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1. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards has the shortest maximum distance?






2. Which one of the following options is a security standard for 802.11?






3. Which of the following options allows for secure communication over the Internet?






4. DHCP means...






5. Describe a bus topology






6. 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






7. NFS Means...






8. SSH Means...






9. On what Port is DNS?






10. Which one of the following options is required for a client workstation to connect to a network resource?






11. A small company connected to the Internet through a SOHO (Small Office / Home Office) router wants to make an internal web server public on the Internet. Computers on the LAN can access the web pages but Internet users cannot. What should be done to






12. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards has a longer maximum distance than 100 meters (328 feet)?






13. What is a MAC (Media Access Control) address?






14. Which one of the following choices is the MOST secure place to store tape backups?






15. Which protocol does a diskless workstation use to obtain a network address?






16. EMI means...






17. 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?






18. List the benefits of a star topology

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19. Workstations

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20. SSID Means...






21. A new intranet web server has been installed for a company. The clients access the intranet server by its DNS (Domain Name Service) name. To automatically change the clients to connect to the new server - an administrator modifies the DNS (Domain Nam






22. A network administrator implements four VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network) on a switch. Which device will be required to pass traffic among the VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)?






23. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) fiber optic standard?






24. Which protocol is used for error reporting in concert with the IP protocol?






25. A rogue residential gateway has been installed in a network. It is running DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). If the computers have static IP (Internet Protocol) addresses assigned - what problems might exist on the network?






26. Which of the following choices describes an RJ-45 (Registered Jack) connector?






27. Describe a ring topology

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28. NTP means...






29. To increase the number of available IP (Internet Protocol) addresses - IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) uses which one of the following options?






30. 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)?






31. PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) secures PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) sessions by...






32. DC means...






33. A network administrator is configuring a router to support a new subnet on a TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) network. The subnet uses 192.168.96.0/24. The administrators company policy is to reserve the highest IP (Intern






34. 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






35. Fault Tolerance






36. All of the following options transmit data over a modem EXCEPT...






37. Given the following output - which utility was used? Default Server: bigserver.datacenter.com Address: 4.12.18.1






38. ISP Means...






39. A facility designed to receive computer equipment during a disaster recovery is known as a...






40. NNTP Means...






41. What is IPSEC? Why is it significant?






42. A network administrator is troubleshooting a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) that is experiencing trouble with interference. A scan of the wireless network reports that there are two WAPs (Wireless Access Point) from different companies within rang






43. A valid MAC (Media Access Control) address is how many bytes long?






44. Which one of the following devices connects a network segment to a public telephone network?






45. TFTP Means...






46. SMB Means...






47. The 802.11 frequency band is...






48. WINS Means...






49. MAC Means...






50. Which layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model handles formatting and code conversion?