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Comptia Network +

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. On what Port is SQL Server?
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
gateway.
Wireless LAN
1433

2. IDS means...
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)
Intrusion Detection System
IMAP (Mail Client)
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths

3. Why did we develop networking?
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
As a way to share resources and information
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.

4. Which of the following options allows for secure communication over the Internet?
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
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
135-139
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).

5. What is on Port 23?
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
Manages printers on the network
Telnet
3389

6. 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?
SUN RPC
In the LAN (Local Area Network)
Transport
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector

7. Which protocol could be used by a VPN (Virtual Private Network)?
169.254.1.1
3389
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
Gateway

8. HTTP Means...
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
Hypertext transfer protocol
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required
25

9. Which networking device works at the upper three layers of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) and connects networks with different architectures?
NFS (Network File System)
Proxy server
Gateway
72.16.16.1

10. List the benefits of a star topology

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11. On what Port is NetBios?
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)
53
135-139
1433

12. WEP Means...
Wired Equivalent Privacy
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Electromagnetic Interference
Authentication

13. WINS Means...
Windows Internet Name Service
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
802.1x
Routing Information Protocol

14. What is the maximum length of a gigabit Ethernet segment using MMF (MultiMode Fiber) optic cable?
1433
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant
Firewall
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)

15. 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?
The users will not be affected by the change.
Media Access Control
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes
Intrusion Detection System

16. What is TCP?
Physical
Networked Basic Input/Output System Extended User Interface
Transmission Control Protocol
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).

17. What is on Port 3389?
RDP/ Terminal Services
In a locked room in an offsite location
Manages network applications
NetBios

18. A network has been set up for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) services using a PDC (Primary Domain Controller) and BDC (Backup Domain Controller) each with a range of 192.168.0.1 to192.168.0.254 using a class subnet of 255.255.255.0. DHCP
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).
New stations can be added easily and quickly - Scalable - Easier to troubleshoot - A single cable failure doesn't disable entire network
69
Hybrid hub

19. ISP Means...
rp
802.11
cold site.
Internet Service Provider

20. HTML means...
Hypertext Markup Language
Hypertext transfer protocol
Internet Information Services
passing a username and password in plaintext.

21. POP3 Means...
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)
Post Office Protocol 3
802.11i
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)

22. What is CHAP?
Internet Protocol Security
Transport
389
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

23. TFTP Means...
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange
Trivial File Transfer Protocol

24. Mail Server
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
Handles e-mail functions
Internet Protocol Security. This is the defacto standard for VPN security.
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service

25. A client workstation can authenticate user names and passwords to which type of server?
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)
As a way to share resources and information
53
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.

26. Which two devices both operate at the same layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model?
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
D. Switch and bridge
Transmission Control Protocol
Telnet

27. LED Means...
New stations can be added easily and quickly - Scalable - Easier to troubleshoot - A single cable failure doesn't disable entire network
Wireless Access Point
Light Emitting Diode
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit

28. 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?
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
100 Mbps (Megabits per second)
Bridge
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)

29. In which OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) layer does a bridge operate?
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
nslookup
Data Link
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol

30. Examples of valid WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) key lengths
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D
SQL Server
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit
Manages printers on the network

31. Upon which devices can NAT (Network Address Translation) be used?
POP3
128 bit addresses
Firewall
Hypertext Markup Language

32. NFS Means...
Network File System
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
161 & 162

33. 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?
Internet connection
ping
2
IMAP (Mail Client)

34. NAC means...
Secure Shell
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
Network Access Control
Authentication

35. Which OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) layer provides interfaces to the user that enable programs to use network services?
10 GBASE-LR
Application
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Local Area Network

36. SSID Means...
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).
110
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.
Service Set Identifier

37. What are the two main network types?
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
Proxy

38. Connecting a LAN (Local Area Network) to a mainframe can be accomplished using a...
Port Address Translator
gateway.
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.
Point-to-Point Protocol

39. What is a MAC (Media Access Control) address?
Post Office Protocol 3
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
SMTP Server
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D

40. Which UNIX service provides interoperability with Windows file and print sharing?
Bus
SMB (Server Message Block)
Internet connection
111

41. 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
143
netstat and ping
MultiProtocol Label Switching
Enable infrastructure mode and obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address automatically on all clients

42. SSL Means...
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.
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.
Secure Sockets Layer
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.

43. Servers

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44. If a destination address is not in a bridges forwarding table - what will the bridge do?
Basic Input/Output System
Plain Old Telephone Service
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request

45. Around noon - 802.11b wireless users near the break room have intermittent - random connections. What is the problem?
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.
100BASE-FX Answer: D
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.

46. Each of the following wireless standards use a 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) ISM (Industrial - Scientific - and Medical) band EXCEPT...
SUN RPC
10 GBASE-LR
802.11a.
There will be no Internet access.

47. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) fiber optic standard?
143
Wireless Protected Access
10 GBASE-LR
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server

48. Which protocol does a diskless workstation use to obtain a network address?
161 & 162
BootP (Boot Protocol)
Networked Basic Input/Output System
Plain Old Telephone Service

49. What is on Port 143?
Industry Standards Organization
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
IMAP (Mail Client)
VPN (Virtual Private Network)

50. A star network that uses several cable types must use which hub type in order to accommodate all client machines?
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.
Hybrid hub
Public Switched Telephone Network
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)