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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. Client-Server Networks
Basic Rate Interface
Password Authentication Protocol
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
Integrated Services digital Network

2. On what Port is FTP?
Internetwork packet exchange
SMTP Server
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20 & 21

3. A network administrator adds a router to create a new subnet. Which of the following network services requires configuration to accommodate NetBIOS (Network Basic Input / Output System) on the new network?
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Network Access Control
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server

4. What is on Port 8080?
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)
Proxy Server
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.

5. ISP Means...
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers
Service Set Identifier
Internet Service Provider
Quality of Service

6. Which standard covers the methods for performing authentication services for remote access to a central LAN (Local Area Network)?
Network News Transfer Protocol
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR
802.1x
Internet Service Provider

7. WAP Means...
Direct Current
Wireless Access Point
Bus
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business

8. On what Port is IMAP?
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR
In the LAN (Local Area Network)
143

9. List the benefits of a star topology

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10. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards has the shortest maximum distance?
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
1000BASE-CX
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
10 GBASE-LR

11. List the drawbacks of a ring topology
Global Positioning System
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant

12. On what Port is Telnet?
The users will not be affected by the change.
Secure Shell
Token passing
23

13. What is Unicast?
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.)
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
Verification
Internet Protocol

14. NetBEUI Means...
100 Mbps (Megabits per second)
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Networked Basic Input/Output System Extended User Interface
Firewall

15. TCP/IP Means;
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
SMTP Server
Manages network applications
ifconfig

16. The Spanning-Tree Protocol allows for redundancy of what networking device?
Public Switched Telephone Network
Bridge
Direct Current
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)

17. To increase the number of available IP (Internet Protocol) addresses - IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) uses which one of the following options?
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.
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
128 bit addresses
8080

18. Each of the following wireless standards use a 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) ISM (Industrial - Scientific - and Medical) band EXCEPT...
802.11a.
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.
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
New Technology File System

19. What is QoS?
All hosts can communicate.
Configure the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to increase lease expiration time
Quality of Service
Wireless LAN

20. MPLS
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
MultiProtocol Label Switching
Secure Sockets Layer
cold site.

21. A network administrator notices in his secure wireless office that many of his wireless client machines constantly lose network connectivity. The wired clients never have downtime. Theadministrator also notices that the wireless clients all lose conn
100 Mbps (Megabits per second)
Primary Rate Interface
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network

22. IIS Means...
Internet Information Services
Secure Sockets Layer
22
D. Switch and bridge

23. 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
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
Internet Service Provider
Windows Internet Name Service
Extranet

24. Which OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) layer provides interfaces to the user that enable programs to use network services?
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Application
Presentation
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager

25. What is LEAP?
Presentation
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
Sys Log (Unix) or Event Manager (Windows)
Wireless Access Point

26. 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
Internet Service Provider
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect
53
Application

27. Why did we develop networking?
As a way to share resources and information
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.

28. HTTPS means...
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
Port Address Translator
Routing Information Protocol

29. A network administrator is troubleshooting a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) that is experiencing trouble with interference. A scan of the wireless network reports that there are two WAPs (Wireless Access Point) from different companies within rang
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)

30. What is ARP? What are some of its attributes?
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
The analyzer is functioning properly.
192.168.96.254
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit

31. What is on Port 69?
RDP/ Terminal Services
128 bit addresses
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request

32. 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.
Stores and dispenses files
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
135-139

33. A Windows 2000 work station has a TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) address of 169.254.12.1. Which statement describes the state of the computers TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) configuration?
802.11
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
Networked Basic Input/Output System
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.

34. DSL means...
Digital Subscriber Line
Media Access Control
20 & 21
Internet Information Services

35. A WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) network administrator has disabled DNS (Domain Name Service) for security reasons. Users have lost the ability to access remote network shares named ournetworkshares and ourprivateshares. How can this be resolve
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths
Windows Internet Name Service
Networked Basic Input/Output System
Public Key Infrastructure

36. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) fiber optic standard?
10 GBASE-LR
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
nslookup
POP3

37. A packet filtering firewall operates at which layers of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model?
Network and Transport
Firewall
Alternating Current
72.16.16.1

38. NAT Means...
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers
Network Address Translation
As a way to share resources and information
Alternating Current

39. WEP Means...
Time domain reflectometer
Routing Information Protocol
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
Wired Equivalent Privacy

40. 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?
A striped set array with parity
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
Application
53

41. Which one of the following UNIX commands is similar to Telnet and used for terminal emulation?
rlogin
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
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

42. What is IP?
Network and Transport
Internet Protocol
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
Asynchronous Transfer Mode

43. BIOS Means...
Public Key Infrastructure
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
Basic Input/Output System
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

44. A user is booting a workstation and suddenly receives a message stating that a duplicate IP (Internet Protocol) address is in use on the network. Which of the following commands can be used to troubleshoot the problem?
rp
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.
Internet Protocol
Time domain reflectometer

45. Which one of the following is a purpose for subnetting?
passing a username and password in plaintext.
135-139
BootP (Boot Protocol)
To decrease network congestion Answer: D

46. What is a MAC (Media Access Control) address?
Wireless Access Point
Proxy Server
These are the FTP ports. Port 20 handles data and Port 21 provides control.
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).

47. 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?
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
There will be no Internet access.
Client - protocol - and adapter

48. What is on Port 111?
SUN RPC
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.
Windows Internet Name Service
Wireless Protected Access

49. All of the following options transmit data over a modem EXCEPT...
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).
Point-to-Point Protocol
MAC (Media Access Control) address
Basic Input/Output System

50. RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) provides which functionality for remote access?
Networked Basic Input/Output System
Verification
Network Interface Card
Direct Current