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Comptia Network +

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is on Port 1433?
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
D. Switch and bridge
SQL Server
gateway.

2. ATM Means...
110
File Transfer Protocol
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Wireless Access Point

3. On what Port is the SMTP Server?
25
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
Transport

4. On what Port is Telnet?
The device ID (Identification)
23
128 bit addresses
Internet mail access protocol

5. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards uses CSMA / CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance)?
802.11
In a locked room in an offsite location
RDP/ Terminal Services
Uniform Resource Locator

6. DOS means...
D. Switch and bridge
Alternating Current
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D

7. RIP Means...
Access Control List
Wireless LAN
Routing Information Protocol
larger subnet masks.

8. A technician just installed a new NIC (Network Interface Card) in a computer and attached a cable to connect the computer to a hub. Assuming the NIC (Network Interface Card) is functioning correctly and the network is up - which of the following will
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
Service Set Identifier
100 Mbps (Megabits per second)
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.

9. Fault Tolerance
In a locked room in an offsite location
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol

10. The IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) protocol suite can secure network transmissions by...
10 GBASE-LR
encapsulating the data payload.
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Telnet

11. A user is trying to access a FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server but discovers that FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is being blocked by a firewall. After unblocking port 21 on the firewall - FTP (File Transfer Protocol) still does not work. What is the
Uniform Resource Locator
Integrated Services digital Network
Port 20 must also be unblocked.
Simple Network Management Protocol

12. What is PPP?
Multiple Link Interface
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)
Time domain reflectometer
Point to Point Protocol

13. Which one of the following security protocols creates a secure connection over the Internet?
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Any network device with an IP address
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit

14. EMI means...
Electromagnetic Interference
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths
D. Switch and bridge
Network Address Translation

15. Which UNIX service provides interoperability with Windows file and print sharing?
SMB (Server Message Block)
raphical User Interface
389
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.

16. Which command generated the following output? Active Connections Proto Local Address Foreign Address State TCP CompA:3006 192.168.0.2:Microsoft Established TCP CompA:3021 192.168.0.246:HTTP Established
6
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
netstat
Proxy server

17. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) fiber optic standard?
rlogin
Central Processing unit
ifconfig
10 GBASE-LR

18. 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
Internet Information Services
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
Network Interface Card
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)

19. Which of the following choices describes an RJ-45 (Registered Jack) connector?
23
Telnet
Service Set Identifier
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).

20. Which one of the following will interfere with an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.11b access point?
Bluetooth enabled cell phones
Access Control List
80
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

21. ICMP means...
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
100BASE-FX Answer: D
Hybrid hub
Internet Control Message Protocol

22. 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
161 & 162
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
Networked Basic Input/Output System
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.

23. All of the following Novell NetWare operating systems support NDS (NetWare Directory Services) natively EXCEPT...
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).
3.1
389

24. MAU means...
100BASE-FX Answer: D
6
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
The 'memo maker' that sends and receives paperless faxes over the network

25. Which layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model handles formatting and code conversion?
Post Office Protocol
Presentation
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
bytes 1-3

26. NTP means...
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Network Time Protocol
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)
1000BASE-CX

27. Which one of the following devices connects a network segment to a public telephone network?
Uniform Resource Locator
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Network News Transfer Protocol
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange

28. 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)?
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)
1000BASE-CX
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)

29. All of the following are benefits of IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) EXCEPT...
Network News Transfer Protocol
POP3
Network Address Translator
larger subnet masks.

30. DC means...
larger subnet masks.
Internet Protocol
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
Direct Current

31. Which one of the following options is a security standard for 802.11?
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
Manages printers on the network
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)

32. 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?
Bridge
rp
Two or more connected computers that can share resources
802.1x

33. In which OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) layer does a bridge operate?
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit
Data Link
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)

34. What is PAT?
Port Address Translator
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection

35. PSTN Means...
Internet Protocol
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
Public Switched Telephone Network
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).

36. Which of the following are classified as Layer 2 devices?
100 Mbps (Megabits per second)
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)
Fully Qualified Domain Name
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect

37. MAC 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.
192.168.96.254
Media Access Control
Internet Protocol

38. In a fully Meshed network - every node has a connection to every other node - 7+6+5+4+3+2+1=28 Which digital interface device is used to connect to a local service providers digital T1 (T-Carrier Level 1) or E1 network?
Alternating Current
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
172.192.4.256
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).

39. An Ethernet MAC (Media Access Control) address consists of...
IMAP (Mail Client)
48 bits.
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Token passing

40. What is on Port 23?
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.
The Internet router is blocking port 25.
8080
Telnet

41. RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) provides which functionality for remote access?
SUN RPC
Verification
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
514

42. A facility designed to receive computer equipment during a disaster recovery is known as a...
bytes 1-3
cold site.
ping
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit

43. A user complains that they are unable to connect to a remote server using either FTP (File Transfer Protocol) or Telnet - although the user was able to connect yesterday. Which of the following commands is used to troubleshoot the problem?
ping
HTTP
Global System for Mobile Communications
passing a username and password in plaintext.

44. IMAP Means...
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Internet mail access protocol
1000BASE-CX
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).

45. What is on Ports 20 and 21?
In the LAN (Local Area Network)
Extranet
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
These are the FTP ports. Port 20 handles data and Port 21 provides control.

46. This is not a valid IP (Internet Protocol) addresses
larger subnet masks.
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.
172.192.4.256
Client - protocol - and adapter

47. What is QoS?
6
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Uniform Resource Locator
Quality of Service

48. Which of the following is used to translate NetBIOS (Network Basic Input / Output System) names
ping
Manages printers on the network
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Proxy

49. 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
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect
802.2
Public Switched Telephone Network
Central Processing unit

50. Which protocol is the fastest file transfer protocol?
80
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Password Authentication Protocol
File Transfer Protocol