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Comptia Network +

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. IDS means...
Intrusion Detection System
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit
ifconfig
Internetwork packet exchange

2. Fault Tolerance
Light Emitting Diode
Physical
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.

3. A network administrator is in charge of a large corporate network containing a DNS (Domain Name Service) server - DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server - and an internal web server. One particular subnet is experiencing trouble with Inter
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)
Internet Control Message Protocol
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).
Enable infrastructure mode and obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address automatically on all clients

4. What is on Port 443?
netstat and ping
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
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).
HTTPS/ SSL

5. Ten workstations numbered 1 through 10 are installed sequentially on a physical star network. The network uses a logical bus topology and is cabled using Category 3 UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair). The cable to Workstation 3 has been severed. Which of
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.
Internet mail access protocol
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.

6. On what Port is POP3?
110
Proxy server
Handles e-mail functions
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

7. NNTP Means...
Network News Transfer Protocol
There will be no Internet access.
161 & 162
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)

8. The Spanning-Tree Protocol allows for redundancy of what networking device?
Bridge
SQL Server
Proxy
3.1

9. List the drawbacks of a star topology
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)
HTTPS/ SSL

10. Which protocol is the fastest file transfer protocol?
SMB (Server Message Block)
143
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Application

11. What is EGP?
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
135-139
Exterior Gateway Protocol
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)

12. Which one of the following provides a fault-tolerant storage system containing five disks and a single controller that will function if a single disk fails?
A striped set array with parity
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Network Address Translation
Token passing

13. SNMP Means...
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
Simple Network Management Protocol
22
169.254.1.1

14. Which one of the following devices connects a network segment to a public telephone network?
172.192.4.256
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
Public Switched Telephone Network
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)

15. 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?
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
DNS
Windows Internet Name Service
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)

16. MIME means...
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Light Emitting Diode
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
D. Switch and bridge

17. Upon which devices can NAT (Network Address Translation) be used?
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
Firewall
Telnet
Networked Basic Input/Output System Extended User Interface

18. While reviewing network traffic statistics - technicians have noticed that there is an abnormally high amount of DNS (Domain Name Service) traffic. What recommendation would help reduce traffic?
Port 20 must also be unblocked.
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers
Client - protocol - and adapter
1

19. What enables a UNIX computer to access exported file systems from other UNIX computers?
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.
Stores and dispenses files
NFS (Network File System)
Direct Current

20. What is on Port 69?
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Put a router between the two network segments
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.

21. Disk mirroring is also known as RAID ___...
1
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.
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.
Authentication

22. ATM Means...
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.

23. 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?
There will be no Internet access.
Manages network applications
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
Application

24. Which IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.x standard defines the operation of the LLC (Logical Link Control) sublayer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) models Data Link layer?
Global System for Mobile Communications
802.2
Digital Subscriber Line
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

25. MPLS
MultiProtocol Label Switching
RDP/ Terminal Services
Uniform Resource Locator
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.

26. What is on Port 1433?
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)
Fully Qualified Domain Name
SQL Server

27. 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?
3389
1000BASE-CX
HTTPS/ SSL
netstat

28. What is PPTP?
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
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.
passing a username and password in plaintext.

29. What is on Ports 161 and 162?
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Verification
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
Simple Network Management Protocol

30. What is the mechanism a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server uses to track which IP (Internet Protocol) address is assigned to a particular computer?
Network File System
Internet connection
Metropolitan Area Network
MAC (Media Access Control) address

31. Host
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.
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)
Any network device with an IP address

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?
File Transfer Protocol
rp
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
100BASE-FX Answer: D

33. RDP means...
Public Key Infrastructure
Remote Desktop Protocol
22
Internet mail access protocol

34. FTP Means
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
3389
File Transfer Protocol
2

35. On what Port is DNS?
53
Periodically (randomly) blinking
encapsulating the data payload.
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

36. What is on Port 3389?
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
In the LAN (Local Area Network)
RDP/ Terminal Services
Post Office Protocol 3

37. 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
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths

38. LDAP means...
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Periodically (randomly) blinking
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)

39. GUI means
Point to Point Protocol
raphical User Interface
Any device on the network that can ask for access to resources
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.

40. DHCP means...
Point-to-Point Protocol
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
802.2
Any device on the network that can ask for access to resources

41. Proxy Server
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes
1000BASE-CX
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
Manages printers on the network

42. Which one of the following communication protocols does a UNIX system primarily rely on?
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
larger subnet masks.
Wireless Protected Access
These are the FTP ports. Port 20 handles data and Port 21 provides control.

43. What is on Port 389?
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.
Client - protocol - and adapter

44. 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
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
Plain Old Telephone Service

45. The IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) protocol suite can secure network transmissions by...
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.
Global Positioning System
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)
encapsulating the data payload.

46. A network administrator implements four VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network) on a switch. Which device will be required to pass traffic among the VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)?
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant
Electromagnetic Interference
HTTPS/ SSL
Router

47. Why did we develop networking?
Wireless LAN
110
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
As a way to share resources and information

48. An administrator has been called to consult on a network. After receiving network traffic statistics - the administrator notices that there is an abnormally high amount of DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) traffic. What recommendation would
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
Configure the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to increase lease expiration time
ifconfig

49. On what Port is SSH?
These are the FTP ports. Port 20 handles data and Port 21 provides control.
22
Network File System
172.192.4.256

50. Describe a ring topology