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Comptia Network +

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1. On what Port is LDAP?
514
Global Positioning System
389
To decrease network congestion Answer: D

2. What is L2TP? What is significant about this protocol?
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
Manages printers on the network
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Asynchronous Transfer Mode

3. What is RIP?
Network Access Control
Authentication
Routing Internet Protocol
Basic Input/Output System

4. 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?
Internet mail access protocol
A striped set array with parity
The analyzer is functioning properly.
SMTP Server

5. What is PPP?
1
143
Point to Point Protocol
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

6. BRI Means...
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
Light Emitting Diode
Basic Rate Interface

7. Given the output: 1.pgw (129.6.80.254) * 4ms 3ms 2.129.6.1.245 (129.6.1.245) 4ms 3ms * 3.129.6.2.252 (129.6.2.252) 5ms 5ms 4ms Which of the following commands causes the results above?
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
traceroute
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)

8. Wi-Fi Means...
Wireless Fidelity
Plain Old Telephone Service
Secure Sockets Layer
Gateway

9. Upon which devices can NAT (Network Address Translation) be used?
Firewall
Transport
Internet Information Services
Windows Internet Name Service

10. A rogue residential gateway has been installed in a network. It is running DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). If the computers have static IP (Internet Protocol) addresses assigned - what problems might exist on the network?
There will be no Internet access.
1000BASE-CX
Packets from entering and leaving a network
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.

11. POTS means...
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)
gateway.
Plain Old Telephone Service
In the LAN (Local Area Network)

12. Given the following output - which utility was used? Default Server: bigserver.datacenter.com Address: 4.12.18.1
Manages printers on the network
nslookup
ping
Authentication

13. Which one of the following will interfere with an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.11b access point?
Bluetooth enabled cell phones
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.
192.168.96.254
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager

14. 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
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.
Exterior Gateway Protocol
Authentication
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)

15. IPX/SPX means...
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)

16. RIP Means...
389
SQL Server
Routing Information Protocol
Metropolitan Area Network

17. What is UDP? What are some of its attributes?
80
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
Post Office Protocol
Alternating Current

18. LDAP means...
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Service Set Identifier
Post Office Protocol 3
SQL Server

19. NIC means...
Light Emitting Diode
Network Interface Card
Password Authentication Protocol
Manages web-based activities by running Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for storing web content and accessing web pages

20. 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
2
Intrusion Detection System
netstat
Internet Protocol

21. 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?
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
ifconfig
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
Industry Standards Organization

22. Which one of the following choices is the MOST secure place to store tape backups?
802.1x
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
Uniform Resource Locator
In a locked room in an offsite location

23. Servers

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24. Which protocol could be used by a VPN (Virtual Private Network)?
Time domain reflectometer
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect
Internet mail access protocol

25. ATM Means...
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
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.
23
100 Mbps (Megabits per second)

26. 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?
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
There will be no Internet access.
Bus

27. Host
Intrusion Detection System
Any network device with an IP address
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.
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)

28. The system administrator performs full backups on Sundays. Incremental backups are performed every day EXCEPT Sunday. The backups start at 10 a.m. and end by 12 p.m. The system crashes on Wednesday night. Which tapes must be used to restore data?
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes
Alternating Current
Primary Rate Interface

29. Telephony Server
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
Wired Equivalent Privacy
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

30. Disk mirroring is also known as RAID ___...
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR
1
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
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request

31. A technician is troubleshooting a problem on a network using a utility to capture the packets. When the technician reviews the captured data they have only captured broadcast packets and packets from their own computer. What is the reason for this?
69
Transport
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.
802.11i

32. On what Port is NetBios?
135-139
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
143
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).

33. What is RARP?
Configure the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to increase lease expiration time
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
Internet Control Message Protocol
Asynchronous Transfer Mode

34. A home user has been assigned one static IP (Internet Protocol) address. If the user wishes to use the 192.168.0.1 address range - what technology should the user implement?
Proxy server
Central Processing unit
cold site.
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant

35. Which one of the following will affect the range of an 802.11b WAP (Wireless Access Point)?
Metropolitan Area Network
389
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
A long length of antenna extension cable

36. In which OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) layer does a bridge operate?
Data Link
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.
Networked Basic Input/Output System
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.

37. GSM means...
HTTP
Public Switched Telephone Network
Wired Equivalent Privacy
Global System for Mobile Communications

38. POP3 Means...
Token passing
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Post Office Protocol 3
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit

39. What functionality does Kerberos provide?
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Authentication
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required
6

40. 802.11 security is defined in...
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
ifconfig
72.16.16.1
802.11i

41. Print Server
Manages printers on the network
Integrated Services digital Network
IMAP (Mail Client)
Internet Protocol Security

42. URL Means...
Network Time Protocol
25
Uniform Resource Locator
1

43. TCP means...
Transmission Control Protocol
Routing Information Protocol
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.

44. Workstations

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45. Which one of the following devices connects a network segment to a public telephone network?
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
Plain Old Telephone Service
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.

46. 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?
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
Metropolitan Area Network
Industry Standards Organization

47. Which layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model handles formatting and code conversion?
Bluetooth enabled cell phones
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.
Presentation
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).

48. 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
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.
netstat and ping
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

49. Which UNIX service provides interoperability with Windows file and print sharing?
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
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
SMB (Server Message Block)
53

50. PRI Means...
Wireless Protected Access
Primary Rate Interface
1000BASE-CX
Two or more connected computers that can share resources