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Comptia Network +

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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?
Transmission Control Protocol
Periodically (randomly) blinking
MAC (Media Access Control) address
Network Access Control

2. TCP/IP Means;
Periodically (randomly) blinking
Internet Protocol
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Hypertext transfer protocol

3. ISO Means...
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
Industry Standards Organization
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Data Link

4. Connecting a LAN (Local Area Network) to a mainframe can be accomplished using a...
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
gateway.
Basic Input/Output System

5. TFTP Means...
Internet Control Message Protocol
A long length of antenna extension cable
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)

6. 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.
Packets from entering and leaving a network
69
443

7. PPTP Means...
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
DNS
The analyzer is functioning properly.
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine

8. 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
Enable infrastructure mode and obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address automatically on all clients
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
Windows Internet Name Service
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)

9. A client workstation can authenticate user names and passwords to which type of server?
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request
Networked Basic Input/Output System Extended User Interface
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)
Stores and dispenses files

10. 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?
Post Office Protocol 3
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.
rp
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant

11. SSH Means...
2
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
Secure Shell

12. Describe a bus topology
Global Positioning System
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
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
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)

13. SSID Means...
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
Service Set Identifier
Electromagnetic Interference
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.

14. UDP Means...
Wired Equivalent Privacy
Uniform Resource Locator
User Datagram Protocol
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)

15. CPU means...
Data Link
New Technology File System
192.168.96.254
Central Processing unit

16. NTP means...
Network Time 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)
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
Wireless Fidelity

17. URL Means...
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant
Uniform Resource Locator
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine

18. Print Server
Manages printers on the network
Routing Information Protocol
Light Emitting Diode
Select the most probable cause

19. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards has a longer maximum distance than 100 meters (328 feet)?
389
D. Switch and bridge
100BASE-FX Answer: D
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.

20. MAC Means...
3389
Metropolitan Area Network
Internet Protocol Security. This is the defacto standard for VPN security.
Media Access Control

21. WEP Means...
Routing Information Protocol
Wired Equivalent Privacy
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Point-to-Point Protocol

22. HTML means...
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
Hypertext Markup Language
Password Authentication Protocol

23. The Spanning-Tree Protocol allows for redundancy of what networking device?
169.254.1.1
Bridge
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.
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.

24. What is EGP?
Exterior Gateway Protocol
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
rlogin
Packets from entering and leaving a network

25. 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
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
1433
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
161 & 162

26. Which one of the following is a purpose for subnetting?
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
HTTPS/ SSL
passing a username and password in plaintext.
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)

27. A valid MAC (Media Access Control) address is how many bytes long?
Network Time Protocol
POP3
6
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.

28. DHCP means...
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
172.192.4.256
8080

29. What is LEAP?
In a locked room in an offsite location
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
Intrusion Detection System
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

30. Which one of the following choices is the MOST secure place to store tape backups?
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
In a locked room in an offsite location
DNS
Wireless Protected Access

31. POTS means...
Plain Old Telephone Service
Manages printers on the network
192.168.96.254
Proxy Server

32. Which one of the following will affect the range of an 802.11b WAP (Wireless Access Point)?
23
A long length of antenna extension cable
Wireless Fidelity
Post Office Protocol

33. ICMP means...
Remote Desktop Protocol
MultiProtocol Label Switching
Internet Control Message Protocol
10 GBASE-LR

34. NetBIOS Means...
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.
161 & 162
Networked Basic Input/Output System
The users will not be affected by the change.

35. WINS Means...
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
Windows Internet Name Service
gateway.
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.

36. What is on Port 8080?
Proxy Server
netstat
Integrated Services digital Network
69

37. Which one of the following standards has a maximum data rate of 11 Mbps (Megabits per second)?
Post Office Protocol
53
802.11b
These are the FTP ports. Port 20 handles data and Port 21 provides control.

38. TDR means...
Time domain reflectometer
514
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.
Hypertext Markup Language

39. Physical Topology
Simple Network Management Protocol
Proxy
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.
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.

40. A companys disaster recovery plan requires that a hot site be maintained for fault tolerance. Which of the following would achieve this goal?
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
Time domain reflectometer
Verification
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.

41. IPX/SPX means...
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.
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange
Gateway

42. SSL Means...
1000BASE-CX
389
Secure Sockets Layer
D. Switch and bridge

43. ACL means...
Access Control List
In the 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)
100BASE-FX Answer: D

44. A small company connected to the Internet through a SOHO (Small Office / Home Office) router wants to make an internal web server public on the Internet. Computers on the LAN can access the web pages but Internet users cannot. What should be done to
Transmission Control Protocol
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.
Internet Control Message Protocol
Bus

45. What is PPP?
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR
Point to Point Protocol
Packets from entering and leaving a network
Telnet

46. PRI Means...
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers
443
Primary Rate Interface
ifconfig

47. FTP Means
File Transfer Protocol
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
Any network device with an IP address

48. A user would like to implement a secure ordering system on a web server. Which of the following protocols is installed?
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
The Internet router is blocking port 25.
As a way to share resources and information
New Technology File System

49. If a destination address is not in a bridges forwarding table - what will the bridge do?
File Transfer Protocol
Transmission Control Protocol
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request
Authentication

50. IPX Means...
nslookup
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
Internet Protocol
Internetwork packet exchange