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1. MLI Means...
Proxy Server
Multiple Link Interface
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
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).

2. A user complains that they are unable to connect to a remote server using either FTP (File Transfer Protocol) or Telnet - although the user was able to connect yesterday. Which of the following commands is used to troubleshoot the problem?
ping
Secure Sockets Layer
ifconfig
Internet Information Services

3. A workstation with a static IP (Internet Protocol) address can print and authenticate to a server - but cannot browse to www.comptia.org. What is the FIRST item to troubleshoot?
traceroute
Internet Protocol Security
802.1x
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings

4. Which layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model handles formatting and code conversion?
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
Network Address Translation
Presentation
HTTP

5. 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?
Port 20 must also be unblocked.
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Manages web-based activities by running Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for storing web content and accessing web pages
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.

6. MAN Means...
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)
Internet Control Message Protocol
Metropolitan Area Network
As a way to share resources and information

7. At which layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model does UDP (User Datagram Protocol) reside?
Transport
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
Physical
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

8. Which one of the following choices is the MOST secure place to store tape backups?
In a locked room in an offsite location
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.
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Proxy Server

9. WINS Means...
Windows Internet Name Service
NFS (Network File System)
1433
Password Authentication Protocol

10. 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?
802.11i
DNS
Manages printers on the network
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.

11. What is on Ports 161 and 162?
RDP/ Terminal Services
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit
BootP (Boot Protocol)
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager

12. SSL Means...
netstat and ping
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
Secure Sockets Layer
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D

13. What is on Port 25?
Electromagnetic Interference
Internet Protocol
SMTP Server
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.

14. What is on Port 143?
IMAP (Mail Client)
169.254.1.1
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.

15. Mail Server
Handles e-mail functions
Global Positioning System
New Technology File System
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)

16. POTS means...
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
nslookup
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
Plain Old Telephone Service

17. On what Port is FTP?
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
3.1
20 & 21
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)

18. 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
Internet Protocol Security
Network File System
encapsulating the data payload.

19. What is IPSEC? Why is it significant?
Internet Protocol Security. This is the defacto standard for VPN security.
Internet mail access protocol
1000BASE-CX
All hosts can communicate.

20. Which dial-up protocol is capable of passing multiple LAN (Local Area Network) protocols across the wire?
Central Processing unit
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
The analyzer is functioning properly.
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)

21. The Spanning-Tree Protocol allows for redundancy of what networking device?
Internet Information Services
Post Office Protocol 3
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
Bridge

22. Which protocol does a diskless workstation use to obtain a network address?
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Application
Network Interface Card
BootP (Boot Protocol)

23. What is a MAC (Media Access Control) address?
Internet Protocol Security. This is the defacto standard for VPN security.
Internet Protocol
Direct Current
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).

24. Six workstations that are numbered 1-6 are installed sequentially in a physical ring topology. Workstation 1 fails. How can the network administrator remove Workstation 1 for service without moving the other workstations?
nslookup
The device ID (Identification)
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
1000BASE-CX

25. URL Means...
Internet mail access protocol
Uniform Resource Locator
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
ifconfig

26. What is on Port 69?
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
gateway.
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Internet mail access protocol

27. DSL means...
D. Switch and bridge
Proxy Server
Two or more connected computers that can share resources
Digital Subscriber Line

28. What is EGP?
Exterior Gateway 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
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)
Light Emitting Diode

29. Logical Topology
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.
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
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business

30. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards uses
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR
Central Processing unit
802.11a.
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.

31. A company wishes to establish a secure network connection with a sister company over the Internet. Both companies must have access to each others resources without allowing general public access. What describes the type of network that should be empl
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)
Digital Subscriber Line
Extranet

32. Which protocol is used for error reporting in concert with the IP protocol?
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Public Switched Telephone Network
Local Area Network

33. What is UDP? What are some of its attributes?
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
New Technology File System
HTTPS/ SSL

34. List the benefits of a star topology

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35. List the drawbacks of a bus topology

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36. Which one of the following security protocols creates a secure connection over the Internet?
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
The 'memo maker' that sends and receives paperless faxes over the network
161 & 162
NFS (Network File System)

37. On what Port is NetBios?
135-139
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
80
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid

38. ATM Means...
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Intrusion Detection System
72.16.16.1

39. List the drawbacks of a ring topology
48 bits.
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant
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.

40. Describe a ring topology

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41. Telephony Server
10
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine
SUN RPC
Internet Protocol

42. 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.
BootP (Boot Protocol)
Access Control List
802.2

43. A technician connects a computer to the LAN (Local Area Network) switch to analyze the traffic occurring from another computer on the network. The only traffic observed coming from the other computer is broadcast frames. What can be concluded from th
The analyzer is functioning properly.
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers
Firewall
Primary Rate Interface

44. NAC means...
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
Routing Information Protocol
Intrusion Detection System
Network Access Control

45. IIS Means...
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)
Internet Information Services
Periodically (randomly) blinking
Wireless Fidelity

46. Which OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) layer converts digital data into electronic signals to beput on a wire?
Physical
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.
443
1000BASE-CX

47. File Server
Stores and dispenses files
Routing Internet Protocol
netstat
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.

48. POP3 Means...
D. Switch and bridge
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
1
Post Office Protocol 3

49. 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?
MAC (Media Access Control) address
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
Put a router between the two network segments
1000BASE-CX

50. ICMP means...
25
Internet Control Message Protocol
Internet Protocol Security. This is the defacto standard for VPN security.
Intrusion Detection System

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