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Comptia Network +

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. IPSEC means...
Internet Protocol Security. This is the defacto standard for VPN security.
All hosts can communicate.
Internet Protocol Security
Trivial File Transfer Protocol

2. What is on Port 69?
A long length of antenna extension cable
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Manages web-based activities by running Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for storing web content and accessing web pages
389

3. IP means...
Internetwork packet exchange
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
Internet Protocol
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.

4. What is UDP? What are some of its attributes?
1433
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
Physical
A transmission method in which data is sent from a server to specific nodes that are defined as members of a multicast group. Network nodes not in the group ignore the data.

5. 802.11 security is defined in...
802.11i
10 GBASE-LR
Authentication
Stores and dispenses files

6. Which protocol is used for error reporting in concert with the IP protocol?
In a locked room in an offsite location
Network Time Protocol
Internet Control Message Protocol
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

7. A network administrator is configuring a router to support a new subnet on a TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) network. The subnet uses 192.168.96.0/24. The administrators company policy is to reserve the highest IP (Intern
192.168.96.254
6
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.

8. Wi-Fi Means...
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
25
Wireless Fidelity
SUN RPC

9. 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?
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
Manages network applications
Point to Point Protocol
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector

10. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) copper cable standard?
1
1000BASE-CX
Verification
Manages web-based activities by running Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for storing web content and accessing web pages

11. Which one of the following UNIX commands is similar to Telnet and used for terminal emulation?
rlogin
Intrusion Detection System
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
192.168.96.254

12. Which one of the following will affect the range of an 802.11b WAP (Wireless Access Point)?
Proxy Server
A long length of antenna extension cable
Firewall
DNS

13. Servers

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14. Application Server
110
Internet Information Services
Manages network applications
514

15. IPX/SPX means...
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.
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
File Transfer Protocol

16. A network administrator is in charge of a large corporate network containing a DNS (Domain Name Service) server - DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server - and an internal web server. One particular subnet is experiencing trouble with Inter
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Public Switched Telephone Network
Enable infrastructure mode and obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address automatically on all clients
53

17. HTTP Means...
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths
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
Hypertext transfer protocol
802.1x

18. A company wants to have an intranet. Where would the intranet web server be located in the network?
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
Bus
In the LAN (Local Area Network)
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.

19. Given the MAC address 00:B0:D0:5A:E1:B5 - what does 5A:E1:B5 identify?
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
192.168.96.254
The device ID (Identification)
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).

20. What is on Port 23?
Telnet
NetBios
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
Internet Control Message Protocol

21. To increase the number of available IP (Internet Protocol) addresses - IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) uses which one of the following options?
128 bit addresses
The device ID (Identification)
Network News Transfer Protocol
Put a router between the two network segments

22. What is the maximum standard distance allowed to connect a customer via an ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) line?
Port Address Translator
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector

23. What is EGP?
Exterior Gateway Protocol
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.
The Internet router is blocking port 25.

24. What is the maximum length of a gigabit Ethernet segment using MMF (MultiMode Fiber) optic cable?
raphical User Interface
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)
Fully Qualified Domain Name
Application

25. DNS means...
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol
Intrusion Detection System

26. 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
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.
Fully Qualified Domain Name
389
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect

27. Name the seven most common physical topologies
111
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
In the LAN (Local Area Network)

28. AC means...
Alternating Current
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
802.2

29. Which two utilities can be used to find out what IP (Internet Protocol) address resolves from a domain name?
110
SMB (Server Message Block)
Secure Sockets Layer
netstat and ping

30. On what Port is HTTP?
Network and Transport
Global System for Mobile Communications
Usually restricted to spanning a particular geographic location such as an office building - a single department within a corporate office - or even a home office)
80

31. LED Means...
Point-to-Point Protocol
Authentication
Select the most probable cause
Light Emitting Diode

32. On what Port is FTP?
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Quality of Service
20 & 21
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.

33. 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
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network

34. POP3 Means...
Post Office Protocol 3
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
Internet Protocol Security
Select the most probable cause

35. URL Means...
Uniform Resource Locator
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.
Any network device with an IP address
This IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot be pinged remotely.

36. What is PAT?
Port Address Translator
Network Interface Card
135-139
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business

37. 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?
MAC (Media Access Control) address
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.
172.192.4.256
Time domain reflectometer

38. Describe a ring topology

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39. LAN Local Area Network
larger subnet masks.
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
Usually restricted to spanning a particular geographic location such as an office building - a single department within a corporate office - or even a home office)
Asynchronous Transfer Mode

40. RDP means...
Telnet
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.
encapsulating the data payload.
Remote Desktop Protocol

41. A companys disaster recovery plan requires that a hot site be maintained for fault tolerance. Which of the following would achieve this goal?
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.
Manages network applications
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
53

42. Fax Server

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43. Which standard covers the methods for performing authentication services for remote access to a central LAN (Local Area Network)?
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
Proxy server
802.1x

44. An 802.11a/b/g access point is installed in a computer lab. An administrator has a client that is based on 802.11g technology. There are times when the client slows or stops working entirely. What is the cause of the problem?
22
Hypertext transfer protocol
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
Uniform Resource Locator

45. WEP Means...
nslookup
The analyzer is functioning properly.
Wired Equivalent Privacy
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

46. 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?
20 & 21
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).

47. A client workstation can authenticate user names and passwords to which type of server?
Uniform Resource Locator
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)
Network Interface Card
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server

48. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) fiber optic standard?
6
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
10 GBASE-LR
Wireless Protected Access

49. ISP Means...
172.192.4.256
Internet Protocol
Internet Service Provider
Network Time Protocol

50. What is the minimum number of hard drives required to implement RAID 0 (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)?
Select the most probable cause
Manages network applications
2
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