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Comptia Network +

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. GUI means
10 GBASE-LR
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
raphical User Interface

2. A client workstation can authenticate user names and passwords to which type of server?
traceroute
802.11
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)

3. What is on Port 389?
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
MultiProtocol Label Switching
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)

4. POP3 Means...
Presentation
192.168.96.254
53
Post Office Protocol 3

5. What is CHAP?
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

6. What is on Ports 161 and 162?
encapsulating the data payload.
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
Local Area Network

7. IMAP Means...
Public Switched Telephone Network
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
Internet mail access protocol

8. What is TCP?
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
Transmission Control Protocol
80

9. 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
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
Periodically (randomly) blinking
ifconfig
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

10. PRI Means...
Windows Internet Name Service
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
Primary Rate Interface

11. Which one of the following communication protocols does a UNIX system primarily rely on?
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange

12. Which of the following choices describes an RJ-45 (Registered Jack) connector?
Enable infrastructure mode and obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address automatically on all clients
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).
100BASE-FX Answer: D
Local Area Network

13. What is NAT?
The users will not be affected by the change.
Network Address Translator
Client - protocol - and adapter
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension

14. All of the following options transmit data over a modem EXCEPT...
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.
Routing Internet Protocol
Two or more connected computers that can share resources

15. PPP Means...
Sys Log (Unix) or Event Manager (Windows)
Internet Information Services
Point-to-Point Protocol
SUN RPC

16. Why did we develop networking?
As a way to share resources and information
Internet Protocol
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
POP3

17. IEEE means...
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
111
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
Proxy

18. 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?
There will be no Internet access.
New Technology File System
Simple Network Management Protocol
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers

19. TCP/IP Means;
Router
Uniform Resource Locator
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server

20. What is IP?
Post Office Protocol
Internet Protocol
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
20 & 21

21. HTML means...
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange
802.11a.
Hypertext Markup Language

22. NAT Means...
bytes 1-3
Network Address Translation
Open Source Path First - this is a routing 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

23. A companys disaster recovery plan requires that a hot site be maintained for fault tolerance. Which of the following would achieve this goal?
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
10
Asynchronous Transfer Mode

24. Which of the following is used to translate NetBIOS (Network Basic Input / Output System) names
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Network Interface Card
Periodically (randomly) blinking
Direct Current

25. NIC means...
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.
Windows Internet Name Service
Network Interface Card
10 GBASE-LR

26. Which one of the following security protocols creates a secure connection over the Internet?
passing a username and password in plaintext.
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
802.11i

27. Fault Tolerance
Network and Transport
Direct Current
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D

28. Ten workstations numbered 1 through 10 are installed sequentially on a physical star network. The network uses a logical bus topology and is cabled using Category 3 UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair). The cable to Workstation 3 has been severed. Which of
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.
169.254.1.1
53

29. NFS Means...
Point to Point Protocol
Network File System
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).
SMTP Server

30. What are the two main network types?
The users will not be affected by the change.
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
traceroute
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service

31. On what Port is SSH?
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
Wireless Access Point
Quality of Service
22

32. The 802.11 frequency band is...
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).
SQL Server
802.11b

33. Remote Access Server
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
Manages printers on the network
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
10 GBASE-LR

34. What is on Port 1433?
443
Basic Rate Interface
802.11i
SQL Server

35. 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?
rp
SMB (Server Message Block)
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.

36. Which dial-up protocol is capable of passing multiple LAN (Local Area Network) protocols across the wire?
802.11a.
6
Global Positioning System
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)

37. POTS means...
Network Access Control
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
Multiple Link Interface
Plain Old Telephone Service

38. Which UNIX service provides interoperability with Windows file and print sharing?
Hypertext Markup Language
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
HTTP
SMB (Server Message Block)

39. A user complains that they can no longer access resources on the network. The user is unable to ping other nodes and ipconfig returns an IP (Internet Protocol) address that is not in the correct subnet. What is the problem?
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
172.192.4.256
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.

40. List the benefits of a bus topology
Data Link
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required
Direct Current

41. 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.
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)
Simple Network Management Protocol

42. TCP means...
Transmission Control Protocol
Presentation
Internet Service Provider
Intrusion Detection System

43. DHCP means...
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
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.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

44. ICMP means...
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.
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).
Internet Control Message Protocol
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.

45. If a destination address is not in a bridges forwarding table - what will the bridge do?
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
Physical
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)

46. This is not an IP (Internet Protocol) addresses.
72.16.16.1
Proxy
Password Authentication Protocol
802.1x

47. What is on Port 8080?
Proxy Server
8080
Internet Service Provider
netstat

48. Physical Topology
Transport
Internet Protocol
Internet Protocol
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. A valid MAC (Media Access Control) address is how many bytes long?
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)
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant
6

50. On what Port is SQL Server?
Authentication
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
larger subnet masks.
1433