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1. Which protocol is the fastest file transfer protocol?






2. 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?






3. A technician is troubleshooting a problem on a network using a utility to capture the packets. When the technician reviews the captured data they have only captured broadcast packets and packets from their own computer. What is the reason for this?






4. MLI Means...






5. Company A has two networks - one on the west side of town and one on the east side. The network administrator wants to connect the two networks with a leased line but is concerned about limiting broadcast traffic. What can the administrator do to all






6. IPX Means...






7. NTP means...






8. A Windows 2000 work station has a TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) address of 169.254.12.1. Which statement describes the state of the computers TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) configuration?






9. What is on Port 110?






10. 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?






11. GSM means...






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






13. What is IP?






14. LAN Local Area Network






15. 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






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






17. POP Means...






18. What is on Port 8080?






19. POP3 Means...






20. 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






21. 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






22. The 802.11 frequency band is...






23. What is Unicast?






24. ACL means...






25. Which two devices both operate at the same layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model?






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






27. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards uses






28. ISDN means...






29. LED Means...






30. 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






31. Web Server






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






33. On what Port is SNMP?






34. What is on Port 1433?






35. 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






36. Which of the following are classified as Layer 2 devices?






37. List the drawbacks of a ring topology






38. Remote Access Server






39. How are physical and logical topologies different?

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40. Which UNIX service provides interoperability with Windows file and print sharing?






41. 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






42. A user connects to the companys intranet server via a VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection from a SOHO (Small Office / Home Office) using the broadband service. One day - the user cannot successfully connect to the VPN (Virtual Private Network) a






43. 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






44. Client-Server Networks






45. What is the minimum number of hard drives required to implement RAID 0 (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)?






46. WEP Means...






47. CPU means...






48. 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?






49. BIOS Means...






50. What is UDP? What are some of its attributes?