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Comptia Network +

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1. Describe a star topology
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
Proxy Server
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
Proxy server

2. SNMP Means...
Network Address Translator
Simple Network Management Protocol
Password Authentication Protocol
SMB (Server Message Block)

3. FTP Means
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).
File Transfer Protocol
IMAP (Mail Client)
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

4. Describe a bus topology
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
netstat and ping
53
NetBios

5. Which standard covers the methods for performing authentication services for remote access to a central LAN (Local Area Network)?
Integrated Services digital Network
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
netstat
802.1x

6. What is CHAP?
MAC (Media Access Control) address
larger subnet masks.
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
Put a router between the two network segments

7. ICMP means...
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.
Internet Control Message Protocol
Transmission Control Protocol
Global Positioning System

8. PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) secures PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) sessions by...
Transmission Control Protocol
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
passing a username and password in plaintext.
Plain Old Telephone Service

9. This is not an IP (Internet Protocol) addresses.
72.16.16.1
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Global Positioning System
BootP (Boot Protocol)

10. On what Port is SSH?
22
143
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths
Internet Protocol

11. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) fiber optic standard?
Light Emitting Diode
10 GBASE-LR
In a locked room in an offsite location
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.

12. 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?
NFS (Network File System)
Network News Transfer Protocol
Proxy server
Network and Transport

13. URL Means...
Uniform Resource Locator
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths
nslookup
Any device on the network that can ask for access to resources

14. A firewall can be used to prevent which of the following?
Token passing
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Packets from entering and leaving a network
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network

15. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards has the shortest maximum distance?
1000BASE-CX
1000BASE-CX
Public Switched Telephone Network
Wireless Protected Access

16. Physical Topology
Internet Service Provider
514
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.
Authentication

17. What is Broadcast Transmission?
SQL Server
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)
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.
HTTPS/ SSL

18. Which one of the following will interfere with an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.11b access point?
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
Bluetooth enabled cell phones
802.11b
135-139

19. Which one of the following choices is the MOST secure place to store tape backups?
raphical User Interface
Wireless LAN
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
In a locked room in an offsite location

20. NetBIOS Means...
Networked Basic Input/Output System
netstat
Internetwork packet exchange
Routing Information Protocol

21. The 802.11 frequency band is...
Verification
Proxy
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).
Time domain reflectometer

22. 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
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
Bluetooth enabled cell phones
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Put a router between the two network segments

23. What is PAT?
Port Address Translator
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.
User Datagram Protocol
A long length of antenna extension cable

24. List the benefits of a bus topology
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
Hybrid hub
Network Access Control

25. TFTP Means...
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
25
Routing Information Protocol
Trivial File Transfer Protocol

26. DC means...
Direct Current
Client - protocol - and adapter
Access Control List
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.

27. When one connection to a host fails in a full mesh network - it means...
All hosts can communicate.
192.168.96.254
MultiProtocol Label Switching
POP3

28. Which protocol is used for error reporting in concert with the IP protocol?
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Networked Basic Input/Output System Extended User Interface
Network Time Protocol
DNS

29. IEEE means...
25
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Transport

30. LDAP means...
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
802.1x
Primary Rate Interface

31. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) copper cable standard?
1000BASE-CX
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
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.
Remote Desktop Protocol

32. What is on Port 25?
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Network Address Translation
Routing Internet Protocol
SMTP Server

33. A packet filtering firewall operates at which layers of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model?
Internet connection
Physical
Network and Transport
HTTPS/ SSL

34. NTFS Means...
111
New Technology File System
Hypertext transfer protocol
Network and Transport

35. DSL means...
Any network device with an IP address
DNS
169.254.1.1
Digital Subscriber Line

36. 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.
encapsulating the data payload.
Local Area Network
As a way to share resources and information

37. 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?
Electromagnetic Interference
48 bits.
ping
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

38. BRI Means...
Basic Rate Interface
Physical
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required
Manages network applications

39. On what Port is HTTPS/ SSL?
443
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
The device ID (Identification)

40. List the drawbacks of a ring topology
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Internet Information Services
traceroute
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant

41. Which one of the following is a purpose for subnetting?
Electromagnetic Interference
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)
161 & 162

42. Which networking device works at the upper three layers of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) and connects networks with different architectures?
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
ping
Gateway

43. IPX/SPX means...
Metropolitan Area Network
Enable infrastructure mode and obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address automatically on all clients
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange
Network and Transport

44. File Server
Select the most probable cause
Stores and dispenses files
100BASE-FX Answer: D
Trivial File Transfer Protocol

45. Print Server
The Internet router is blocking port 25.
Manages printers on the network
Network Interface Card
Handles e-mail functions

46. Which one of the following security protocols creates a secure connection over the Internet?
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
Presentation
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
Routing Information Protocol

47. 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?
Simple Network Management Protocol
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit
gateway.

48. UDP Means...
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
72.16.16.1
ifconfig
User Datagram Protocol

49. What is PPP?
Point to Point Protocol
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
Configure the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to increase lease expiration time
Media Access Control

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
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
Post Office Protocol 3
Verification
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.