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Comptia Network +

Subjects : certifications, comptia-network-+, it-skills

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Proxy Server
Put a router between the two network segments
Basic Rate Interface
Application
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network

2. Which one of the following is true concerning bridges and their forwarding decisions?
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol
Enable infrastructure mode and obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address automatically on all clients
BootP (Boot Protocol)
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.

3. FTP Means
There will be no Internet access.
802.11b
1000BASE-CX
File Transfer Protocol

4. What is on Port 389?
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
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.
6

5. BRI Means...
In a locked room in an offsite location
Wireless Protected Access
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Basic Rate Interface

6. What is the maximum standard distance allowed to connect a customer via an ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) line?
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)
Network Access Control
802.1x
File Transfer Protocol

7. Which two devices both operate at the same layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model?
D. Switch and bridge
Uniform Resource Locator
25
1

8. Host
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
The device ID (Identification)
48 bits.
Any network device with an IP address

9. All of the following options transmit data over a modem EXCEPT...
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)

10. What is on Port 23?
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
Telnet
nslookup
Point-to-Point Protocol

11. Which one of the following standards has a maximum data rate of 11 Mbps (Megabits per second)?
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
Firewall
Digital Subscriber Line
802.11b

12. Which protocol could be used by a VPN (Virtual Private Network)?
111
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
Internet mail access protocol

13. Which one of the following servers provides web caching services?
Periodically (randomly) blinking
8080
Proxy
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)

14. On what Port is SUN RPC?
111
Transport
Post Office Protocol 3
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

15. MAN Means...
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
Metropolitan Area Network
Router
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.

16. 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?
The users will not be affected by the change.
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
Public Key Infrastructure
10 GBASE-LR

17. Application Server
Application
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.
Manages network applications
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.

18. 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?
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
389
Light Emitting Diode
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server

19. On what Port is HTTPS/ SSL?
Internet Protocol Security
443
802.11a.
48 bits.

20. 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?
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
There will be no Internet access.
Internet Protocol Security. This is the defacto standard for VPN security.
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)

21. Physical Topology
192.168.96.254
Network Address Translator
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).
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.

22. What is RARP?
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
The 'memo maker' that sends and receives paperless faxes over the network

23. On what Port is Sys Log/ Event Manager?
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
514
Internetwork packet exchange
Wired Equivalent Privacy

24. NetBIOS Means...
nslookup
Networked Basic Input/Output System
Proxy Server
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)

25. On what Port is SQL Server?
Point-to-Point Protocol
1433
25
53

26. What is on Port 110?
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes
POP3
Routing Internet Protocol
SQL Server

27. NTP means...
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
Network Time Protocol
nslookup

28. What is RIP?
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.
Routing Internet Protocol
SMTP Server
72.16.16.1

29. FQDN means...
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required
Media Access Control
Fully Qualified Domain Name

30. What is IP?
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
Internet Protocol
802.1x
encapsulating the data payload.

31. Network
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
Proxy server
Internetwork packet exchange
Two or more connected computers that can share resources

32. IPSEC means...
Internet Protocol Security
Physical
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.
Post Office Protocol 3

33. Which two utilities can be used to find out what IP (Internet Protocol) address resolves from a domain name?
Network Interface Card
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
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
netstat and ping

34. POP3 Means...
Post Office Protocol 3
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes
rp
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit

35. On what Port is the Proxy Server?
passing a username and password in plaintext.
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.
8080
Network News Transfer Protocol

36. PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) secures PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) sessions by...
netstat
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
IMAP (Mail Client)
passing a username and password in plaintext.

37. What is on Port 22?
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
SSH
Put a router between the two network segments
80

38. Which networking device works at the upper three layers of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) and connects networks with different architectures?
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant
Gateway
Internet connection
Manages network applications

39. Describe a star topology
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
Network Address Translation
Manages printers on the network
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange

40. Which of the following connectors will be required for a RAS (Remote Access Service) server accepting four incoming dial-up connections to connect to the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network)?
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)
Post Office Protocol 3
802.11a.

41. Which one of the following security protocols creates a secure connection over the Internet?
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Routing Internet Protocol

42. Which of the following is used to translate NetBIOS (Network Basic Input / Output System) names
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers
8080
Digital Subscriber Line

43. GPS means...
Industry Standards Organization
Global Positioning System
netstat
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

44. Servers

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45. DSL means...
Intrusion Detection System
Digital Subscriber Line
SSH
Network News Transfer Protocol

46. How are physical and logical topologies different?

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47. What is on Port 1433?
SQL Server
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

48. In which OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) layer does a bridge operate?
NFS (Network File System)
Data Link
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers
Alternating Current

49. 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
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.
The analyzer is functioning properly.
In the LAN (Local Area Network)
Alternating Current

50. Each of the following wireless standards use a 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) ISM (Industrial - Scientific - and Medical) band EXCEPT...
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
Verification
802.11a.
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)