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Comptia Network +

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. NetBIOS Means...
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Networked Basic Input/Output System
69
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)

2. What is on Port 3389?
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)
111
RDP/ Terminal Services
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network

3. 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
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).
Internet Control Message Protocol
Extranet
Hybrid hub

4. Client Machine
HTTPS/ SSL
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.
User Datagram Protocol
Any device on the network that can ask for access to resources

5. Which of the following are classified as Layer 2 devices?
Multiple Link Interface
Central Processing unit
netstat
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)

6. WLAN Means...
53
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Wireless LAN
Network Interface Card

7. Which one of the following devices connects a network segment to a public telephone network?
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
443
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Wireless Access Point

8. What is the minimum number of hard drives required to implement RAID 0 (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)?
Two or more connected computers that can share resources
2
Extranet
Router

9. NAT Means...
Network Address Translation
Multiple Link Interface
Application
Port 20 must also be unblocked.

10. DC means...
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
6
Direct Current

11. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) fiber optic standard?
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
10 GBASE-LR
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit
MAC (Media Access Control) address

12. CPU means...
Central Processing unit
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
Put a router between the two network segments

13. Which one of the following will interfere with an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.11b access point?
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.)
Bluetooth enabled cell phones
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)

14. What is UDP? What are some of its attributes?
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Firewall
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
D. Switch and bridge

15. What part of an Ethernet MAC (Media Access Control) address designates the manufacturer of the NIC (Network Interface Card)?
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
bytes 1-3
802.11a.
Time domain reflectometer

16. What is L2TP? What is significant about this protocol?
1
Router
Media Access Control
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.

17. An administrator is unsuccessful when attempting to ping a network device on a remote site with a firewall in between. In order for the administrator to be successful - what protocol needs to be allowed through the firewall?
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

18. MLI Means...
Internet Service Provider
Multiple Link Interface
Routing Information Protocol
Any device on the network that can ask for access to resources

19. Which one of the following security protocols creates a secure connection over the Internet?
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
Verification
MultiProtocol Label Switching
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)

20. LDAP means...
The device ID (Identification)
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
bytes 1-3
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

21. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards uses
10
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
Electromagnetic Interference
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR

22. File Server
Manages network applications
Stores and dispenses files
3.1
389

23. ACL means...
As a way to share resources and information
HTTPS/ SSL
10 GBASE-LR
Access Control List

24. IEEE means...
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
NetBios

25. How many concurrent connections can a Windows 2000 Professional computer support on a single share?
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.
10
Secure Shell
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)

26. SMB Means...
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
Hybrid hub
Networked Basic Input/Output System Extended User Interface

27. Name the seven most common physical topologies
Internet Protocol Security
Presentation
There will be no Internet access.
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid

28. Mail Server
Router
Handles e-mail functions
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)

29. A network has grown to include seventy 24 port Ethernet switches and has decreased in performance steadily as new switches are added. What adjustments can be made to the infrastructure to improve the performance?
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
larger subnet masks.
New Technology File System
72.16.16.1

30. ICMP means...
Point to Point Protocol
Internet Control Message Protocol
SMB (Server Message Block)
169.254.1.1

31. NAC means...
Network Access Control
53
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol
HTTPS/ SSL

32. Describe a star topology
Wireless Protected Access
3389
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
netstat and ping

33. GUI means
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
Uniform Resource Locator
raphical User Interface
bytes 1-3

34. Telephony Server
traceroute
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine
Internet Control Message Protocol
Two or more connected computers that can share resources

35. POTS means...
Periodically (randomly) blinking
Plain Old Telephone Service
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
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

36. What is NAT?
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)
Network Address Translator
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
Media Access Control

37. What is on Port 69?
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)
In the LAN (Local Area Network)
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.

38. Which dial-up protocol is capable of passing multiple LAN (Local Area Network) protocols across the wire?
Internet connection
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.
The users will not be affected by the change.

39. What is on Port 111?
SUN RPC
All hosts can communicate.
Physical
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network

40. What is IP?
Internet 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
A long length of antenna extension cable
Windows Internet Name Service

41. IDS means...
Intrusion Detection System
cold site.
Network Interface Card
Transmission Control Protocol

42. Which one of the following is a purpose for subnetting?
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
25
SMTP Server
passing a username and password in plaintext.

43. DSL means...
Digital Subscriber Line
Windows Internet Name Service
Manages printers on the network
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).

44. BIOS Means...
Basic Input/Output System
3389
Electromagnetic Interference
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager

45. A companys disaster recovery plan requires that a hot site be maintained for fault tolerance. Which of the following would achieve this goal?
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
The 'memo maker' that sends and receives paperless faxes over the network
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
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.

46. BNC Means...
These are the FTP ports. Port 20 handles data and Port 21 provides control.
Intrusion Detection System
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
Stores and dispenses files

47. MAU means...
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
These are the FTP ports. Port 20 handles data and Port 21 provides control.

48. SSH Means...
Wireless Protected Access
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Secure Shell
VPN (Virtual Private Network)

49. Which protocol does a diskless workstation use to obtain a network address?
10
BootP (Boot Protocol)
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
802.1x

50. 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)?
Configure the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to increase lease expiration time
Periodically (randomly) blinking
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.