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Comptia Network +

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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?
Direct Current
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
The users will not be affected by the change.

2. RDP means...
The device ID (Identification)
Remote Desktop Protocol
Verification
Each computer is directly connected to other computers in the same network and data flows in a circle shape from computer to computer and eventually back to the source. This topology isn't very popular because it's not easily scalable and the cable r

3. A firewall differs from a proxy server in that a proxy server operates at which of the following levels of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model?
Application
Wireless Access Point
All hosts can communicate.
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.

4. 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)?
Manages web-based activities by running Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for storing web content and accessing web pages
The users will not be affected by the change.
Router
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)

5. Web Server
Plain Old Telephone Service
Manages web-based activities by running Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for storing web content and accessing web pages
Internetwork packet exchange
Simple Network Management Protocol

6. A network administrator adds a router to create a new subnet. Which of the following network services requires configuration to accommodate NetBIOS (Network Basic Input / Output System) on the new network?
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
Network Time Protocol
The users will not be affected by the change.

7. 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?
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant
MAC (Media Access Control) address
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service

8. NIC means...
Network Interface Card
Local Area Network
802.11a.
User Datagram Protocol

9. What is on Port 443?
Central Processing unit
HTTPS/ SSL
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
Bridge

10. A facility designed to receive computer equipment during a disaster recovery is known as a...
cold site.
Handles e-mail functions
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

11. PRI Means...
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
rlogin
Manages web-based activities by running Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for storing web content and accessing web pages
Primary Rate Interface

12. On what Port is the Proxy Server?
Router
8080
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect

13. A network administrator needs to verify that the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) service is running on a particular server. On what port number should a Telnet session be established?
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)
Password Authentication Protocol
A network's physical topology gives you the lay of the land and the logical topology illustrates how the signals and data travel throughout the layout.
25

14. Which IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.x standard defines the operation of the LLC (Logical Link Control) sublayer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) models Data Link layer?
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
Gateway
Password Authentication Protocol
802.2

15. UDP Means...
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
User Datagram Protocol
Global System for Mobile Communications

16. Which one of the following options is a security standard for 802.11?
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
Internet connection
They get their name because they truly are 'at the service' of the network and run specialized software for the network's maintenance and control known as the network operating system. Sometimes servers have more than one job. But whether servers are

17. NNTP Means...
ifconfig
Network News Transfer Protocol
SMTP Server
Time domain reflectometer

18. What is RIP?
Industry Standards Organization
Routing Internet Protocol
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
Verification

19. MAC Means...
Media Access Control
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
In the LAN (Local Area Network)
Internet mail access protocol

20. 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
Extranet
RDP/ Terminal Services
169.254.1.1
raphical User Interface

21. The Spanning-Tree Protocol allows for redundancy of what networking device?
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).
111
Network Access Control
Bridge

22. POTS means...
Telnet
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
Network Interface Card
Plain Old Telephone Service

23. A workstation with a static IP (Internet Protocol) address can print and authenticate to a server - but cannot browse to www.comptia.org. What is the FIRST item to troubleshoot?
There will be no Internet access.
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
Basic Rate Interface
Bus

24. What is RARP?
New Technology File System
Internet Protocol
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
Digital Subscriber Line

25. Client-Server Networks
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
Local Area Network
Hypertext Markup Language
New stations can be added easily and quickly - Scalable - Easier to troubleshoot - A single cable failure doesn't disable entire network

26. An employee needs to access the internal secure company web site from a hotel. The employee will need which of the following connections?
Internet connection
802.11a.
Network Address Translator
Central Processing unit

27. PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) secures PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) sessions by...
passing a username and password in plaintext.
Internet Control Message Protocol
Proxy Server
Token passing

28. Which of the following options allows for secure communication over the Internet?
Post Office Protocol 3
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
SMB (Server Message Block)

29. A companys disaster recovery plan requires that a hot site be maintained for fault tolerance. Which of the following would achieve this goal?
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes
Internet Protocol

30. An administrator is unsuccessful when attempting to ping a network device on a remote site with a firewall in between. In order for the administrator to be successful - what protocol needs to be allowed through the firewall?
Post Office Protocol 3
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Configure the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to increase lease expiration time
All hosts can communicate.

31. IPX/SPX means...
The analyzer is functioning properly.
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)
161 & 162
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange

32. ISO Means...
Industry Standards Organization
802.1x
Post Office Protocol
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)

33. Which standard covers the methods for performing authentication services for remote access to a central LAN (Local Area Network)?
10 GBASE-LR
802.2
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
802.1x

34. TCP/IP Means;
10 GBASE-LR
Periodically (randomly) blinking
Handles e-mail functions
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

35. An Ethernet MAC (Media Access Control) address consists of...
rlogin
Local Area Network
48 bits.
Each computer is directly connected to other computers in the same network and data flows in a circle shape from computer to computer and eventually back to the source. This topology isn't very popular because it's not easily scalable and the cable r

36. Upon which devices can NAT (Network Address Translation) be used?
192.168.96.254
Digital Subscriber Line
Firewall
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

37. Wi-Fi Means...
Wireless Fidelity
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
netstat and ping
Intrusion Detection System

38. On what Port is the SMTP Server?
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
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.
SSH
25

39. What is on Port 111?
SUN RPC
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
SSH
HTTPS/ SSL

40. What is on Ports 20 and 21?
Packets from entering and leaving a network
These are the FTP ports. Port 20 handles data and Port 21 provides control.
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Public Key Infrastructure

41. Which one of the following is true concerning bridges and their forwarding decisions?
Basic Rate Interface
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.

42. The 802.11 frequency band is...
Transmission Control Protocol
As a way to share resources and information
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).

43. NetBIOS Means...
Application
Networked Basic Input/Output System
Central Processing unit
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)

44. Which one of the following communication protocols does a UNIX system primarily rely on?
Global System for Mobile Communications
1
nslookup
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)

45. What is on Port 143?
Metropolitan Area Network
IMAP (Mail Client)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
D. Switch and bridge

46. Which digital interface device is used to connect to a local service providers digital T1 (T-Carrier Level 1) or E1 network?
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
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)

47. On what Port is FTP?
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Internet Protocol Security
20 & 21

48. What is on Port 389?
143
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)

49. HTML means...
Stores and dispenses files
Light Emitting Diode
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Hypertext Markup Language

50. A user is booting a workstation and suddenly receives a message stating that a duplicate IP (Internet Protocol) address is in use on the network. Which of the following commands can be used to troubleshoot the problem?
Internet Control Message Protocol
rp
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).
143