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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. GUI means
raphical User Interface
Transport
Integrated Services digital Network
rlogin
2. What is on Port 111?
1000BASE-CX
SUN RPC
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
passing a username and password in plaintext.
3. An administrator is unsuccessful when attempting to ping a network device on a remote site with a firewall in between. In order for the administrator to be successful - what protocol needs to be allowed through the firewall?
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes
Routing Internet Protocol
SMB (Server Message Block)
4. SNMP Means...
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
Simple Network Management Protocol
These are the FTP ports. Port 20 handles data and Port 21 provides control.
Transmission Control Protocol
5. On what Port is Telnet?
SMB (Server Message Block)
encapsulating the data payload.
23
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers
6. EMI means...
Network Interface Card
Electromagnetic Interference
Hypertext transfer protocol
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.
7. A user has set up filtering on an Internet router. The local SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server has stopped sending or receiving messages from the Internet. What is the cause of the problem?
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.
RDP/ Terminal Services
The Internet router is blocking port 25.
Internet Protocol Security
8. On what Port is LDAP?
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.
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.
bytes 1-3
389
9. ATM Means...
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Transmission Control Protocol
HTTPS/ SSL
10. PKI means...
Public Key Infrastructure
Bus
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
11. What is on Port 143?
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
Transport
IMAP (Mail Client)
Telnet
12. An administrator changes the lease time of the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) scope from one week to one day. What affect will this have on the end users?
The users will not be affected by the change.
Internet Protocol Security
69
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).
13. LDAP means...
The 'memo maker' that sends and receives paperless faxes over the network
User Datagram Protocol
Stores and dispenses files
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
14. On a switched Ethernet network that is operating perfectly - what is the state in which a user will find the activity LED (Light Emitting Diode)?
Periodically (randomly) blinking
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.
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)
Internet Protocol
15. What is on Port 1433?
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
25
Two or more connected computers that can share resources
SQL Server
16. Which one of the following is true concerning bridges and their forwarding decisions?
passing a username and password in plaintext.
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.
Digital Subscriber Line
Local Area Network
17. Describe a star topology
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
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
Alternating Current
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
18. A client accessing a network share folder has authenticated into the system and has full access rights to a folder share. But after opening the file they find they cannot modify the files contents. What is the likely cause?
3389
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
IMAP (Mail Client)
19. IPX/SPX means...
Basic Input/Output System
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange
Internet Protocol
69
20. MAU means...
In a locked room in an offsite location
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
Time domain reflectometer
Periodically (randomly) blinking
21. POP3 Means...
Post Office Protocol 3
80
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.
Hybrid hub
22. Which one of the following servers provides web caching services?
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
Hypertext transfer protocol
Proxy
Network Address Translation
23. A packet filtering firewall operates at which layers of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model?
MAC (Media Access Control) address
Network and Transport
802.11i
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
24. On what Port is the SMTP Server?
Global Positioning System
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
Networked Basic Input/Output System Extended User Interface
25
25. What is on Port 443?
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.
Remote Desktop Protocol
Central Processing unit
HTTPS/ SSL
26. What is L2TP? What is significant about this protocol?
Stores and dispenses files
20 & 21
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
27. Which of the following connectors will be required for a RAS (Remote Access Service) server accepting four incoming dial-up connections to connect to the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network)?
Multiple Link Interface
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
389
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)
28. The 802.11 frequency band is...
1000BASE-CX
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).
Manages network applications
raphical User Interface
29. On what Port is NetBios?
3.1
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
135-139
Password Authentication Protocol
30. What is Broadcast Transmission?
25
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required
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.
Exterior Gateway Protocol
31. Describe a bus topology
1433
25
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
Local Area Network
32. GPS means...
Bus
Global Positioning System
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
161 & 162
33. What is on Port 69?
The analyzer is functioning properly.
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Network Address Translator
netstat and ping
34. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) fiber optic standard?
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.
22
User Datagram Protocol
10 GBASE-LR
35. A user connects to the companys intranet server via a VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection from a SOHO (Small Office / Home Office) using the broadband service. One day - the user cannot successfully connect to the VPN (Virtual Private Network) a
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
Internet Information Services
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect
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
36. What is EGP?
Exterior Gateway Protocol
Access Control List
Public Switched Telephone Network
BootP (Boot Protocol)
37. Which one of the following will interfere with an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.11b access point?
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
Bluetooth enabled cell phones
As a way to share resources and information
cold site.
38. Which one of the following options is required for a client workstation to connect to a network resource?
Media Access Control
The device ID (Identification)
netstat and ping
Client - protocol - and adapter
39. On what Port is POP3?
Password Authentication Protocol
110
2
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
40. NIC means...
MultiProtocol Label Switching
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
Network Interface Card
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D
41. This is not a valid IP (Internet Protocol) addresses
Stores and dispenses files
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
172.192.4.256
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
42. On what Port is the Proxy Server?
10
8080
Light Emitting Diode
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
43. What is RIP?
The 'memo maker' that sends and receives paperless faxes over the network
gateway.
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.
Routing Internet Protocol
44. HTML means...
Hypertext Markup Language
The Internet router is blocking port 25.
Physical
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
45. Which protocol does a diskless workstation use to obtain a network address?
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Public Switched Telephone Network
BootP (Boot Protocol)
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
46. Client-Server Networks
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.
Network and Transport
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
Packets from entering and leaving a network
47. Which protocol could be used by a VPN (Virtual Private Network)?
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol
Gateway
Networked Basic Input/Output System
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
48. 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?
Local Area Network
Presentation
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
49. IPX Means...
Multiple Link Interface
The users will not be affected by the change.
Internetwork packet exchange
Application
50. IMAP Means...
Internet mail access protocol
172.192.4.256
HTTPS/ SSL
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)