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Comptia Network +

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1. A user is trying to access a FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server but discovers that FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is being blocked by a firewall. After unblocking port 21 on the firewall - FTP (File Transfer Protocol) still does not work. What is the
Point-to-Point Protocol
Port 20 must also be unblocked.
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol

2. What is on Port 443?
53
HTTPS/ SSL
Hypertext Markup Language
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.

3. Workstations

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4. Given the output: 1.pgw (129.6.80.254) * 4ms 3ms 2.129.6.1.245 (129.6.1.245) 4ms 3ms * 3.129.6.2.252 (129.6.2.252) 5ms 5ms 4ms Which of the following commands causes the results above?
traceroute
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
110
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)

5. What is IPSEC? Why is it significant?
Wireless LAN
The Internet router is blocking port 25.
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D
Internet Protocol Security. This is the defacto standard for VPN security.

6. Client Machine
Gateway
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Any device on the network that can ask for access to resources

7. DNS means...
Metropolitan Area Network
IMAP (Mail Client)
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)

8. Describe a bus topology
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
Network Time Protocol
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.
135-139

9. IIS Means...
Port 20 must also be unblocked.
D. Switch and bridge
Internet Information Services
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)

10. ATM Means...
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
172.192.4.256
1000BASE-CX
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)

11. FTP Means
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
bytes 1-3
File Transfer Protocol

12. PPP Means...
Point-to-Point Protocol
110
Public Switched Telephone Network
Post Office Protocol 3

13. Physical Topology
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).
HTTP
A network map defining the specific characteristics of a network such as where workstations and other devices are located and the arrangement of all the physical media such as cables.
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)

14. Which one of the following devices connects a network segment to a public telephone network?
Network Address Translation
Internet Information Services
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
NFS (Network File System)

15. NIC means...
Network Interface Card
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)
HTTP
IMAP (Mail Client)

16. 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)?
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
Windows Internet Name Service
Router

17. BRI Means...
1433
Presentation
IMAP (Mail Client)
Basic Rate Interface

18. Which protocol could be used by a VPN (Virtual Private Network)?
As a way to share resources and information
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
Local Area Network
2

19. List the benefits of a bus topology
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required
802.11a.
Packets from entering and leaving a network

20. Servers

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21. NFS Means...
Network File System
Light Emitting Diode
rp
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business

22. UDP Means...
25
Media Access Control
User Datagram Protocol
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

23. Which one of the following servers provides web caching services?
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D
Proxy server
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers
Proxy

24. RIP Means...
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Routing Information Protocol
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
Internet Control Message Protocol

25. DOS means...
Physical
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
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
Proxy server

26. What is QoS?
Quality of Service
Point-to-Point Protocol
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)
HTTPS/ SSL

27. What is on Port 25?
169.254.1.1
SMTP Server
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)
The Internet router is blocking port 25.

28. 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?
Internet Protocol Security
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
389

29. All of the following options transmit data over a modem EXCEPT...
1433
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).
Wireless Access Point
69

30. MAC Means...
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
Local Area Network
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
Media Access Control

31. What is on Port 1433?
SQL Server
User Datagram Protocol
10 GBASE-LR
MultiProtocol Label Switching

32. MAU means...
As a way to share resources and information
Select the most probable cause
3389
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit

33. What are the two main network types?
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
Intrusion Detection System
23
Secure Sockets Layer

34. What is on Port 3389?
SUN RPC
RDP/ Terminal Services
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol

35. Remote Access Server
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
Hybrid hub
Data Link

36. How many concurrent connections can a Windows 2000 Professional computer support on a single share?
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
10
Intrusion Detection System

37. What is NAT?
cold site.
Network Address Translator
802.11i
Hybrid hub

38. What is PAP?
Quality of Service
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
Password Authentication Protocol
Port Address Translator

39. Which one of the following standards has a maximum data rate of 11 Mbps (Megabits per second)?
802.11i
Secure Sockets Layer
Network File System
802.11b

40. Each of the following wireless standards use a 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) ISM (Industrial - Scientific - and Medical) band EXCEPT...
MAC (Media Access Control) address
802.11a.
Hypertext Markup Language
Manages printers on the network

41. List the drawbacks of a ring topology
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant
1000BASE-CX

42. WAP Means...
Manages printers on the network
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
Wireless Access Point
Secure Shell

43. URL Means...
Uniform Resource Locator
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required
100BASE-FX Answer: D
Internet connection

44. 802.11 security is defined in...
802.11i
Internet connection
Application
Point to Point Protocol

45. MLI Means...
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
802.11i
netstat
Multiple Link Interface

46. A network administrator notices in his secure wireless office that many of his wireless client machines constantly lose network connectivity. The wired clients never have downtime. Theadministrator also notices that the wireless clients all lose conn
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
100BASE-FX Answer: D
Metropolitan Area Network

47. PRI Means...
Primary Rate Interface
MultiProtocol Label Switching
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required
Internet Service Provider

48. What is on Port 23?
Port 20 must also be unblocked.
Telnet
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol
Enable infrastructure mode and obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address automatically on all clients

49. Mail Server
Handles e-mail functions
Router
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
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.

50. The IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) protocol suite can secure network transmissions by...
encapsulating the data payload.
Data Link
48 bits.
Direct Current