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Comptia Network +

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. TCP means...
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)
Transmission Control Protocol
bytes 1-3
22

2. What is the maximum length of a gigabit Ethernet segment using MMF (MultiMode Fiber) optic cable?
Quality of Service
Two or more connected computers that can share resources
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)
Extranet

3. Which media access method is used for an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.5 network?
Token passing
1000BASE-CX
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR
Internet Protocol Security

4. WINS Means...
172.192.4.256
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
Windows Internet Name Service
POP3

5. FQDN means...
Port Address Translator
Fully Qualified Domain Name
72.16.16.1
Networked Basic Input/Output System

6. SMB Means...
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
New stations can be added easily and quickly - Scalable - Easier to troubleshoot - A single cable failure doesn't disable entire network
Internet Control Message Protocol

7. 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
traceroute
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)
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers

8. Fault Tolerance
Handles e-mail functions
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
Intrusion Detection System
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)

9. On what Port is IMAP?
53
Networked Basic Input/Output System
143
Quality of Service

10. 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.)
ifconfig
This IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot be pinged remotely.
A striped set array with parity

11. Which standard covers the methods for performing authentication services for remote access to a central LAN (Local Area Network)?
802.11i
bytes 1-3
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
802.1x

12. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards has the shortest maximum distance?
389
1000BASE-CX
Point to Point Protocol
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)

13. 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
Internet Protocol Security
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).
The users will not be affected by the change.
Authentication

14. MPLS
161 & 162
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.
Internet Information Services
MultiProtocol Label Switching

15. NetBIOS Means...
Networked Basic Input/Output System
The analyzer is functioning properly.
802.2
nslookup

16. DC means...
Internet Service Provider
802.11i
100BASE-FX Answer: D
Direct Current

17. BNC Means...
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
Select the most probable cause
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.

18. Which layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model handles formatting and code conversion?
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.
Presentation
72.16.16.1
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)

19. What is on Port 3389?
Bluetooth enabled cell phones
Port Address Translator
Internet Protocol
RDP/ Terminal Services

20. Application Server
SMTP Server
110
25
Manages network applications

21. Which two utilities can be used to find out what IP (Internet Protocol) address resolves from a domain name?
netstat and ping
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.)
SSH
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network

22. On what Port is SNMP?
nslookup
161 & 162
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol
Handles e-mail functions

23. On what Port is DNS?
encapsulating the data payload.
53
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
Client - protocol - and adapter

24. PSTN Means...
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.
Public Switched Telephone Network
Network Access Control
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

25. On what Port is POP3?
Port 20 must also be unblocked.
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).
110
netstat and ping

26. DNS means...
Alternating Current
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
SQL Server

27. DHCP means...
Transport
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Bus
Primary Rate Interface

28. What is on Port 53?
DNS
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)
10 GBASE-LR
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

29. What is on Port 80?
Application
HTTP
Public Key Infrastructure
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid

30. RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) provides which functionality for remote access?
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)
Sys Log (Unix) or Event Manager (Windows)
Verification
Global System for Mobile Communications

31. A client accessing a network share folder has authenticated into the system and has full access rights to a folder share. But after opening the file they find they cannot modify the files contents. What is the likely cause?
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
netstat and ping
gateway.
802.11

32. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards uses CSMA / CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance)?
802.11
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
Network Time Protocol

33. In which OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) layer does a bridge operate?
Data Link
raphical User Interface
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
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

34. FTP Means
File Transfer Protocol
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)
HTTPS/ SSL

35. 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?
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.
netstat
20 & 21

36. 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?
Uniform Resource Locator
Service Set Identifier
BootP (Boot Protocol)
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings

37. Which of the following are classified as Layer 2 devices?
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)
The device ID (Identification)
Transmission Control Protocol

38. On what Port is SUN RPC?
111
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
New stations can be added easily and quickly - Scalable - Easier to troubleshoot - A single cable failure doesn't disable entire network
IMAP (Mail Client)

39. On what Port is Sys Log/ Event Manager?
Global System for Mobile Communications
514
100 Mbps (Megabits per second)
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.

40. Client Machine
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
Wired Equivalent Privacy
Any device on the network that can ask for access to resources
SMB (Server Message Block)

41. 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
Client - protocol - and adapter
Point to Point Tunneling 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.
The analyzer is functioning properly.

42. PPTP Means...
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.
Point-to-Point Tunneling 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.
161 & 162

43. Which one of the following devices connects a network segment to a public telephone network?
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
443
192.168.96.254
raphical User Interface

44. What is IP?
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
As a way to share resources and information
Internet Protocol
Presentation

45. 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?
Hypertext Markup Language
Electromagnetic Interference
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
111

46. What is RIP?
Network Access Control
Network Address Translation
Routing Internet Protocol
Handles e-mail functions

47. Which one of the following UNIX commands is similar to Telnet and used for terminal emulation?
rlogin
NetBios
Internet Protocol Security. This is the defacto standard for VPN security.
Wireless Access Point

48. 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?
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
Any device on the network that can ask for access to resources
802.2
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)

49. SSH Means...
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).
53
Secure Shell

50. CPU means...
Central Processing unit
Physical
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
53