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Comptia Network +

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Each of the following wireless standards use a 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) ISM (Industrial - Scientific - and Medical) band EXCEPT...
Industry Standards Organization
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
Internet Control Message Protocol
802.11a.

2. Which OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) layer provides interfaces to the user that enable programs to use network services?
Put a router between the two network segments
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
Application
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.

3. Which IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.x standard defines the operation of the LLC (Logical Link Control) sublayer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) models Data Link layer?
8080
802.2
Service Set Identifier
Manages printers on the network

4. An administrator is unsuccessful when attempting to ping a network device on a remote site with a firewall in between. In order for the administrator to be successful - what protocol needs to be allowed through the firewall?
Wired Equivalent Privacy
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Two or more connected computers that can share resources
128 bit addresses

5. A WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) network administrator has disabled DNS (Domain Name Service) for security reasons. Users have lost the ability to access remote network shares named ournetworkshares and ourprivateshares. How can this be resolve
netstat and ping
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
Bus
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths

6. What is L2TP? What is significant about this protocol?
Stores and dispenses files
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
gateway.

7. Which digital interface device is used to connect to a local service providers digital T1 (T-Carrier Level 1) or E1 network?
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)
In the LAN (Local Area Network)
8080
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)

8. HTML means...
Network News Transfer Protocol
Hypertext Markup Language
161 & 162
HTTPS/ SSL

9. Wi-Fi Means...
NetBios
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D
10 GBASE-LR
Wireless Fidelity

10. On what Port is DNS?
3389
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
Digital Subscriber Line
53

11. Telephony Server
Packets from entering and leaving a network
Wireless Access Point
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine
Client - protocol - and adapter

12. What is CHAP?
Stores and dispenses files
100 Mbps (Megabits per second)
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

13. What is on Ports 161 and 162?
Multiple Link Interface
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
2
There will be no Internet access.

14. MIME means...
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
143
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
3.1

15. Workstations

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16. POP3 Means...
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)
Post Office Protocol 3
1433
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)

17. 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
Wireless Access Point
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.

18. Which OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) layer converts digital data into electronic signals to beput on a wire?
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
Physical
Electromagnetic Interference
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)

19. 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?
Presentation
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
Internet Control Message Protocol

20. NetBEUI Means...
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.
Routing Information Protocol
Networked Basic Input/Output System Extended User Interface

21. File Server
Stores and dispenses files
Transmission Control Protocol
Two or more connected computers that can share resources
172.192.4.256

22. MAC Means...
Media Access Control
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
The device ID (Identification)
Manages network applications

23. DOS means...
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Wired Equivalent Privacy
1433
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service

24. Servers

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25. The system administrator performs full backups on Sundays. Incremental backups are performed every day EXCEPT Sunday. The backups start at 10 a.m. and end by 12 p.m. The system crashes on Wednesday night. Which tapes must be used to restore data?
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes
Any device on the network that can ask for access to resources
SSH
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.

26. WLAN Means...
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
Wireless LAN
Industry Standards Organization
Networked Basic Input/Output System

27. What is PPP?
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.
Point to Point Protocol

28. List the benefits of a bus topology
Intrusion Detection System
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)

29. Mail Server
Digital Subscriber Line
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
Handles e-mail functions

30. ISO Means...
New Technology File System
rlogin
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.
Industry Standards Organization

31. What are the two main network types?
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.
Basic Rate Interface
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
192.168.96.254

32. Upon which devices can NAT (Network Address Translation) be used?
Proxy
There will be no Internet access.
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
Firewall

33. What is on Port 80?
Application
HTTP
Select the most probable cause
Plain Old Telephone Service

34. Web Server
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
Network Time Protocol
Manages web-based activities by running Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for storing web content and accessing web pages

35. WEP Means...
143
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
Wired Equivalent Privacy
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers

36. FQDN means...
Fully Qualified Domain Name
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
389
Proxy

37. AC means...
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
Wireless Fidelity
Port Address Translator
Alternating Current

38. What is PAP?
Password Authentication Protocol
ping
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
Global System for Mobile Communications

39. A rogue residential gateway has been installed in a network. It is running DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). If the computers have static IP (Internet Protocol) addresses assigned - what problems might exist on the network?
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
POP3
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
There will be no Internet access.

40. What is NAT?
169.254.1.1
SQL Server
Wireless LAN
Network Address Translator

41. ICMP means...
Internet Control Message Protocol
cold site.
In the LAN (Local Area Network)
23

42. What is a MAC (Media Access Control) address?
Manages web-based activities by running Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for storing web content and accessing web pages
HTTPS/ SSL
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings

43. What is on Port 1433?
Internet mail access protocol
Configure the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to increase lease expiration time
Multiple Link Interface
SQL Server

44. A companys disaster recovery plan requires that a hot site be maintained for fault tolerance. Which of the following would achieve this goal?
A long length of antenna extension cable
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)

45. NAT Means...
Proxy
Network Address Translation
802.11b
Proxy Server

46. DHCP means...
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Router
Network News Transfer Protocol
Enable infrastructure mode and obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address automatically on all clients

47. Given the output: 1.pgw (129.6.80.254) * 4ms 3ms 2.129.6.1.245 (129.6.1.245) 4ms 3ms * 3.129.6.2.252 (129.6.2.252) 5ms 5ms 4ms Which of the following commands causes the results above?
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
rlogin
traceroute

48. Logical Topology
New Technology File System
Any network device with an IP address
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.
22

49. RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) provides which functionality for remote access?
20 & 21
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
Verification

50. On a switched Ethernet network that is operating perfectly - what is the state in which a user will find the activity LED (Light Emitting Diode)?
Primary Rate Interface
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
Periodically (randomly) blinking
Secure Shell