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Comptia Network +

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
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There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.
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
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.

2. Which one of the following will interfere with an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.11b access point?
Verification
Two or more connected computers that can share resources
Bluetooth enabled cell phones
Secure Sockets Layer

3. IIS Means...
Internet Information Services
raphical User Interface
Transmission Control Protocol
VPN (Virtual Private Network)

4. RIP Means...
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.
Routing Information Protocol
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
larger subnet masks.

5. On what Port is HTTPS/ SSL?
443
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
Wired Equivalent Privacy
Two or more connected computers that can share resources

6. Connecting a LAN (Local Area Network) to a mainframe can be accomplished using a...
D. Switch and bridge
Authentication
gateway.
rp

7. An Ethernet MAC (Media Access Control) address consists of...
netstat
IMAP (Mail Client)
encapsulating the data payload.
48 bits.

8. 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
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
Post Office Protocol
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 NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.

9. PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) secures PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) sessions by...
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).
Sys Log (Unix) or Event Manager (Windows)
passing a username and password in plaintext.

10. PRI Means...
Hypertext Markup Language
D. Switch and bridge
Primary Rate Interface
Extranet

11. LED Means...
Light Emitting Diode
Remote Desktop Protocol
rp
Hypertext transfer protocol

12. Which protocol is the fastest file transfer protocol?
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
In the LAN (Local Area Network)

13. Disk mirroring is also known as RAID ___...
Transmission Control Protocol
In the LAN (Local Area Network)
Integrated Services digital Network
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14. Each of the following wireless standards use a 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) ISM (Industrial - Scientific - and Medical) band EXCEPT...
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
Application
Basic Input/Output System
802.11a.

15. Describe a star topology
Network News Transfer Protocol
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
Extranet
Central Processing unit

16. A packet filtering firewall operates at which layers of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model?
Authentication
Network and Transport
Metropolitan Area Network
Transport

17. 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
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
Enable infrastructure mode and obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address automatically on all clients
Proxy server
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).

18. CPU means...
Hypertext Markup Language
Wireless Access Point
Central Processing unit
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.

19. RDP means...
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
Remote Desktop Protocol
File Transfer Protocol
Basic Rate Interface

20. What part of an Ethernet MAC (Media Access Control) address designates the manufacturer of the NIC (Network Interface Card)?
Central Processing unit
bytes 1-3
These are the FTP ports. Port 20 handles data and Port 21 provides control.
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.

21. What is on Port 389?
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine
The analyzer is functioning properly.
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)

22. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards has the shortest maximum distance?
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)
1000BASE-CX
Bluetooth enabled cell phones
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.

23. On what Port is SNMP?
Token passing
161 & 162
Direct Current
netstat

24. 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?
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.
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Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).

25. IMAP Means...
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
NFS (Network File System)
Internet mail access protocol
Internetwork packet exchange

26. Which fiber connector looks similar to an RJ-45 (Registered Jack) connector and connects two strands of fiber?
53
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
Packets from entering and leaving a network
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)

27. Network
encapsulating the data payload.
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
Two or more connected computers that can share resources
Firewall

28. Proxy Server
1000BASE-CX
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
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).

29. On what Port is FTP?
ifconfig
Metropolitan Area Network
20 & 21
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

30. HTTPS means...
Sys Log (Unix) or Event Manager (Windows)
Public Switched Telephone Network
Physical
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.

31. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards uses CSMA / CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance)?
802.11
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
This IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot be pinged remotely.

32. What is on Port 69?
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)
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
encapsulating the data payload.

33. Examples of valid WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) key lengths
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit
Presentation
192.168.96.254

34. 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?
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
Windows Internet Name Service
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
Network and Transport

35. Which one of the following options is a security standard for 802.11?
Port Address Translator
Metropolitan Area Network
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
Any network device with an IP address

36. NAT Means...
ping
Network Address Translation
Internet Service Provider
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.

37. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) fiber optic standard?
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Router
10 GBASE-LR
These are the FTP ports. Port 20 handles data and Port 21 provides control.

38. An administrator has been called to consult on a network. After receiving network traffic statistics - the administrator notices that there is an abnormally high amount of DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) traffic. What recommendation would
Network Address Translation
Quality of Service
Configure the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to increase lease expiration time
Internet connection

39. A client accessing a network share folder has authenticated into the system and has full access rights to a folder share. But after opening the file they find they cannot modify the files contents. What is the likely cause?
These are the FTP ports. Port 20 handles data and Port 21 provides control.
Multiple Link Interface
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
As a way to share resources and information

40. Which UNIX service provides interoperability with Windows file and print sharing?
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
172.192.4.256
SMB (Server Message Block)
Proxy server

41. TCP means...
Transmission Control Protocol
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2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).
Secure Shell

42. DHCP means...
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
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.
Basic Input/Output System

43. 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
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol
Internet Information Services
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.
Put a router between the two network segments

44. Which networking device works at the upper three layers of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) and connects networks with different architectures?
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
Gateway
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

45. An employee needs to access the internal secure company web site from a hotel. The employee will need which of the following connections?
MAC (Media Access Control) address
Put a router between the two network segments
Internet connection
Central Processing unit

46. HTML means...
D. Switch and bridge
Hypertext Markup Language
111
Network File System

47. What is ARP? What are some of its attributes?
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
Put a router between the two network segments
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
SSH

48. BIOS Means...
Basic Input/Output System
Integrated Services digital Network
Wireless Fidelity
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.

49. 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?
Internet Control Message Protocol
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Packets from entering and leaving a network
A long length of antenna extension cable

50. A facility designed to receive computer equipment during a disaster recovery is known as a...
cold site.
Quality of Service
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
D. Switch and bridge