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Comptia Network +

Subjects : certifications, comptia-network-+, it-skills

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. PKI means...
Public Key Infrastructure
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
Firewall
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D

2. What is on Port 8080?
53
Port Address Translator
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.
Proxy Server

3. What is on Ports 135-139?
All hosts can communicate.
NetBios
802.1x
Intrusion Detection System

4. What is LEAP?
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
Configure the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to increase lease expiration time
New stations can be added easily and quickly - Scalable - Easier to troubleshoot - A single cable failure doesn't disable entire network

5. What is the maximum length of a gigabit Ethernet segment using MMF (MultiMode Fiber) optic cable?
bytes 1-3
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Any network device with an IP address
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)

6. RDP means...
20 & 21
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.
SSH
Remote Desktop Protocol

7. 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
Telnet
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).
192.168.96.254
DNS

8. NNTP Means...
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Network News Transfer Protocol
Bus
Internet Protocol

9. To increase the number of available IP (Internet Protocol) addresses - IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) uses which one of the following options?
53
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
128 bit addresses
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)

10. ICMP means...
SUN RPC
Direct Current
Internet Control Message Protocol
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)

11. NAT Means...
RDP/ Terminal Services
Hypertext Markup Language
bytes 1-3
Network Address Translation

12. This is not an IP (Internet Protocol) addresses.
80
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
72.16.16.1
3389

13. What is on Port 389?
They get their name because they truly are 'at the service' of the network and run specialized software for the network's maintenance and control known as the network operating system. Sometimes servers have more than one job. But whether servers are
As a way to share resources and information
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.

14. Which one of the following choices is the MOST secure place to store tape backups?
Post Office Protocol 3
In a locked room in an offsite location
Electromagnetic Interference
Point-to-Point Protocol

15. Which UNIX service provides interoperability with Windows file and print sharing?
Presentation
Media Access Control
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.
SMB (Server Message Block)

16. Why did we develop networking?
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
As a way to share resources and information
Stores and dispenses files

17. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) copper cable standard?
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
1000BASE-CX
traceroute
25

18. DNS means...
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)
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.

19. POTS means...
Alternating Current
Plain Old Telephone Service
SMTP Server
802.1x

20. In which OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) layer does a bridge operate?
Data Link
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
25
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)

21. BRI Means...
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required
Electromagnetic Interference
Physical
Basic Rate Interface

22. ATM Means...
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Hypertext transfer protocol

23. On what Port is Telnet?
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)
Sys Log (Unix) or Event Manager (Windows)
23
Service Set Identifier

24. PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) secures PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) sessions by...
passing a username and password in plaintext.
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request
23
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

25. A network technician is troubleshooting a remote home users computer that is behind a SOHO (Small Office / Home Office) router running NAT (Network Address Translation). The technician wants to ping the IP (Internet Protocol) address of the remote us
This IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot be pinged remotely.
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
DNS
traceroute

26. DOS means...
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
802.11
53
netstat

27. Application Server
Intrusion Detection System
NetBios
Manages network applications
encapsulating the data payload.

28. On what Port is LDAP?
Manages printers on the network
389
Token passing
This IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot be pinged remotely.

29. Which of the following options allows for secure communication over the Internet?
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
User Datagram Protocol
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
72.16.16.1

30. What is on Port 110?
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.
MAC (Media Access Control) address
User Datagram Protocol
POP3

31. What is on Port 23?
Telnet
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths
MultiProtocol Label Switching
802.11b

32. This is not a valid IP (Internet Protocol) addresses
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.
172.192.4.256
encapsulating the data payload.

33. NFS Means...
RDP/ Terminal Services
Network File System
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

34. LED Means...
Light Emitting Diode
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
802.1x
1

35. What is on Port 143?
This IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot be pinged remotely.
IMAP (Mail Client)
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.

36. WPA 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
RDP/ Terminal Services
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
Wireless Protected Access

37. Which one of the following is true concerning bridges and their forwarding decisions?
Service Set Identifier
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.
Bluetooth enabled cell phones

38. What enables a UNIX computer to access exported file systems from other UNIX computers?
Token passing
NFS (Network File System)
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.

39. Proxy Server
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
Wired Equivalent Privacy
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request
Manages web-based activities by running Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for storing web content and accessing web pages

40. At which layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model does UDP (User Datagram Protocol) reside?
Transport
Network and Transport
raphical User Interface
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.

41. MPLS
MultiProtocol Label Switching
80
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.
Intrusion Detection System

42. GSM means...
Global System for Mobile Communications
128 bit addresses
Primary Rate Interface
New Technology File System

43. ISO Means...
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
rp
Industry Standards Organization
100 Mbps (Megabits per second)

44. Upon which devices can NAT (Network Address Translation) be used?
111
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
Port Address Translator
Firewall

45. On what Port is IMAP?
Hypertext Markup Language
143
Handles e-mail functions
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.

46. A workstation with a static IP (Internet Protocol) address can print and authenticate to a server - but cannot browse to www.comptia.org. What is the FIRST item to troubleshoot?
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
Client - protocol - and adapter
Authentication
Service Set Identifier

47. 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?
rp
25
169.254.1.1
Asynchronous Transfer Mode

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
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)
Plain Old Telephone Service
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.

49. Which media access method is used for an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.5 network?
Token passing
802.11b
Password Authentication Protocol
53

50. HTTP Means...
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
Hypertext transfer protocol
ifconfig
Intrusion Detection System