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Comptia Network +

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is PPP?
bytes 1-3
HTTPS/ SSL
Point to Point Protocol
Network Address Translation

2. Telephony Server
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine
The device ID (Identification)
Routing Internet Protocol
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)

3. WLAN Means...
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol
Wireless LAN
Hypertext Markup Language
User Datagram Protocol

4. Which command generated the following output? Active Connections Proto Local Address Foreign Address State TCP CompA:3006 192.168.0.2:Microsoft Established TCP CompA:3021 192.168.0.246:HTTP Established
10 GBASE-LR
netstat
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection

5. BRI Means...
The analyzer is functioning properly.
POP3
BootP (Boot Protocol)
Basic Rate Interface

6. 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)
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit
Put a router between the two network segments
802.11

7. LDAP means...
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
Presentation
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).

8. On what Port is NetBios?
Integrated Services digital Network
Internet mail access protocol
SSH
135-139

9. An employee needs to access the internal secure company web site from a hotel. The employee will need which of the following connections?
Digital Subscriber Line
Internet connection
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).
22

10. The 802.11 frequency band is...
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
802.1x
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).
In the LAN (Local Area Network)

11. Which layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model handles formatting and code conversion?
HTTP
DNS
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
Presentation

12. What is on Port 8080?
Proxy Server
Plain Old Telephone Service
48 bits.
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service

13. All of the following are true statements about private IP (Internet Protocol) addressing EXCEPT...
10 GBASE-LR
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).
Physical
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)

14. If a destination address is not in a bridges forwarding table - what will the bridge do?
New stations can be added easily and quickly - Scalable - Easier to troubleshoot - A single cable failure doesn't disable entire network
25
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).

15. 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
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
Application
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.

16. SSID Means...
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.
143
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
Service Set Identifier

17. Which one of the following is a purpose for subnetting?
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
802.11i
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit
Configure the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to increase lease expiration time

18. ISO Means...
Handles e-mail functions
Presentation
Remote Desktop Protocol
Industry Standards Organization

19. 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
rlogin
Network Interface Card
User Datagram Protocol

20. A user has set up filtering on an Internet router. The local SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server has stopped sending or receiving messages from the Internet. What is the cause of the problem?
Client - protocol - and adapter
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).
File Transfer Protocol
The Internet router is blocking port 25.

21. RDP means...
Remote Desktop Protocol
Presentation
Proxy server
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

22. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) copper cable standard?
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers
Application
1000BASE-CX
Direct Current

23. MAC Means...
Media Access Control
Basic Rate Interface
110
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

24. IPX/SPX means...
Basic Input/Output System
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange
161 & 162
Public Switched Telephone Network

25. All of the following options transmit data over a modem EXCEPT...
All hosts can communicate.
Internet connection
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).
Handles e-mail functions

26. What is on Port 1433?
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.
A long length of antenna extension cable
Two or more connected computers that can share resources
SQL Server

27. Which fiber connector looks similar to an RJ-45 (Registered Jack) connector and connects two strands of fiber?
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).
Network Interface Card

28. On what Port is SNMP?
User Datagram Protocol
161 & 162
Electromagnetic Interference
Internet Service Provider

29. Given the following output - which utility was used? Default Server: bigserver.datacenter.com Address: 4.12.18.1
nslookup
Windows Internet Name Service
Network File System
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network

30. Which OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) layer converts digital data into electronic signals to beput on a wire?
NFS (Network File System)
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
Physical

31. NAT Means...
100 Mbps (Megabits per second)
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
Network Address Translation
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request

32. Which one of the following options is a security standard for 802.11?
8080
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
Routing Information Protocol
Router

33. ATM Means...
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
Wired Equivalent Privacy
Internet Protocol
Asynchronous Transfer Mode

34. POP3 Means...
The 'memo maker' that sends and receives paperless faxes over the network
Post Office Protocol 3
A long length of antenna extension cable
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector

35. LAN Local Area Network
53
Any device on the network that can ask for access to resources
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)
Internet connection

36. All of the following Novell NetWare operating systems support NDS (NetWare Directory Services) natively EXCEPT...
8080
Telnet
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.
3.1

37. Which of the following choices describes an RJ-45 (Registered Jack) connector?
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).
Direct Current
RDP/ Terminal Services
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)

38. A valid MAC (Media Access Control) address is how many bytes long?
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
MultiProtocol Label Switching
6
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

39. Which one of the following UNIX commands is similar to Telnet and used for terminal emulation?
rlogin
Bridge
netstat
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR

40. Each of the following wireless standards use a 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) ISM (Industrial - Scientific - and Medical) band EXCEPT...
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).
Industry Standards Organization
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D
802.11a.

41. What is on Port 111?
SUN RPC
80
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.

42. Which of the following is a self-assigned address based on APIPA (Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing)?
The Internet router is blocking port 25.
169.254.1.1
172.192.4.256
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.

43. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards has a longer maximum distance than 100 meters (328 feet)?
53
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
100BASE-FX Answer: D
Industry Standards Organization

44. What is PPTP?
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Intrusion Detection System
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
Point-to-Point Protocol

45. PRI Means...
2
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
Primary Rate Interface
1000BASE-CX

46. Which one of the following communication protocols does a UNIX system primarily rely on?
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
D. Switch and bridge
Simple Network Management Protocol
Point to Point Protocol

47. 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?
161 & 162
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)

48. PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) secures PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) sessions by...
Quality of Service
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
passing a username and password in plaintext.
New stations can be added easily and quickly - Scalable - Easier to troubleshoot - A single cable failure doesn't disable entire network

49. Connecting a LAN (Local Area Network) to a mainframe can be accomplished using a...
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
gateway.
Handles e-mail functions
128 bit addresses

50. Describe a star topology
802.2
HTTP
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
Hypertext transfer protocol