Test your basic knowledge |

Comptia Network +

Subjects : certifications, comptia-network-+, it-skills

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
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. Six workstations that are numbered 1-6 are installed sequentially in a physical ring topology. Workstation 1 fails. How can the network administrator remove Workstation 1 for service without moving the other workstations?
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
Bridge
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Proxy

2. TFTP Means...
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
Bluetooth enabled cell phones
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).
69

3. A user complains that they are unable to connect to a remote server using either FTP (File Transfer Protocol) or Telnet - although the user was able to connect yesterday. Which of the following commands is used to troubleshoot the problem?
The Internet router is blocking port 25.
ping
Remote Desktop Protocol
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).

4. WLAN Means...
All hosts can communicate.
Wireless LAN
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
Token passing

5. What is RARP?
Global System for Mobile Communications
Hypertext transfer protocol
Hypertext Markup Language
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.

6. What is on Port 1433?
As a way to share resources and information
Local Area Network
SQL Server
72.16.16.1

7. Which dial-up protocol is capable of passing multiple LAN (Local Area Network) protocols across the wire?
172.192.4.256
A striped set array with parity
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
SMB (Server Message Block)

8. List the drawbacks of a bus topology

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183

9. What is DHCP? What is its key attribute?
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.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
802.2
Periodically (randomly) blinking

10. On what Port is NetBios?
RDP/ Terminal Services
135-139
Router
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server

11. HTTP Means...
Hypertext transfer protocol
MultiProtocol Label Switching
48 bits.
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.

12. Which OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) layer converts digital data into electronic signals to beput on a wire?
Physical
Central Processing unit
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
Plain Old Telephone Service

13. DOS means...
A transmission method in which data is transferred from a specific source address to a specific destination address. (Network nodes not involved in the transfer ignor the transmission.)
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers
Plain Old Telephone Service
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service

14. A network administrator is in charge of a large corporate network containing a DNS (Domain Name Service) server - DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server - and an internal web server. One particular subnet is experiencing trouble with Inter
802.2
Routing Internet Protocol
Enable infrastructure mode and obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address automatically on all clients
111

15. Web Server
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request
Network Address Translator
Manages web-based activities by running Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for storing web content and accessing web pages

16. A network administrator is troubleshooting connectivity from a client machine. An error message that reads 'Page Cannot be Displayed' is shown in the browser whenever a FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) is typed in the address bar. However - if the
53
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
In the LAN (Local Area Network)
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.

17. TCP/IP Means;
A transmission method in which data is sent from a server to specific nodes that are defined as members of a multicast group. Network nodes not in the group ignore the data.
The Internet router is blocking port 25.
SMB (Server Message Block)
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

18. 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?
802.2
IMAP (Mail Client)
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).

19. LDAP means...
rp
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Port 20 must also be unblocked.
802.11

20. Fax Server

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183

21. IPSEC means...
Internet Protocol Security
1433
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit

22. Print Server
135-139
Manages printers on the network
raphical User Interface
Two or more connected computers that can share resources

23. What is LEAP?
Wired Equivalent Privacy
cold site.
DNS
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.

24. Which of the following options allows for secure communication over the Internet?
Transport
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).
Gateway

25. 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?
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.
802.1x
There will be no Internet access.

26. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) copper cable standard?
1000BASE-CX
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Manages printers on the network

27. 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?
Application
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
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.

28. On what Port is HTTP?
80
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
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.
The 'memo maker' that sends and receives paperless faxes over the network

29. 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?
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).
Token passing
Point-to-Point Protocol
MAC (Media Access Control) address

30. A network administrator is configuring a router to support a new subnet on a TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) network. The subnet uses 192.168.96.0/24. The administrators company policy is to reserve the highest IP (Intern
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
192.168.96.254
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.

31. EMI means...
Electromagnetic Interference
111
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
traceroute

32. Client Machine
Networked Basic Input/Output System Extended User Interface
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
Any device on the network that can ask for access to resources
Internet Information Services

33. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards uses
Manages web-based activities by running Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for storing web content and accessing web pages
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR
A striped set array with parity
Sys Log (Unix) or Event Manager (Windows)

34. Which fiber connector looks similar to an RJ-45 (Registered Jack) connector and connects two strands of fiber?
Secure Shell
Access Control List
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
HTTPS/ SSL

35. PRI Means...
161 & 162
53
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
Primary Rate Interface

36. What is PPTP?
DNS
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
Point-to-Point Protocol
Manages printers on the network

37. CPU means...
Central Processing unit
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
Wireless Protected Access
New stations can be added easily and quickly - Scalable - Easier to troubleshoot - A single cable failure doesn't disable entire network

38. How many concurrent connections can a Windows 2000 Professional computer support on a single share?
Firewall
Internet Control Message Protocol
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
10

39. Which physical topology is used by a 10BASE2 network?
netstat
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
Bus
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

40. All of the following Novell NetWare operating systems support NDS (NetWare Directory Services) natively EXCEPT...
3.1
Time domain reflectometer
The analyzer is functioning properly.
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

41. What is CHAP?
A transmission method in which data is sent from a server to specific nodes that are defined as members of a multicast group. Network nodes not in the group ignore the data.
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
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
1433

42. A technician connects a computer to the LAN (Local Area Network) switch to analyze the traffic occurring from another computer on the network. The only traffic observed coming from the other computer is broadcast frames. What can be concluded from th
The analyzer is functioning properly.
802.11i
100 Mbps (Megabits per second)
Bridge

43. What enables a UNIX computer to access exported file systems from other UNIX computers?
Global Positioning System
Port Address Translator
NFS (Network File System)
A long length of antenna extension cable

44. MLI Means...
Multiple Link Interface
Network Access Control
1433
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)

45. 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.
3389
Industry Standards Organization
Internet Information Services

46. Network
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request
1000BASE-CX
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Two or more connected computers that can share resources

47. On what Port is IMAP?
143
69
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers
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

48. Which one of the following standards has a maximum data rate of 11 Mbps (Megabits per second)?
802.11b
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
100BASE-FX Answer: D

49. What functionality does Kerberos provide?
Application
Authentication
New Technology File System
Networked Basic Input/Output System

50. RDP means...
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Proxy Server
Remote Desktop Protocol
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.