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Comptia Network +

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. What is on Port 111?
1
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
SUN RPC
The analyzer is functioning properly.

2. HTTP Means...
Proxy server
Hypertext transfer protocol
Post Office Protocol
traceroute

3. POP3 Means...
Post Office Protocol 3
Token passing
Internetwork packet exchange
Packets from entering and leaving a network

4. Which one of the following options is a security standard for 802.11?
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
The device ID (Identification)
Routing Internet Protocol
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

5. NIC means...
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
Network Interface Card

6. 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
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)
Multiple Link Interface

7. IPX/SPX means...
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
Primary Rate Interface
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine

8. LED Means...
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
Light Emitting Diode
135-139
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

9. Which one of the following security protocols creates a secure connection over the Internet?
Intrusion Detection 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
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
VPN (Virtual Private Network)

10. What is the maximum standard distance allowed to connect a customer via an ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) line?
Manages network applications
ping
Two or more connected computers that can share resources
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)

11. 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
SUN RPC
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
25
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.

12. What is Broadcast Transmission?
443
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.
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.
172.192.4.256

13. Each of the following wireless standards use a 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) ISM (Industrial - Scientific - and Medical) band EXCEPT...
gateway.
802.11a.
Hypertext transfer protocol
Plain Old Telephone Service

14. WINS Means...
Select the most probable cause
A long length of antenna extension cable
Network News Transfer Protocol
Windows Internet Name Service

15. PSTN Means...
Password Authentication Protocol
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
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.
Public Switched Telephone Network

16. On what Port is SSH?
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
22
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine

17. A Windows 2000 work station has a TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) address of 169.254.12.1. Which statement describes the state of the computers TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) configuration?
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
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
Wireless Fidelity
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.

18. 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?
Password Authentication Protocol
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
Presentation
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)

19. DSL means...
There will be no Internet access.
Application
Digital Subscriber Line
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.

20. WAP Means...
Wireless Access Point
Light Emitting Diode
80
Time domain reflectometer

21. EMI means...
Electromagnetic Interference
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine
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)

22. Web Server
Periodically (randomly) blinking
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.
Network Access Control
Manages web-based activities by running Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for storing web content and accessing web pages

23. Upon which devices can NAT (Network Address Translation) be used?
Network Time Protocol
Gateway
Firewall
Media Access Control

24. A home user has been assigned one static IP (Internet Protocol) address. If the user wishes to use the 192.168.0.1 address range - what technology should the user implement?
Manages printers on the network
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
Wireless Fidelity
Proxy server

25. 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
802.11a.
rp
IMAP (Mail Client)
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D

26. ISO Means...
53
192.168.96.254
Industry Standards Organization
Network File System

27. Why did we develop networking?
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).
New Technology File System
HTTP
As a way to share resources and information

28. On what Port is DNS?
ping
110
53
Application

29. At which layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model does UDP (User Datagram Protocol) reside?
All hosts can communicate.
3.1
Transport
10 GBASE-LR

30. On what Port is the Proxy Server?
69
8080
IMAP (Mail Client)
Two or more connected computers that can share resources

31. A facility designed to receive computer equipment during a disaster recovery is known as a...
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
cold site.
53
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)

32. BNC Means...
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
The device ID (Identification)
HTTP
Bluetooth enabled cell phones

33. MIME means...
Two or more connected computers that can share resources
netstat
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
Basic Rate Interface

34. What is LEAP?
Internet Control Message Protocol
Networked Basic Input/Output System Extended User Interface
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)

35. NNTP Means...
Internet Protocol
Network News Transfer Protocol
Select the most probable cause
Token passing

36. To increase the number of available IP (Internet Protocol) addresses - IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) uses which one of the following options?
Digital Subscriber Line
128 bit addresses
80
48 bits.

37. What is on Ports 161 and 162?
Internet mail access protocol
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
Hypertext Markup Language
HTTPS/ SSL

38. What is on Ports 20 and 21?
The 'memo maker' that sends and receives paperless faxes over the network
HTTPS/ SSL
Port 20 must also be unblocked.
These are the FTP ports. Port 20 handles data and Port 21 provides control.

39. 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?
Internet Protocol
161 & 162
MAC (Media Access Control) address
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector

40. What is RARP?
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
Stores and dispenses files

41. 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
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.
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
802.1x
Exterior Gateway Protocol

42. Which two utilities can be used to find out what IP (Internet Protocol) address resolves from a domain name?
In a locked room in an offsite location
netstat and ping
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)
1

43. NFS Means...
Data Link
gateway.
Wireless Fidelity
Network File System

44. NetBEUI Means...
Routing Internet Protocol
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit
Networked Basic Input/Output System Extended User Interface
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.

45. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards uses
20 & 21
Secure Sockets Layer
Metropolitan Area Network
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR

46. TCP/IP Means;
Multiple Link Interface
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.
NFS (Network File System)
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

47. Which of the following is a self-assigned address based on APIPA (Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing)?
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
169.254.1.1
Wireless LAN
111

48. What is Multicast Transmission?
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.
Manages network applications
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
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.

49. FQDN means...
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
Manages printers on the network
Fully Qualified Domain Name
802.11

50. What is on Ports 135-139?
NetBios
135-139
111
Two or more connected computers that can share resources