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Comptia Network +

Subjects : certifications, comptia-network-+, it-skills

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. DHCP means...
cold site.
802.11b
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.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

2. List the benefits of a star topology

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3. What is on Port 514?
Sys Log (Unix) or Event Manager (Windows)
Fully Qualified Domain Name
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.
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)

4. MAN Means...
Metropolitan Area Network
Network News Transfer Protocol
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers
Transport

5. Connecting a LAN (Local Area Network) to a mainframe can be accomplished using a...
A long length of antenna extension cable
gateway.
Bridge
100BASE-FX Answer: D

6. Client-Server Networks
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.

7. What is PPTP?
Internetwork packet exchange
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
The device ID (Identification)
Stores and dispenses files

8. Name the seven most common physical topologies
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
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
Any device on the network that can ask for access to resources

9. What is L2TP? What is significant about this protocol?
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
802.2
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
The users will not be affected by the change.

10. CPU means...
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)
161 & 162
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant
Central Processing unit

11. On what Port is Telnet?
161 & 162
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.
23
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

12. What is Unicast?
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.)
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.

13. A new intranet web server has been installed for a company. The clients access the intranet server by its DNS (Domain Name Service) name. To automatically change the clients to connect to the new server - an administrator modifies the DNS (Domain Nam
Internet connection
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
larger subnet masks.

14. Fault Tolerance
Put a router between the two network segments
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
Proxy 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.

15. Which dial-up protocol is capable of passing multiple LAN (Local Area Network) protocols across the wire?
Public Switched Telephone Network
Time domain reflectometer
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)

16. GPS means...
Global Positioning System
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.

17. Which digital interface device is used to connect to a local service providers digital T1 (T-Carrier Level 1) or E1 network?
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.
Port Address Translator
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Internet Information Services

18. What is on Port 389?
Internet connection
Firewall
Light Emitting Diode
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)

19. 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
Proxy
Service Set Identifier
HTTPS/ SSL

20. A user is trying to access a FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server but discovers that FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is being blocked by a firewall. After unblocking port 21 on the firewall - FTP (File Transfer Protocol) still does not work. What is the
Port 20 must also be unblocked.
802.1x
Remote Desktop Protocol
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.

21. What is on Port 111?
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect
SUN RPC
encapsulating the data payload.
raphical User Interface

22. A valid MAC (Media Access Control) address is how many bytes long?
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
6
SMB (Server Message Block)

23. An Ethernet MAC (Media Access Control) address consists of...
nslookup
48 bits.
1000BASE-CX
Internet Control Message Protocol

24. ISO Means...
Industry Standards Organization
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
Periodically (randomly) blinking
Application

25. On what Port is IMAP?
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR
Plain Old Telephone Service
143

26. 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?
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
D. Switch and bridge
Hypertext transfer protocol
MAC (Media Access Control) address

27. The Spanning-Tree Protocol allows for redundancy of what networking device?
Bridge
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Post Office Protocol
Authentication

28. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards has a longer maximum distance than 100 meters (328 feet)?
POP3
100BASE-FX Answer: D
File Transfer Protocol
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.

29. What is on Port 443?
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
HTTPS/ SSL
Post Office Protocol 3
HTTP

30. Which one of the following will affect the range of an 802.11b WAP (Wireless Access Point)?
A long length of antenna extension cable
80
Digital Subscriber Line
72.16.16.1

31. A user would like to implement a secure ordering system on a web server. Which of the following protocols is installed?
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
Network and Transport
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D

32. NNTP Means...
Network News Transfer Protocol
Password Authentication Protocol
POP3
111

33. A facility designed to receive computer equipment during a disaster recovery is known as a...
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
cold site.
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).
Internet Information Services

34. SMB Means...
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
Internet Control Message Protocol
8080
Packets from entering and leaving a network

35. The IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) protocol suite can secure network transmissions by...
encapsulating the data payload.
Two or more connected computers that can share resources
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection

36. Describe a bus topology
389
Post Office Protocol 3
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
Periodically (randomly) blinking

37. A firewall can be used to prevent which of the following?
Packets from entering and leaving a network
Firewall
Quality of Service
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

38. WAP Means...
172.192.4.256
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
larger subnet masks.
Wireless Access Point

39. WPA Means...
Network News Transfer Protocol
Public Switched Telephone Network
Wireless Protected Access
Multiple Link Interface

40. Why did we develop networking?
As a way to share resources and information
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.
ping
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid

41. Which one of the following is a purpose for subnetting?
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
Network Address Translator
802.11b
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.

42. On what Port is POP3?
110
cold site.
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
Secure Sockets Layer

43. NIC means...
Basic Input/Output System
Internet Control Message Protocol
Network Interface Card
SQL Server

44. On what Port is SUN RPC?
Intrusion Detection System
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
111
Hypertext Markup Language

45. Which of the following options allows for secure communication over the Internet?
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
Periodically (randomly) blinking
traceroute
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)

46. SNMP Means...
Internet Protocol
Simple Network Management Protocol
HTTPS/ SSL
MultiProtocol Label Switching

47. List the drawbacks of a star topology
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)
Exterior Gateway Protocol
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
Electromagnetic Interference

48. MLI Means...
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
Multiple Link Interface
802.11
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit

49. On what Port is HTTP?
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
80
The Internet router is blocking port 25.
Port 20 must also be unblocked.

50. An employee needs to access the internal secure company web site from a hotel. The employee will need which of the following connections?
Networked Basic Input/Output System
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
Time domain reflectometer
Internet connection