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Comptia Network +

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is PPTP?
8080
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
The analyzer is functioning properly.
User Datagram Protocol

2. Which OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) layer provides interfaces to the user that enable programs to use network services?
20 & 21
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Physical
Application

3. 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
Public Key Infrastructure
Periodically (randomly) blinking
Extranet
netstat

4. WAP Means...
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
Wireless Access Point
Password Authentication Protocol
Remote Desktop Protocol

5. What is RARP?
1433
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)

6. File Server
72.16.16.1
Stores and dispenses files
Access Control List
Any network device with an IP address

7. EMI means...
Intrusion Detection System
Electromagnetic Interference
ifconfig
Wireless Access Point

8. What is on Port 23?
Light Emitting Diode
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).
Telnet
As a way to share resources and information

9. DNS means...
DNS
A striped set array with parity
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol

10. FQDN means...
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)
Fully Qualified Domain Name
RDP/ Terminal Services
Bluetooth enabled cell phones

11. What is on Port 514?
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.
Sys Log (Unix) or Event Manager (Windows)
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
NFS (Network File System)

12. Which physical topology is used by a 10BASE2 network?
Bus
1000BASE-CX
169.254.1.1
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.

13. What are the two main network types?
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
Password Authentication Protocol
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business

14. FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) operates at what speed?
Routing Internet Protocol
User Datagram Protocol
3.1
100 Mbps (Megabits per second)

15. What is QoS?
Network Address Translator
Quality of Service
Networked Basic Input/Output System
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.

16. What is BGMP?
Transmission Control Protocol
Network Access Control
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.

17. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards has the shortest maximum distance?
1000BASE-CX
Alternating Current
Proxy Server
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.

18. A facility designed to receive computer equipment during a disaster recovery is known as a...
Network File System
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.
cold site.
389

19. List the benefits of a star topology

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20. 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?
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
Transmission Control Protocol
The users will not be affected by the change.
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.

21. ACL means...
Network Interface Card
3.1
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
Access Control List

22. DOS means...
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)

23. When one connection to a host fails in a full mesh network - it means...
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.
Light Emitting Diode
Manages web-based activities by running Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for storing web content and accessing web pages
All hosts can communicate.

24. Which one of the following is a purpose for subnetting?
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
larger subnet masks.
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.

25. Which digital interface device is used to connect to a local service providers digital T1 (T-Carrier Level 1) or E1 network?
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Hypertext transfer protocol
Time domain reflectometer

26. What is on Port 69?
2
Proxy server
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Industry Standards Organization

27. A packet filtering firewall operates at which layers of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model?
Network and Transport
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
The Internet router is blocking port 25.
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.

28. To increase the number of available IP (Internet Protocol) addresses - IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) uses which one of the following options?
128 bit addresses
Local Area Network
File Transfer Protocol
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)

29. 802.11 security is defined in...
802.11b
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
802.11i

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?
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
MAC (Media Access Control) address
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
Time domain reflectometer

31. A star network that uses several cable types must use which hub type in order to accommodate all client machines?
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D
Wireless Protected Access
Manages printers on the network
Hybrid hub

32. BIOS Means...
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
Configure the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to increase lease expiration time
nslookup
Basic Input/Output System

33. 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?
Transmission Control Protocol
The users will not be affected by the change.
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.

34. Fault Tolerance
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
Stores and dispenses files

35. Print Server
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
Manages printers on the network

36. LAN Means...
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.
Local Area Network
netstat and ping
100BASE-FX Answer: D

37. On what Port is LDAP?
389
Verification
Token passing
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.

38. GUI means
135-139
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
raphical User Interface
SMTP Server

39. 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?
Internet Information Services
Wired Equivalent Privacy
Plain Old Telephone Service
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers

40. On what Port is the SMTP Server?
Direct Current
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
25
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.

41. WLAN Means...
Post Office Protocol 3
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)
Wireless LAN
Extranet

42. Telephony Server
BootP (Boot Protocol)
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

43. PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) secures PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) sessions by...
Proxy server
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.
passing a username and password in plaintext.
6

44. What is Broadcast Transmission?
Network File System
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
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.

45. What is on Port 3389?
New Technology File System
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
RDP/ Terminal Services
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.

46. In a fully Meshed network - every node has a connection to every other node - 7+6+5+4+3+2+1=28 Which digital interface device is used to connect to a local service providers digital T1 (T-Carrier Level 1) or E1 network?
72.16.16.1
Network Access Control
110
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)

47. 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)?
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)
Public Switched Telephone Network
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ping

48. What is PAP?
Password Authentication Protocol
Router
Presentation
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.

49. Why did we develop networking?
As a way to share resources and information
1433
Simple Network Management Protocol
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

50. LED Means...
Multiple Link Interface
1433
Light Emitting Diode
Put a router between the two network segments