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Comptia Network +

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which dial-up protocol is capable of passing multiple LAN (Local Area Network) protocols across the wire?
10 GBASE-LR
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
Point-to-Point Protocol

2. RIP Means...
Alternating Current
Routing Information Protocol
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers

3. HTTP Means...
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
File Transfer Protocol
Hypertext transfer protocol
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

4. 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
80
NetBios
72.16.16.1
192.168.96.254

5. What is on Port 8080?
169.254.1.1
Proxy Server
Internet connection
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)

6. HTTPS means...
Networked Basic Input/Output System
Manages network applications
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
Application

7. SMB Means...
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths
ifconfig

8. Which one of the following choices is the MOST secure place to store tape backups?
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
In a locked room in an offsite location
Internet connection
HTTPS/ SSL

9. A companys disaster recovery plan requires that a hot site be maintained for fault tolerance. Which of the following would achieve this goal?
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
As a way to share resources and information
48 bits.
72.16.16.1

10. Which one of the following is true concerning bridges and their forwarding decisions?
Wireless Access Point
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.
514
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

11. SSL Means...
Secure Sockets Layer
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
As a way to share resources and information
Networked Basic Input/Output System

12. At which layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model does UDP (User Datagram Protocol) reside?
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Transport
New Technology File System
802.1x

13. Client-Server Networks
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
Point-to-Point Protocol
Electromagnetic Interference

14. What is EGP?
3.1
Token passing
Exterior Gateway Protocol
MultiProtocol Label Switching

15. NetBIOS Means...
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
Networked Basic Input/Output System
Authentication
Presentation

16. What enables a UNIX computer to access exported file systems from other UNIX computers?
Transmission Control Protocol
NFS (Network File System)
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
53

17. Disk mirroring is also known as RAID ___...
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).
1
6

18. Which media access method is used for an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.5 network?
802.11
Token passing
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.
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service

19. A facility designed to receive computer equipment during a disaster recovery is known as a...
100 Mbps (Megabits per second)
Network and Transport
cold site.
Quality of Service

20. What is on Ports 135-139?
Any network device with an IP address
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
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.
NetBios

21. What is on Port 69?
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
raphical User Interface
2
Authentication

22. 802.11 security is defined in...
802.11i
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
Wireless Protected Access

23. ICMP means...
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
NFS (Network File System)
Password Authentication Protocol
Internet Control Message Protocol

24. A user complains that they can no longer access resources on the network. The user is unable to ping other nodes and ipconfig returns an IP (Internet Protocol) address that is not in the correct subnet. What is the problem?
Manages printers on the network
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.

25. LAN Local Area Network
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)
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request

26. Which of the following is a self-assigned address based on APIPA (Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing)?
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
169.254.1.1
nslookup
20 & 21

27. Host
Internet Protocol
IMAP (Mail Client)
Any network device with an IP address
Public Key Infrastructure

28. PPP Means...
Point-to-Point Protocol
SMTP Server
23
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange

29. LDAP means...
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
In a locked room in an offsite location
Verification

30. DOS means...
Uniform Resource Locator
100BASE-FX Answer: D
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector

31. On what Port is the Proxy Server?
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
8080
143
Point-to-Point Protocol

32. IPSEC means...
Internet mail access protocol
DNS
128 bit addresses
Internet Protocol Security

33. MAC Means...
Media Access Control
Wireless LAN
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.
Data Link

34. List the drawbacks of a ring topology
Configure the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to increase lease expiration time
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant
Networked Basic Input/Output System Extended User Interface
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.

35. The 802.11 frequency band is...
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).

36. On what Port is the SMTP Server?
The device ID (Identification)
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)
These are the FTP ports. Port 20 handles data and Port 21 provides control.
25

37. URL Means...
SQL Server
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required
Uniform Resource Locator
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server

38. PRI Means...
Primary Rate Interface
111
72.16.16.1
netstat

39. Remote Access Server
Presentation
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
Local Area Network
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.

40. What is on Port 80?
HTTP
Time domain reflectometer
Internet Control Message Protocol
802.11b

41. What is on Port 111?
The analyzer is functioning properly.
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
traceroute
SUN RPC

42. What is ARP? What are some of its attributes?
Remote Desktop Protocol
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol
Internet Information Services
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.

43. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards has the shortest maximum distance?
Network Address Translation
Internet Protocol Security. This is the defacto standard for VPN security.
1000BASE-CX
Network and Transport

44. GSM means...
SSH
Any network device with an IP address
Light Emitting Diode
Global System for Mobile Communications

45. A small office network with ten computers uses a cable modem and router to connect to the Internet and distribute services to clients. After several weeks of use - the routers collision LED (Light Emitting Diode) has begun to stay on permanently. Wha
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.
The device ID (Identification)
Internetwork packet exchange
Metropolitan Area Network

46. On what Port is FTP?
Authentication
NFS (Network File System)
Any network device with an IP address
20 & 21

47. What is QoS?
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit
Quality of Service
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance

48. A computer that is working on a network is unplugged and then plugged into another switch with a new cable. The link LED (Light Emitting Diode) on the NIC (Network Interface Card) does not come on. All of the following could be the source of the prob
1
Alternating Current
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.

49. Which one of the following UNIX commands is similar to Telnet and used for terminal emulation?
Public Switched Telephone Network
rlogin
Wireless LAN
Plain Old Telephone Service

50. Which one of the following options is required for a client workstation to connect to a network resource?
Client - protocol - and adapter
100 Mbps (Megabits per second)
netstat and ping
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.