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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. RIP Means...
The Internet router is blocking port 25.
ifconfig
Routing Information Protocol
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance

2. Which protocol is used for error reporting in concert with the IP protocol?
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
The analyzer is functioning properly.
Internetwork packet exchange
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension

3. NFS Means...
HTTP
Global System for Mobile Communications
389
Network File System

4. This is not a valid IP (Internet Protocol) addresses
New Technology File System
Light Emitting Diode
172.192.4.256
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)

5. WAP Means...
Metropolitan Area Network
ifconfig
Global System for Mobile Communications
Wireless Access Point

6. A technician is troubleshooting a problem on a network using a utility to capture the packets. When the technician reviews the captured data they have only captured broadcast packets and packets from their own computer. What is the reason for this?
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
802.11b

7. On what Port is HTTP?
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.
80
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol

8. Examples of valid WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) key lengths
There will be no Internet access.
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit
Bus
Service Set Identifier

9. Around noon - 802.11b wireless users near the break room have intermittent - random connections. What is the problem?
Internet Protocol
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
POP3

10. BIOS Means...
Network Time Protocol
Token passing
Basic Input/Output System
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.

11. PSTN Means...
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
SSH
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)
Public Switched Telephone Network

12. How many concurrent connections can a Windows 2000 Professional computer support on a single share?
Select the most probable cause
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.
10
80

13. Company A has two networks - one on the west side of town and one on the east side. The network administrator wants to connect the two networks with a leased line but is concerned about limiting broadcast traffic. What can the administrator do to all
1
Put a router between the two network segments
Network Time Protocol
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).

14. What is PAT?
rlogin
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
Port Address Translator
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)

15. HTTPS means...
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
Hypertext Markup Language
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect
Point-to-Point Protocol

16. PPP Means...
Point-to-Point Protocol
POP3
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
Service Set Identifier

17. To increase the number of available IP (Internet Protocol) addresses - IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) uses which one of the following options?
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)
128 bit addresses
SMTP Server
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.

18. Which networking device works at the upper three layers of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) and connects networks with different architectures?
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
Basic Input/Output System
Application
Gateway

19. File Server
netstat
Stores and dispenses files
Internetwork packet exchange
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)

20. Which of the following options allows for secure communication over the Internet?
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
Wireless Protected Access
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Verification

21. What is IPSEC? Why is it significant?
encapsulating the data payload.
Internet Protocol Security. This is the defacto standard for VPN security.
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request
Manages network applications

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?
ping
Network Access Control
Router
Metropolitan Area Network

23. DHCP means...
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
SQL Server
Firewall
802.11b

24. Which standard covers the methods for performing authentication services for remote access to a central LAN (Local Area Network)?
802.1x
Intrusion Detection System
22
Access Control List

25. What is NAT?
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
Internet Control Message Protocol
Network Address Translator
To decrease network congestion Answer: D

26. A small office network with ten computers uses a cable modem and router to connect to the Internet and distribute services to clients. After several weeks of use - the routers collision LED (Light Emitting Diode) has begun to stay on permanently. Wha
Hypertext Markup Language
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.
802.11
Industry Standards Organization

27. 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
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
POP3
Internet Protocol Security
Transmission Control Protocol

28. MAC Means...
Media Access Control
Transmission Control Protocol
143
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.

29. Which two devices both operate at the same layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model?
In the LAN (Local Area Network)
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)
D. Switch and bridge
Physical

30. Which of the following are classified as Layer 2 devices?
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request
This IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot be pinged remotely.
SQL Server

31. On what Port is RDP?
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.
3389
Service Set Identifier
SQL Server

32. This is not an IP (Internet Protocol) addresses.
IMAP (Mail Client)
72.16.16.1
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
Transmission Control Protocol

33. IPX Means...
netstat
23
Stores and dispenses files
Internetwork packet exchange

34. Which command will produce the following output? ethoLink encap : Ethernet HWaddr: 00:80:C8:D6:74:43 inet adder : 4.150.6.3 Bcast : 4.255.255.255 Mask: 255.0.0.0
Bus
ifconfig
A network's physical topology gives you the lay of the land and the logical topology illustrates how the signals and data travel throughout the layout.
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes

35. On what Port is FTP?
Windows Internet Name Service
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
20 & 21

36. CPU means...
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths
Manages web-based activities by running Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for storing web content and accessing web pages
netstat
Central Processing unit

37. On what Port is LDAP?
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)
Application
389
In a locked room in an offsite location

38. POP3 Means...
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
Post Office Protocol 3
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.
To decrease network congestion Answer: D

39. FTP Means
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
BootP (Boot Protocol)
File Transfer Protocol

40. URL Means...
Direct Current
Uniform Resource Locator
Internetwork packet exchange
Internet connection

41. List the benefits of a bus topology
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
Intrusion Detection System
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required
The device ID (Identification)

42. List the benefits of a star topology

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43. Which OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) layer converts digital data into electronic signals to beput on a wire?
Physical
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 network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)

44. A user connects to the companys intranet server via a VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection from a SOHO (Small Office / Home Office) using the broadband service. One day - the user cannot successfully connect to the VPN (Virtual Private Network) a
Wireless Protected Access
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect
Access Control List
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)

45. 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?
Secure Sockets Layer
514
1000BASE-CX
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.

46. ISP Means...
Fully Qualified Domain Name
Internet Service Provider
BootP (Boot Protocol)
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

47. MLI Means...
nslookup
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
Multiple Link Interface
Router

48. How are physical and logical topologies different?

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49. On what Port is POP3?
Authentication
110
Basic Input/Output System
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)

50. What is on Ports 161 and 162?
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
Handles e-mail functions
1
1000BASE-CX