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Comptia Network +

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. SSH Means...
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
Proxy
Secure Shell

2. If a destination address is not in a bridges forwarding table - what will the bridge do?
Wireless Protected Access
RDP/ Terminal Services
Integrated Services digital Network
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request

3. TCP means...
1000BASE-CX
Transmission Control Protocol
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
New Technology File System

4. Which one of the following will interfere with an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.11b access point?
Internet Control Message Protocol
Primary Rate Interface
Bluetooth enabled cell phones
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).

5. NAC means...
Network Access Control
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
Wireless LAN
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

6. Which two utilities can be used to find out what IP (Internet Protocol) address resolves from a domain name?
3389
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.
Transmission Control Protocol
netstat and ping

7. What is PAT?
Port Address Translator
Network Access Control
Routing Information Protocol
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)

8. BNC Means...
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
Exterior Gateway Protocol
This IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot be pinged remotely.

9. Which of the following is used to translate NetBIOS (Network Basic Input / Output System) names
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Public Switched Telephone Network
443
Token passing

10. TCP/IP Means;
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
raphical User Interface
File Transfer Protocol
53

11. Which media access method is used for an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.5 network?
Physical
Token passing
23
Internet Protocol

12. What is EGP?
Public Key Infrastructure
Exterior Gateway Protocol
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
Multiple Link Interface

13. Remote Access Server
Physical
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
This IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot be pinged remotely.
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.

14. Which fiber connector looks similar to an RJ-45 (Registered Jack) connector and connects two strands of fiber?
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
Application
nslookup

15. 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
Token passing
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect
SMB (Server Message Block)
128 bit addresses

16. TDR means...
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
Time domain reflectometer
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
1433

17. List the drawbacks of a ring topology
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
Extranet
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant

18. Which one of the following options is required for a client workstation to connect to a network resource?
Client - protocol - and adapter
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
SQL Server

19. On what Port is SQL Server?
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
IMAP (Mail Client)
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
1433

20. Examples of valid WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) key lengths
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.
Wireless Access Point
Packets from entering and leaving a network
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit

21. 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
BootP (Boot Protocol)
Global System for Mobile Communications
Physical
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D

22. 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
Internet Protocol
SUN RPC
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)

23. What is the minimum number of hard drives required to implement RAID 0 (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)?
Public Switched Telephone Network
Wireless Protected Access
143
2

24. Proxy Server
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
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.
Transmission Control Protocol
NFS (Network File System)

25. A facility designed to receive computer equipment during a disaster recovery is known as a...
RDP/ Terminal Services
bytes 1-3
cold site.
Quality of Service

26. A network administrator is in charge of a large corporate network containing a DNS (Domain Name Service) server - DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server - and an internal web server. One particular subnet is experiencing trouble with Inter
Enable infrastructure mode and obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address automatically on all clients
Basic Input/Output System
Digital Subscriber Line
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.

27. MAC Means...
Authentication
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
Media Access Control
Wireless LAN

28. Around noon - 802.11b wireless users near the break room have intermittent - random connections. What is the problem?
In the LAN (Local Area Network)
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
Wireless Protected Access

29. 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)?
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Central Processing unit
Router

30. A computer that is working on a network is unplugged and then plugged into another switch with a new cable. The link LED (Light Emitting Diode) on the NIC (Network Interface Card) does not come on. All of the following could be the source of the prob
Intrusion Detection System
SMTP Server
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
80

31. FQDN means...
Fully Qualified Domain Name
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
80
802.11b

32. Servers

33. A firewall differs from a proxy server in that a proxy server operates at which of the following levels of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model?
Application
100BASE-FX Answer: D
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.

34. PSTN Means...
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
Public Switched Telephone Network
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)

35. What is on Port 69?
This IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot be pinged remotely.
Bus
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
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. Which one of the following choices is the MOST secure place to store tape backups?
Split the scope addresses between the servers assigning 192.168.0.1 through 192.168.0.127 for the PDC (Primary Domain Controller) and 192.168.0.128 through 192.168.0.254 for the BDC (Backup Domain Controller).
Hypertext Markup Language
In a locked room in an offsite location
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

37. 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?
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
encapsulating the data payload.
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Wireless Fidelity

38. ACL means...
Access Control List
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)
Client - protocol - and adapter

39. DOS means...
Time domain reflectometer
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.
Hypertext transfer protocol
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service

40. 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?
Time domain reflectometer
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
Routing Internet Protocol

41. Connecting a LAN (Local Area Network) to a mainframe can be accomplished using a...
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
Packets from entering and leaving a network
gateway.
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)

42. Describe a bus topology
nslookup
A long length of antenna extension cable
encapsulating the data payload.
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

43. Which of the following are classified as Layer 2 devices?
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)
100 Mbps (Megabits per second)
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).

44. Which UNIX service provides interoperability with Windows file and print sharing?
Any device on the network that can ask for access to resources
Application
SMB (Server Message Block)
Enable infrastructure mode and obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address automatically on all clients

45. 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
Media Access Control
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.
1000BASE-CX
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

46. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) copper cable standard?
100BASE-FX Answer: D
110
1000BASE-CX
Manages web-based activities by running Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for storing web content and accessing web pages

47. NFS Means...
Port 20 must also be unblocked.
Data Link
Network File System
Internet connection

48. Why did we develop networking?
Global System for Mobile Communications
MultiProtocol Label Switching
netstat and ping
As a way to share resources and information

49. BIOS Means...
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
2
Basic Input/Output System
Secure Shell

50. 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?
Proxy
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
A long length of antenna extension cable
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)