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Comptia Network +

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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. 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
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
Proxy

2. WAP Means...
Local Area Network
All hosts can communicate.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Wireless Access Point

3. FTP Means
Any network device with an IP address
File Transfer Protocol
Gateway
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4. NAC means...
Internet Protocol
Network Access Control
Hypertext Markup Language
D. Switch and bridge

5. RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) provides which functionality for remote access?
ping
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
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.
Verification

6. 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
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
Wireless Access Point
POP3
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

7. HTML means...
Hypertext Markup Language
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.
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POP3

8. Telephony Server
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Manages web-based activities by running Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for storing web content and accessing web pages
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol

9. On what Port is SUN RPC?
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).
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rp
Packets from entering and leaving a network

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?
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
Split the scope addresses between the servers assigning 192.168.0.1 through 192.168.0.127 for the PDC (Primary Domain Controller) and 192.168.0.128 through 192.168.0.254 for the BDC (Backup Domain Controller).
Token passing
The Internet router is blocking port 25.

11. 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?
Local Area Network
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.
larger subnet masks.
Windows Internet Name Service

12. Describe a bus topology
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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
Proxy
Transmission Control Protocol

13. What is on Ports 161 and 162?
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)
802.11
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.

14. On what Port is RDP?
3389
rlogin
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)

15. DHCP means...
rp
169.254.1.1
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)

16. On what Port is the Proxy Server?
Network File System
8080
A striped set array with parity
Global System for Mobile Communications

17. MLI Means...
Access Control List
Hypertext Markup Language
Multiple Link Interface
Transmission Control Protocol

18. On what Port is Sys Log/ Event Manager?
514
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
Integrated Services digital Network

19. What is RARP?
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
802.11
HTTP
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.

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
Basic Input/Output System
Transport
Port Address Translator

21. What is OSPF?
Bus
802.1x
Time domain reflectometer
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol

22. POP Means...
NetBios
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
Quality of Service
Post Office Protocol

23. WINS Means...
Gateway
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Windows Internet Name Service
Digital Subscriber Line

24. A company wants to have an intranet. Where would the intranet web server be located in the network?
In the LAN (Local Area Network)
In a locked room in an offsite location
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
Wireless Fidelity

25. LAN Local Area Network
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required
The device ID (Identification)
SMTP 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)

26. What is on Port 143?
IMAP (Mail Client)
A transmission method in which data is transferred from a specific source address to a specific destination address. (Network nodes not involved in the transfer ignor the transmission.)
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Port Address Translator

27. On what Port is LDAP?
389
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.
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths

28. What part of an Ethernet MAC (Media Access Control) address designates the manufacturer of the NIC (Network Interface Card)?
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
bytes 1-3
Transmission Control Protocol
raphical User Interface

29. What is a MAC (Media Access Control) address?
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)
169.254.1.1
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
Routing Information Protocol

30. 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?
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.
IMAP (Mail Client)
Authentication
Network File System

31. Which one of the following options is required for a client workstation to connect to a network resource?
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
161 & 162
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Client - protocol - and adapter

32. Which of the following is a self-assigned address based on APIPA (Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing)?
169.254.1.1
ping
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
Secure Shell

33. DNS means...
Alternating Current
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
Industry Standards Organization

34. What functionality does Kerberos provide?
User Datagram Protocol
Proxy server
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
Authentication

35. What is UDP? What are some of its attributes?
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
Public Key Infrastructure
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
cold site.

36. Which one of the following provides a fault-tolerant storage system containing five disks and a single controller that will function if a single disk fails?
Hypertext Markup Language
A striped set array with parity
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
Windows Internet Name Service

37. Which one of the following UNIX commands is similar to Telnet and used for terminal emulation?
Uniform Resource Locator
Internet Information Services
Networked Basic Input/Output System Extended User Interface
rlogin

38. Given the following output - which utility was used? Default Server: bigserver.datacenter.com Address: 4.12.18.1
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.
nslookup
Network Address Translator
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine

39. On what Port is FTP?
Transmission Control Protocol
20 & 21
Alternating Current
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service

40. MIME means...
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
Secure Shell
Transmission Control Protocol

41. WEP Means...
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
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Wired Equivalent Privacy
Post Office Protocol

42. LED Means...
Access Control List
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
Light Emitting Diode
All hosts can communicate.

43. PPTP Means...
Wireless Fidelity
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)

44. Which networking device works at the upper three layers of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) and connects networks with different architectures?
Handles e-mail functions
Windows Internet Name Service
Gateway
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.

45. Around noon - 802.11b wireless users near the break room have intermittent - random connections. What is the problem?
Network and Transport
Time domain reflectometer
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.

46. NNTP Means...
Internet Control Message Protocol
Periodically (randomly) blinking
Network News Transfer Protocol
Any device on the network that can ask for access to resources

47. Mail Server
Handles e-mail functions
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
passing a username and password in plaintext.
Uniform Resource Locator

48. A network administrator is troubleshooting a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) that is experiencing trouble with interference. A scan of the wireless network reports that there are two WAPs (Wireless Access Point) from different companies within rang
Manages printers on the network
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
Split the scope addresses between the servers assigning 192.168.0.1 through 192.168.0.127 for the PDC (Primary Domain Controller) and 192.168.0.128 through 192.168.0.254 for the BDC (Backup Domain Controller).

49. IEEE means...
Network Address Translation
Internet Control Message Protocol
802.1x
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

50. PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) secures PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) sessions by...
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
passing a username and password in plaintext.
Network News Transfer Protocol
Firewall