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Comptia Network +

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1. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards uses CSMA / CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance)?
Select the most probable cause
161 & 162
Internet Protocol Security. This is the defacto standard for VPN security.
802.11

2. POP Means...
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
Secure Sockets Layer
Post Office Protocol
encapsulating the data payload.

3. List the drawbacks of a star topology
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)
Uniform Resource Locator
Stores and dispenses files
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.

4. Disk mirroring is also known as RAID ___...
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Application
1
Internet Control Message Protocol

5. RDP means...
Remote Desktop Protocol
Internet Information Services
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
HTTP

6. LAN Means...
Local Area Network
raphical User Interface
20 & 21
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network

7. 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
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
Hybrid hub
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
IMAP (Mail Client)

8. When one connection to a host fails in a full mesh network - it means...
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)
File Transfer Protocol
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
All hosts can communicate.

9. Fault Tolerance
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Router
There will be no Internet access.
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.

10. ATM Means...
128 bit addresses
110
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)
Asynchronous Transfer Mode

11. In which OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) layer does a bridge operate?
Data Link
Integrated Services digital Network
3389
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

12. ISO Means...
Make certain the web site has an external DNS (Domain Name Service) name and a public IP address - and that port 80 is open on the router.
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
Industry Standards Organization
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

13. Ten workstations numbered 1 through 10 are installed sequentially on a physical star network. The network uses a logical bus topology and is cabled using Category 3 UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair). The cable to Workstation 3 has been severed. Which of
SUN RPC
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers

14. DOS means...
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
100BASE-FX Answer: D
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol

15. What is on Port 53?
Manages printers on the network
DNS
Proxy server
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR

16. What is on Port 1433?
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
Alternating Current
SQL Server
Point-to-Point Protocol

17. Why did we develop networking?
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
1
As a way to share resources and information

18. Which physical topology is used by a 10BASE2 network?
Bus
802.2
traceroute
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.)

19. 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?
encapsulating the data payload.
Industry Standards Organization
Simple Network Management Protocol
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers

20. Which of the following is a self-assigned address based on APIPA (Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing)?
Two or more connected computers that can share resources
169.254.1.1
Authentication
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.

21. Which of the following options allows for secure communication over the Internet?
The Internet router is blocking port 25.
Authentication
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
VPN (Virtual Private Network)

22. On what Port is TFTP?
69
Point-to-Point Protocol
User Datagram Protocol
MultiProtocol Label Switching

23. MLI Means...
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
Configure the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to increase lease expiration time
Multiple Link Interface
Port Address Translator

24. PSTN Means...
Public Switched Telephone Network
Transmission Control Protocol
As a way to share resources and information
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)

25. NIC means...
Network Interface Card
RDP/ Terminal Services
Application
Network Address Translator

26. What is IPSEC? Why is it significant?
D. Switch and bridge
Internet Protocol Security. This is the defacto standard for VPN security.
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
Application

27. BIOS Means...
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
Basic Input/Output System
netstat and ping
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)

28. What is LEAP?
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
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.

29. IMAP Means...
Internet mail access protocol
netstat
Uniform Resource Locator
Access Control List

30. 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?
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
Media Access Control
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)

31. What part of an Ethernet MAC (Media Access Control) address designates the manufacturer of the NIC (Network Interface Card)?
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
Alternating Current
bytes 1-3
Authentication

32. BRI Means...
Digital Subscriber Line
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect
Sys Log (Unix) or Event Manager (Windows)
Basic Rate Interface

33. PKI means...
Remote Desktop Protocol
443
Public Key Infrastructure
Electromagnetic Interference

34. ACL means...
Access Control List
Transmission Control Protocol
Wireless Fidelity
passing a username and password in plaintext.

35. A technician just installed a new NIC (Network Interface Card) in a computer and attached a cable to connect the computer to a hub. Assuming the NIC (Network Interface Card) is functioning correctly and the network is up - which of the following will
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
Network Interface Card
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.

36. HTTP Means...
raphical User Interface
Hypertext transfer protocol
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
Point to Point Protocol

37. Fax Server

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38. Which protocol is used for error reporting in concert with the IP protocol?
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant
Multiple Link Interface
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

39. What is on Port 80?
HTTP
Physical
Simple Network Management Protocol
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.

40. WINS Means...
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
Windows Internet Name Service
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
cold site.

41. DHCP means...
Secure Shell
Exterior Gateway Protocol
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Alternating Current

42. What is the mechanism a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server uses to track which IP (Internet Protocol) address is assigned to a particular computer?
Global Positioning System
MAC (Media Access Control) address
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
Digital Subscriber Line

43. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) fiber optic standard?
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.
10 GBASE-LR
Hypertext Markup Language
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.

44. 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?
A striped set array with parity
Uniform Resource Locator
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.)
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.

45. What is PPP?
Point to Point Protocol
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.
Secure Sockets Layer
Physical

46. IPSEC means...
Internet Protocol Security
23
SSH
Presentation

47. Remote Access Server
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
Network Access Control
Configure the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to increase lease expiration time
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.

48. 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?
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).
The users will not be affected by the change.
Alternating Current
143

49. What is Broadcast Transmission?
Data Link
20 & 21
3.1
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.

50. PRI Means...
Client - protocol - and adapter
Primary Rate Interface
Uniform Resource Locator
Internet Control Message Protocol