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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. ICMP means...
Internet Control Message Protocol
encapsulating the data payload.
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
2. On what Port is HTTP?
80
gateway.
Proxy Server
File Transfer Protocol
3. 802.11 security is defined in...
Make certain the web site has an external DNS (Domain Name Service) name and a public IP address - and that port 80 is open on the router.
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
802.11i
4. What is on Ports 20 and 21?
Remote Desktop Protocol
These are the FTP ports. Port 20 handles data and Port 21 provides control.
20 & 21
Port 20 must also be unblocked.
5. Which physical topology is used by a 10BASE2 network?
Bus
Point to Point Protocol
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.)
Wireless Fidelity
6. What is IP?
A long length of antenna extension cable
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
Internet Protocol
Point to Point Protocol
7. List the drawbacks of a bus topology
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8. Which of the following is a self-assigned address based on APIPA (Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing)?
169.254.1.1
25
Windows Internet Name Service
Port Address Translator
9. SMB Means...
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
802.11
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
10. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) copper cable standard?
1000BASE-CX
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.
Multiple Link Interface
As a way to share resources and information
11. Which one of the following standards has a maximum data rate of 11 Mbps (Megabits per second)?
Point to Point Protocol
802.11b
Port Address Translator
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
12. A network administrator is configuring a router to support a new subnet on a TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) network. The subnet uses 192.168.96.0/24. The administrators company policy is to reserve the highest IP (Intern
Application
Network Address Translator
192.168.96.254
MultiProtocol Label Switching
13. 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
Enable infrastructure mode and obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address automatically on all clients
Central Processing unit
SQL Server
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
14. GSM means...
Internet Protocol
169.254.1.1
Periodically (randomly) blinking
Global System for Mobile Communications
15. Which of the following are classified as Layer 2 devices?
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
Select the most probable cause
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)
143
16. IMAP Means...
1433
D. Switch and bridge
Point to Point Protocol
Internet mail access protocol
17. An administrator changes the lease time of the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) scope from one week to one day. What affect will this have on the end users?
Metropolitan Area Network
The users will not be affected by the change.
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers
DNS
18. DSL means...
Digital Subscriber Line
NetBios
MAC (Media Access Control) address
Gateway
19. Which two devices both operate at the same layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model?
Network Address Translation
netstat
Service Set Identifier
D. Switch and bridge
20. BRI Means...
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
Verification
Basic Rate Interface
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
21. Network
encapsulating the data payload.
netstat
Two or more connected computers that can share resources
Exterior Gateway Protocol
22. 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?
The analyzer is functioning properly.
10 GBASE-LR
Network Interface Card
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
23. What is on Port 443?
Public Key Infrastructure
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.
HTTPS/ SSL
80
24. Upon which devices can NAT (Network Address Translation) be used?
MultiProtocol Label Switching
Firewall
192.168.96.254
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
25. A packet filtering firewall operates at which layers of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model?
53
HTTPS/ SSL
RDP/ Terminal Services
Network and Transport
26. On what Port is POP3?
172.192.4.256
Internet Service Provider
110
ping
27. What is on Port 111?
Proxy Server
SMB (Server Message Block)
Internet Protocol Security. This is the defacto standard for VPN security.
SUN RPC
28. A small company connected to the Internet through a SOHO (Small Office / Home Office) router wants to make an internal web server public on the Internet. Computers on the LAN can access the web pages but Internet users cannot. What should be done to
Any network device with an IP address
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
Make certain the web site has an external DNS (Domain Name Service) name and a public IP address - and that port 80 is open on the router.
135-139
29. When one connection to a host fails in a full mesh network - it means...
In the LAN (Local Area Network)
Plain Old Telephone Service
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
All hosts can communicate.
30. Which layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model handles formatting and code conversion?
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol
Point to Point Protocol
Presentation
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.
31. Disk mirroring is also known as RAID ___...
1
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.)
Media Access Control
389
32. IEEE means...
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
Application
DNS
33. 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
Hypertext transfer protocol
Port 20 must also be unblocked.
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.
Simple Network Management Protocol
34. An Ethernet MAC (Media Access Control) address consists of...
Network File System
48 bits.
User Datagram Protocol
Application
35. What is on Port 8080?
Proxy Server
Point to Point Protocol
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Public Switched Telephone Network
36. ATM Means...
New stations can be added easily and quickly - Scalable - Easier to troubleshoot - A single cable failure doesn't disable entire network
Time domain reflectometer
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)
37. 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?
Proxy
There will be no Internet access.
bytes 1-3
1000BASE-CX
38. All of the following Novell NetWare operating systems support NDS (NetWare Directory Services) natively EXCEPT...
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths
Port Address Translator
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
3.1
39. NIC means...
nslookup
3389
Client - protocol - and adapter
Network Interface Card
40. There is a suspected SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) virus on the workstation. E-mail programs are not currently running. Which of the following utilities should be run to see if there are any open SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) sockets?
netstat
Transmission Control Protocol
Router
Secure Sockets Layer
41. LAN Local Area Network
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)
Basic Rate Interface
encapsulating the data payload.
111
42. Which of the following choices describes an RJ-45 (Registered Jack) connector?
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
23
As a way to share resources and information
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).
43. NAT Means...
Network Address Translation
80
Primary Rate Interface
Internet Control Message Protocol
44. Examples of valid WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) key lengths
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
Two or more connected computers that can share resources
POP3
45. 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?
Network Time Protocol
161 & 162
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.
netstat
46. What is DHCP? What is its key attribute?
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.
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)
Integrated Services digital Network
169.254.1.1
47. Fax Server
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48. 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?
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
53
Access Control List
MAC (Media Access Control) address
49. Which of the following connectors will be required for a RAS (Remote Access Service) server accepting four incoming dial-up connections to connect to the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network)?
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)
20 & 21
Transport
Wireless Access Point
50. 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
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.