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Comptia Network +

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. LAN Local Area Network
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
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)
10
143

2. Examples of valid WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) key lengths
HTTPS/ SSL
192.168.96.254
Digital Subscriber Line
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit

3. What is BGMP?
Transmission Control Protocol
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.
netstat
Alternating Current

4. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) fiber optic standard?
Hypertext transfer protocol
Internet connection
10 GBASE-LR
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. Which two utilities can be used to find out what IP (Internet Protocol) address resolves from a domain name?
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.
netstat and ping
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
Enable infrastructure mode and obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address automatically on all clients

6. LAN Means...
Proxy Server
Local Area Network
BootP (Boot Protocol)
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)

7. Which layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model handles formatting and code conversion?
Presentation
Plain Old Telephone Service
Configure the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to increase lease expiration time
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).

8. ICMP means...
Internet Control Message Protocol
1
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.

9. What is on Port 111?
Service Set Identifier
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes
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.
SUN RPC

10. PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) secures PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) sessions by...
The 'memo maker' that sends and receives paperless faxes over the network
passing a username and password in plaintext.
1433
Simple Network Management Protocol

11. 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
802.11
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes
raphical User Interface

12. Wi-Fi Means...
Metropolitan Area Network
100BASE-FX Answer: D
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
Wireless Fidelity

13. 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)
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
72.16.16.1
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.

14. What is on Port 143?
100BASE-FX Answer: D
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
IMAP (Mail Client)
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request

15. NTP means...
Network Time Protocol
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
Global Positioning System
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

16. Telephony Server
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)

17. FQDN means...
Fully Qualified Domain Name
Firewall
Digital Subscriber Line
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)

18. Logical Topology
802.11a.
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.
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.
Telnet

19. FTP Means
6
File Transfer Protocol
Any network device with an IP address
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.

20. Which of the following are classified as Layer 2 devices?
8080
Hybrid hub
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)

21. What is LEAP?
Wired Equivalent Privacy
Uniform Resource Locator
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
802.2

22. 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?
Internet Service Provider
The users will not be affected by the change.
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
Industry Standards Organization

23. TFTP Means...
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Trivial File Transfer Protocol

24. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards has a longer maximum distance than 100 meters (328 feet)?
Internet Service Provider
Wireless Protected Access
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR
100BASE-FX Answer: D

25. 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
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
Sys Log (Unix) or Event Manager (Windows)
The Internet router is blocking port 25.
netstat

26. What is on Port 1433?
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.
Global System for Mobile Communications
Authentication
SQL Server

27. IIS Means...
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
Integrated Services digital Network
443
Internet Information Services

28. How are physical and logical topologies different?

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29. NTFS Means...
Enable infrastructure mode and obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address automatically on all clients
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)
Two or more connected computers that can share resources
New Technology File System

30. What is L2TP? What is significant about this protocol?
Media Access Control
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
443
Trivial File Transfer Protocol

31. A client workstation can authenticate user names and passwords to which type of server?
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
Application
New Technology File System
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)

32. On what Port is HTTP?
Post Office Protocol
80
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.
Network Address Translation

33. What is Broadcast Transmission?
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.
Network Address Translator
rp
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension

34. What is on Port 8080?
110
100BASE-FX Answer: D
Proxy Server
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

35. Which one of the following servers provides web caching services?
2
Fully Qualified Domain Name
Proxy
raphical User Interface

36. Which of the following methods transfers files with the use of a UDP (User Datagram Protocol)?
Wireless LAN
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
RDP/ Terminal Services

37. 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
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.
Industry Standards Organization
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
Simple Network Management Protocol

38. This is not an IP (Internet Protocol) addresses.
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)
72.16.16.1
100BASE-FX Answer: D
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector

39. IDS means...
BootP (Boot Protocol)
Routing Information Protocol
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
Intrusion Detection System

40. On what Port is the SMTP Server?
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Media Access Control
53
25

41. List the benefits of a star topology

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42. 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?
Application
1000BASE-CX
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
Industry Standards Organization

43. What is RIP?
Routing Internet Protocol
Hypertext transfer protocol
bytes 1-3
Router

44. A network administrator adds a router to create a new subnet. Which of the following network services requires configuration to accommodate NetBIOS (Network Basic Input / Output System) on the new network?
Wireless LAN
Time domain reflectometer
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Network File System

45. POTS means...
Plain Old Telephone Service
This IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot be pinged remotely.
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit

46. A network administrator is troubleshooting connectivity from a client machine. An error message that reads 'Page Cannot be Displayed' is shown in the browser whenever a FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) is typed in the address bar. However - if the
10 GBASE-LR
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
53
10 GBASE-LR

47. A workstation presents an error message to a user. The message states that 'Duplicate IP (Internet Protocol) has been detected on the network.' After establishing what has changed in the network - what should be the NEXT step using the standard troub
Wireless Protected Access
Select the most probable cause
cold site.
69

48. On what Port is HTTPS/ SSL?
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
D. Switch and bridge
443
110

49. All of the following are benefits of IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) EXCEPT...
Plain Old Telephone Service
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
larger subnet masks.
passing a username and password in plaintext.

50. WAP Means...
The analyzer is functioning properly.
netstat
Wireless Access Point
raphical User Interface