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1. Examples of valid WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) key lengths






2. 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?






3. What is on Port 143?






4. On what Port is the Proxy Server?






5. LED Means...






6. IPSEC means...






7. SMB Means...






8. 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






9. What is IPSEC? Why is it significant?






10. 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)?






11. NNTP Means...






12. Describe a star topology






13. 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?






14. What is on Port 389?






15. Wi-Fi Means...






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






17. What is PAP?






18. Which standard covers the methods for performing authentication services for remote access to a central LAN (Local Area Network)?






19. Network






20. What is ARP? What are some of its attributes?






21. TCP means...






22. An Ethernet MAC (Media Access Control) address consists of...






23. What is CHAP?






24. HTTPS means...






25. HTTP Means...






26. PRI Means...






27. An 802.11a/b/g access point is installed in a computer lab. An administrator has a client that is based on 802.11g technology. There are times when the client slows or stops working entirely. What is the cause of the problem?






28. Which of the following is used to translate NetBIOS (Network Basic Input / Output System) names






29. ISDN means...






30. IPX Means...






31. An administrator has been called to consult on a network. After receiving network traffic statistics - the administrator notices that there is an abnormally high amount of DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) traffic. What recommendation would






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






33. On what Port is LDAP?






34. A packet filtering firewall operates at which layers of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model?






35. POP Means...






36. Given the MAC address 00:B0:D0:5A:E1:B5 - what does 5A:E1:B5 identify?






37. On what Port is SQL Server?






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






39. What is on Ports 161 and 162?






40. ICMP means...






41. 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






42. What is BGMP?






43. SNMP Means...






44. NetBIOS Means...






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






46. Which one of the following is true concerning bridges and their forwarding decisions?






47. What enables a UNIX computer to access exported file systems from other UNIX computers?






48. How many concurrent connections can a Windows 2000 Professional computer support on a single share?






49. Six workstations that are numbered 1-6 are installed sequentially in a physical ring topology. Workstation 1 fails. How can the network administrator remove Workstation 1 for service without moving the other workstations?






50. RIP Means...