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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. SSH Means...
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
Secure Shell
ifconfig
Bluetooth enabled cell phones
2. LAN Means...
Internet Control Message Protocol
Local Area Network
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required
Manages printers on the network
3. IPX/SPX means...
128 bit addresses
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange
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.
BootP (Boot Protocol)
4. Which of the following connectors will be required for a RAS (Remote Access Service) server accepting four incoming dial-up connections to connect to the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network)?
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).
A striped set array with parity
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)
5. File Server
Basic Rate Interface
Direct Current
Stores and dispenses files
Gateway
6. Which media access method is used for an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.5 network?
1000BASE-CX
Wired Equivalent Privacy
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
Token passing
7. Which protocol is the fastest file transfer protocol?
Public Switched Telephone Network
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.
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
DNS
8. What is on Port 69?
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)
Post Office Protocol
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
20 & 21
9. On what Port is IMAP?
143
Intrusion Detection System
23
Verification
10. POTS means...
Plain Old Telephone Service
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit
ifconfig
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.
11. WLAN Means...
10
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)
Wireless LAN
NFS (Network File System)
12. MAU means...
Data Link
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
DNS
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.
13. On what Port is the SMTP Server?
Access Control List
Exterior Gateway Protocol
Wireless Protected Access
25
14. 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
New Technology File System
Verification
larger subnet masks.
15. An employee needs to access the internal secure company web site from a hotel. The employee will need which of the following connections?
Make certain the web site has an external DNS (Domain Name Service) name and a public IP address - and that port 80 is open on the router.
Internet connection
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.
Verification
16. Which one of the following options is required for a client workstation to connect to a network resource?
Client - protocol - and adapter
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
As a way to share resources and information
Point-to-Point Protocol
17. WINS Means...
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
80
Windows Internet Name Service
Manages network applications
18. MIME means...
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
Networked Basic Input/Output System
802.11i
19. 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
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)
192.168.96.254
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
netstat
20. ATM Means...
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
traceroute
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
Stores and dispenses files
21. POP3 Means...
Point-to-Point Protocol
Post Office Protocol 3
Transport
Transmission Control Protocol
22. 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?
1
802.11a.
ping
gateway.
23. A user has set up filtering on an Internet router. The local SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server has stopped sending or receiving messages from the Internet. What is the cause of the problem?
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant
As a way to share resources and information
Network Address Translator
The Internet router is blocking port 25.
24. FTP Means
File Transfer Protocol
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.
389
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
25. Which one of the following communication protocols does a UNIX system primarily rely on?
These are the FTP ports. Port 20 handles data and Port 21 provides control.
1000BASE-CX
netstat and ping
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
26. Which OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) layer provides interfaces to the user that enable programs to use network services?
Application
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
Networked Basic Input/Output System
File Transfer Protocol
27. HTTP Means...
Token passing
Reverse Address Resolution 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
Hypertext transfer protocol
28. 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
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.
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
53
Industry Standards Organization
29. What is TCP?
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request
POP3
This IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot be pinged remotely.
Transmission Control Protocol
30. IIS Means...
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).
Internet Information Services
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
1
31. A computer that is working on a network is unplugged and then plugged into another switch with a new cable. The link LED (Light Emitting Diode) on the NIC (Network Interface Card) does not come on. All of the following could be the source of the prob
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
Plain Old Telephone Service
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
Password Authentication Protocol
32. An administrator changes the lease time of the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) scope from one week to one day. What affect will this have on the end users?
As a way to share resources and information
25
Network Address Translator
The users will not be affected by the change.
33. What is Broadcast Transmission?
rp
Alternating Current
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.
A long length of antenna extension cable
34. The IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) protocol suite can secure network transmissions by...
53
Hypertext Markup Language
Internet Protocol Security
encapsulating the data payload.
35. What is IP?
Internet Protocol
POP3
Hypertext Markup Language
Firewall
36. Given the output: 1.pgw (129.6.80.254) * 4ms 3ms 2.129.6.1.245 (129.6.1.245) 4ms 3ms * 3.129.6.2.252 (129.6.2.252) 5ms 5ms 4ms Which of the following commands causes the results above?
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
802.11a.
Metropolitan Area Network
traceroute
37. TFTP Means...
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).
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
Internet mail access protocol
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
38. Fax Server
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
39. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards has the shortest maximum distance?
802.11a.
Firewall
Handles e-mail functions
1000BASE-CX
40. What is on Port 514?
Sys Log (Unix) or Event Manager (Windows)
Internet Protocol Security
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.
Remote Desktop Protocol
41. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards uses
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR
192.168.96.254
This IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot be pinged remotely.
Time domain reflectometer
42. On what Port is HTTP?
raphical User Interface
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
80
161 & 162
43. Describe a ring topology
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
44. ICMP means...
Remote Desktop Protocol
Network Address Translation
Internet connection
Internet Control Message Protocol
45. GSM means...
Global System for Mobile Communications
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
The 'memo maker' that sends and receives paperless faxes over the network
Enable infrastructure mode and obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address automatically on all clients
46. What is the maximum length of a gigabit Ethernet segment using MMF (MultiMode Fiber) optic cable?
2
Wireless LAN
Basic Rate Interface
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)
47. Disk mirroring is also known as RAID ___...
48 bits.
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
1
Global Positioning System
48. RIP Means...
Network Address Translator
Routing Information Protocol
Simple Network Management Protocol
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
49. Which of the following is a self-assigned address based on APIPA (Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing)?
169.254.1.1
161 & 162
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
50. 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?
passing a username and password in plaintext.
25
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
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