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Comptia Network +

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Wi-Fi Means...
Industry Standards Organization
Wireless Fidelity
Sys Log (Unix) or Event Manager (Windows)
In a locked room in an offsite location

2. What is the minimum number of hard drives required to implement RAID 0 (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)?
2
Bridge
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
Token passing

3. 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
Manages printers on the network
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
Direct Current
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.

4. NNTP Means...
1000BASE-CX
Port Address Translator
Network News Transfer Protocol
Public Switched Telephone Network

5. What is EGP?
Exterior Gateway Protocol
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
Light Emitting Diode
Client - protocol - and adapter

6. On what Port is Telnet?
23
20 & 21
Network Address Translator
gateway.

7. On what Port is SNMP?
Plain Old Telephone Service
802.11b
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
161 & 162

8. 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
Wireless LAN
SMB (Server Message Block)
gateway.

9. Connecting a LAN (Local Area Network) to a mainframe can be accomplished using a...
1000BASE-CX
There will be no Internet access.
gateway.
User Datagram Protocol

10. On a switched Ethernet network that is operating perfectly - what is the state in which a user will find the activity LED (Light Emitting Diode)?
Stores and dispenses files
raphical User Interface
Periodically (randomly) blinking
22

11. RIP Means...
Routing Information Protocol
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
Direct Current
Wireless LAN

12. There is a suspected SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) virus on the workstation. E-mail programs are not currently running. Which of the following utilities should be run to see if there are any open SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) sockets?
Service Set Identifier
Post Office Protocol 3
Network Address Translator
netstat

13. DC means...
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
Direct Current
Media Access Control
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D

14. PPP Means...
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
Access Control List
Point-to-Point Protocol
RDP/ Terminal Services

15. Which of the following choices describes an RJ-45 (Registered Jack) connector?
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).
25
SMTP Server
Quality of Service

16. BIOS Means...
3389
passing a username and password in plaintext.
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Basic Input/Output System

17. ATM Means...
10 GBASE-LR
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)

18. This is not a valid IP (Internet Protocol) addresses
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.
23
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
172.192.4.256

19. On what Port is RDP?
3389
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)
Internet Protocol Security. This is the defacto standard for VPN security.
To decrease network congestion Answer: D

20. A company wants to have an intranet. Where would the intranet web server be located in the network?
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
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.
In the LAN (Local Area Network)

21. How are physical and logical topologies different?

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22. Which two devices both operate at the same layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model?
D. Switch and bridge
bytes 1-3
Internet Service Provider
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

23. DNS means...
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
The Internet router is blocking port 25.

24. SSL Means...
Secure Sockets Layer
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Physical
encapsulating the data payload.

25. TCP means...
There will be no Internet access.
MAC (Media Access Control) address
Transmission Control Protocol
Exterior Gateway Protocol

26. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) copper cable standard?
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
48 bits.
1000BASE-CX
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager

27. FTP Means
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.
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
File Transfer Protocol

28. File Server
raphical User Interface
Select the most probable cause
Stores and dispenses files
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol

29. List the benefits of a bus topology
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Bluetooth enabled cell phones
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required

30. What is on Port 22?
Internet Control Message Protocol
SSH
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.

31. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) fiber optic standard?
10 GBASE-LR
raphical User Interface
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.
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request

32. BNC Means...
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
Remote Desktop Protocol
Wireless Access Point
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.

33. IDS means...
Internet Protocol Security
10 GBASE-LR
Network Access Control
Intrusion Detection System

34. What is on Port 111?
Manages printers on the network
Stores and dispenses files
Gateway
SUN RPC

35. NIC means...
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
Wireless LAN
Network Interface Card
Internet Control Message Protocol

36. POTS means...
Plain Old Telephone Service
Bus
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)

37. Application Server
gateway.
Remote Desktop Protocol
Manages network applications
IMAP (Mail Client)

38. HTML means...
Wireless LAN
Hypertext Markup Language
Global Positioning System
22

39. Network
Exterior Gateway Protocol
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
1000BASE-CX
Two or more connected computers that can share resources

40. The Spanning-Tree Protocol allows for redundancy of what networking device?
nslookup
Bridge
Secure Sockets Layer
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit

41. Which protocol is used for error reporting in concert with the IP protocol?
161 & 162
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
802.1x

42. A technician just installed a new NIC (Network Interface Card) in a computer and attached a cable to connect the computer to a hub. Assuming the NIC (Network Interface Card) is functioning correctly and the network is up - which of the following will
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
Multiple Link Interface
POP3

43. What is on Port 25?
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
Telnet
SMTP Server
802.11b

44. An 802.11a/b/g access point is installed in a computer lab. An administrator has a client that is based on 802.11g technology. There are times when the client slows or stops working entirely. What is the cause of the problem?
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

45. HTTP Means...
Local Area Network
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Hypertext transfer protocol
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

46. A network administrator manages a medium-sized network with a mixture of different platform computers. The network contains multiple subnets located across a large geographical area. Over half of the subnets contain a WAP (Wireless Access Point) for
Wired Equivalent Privacy
Time domain reflectometer
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D

47. 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?
514
192.168.96.254
Proxy
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.

48. MLI Means...
Select the most probable cause
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Multiple Link Interface
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

49. Mail Server
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
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)
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).
Handles e-mail functions

50. Which of the following methods transfers files with the use of a UDP (User Datagram Protocol)?
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
Authentication
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Internet connection