations numbered 1 through 10 are installed sequentially on a physical star network. The network uses a logical bus topology and is cabled using Category 3 UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair). The cable to Workstation 3 has been severed. Which of
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
Configure the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to increase lease expiration time
23. How are physical and logical topologies different?
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24. What is on Port 514?
Networked Basic Input/Output System Extended User Interface
Network Address Translation
Sys Log (Unix) or Event Manager (Windows)
Consists of two distinct and terminated ends with each computer connected to one unbroken cable running its entire length. All of the computers can see all of the data flowing through but the only one computer the data is addressed to will actually g
25. RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) provides which functionality for remote access?
Verification
Routing Information Protocol
Uniform Resource Locator
20 & 21
26. IIS Means...
SUN RPC
802.11a.
100BASE-FX Answer: D
Internet Information Services
27. ISP Means...
Light Emitting Diode
Networked Basic Input/Output System
netstat
Internet Service Provider
28. A workstation presents an error message to a user. The message states that 'Duplicate IP (Internet Protocol) has been detected on the network.' After establishing what has changed in the network - what should be the NEXT step using the standard troub
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
Extranet
Put a router between the two network segments
Select the most probable cause
29. TFTP 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
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
raphical User Interface
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
30. What functionality does Kerberos provide?
Authentication
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
Internet Protocol
31. SSL Means...
Internet Protocol
Point to Point Protocol
Secure Sockets Layer
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
32. Describe a star topology
25
802.11i
NFS (Network File System)
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
33. Mail Server
File Transfer Protocol
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
Handles e-mail functions
10
34. DC means...
Post Office Protocol 3
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
rlogin
Direct Current
35. Application Server
Network Time Protocol
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
Manages network applications
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
36. 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?
SSH
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
MAC (Media Access Control) address
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
37. PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) secures PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) sessions by...
Bridge
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
389
passing a username and password in plaintext.
38. Which protocol is the fastest file transfer protocol?
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.
135-139
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Secure Sockets Layer
39. Host
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
128 bit addresses
Any network device with an IP address
BootP (Boot Protocol)
40. What is on Port 23?
Telnet
72.16.16.1
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
Windows Internet Name Service
41. Which of the following are classified as Layer 2 devices?
Central Processing unit
NFS (Network File System)
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)
Application
42. Which IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.x standard defines the operation of the LLC (Logical Link Control) sublayer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) models Data Link layer?
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
802.2
Light Emitting Diode
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
43. What is IPSEC? Why is it significant?
72.16.16.1
Internet Protocol Security. This is the defacto standard for VPN security.
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes
44. NetBIOS Means...
Secure Shell
Networked Basic Input/Output System
Wireless Protected Access
111
45. BRI Means...
Handles e-mail functions
Internet Information Services
Basic Rate Interface
The users will not be affected by the change.
46. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) fiber optic standard?
72.16.16.1
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
Networked Basic Input/Output System
10 GBASE-LR
47. Remote Access Server
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
53
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
48. NNTP Means...
Network News Transfer Protocol
SUN RPC
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
49. LAN Local Area Network
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)
File Transfer Protocol
Internet Protocol
Wired Equivalent Privacy
50. SSH Means...
NFS (Network File System)
Secure Shell
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Internet Protocol