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1. Name the seven most common physical topologies






2. A workstation presents an error message to a user. The message states that 'Duplicate IP (Internet Protocol) has been detected on the network.' After establishing what has changed in the network - what should be the NEXT step using the standard troub






3. AC means...






4. While reviewing network traffic statistics - technicians have noticed that there is an abnormally high amount of DNS (Domain Name Service) traffic. What recommendation would help reduce traffic?






5. MAN Means...






6. 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






7. What is on Port 53?






8. DC means...






9. URL Means...






10. A companys disaster recovery plan requires that a hot site be maintained for fault tolerance. Which of the following would achieve this goal?






11. SSL Means...






12. Which one of the following provides a fault-tolerant storage system containing five disks and a single controller that will function if a single disk fails?






13. Describe a bus topology






14. 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






15. BIOS Means...






16. ICMP means...






17. 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






18. What is PAP?






19. Which protocol could be used by a VPN (Virtual Private Network)?






20. 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






21. LED Means...






22. An administrator changes the lease time of the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) scope from one week to one day. What affect will this have on the end users?






23. FQDN means...






24. BRI Means...






25. What is on Port 1433?






26. ISP Means...






27. On what Port is NetBios?






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?






29. FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) operates at what speed?






30. NFS Means...






31. ACL means...






32. 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?






33. IPX/SPX means...






34. 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






35. Why did we develop networking?






36. What are the two main network types?






37. LAN Local Area Network






38. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards uses CSMA / CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance)?






39. What is on Ports 135-139?






40. What is on Port 111?






41. What is QoS?






42. List the drawbacks of a star topology






43. LAN Means...






44. What part of an Ethernet MAC (Media Access Control) address designates the manufacturer of the NIC (Network Interface Card)?






45. List the drawbacks of a ring topology






46. Upon which devices can NAT (Network Address Translation) be used?






47. 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?






48. 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?






49. A user is trying to access a FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server but discovers that FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is being blocked by a firewall. After unblocking port 21 on the firewall - FTP (File Transfer Protocol) still does not work. What is the






50. POTS means...