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1. A user would like to implement a secure ordering system on a web server. Which of the following protocols is installed?
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
The 'memo maker' that sends and receives paperless faxes over the network
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
161 & 162

2. 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?
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
Direct Current
raphical User Interface
rp

3. DSL means...
Digital Subscriber Line
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
Network Address Translator
HTTPS/ SSL

4. SNMP Means...
Point-to-Point Protocol
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
Simple Network Management Protocol
The device ID (Identification)

5. What is on Port 443?
SMB (Server Message Block)
Global System for Mobile Communications
HTTPS/ SSL
Application

6. 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?
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
Industry Standards Organization
MAC (Media Access Control) address
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)

7. What is EGP?
traceroute
802.2
Exterior Gateway Protocol
Network Address Translation

8. Proxy Server
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
Enable infrastructure mode and obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address automatically on all clients
The Internet router is blocking port 25.
Bridge

9. 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?
Digital Subscriber Line
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
traceroute

10. Company A has two networks - one on the west side of town and one on the east side. The network administrator wants to connect the two networks with a leased line but is concerned about limiting broadcast traffic. What can the administrator do to all
Metropolitan Area Network
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
SQL Server
Put a router between the two network segments

11. What is ARP? What are some of its attributes?
69
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.

12. A technician connects a computer to the LAN (Local Area Network) switch to analyze the traffic occurring from another computer on the network. The only traffic observed coming from the other computer is broadcast frames. What can be concluded from th
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
The analyzer is functioning properly.
Network and Transport

13. What is QoS?
Quality of Service
Network Address Translation
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
A transmission method in which data is transferred from a specific source address to a specific destination address. (Network nodes not involved in the transfer ignor the transmission.)

14. What is RIP?
MAC (Media Access Control) address
Routing Internet Protocol
Alternating Current
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.

15. NetBEUI Means...
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
Bus
Basic Rate Interface
Networked Basic Input/Output System Extended User Interface

16. CPU means...
Central Processing unit
RDP/ Terminal Services
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)
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

17. Why did we develop networking?
Point to Point Protocol
As a way to share resources and information
Proxy server
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.

18. A network administrator is troubleshooting a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) that is experiencing trouble with interference. A scan of the wireless network reports that there are two WAPs (Wireless Access Point) from different companies within rang
SSH
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
netstat and ping
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)

19. At which layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model does UDP (User Datagram Protocol) reside?
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
110
Transport
A long length of antenna extension cable

20. What is a MAC (Media Access Control) address?
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
Network Access Control
Network File System
Transmission Control Protocol

21. All of the following Novell NetWare operating systems support NDS (NetWare Directory Services) natively EXCEPT...
Integrated Services digital Network
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)
3.1
10 GBASE-LR

22. Which protocol is used for error reporting in concert with the IP protocol?
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Wireless Access Point
25
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.

23. What is on Port 3389?
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
RDP/ Terminal Services
nslookup

24. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards uses CSMA / CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance)?
Network Interface Card
Point to Point Protocol
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
802.11

25. 802.11 security is defined in...
802.11i
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
Asynchronous Transfer Mode

26. What is OSPF?
SSH
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol
Manages web-based activities by running Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for storing web content and accessing web pages
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network

27. HTML means...
443
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.
Hypertext Markup Language
Internetwork packet exchange

28. Disk mirroring is also known as RAID ___...
1
Bridge
Network File System
Internet Protocol Security

29. A small office network with ten computers uses a cable modem and router to connect to the Internet and distribute services to clients. After several weeks of use - the routers collision LED (Light Emitting Diode) has begun to stay on permanently. Wha
Networked Basic Input/Output System
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.
443
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.

30. What is on Port 53?
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
Hybrid hub
DNS

31. Which of the following choices describes an RJ-45 (Registered Jack) connector?
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)

32. DOS means...
As a way to share resources and information
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
Network Time Protocol
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

33. Which protocol could be used by a VPN (Virtual Private Network)?
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
Internet Control Message Protocol
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
Routing Information Protocol

34. IMAP Means...
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
Internet mail access protocol
Password Authentication Protocol
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).

35. On what Port is NetBios?
Post Office Protocol
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
135-139
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.

36. What is on Port 1433?
SQL Server
10
Digital Subscriber Line
Internet connection

37. A network has grown to include seventy 24 port Ethernet switches and has decreased in performance steadily as new switches are added. What adjustments can be made to the infrastructure to improve the performance?
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.
1
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)

38. TCP means...
Network Address Translator
These are the FTP ports. Port 20 handles data and Port 21 provides control.
Transmission Control Protocol
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

39. How are physical and logical topologies different?

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40. How many concurrent connections can a Windows 2000 Professional computer support on a single share?
10
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
D. Switch and bridge
443

41. URL Means...
Uniform Resource Locator
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
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.

42. This is not an IP (Internet Protocol) addresses.
72.16.16.1
Plain Old Telephone Service
Hybrid hub
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.

43. 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
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).
Proxy Server
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.
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

44. A network administrator adds a router to create a new subnet. Which of the following network services requires configuration to accommodate NetBIOS (Network Basic Input / Output System) on the new network?
Bluetooth enabled cell phones
HTTP
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
MultiProtocol Label Switching

45. PPTP Means...
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
Networked Basic Input/Output System
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
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.

46. In which OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) layer does a bridge operate?
Configure the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to increase lease expiration time
Transport
Data Link
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant

47. SSID Means...
Internetwork packet exchange
Service Set Identifier
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)

48. On what Port is SQL Server?
Periodically (randomly) blinking
All hosts can communicate.
1433
6

49. NNTP Means...
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
Network News Transfer 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.
Service Set Identifier

50. Logical Topology
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
110
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.

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