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Comptia Network +

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. On what Port is POP3?
Electromagnetic Interference
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
HTTPS/ SSL
110

2. 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?
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)
Network Time Protocol
Verification

3. 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?
Alternating Current
Manages printers on the network
802.2
Exterior Gateway Protocol

4. Client Machine
passing a username and password in plaintext.
bytes 1-3
Any device on the network that can ask for access to resources
User Datagram Protocol

5. What is RARP?
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)

6. 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?
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
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 file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).

7. ACL means...
Network File System
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine
Wireless Access Point
Access Control List

8. On what Port is HTTP?
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
Application
80
Simple Network Management Protocol

9. AC means...
cold site.
192.168.96.254
Application
Alternating Current

10. 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)?
Intrusion Detection System
22
Router
Proxy Server

11. GUI means
Telnet
raphical User Interface
Wireless LAN
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.

12. What is on Port 143?
Service Set Identifier
169.254.1.1
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
IMAP (Mail Client)

13. List the benefits of a bus topology
A long length of antenna extension cable
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required
Network Address Translator

14. Which dial-up protocol is capable of passing multiple LAN (Local Area Network) protocols across the wire?
User Datagram 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.
Proxy Server
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)

15. An 802.11a/b/g access point is installed in a computer lab. An administrator has a client that is based on 802.11g technology. There are times when the client slows or stops working entirely. What is the cause of the problem?
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
Network Address Translator
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
1433

16. A network administrator manages a medium-sized network with a mixture of different platform computers. The network contains multiple subnets located across a large geographical area. Over half of the subnets contain a WAP (Wireless Access Point) for
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D
Post Office Protocol
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).

17. Which digital interface device is used to connect to a local service providers digital T1 (T-Carrier Level 1) or E1 network?
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
Extranet

18. A network administrator notices in his secure wireless office that many of his wireless client machines constantly lose network connectivity. The wired clients never have downtime. Theadministrator also notices that the wireless clients all lose conn
netstat
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
Local Area Network

19. A network administrator needs to verify that the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) service is running on a particular server. On what port number should a Telnet session be established?
25
Telnet
Point-to-Point Protocol
bytes 1-3

20. TCP means...
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.
Transmission Control Protocol
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).
Simple Network Management Protocol

21. Which media access method is used for an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.5 network?
Routing Information Protocol
802.2
Industry Standards Organization
Token passing

22. Which physical topology is used by a 10BASE2 network?
20 & 21
Select the most probable cause
Bus
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)

23. ICMP means...
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)
Proxy server
100 Mbps (Megabits per second)
Internet Control Message Protocol

24. What is on Port 8080?
Digital Subscriber Line
Proxy Server
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.

25. GSM means...
Global System for Mobile Communications
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)
802.1x

26. DOS means...
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
POP3

27. A firewall can be used to prevent which of the following?
Sys Log (Unix) or Event Manager (Windows)
Post Office Protocol 3
Packets from entering and leaving a network
SQL Server

28. NAC means...
Network Access Control
Local Area Network
Multiple Link Interface
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.

29. WPA Means...
bytes 1-3
Wireless Protected Access
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.
Uniform Resource Locator

30. A Windows 2000 work station has a TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) address of 169.254.12.1. Which statement describes the state of the computers TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) configuration?
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Internet Protocol
802.11
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.

31. Which one of the following choices is the MOST secure place to store tape backups?
In a locked room in an offsite location
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)
Internet connection
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.

32. A user would like to implement a secure ordering system on a web server. Which of the following protocols is installed?
User Datagram Protocol
raphical User Interface
Central Processing unit
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)

33. 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
514
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect
Two or more connected computers that can share resources
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.

34. Which standard covers the methods for performing authentication services for remote access to a central LAN (Local Area Network)?
802.1x
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.
Wireless LAN
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)

35. All of the following are true statements about private IP (Internet Protocol) addressing EXCEPT...
Primary Rate Interface
389
3.1
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).

36. MLI Means...
802.2
encapsulating the data payload.
MultiProtocol Label Switching
Multiple Link Interface

37. What is BGMP?
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.
gateway.
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.
Alternating Current

38. NAT Means...
Network Address Translation
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
Public Key Infrastructure
There will be no Internet access.

39. What is on Port 1433?
SQL Server
Quality of Service
Post Office Protocol 3
172.192.4.256

40. Which protocol could be used by a VPN (Virtual Private Network)?
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
Digital Subscriber Line
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)
22

41. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards uses CSMA / CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance)?
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
802.11
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
Media Access Control

42. NetBIOS Means...
BootP (Boot Protocol)
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
Networked Basic Input/Output System
Routing Internet Protocol

43. Which one of the following will interfere with an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.11b access point?
Bluetooth enabled cell phones
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Bus
10

44. What is the maximum standard distance allowed to connect a customer via an ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) line?
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)
10 GBASE-LR
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required

45. Host
Any network device with an IP address
D. Switch and bridge
MultiProtocol Label Switching
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).

46. What is CHAP?
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
Wireless Access Point
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

47. 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?
netstat
Direct Current
DNS
Access Control List

48. TFTP Means...
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
passing a username and password in plaintext.

49. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) fiber optic standard?
Local Area Network
10 GBASE-LR
80
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server

50. FQDN means...
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
Routing Information Protocol
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)
Fully Qualified Domain Name