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Comptia Network +

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is ARP? What are some of its attributes?
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
Local Area Network
Configure the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to increase lease expiration time
Client - protocol - and adapter

2. NFS Means...
20 & 21
Internet Control Message Protocol
Physical
Network File System

3. Which standard covers the methods for performing authentication services for remote access to a central LAN (Local Area Network)?
20 & 21
802.1x
Network Access Control
Port 20 must also be unblocked.

4. What is UDP? What are some of its attributes?
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.

5. MIME means...
The device ID (Identification)
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
Internetwork packet exchange

6. MPLS
Simple Network Management Protocol
MultiProtocol Label Switching
20 & 21
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

7. 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.
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
Remote Desktop Protocol

8. Each of the following wireless standards use a 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) ISM (Industrial - Scientific - and Medical) band EXCEPT...
Wireless LAN
802.11a.
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)
802.11

9. What is on Port 25?
Packets from entering and leaving a network
1
Hybrid hub
SMTP Server

10. What is PAP?
72.16.16.1
Password Authentication Protocol
encapsulating the data payload.
A long length of antenna extension cable

11. What is IP?
Data Link
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
Internet Protocol

12. What are the two main network types?
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
Basic Input/Output System
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server

13. DOS means...
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
Verification
rlogin
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.

14. SSL Means...
All hosts can communicate.
20 & 21
Secure Sockets Layer
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

15. How are physical and logical topologies different?

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16. What is TCP?
Transmission Control Protocol
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.
passing a username and password in plaintext.
10 GBASE-LR

17. PPTP Means...
SUN RPC
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
53

18. On what Port is the Proxy Server?
8080
bytes 1-3
Point to Point Protocol
Any network device with an IP address

19. An employee needs to access the internal secure company web site from a hotel. The employee will need which of the following connections?
raphical User Interface
Internet connection
SSH
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector

20. Describe a star topology
Electromagnetic Interference
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
Stores and dispenses files
Internet mail access protocol

21. Upon which devices can NAT (Network Address Translation) be used?
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
Firewall
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
Manages printers on the network

22. There is a suspected SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) virus on the workstation. E-mail programs are not currently running. Which of the following utilities should be run to see if there are any open SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) sockets?
netstat
SSH
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).

23. WEP Means...
Wired Equivalent Privacy
1000BASE-CX
The Internet router is blocking port 25.
raphical User Interface

24. 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?
25
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
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.
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

25. 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
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
MultiProtocol Label Switching

26. MAN Means...
Metropolitan Area Network
Network News Transfer Protocol
gateway.
Plain Old Telephone Service

27. What is on Port 111?
Transmission Control Protocol
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths
SUN RPC
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager

28. A WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) network administrator has disabled DNS (Domain Name Service) for security reasons. Users have lost the ability to access remote network shares named ournetworkshares and ourprivateshares. How can this be resolve
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths
IMAP (Mail Client)
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
25

29. Company A has two networks - one on the west side of town and one on the east side. The network administrator wants to connect the two networks with a leased line but is concerned about limiting broadcast traffic. What can the administrator do to all
Wireless Fidelity
Network Time Protocol
802.11i
Put a router between the two network segments

30. What is a MAC (Media Access Control) address?
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
Network Address Translation

31. RDP means...
72.16.16.1
Remote Desktop Protocol
Configure the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to increase lease expiration time
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).

32. Given the following output - which utility was used? Default Server: bigserver.datacenter.com Address: 4.12.18.1
3389
Quality of Service
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
nslookup

33. MAU means...
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit
The 'memo maker' that sends and receives paperless faxes over the network

34. WINS Means...
Windows Internet Name Service
Access Control List
Exterior Gateway Protocol
Proxy Server

35. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards has a longer maximum distance than 100 meters (328 feet)?
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
100BASE-FX Answer: D
Routing Internet Protocol

36. On what Port is FTP?
Data Link
20 & 21
Metropolitan Area Network
raphical User Interface

37. 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?
Hypertext Markup Language
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
traceroute
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service

38. 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?
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
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Application
389

39. A firewall can be used to prevent which of the following?
Packets from entering and leaving a network
Uniform Resource Locator
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
Central Processing unit

40. LAN Local Area Network
Global System for Mobile Communications
Hybrid hub
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)
Hypertext Markup Language

41. BIOS Means...
Basic Input/Output System
Integrated Services digital Network
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant

42. What is on Port 110?
Exterior Gateway Protocol
10 GBASE-LR
POP3
1433

43. LAN Means...
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.
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
Local Area Network
135-139

44. What is on Port 143?
Simple Network Management Protocol
IMAP (Mail Client)
2
53

45. What is on Ports 135-139?
As a way to share resources and information
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Internet Control Message Protocol
NetBios

46. On a switched Ethernet network that is operating perfectly - what is the state in which a user will find the activity LED (Light Emitting Diode)?
110
Periodically (randomly) blinking
Internet Service Provider
Transmission Control Protocol

47. What is on Port 514?
bytes 1-3
Sys Log (Unix) or Event Manager (Windows)
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
Secure Shell

48. LDAP means...
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.
Proxy Server
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Multiple Link Interface

49. Telephony Server
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine
48 bits.
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network

50. Which UNIX service provides interoperability with Windows file and print sharing?
SMB (Server Message Block)
Public Switched Telephone Network
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
Local Area Network