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Comptia Network +

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1. 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)?
Periodically (randomly) blinking
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
Network News Transfer Protocol
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.

2. At which layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model does UDP (User Datagram Protocol) reside?
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Transport
Exterior Gateway Protocol
Physical

3. What is on Ports 20 and 21?
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.
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
These are the FTP ports. Port 20 handles data and Port 21 provides control.

4. What is EAP? What is it used for?
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.
80
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)

5. LED Means...
The analyzer is functioning properly.
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
514
Light Emitting Diode

6. EMI means...
Presentation
Network and Transport
Electromagnetic Interference
MAC (Media Access Control) address

7. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) fiber optic standard?
In a locked room in an offsite location
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
10 GBASE-LR
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

8. When one connection to a host fails in a full mesh network - it means...
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.
514
53
All hosts can communicate.

9. PPP Means...
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
Network Address Translator
Network Time Protocol
Point-to-Point Protocol

10. All of the following options transmit data over a modem EXCEPT...
SMTP Server
Wired Equivalent Privacy
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).

11. 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.
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).
Extranet
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

12. A workstation presents an error message to a user. The message states that 'Duplicate IP (Internet Protocol) has been detected on the network.' After establishing what has changed in the network - what should be the NEXT step using the standard troub
25
111
Select the most probable cause
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)

13. 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)?
Run more than one central processing unit (CPU) and whose resources are available to other users on the network to access when needed. Something this powerful is typically referred to only as a server today. Don't confuse workstations with client mac
Intrusion Detection System
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)
RDP/ Terminal Services

14. Which one of the following options is a security standard for 802.11?
Basic Rate Interface
SSH
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
SMB (Server Message Block)

15. Connecting a LAN (Local Area Network) to a mainframe can be accomplished using a...
Exterior Gateway Protocol
389
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
gateway.

16. DOS means...
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant
Basic Input/Output System

17. WAP Means...
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)
Wireless Access Point
gateway.

18. What is on Port 53?
DNS
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
Network Address Translator

19. GUI means
10
raphical User Interface
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)

20. What is Unicast?
gateway.
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.)
NFS (Network File System)
1

21. List the drawbacks of a star topology
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
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
These are the FTP ports. Port 20 handles data and Port 21 provides control.

22. 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
Any device on the network that can ask for access to resources
Fully Qualified Domain Name
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.

23. How are physical and logical topologies different?

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24. What is on Port 443?
Manages printers on the network
HTTPS/ SSL
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
Local Area Network

25. Which one of the following standards has a maximum data rate of 11 Mbps (Megabits per second)?
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
Central Processing unit
802.11b
Presentation

26. POP3 Means...
Internet Protocol
Internet Information Services
Media Access Control
Post Office Protocol 3

27. On what Port is HTTP?
SMB (Server Message Block)
80
rp
Bus

28. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards has a longer maximum distance than 100 meters (328 feet)?
100BASE-FX Answer: D
rp
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant

29. Which of the following methods transfers files with the use of a UDP (User Datagram Protocol)?
Bridge
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
135-139

30. RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) provides which functionality for remote access?
443
All hosts can communicate.
passing a username and password in plaintext.
Verification

31. What is LEAP?
MultiProtocol Label Switching
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).
There will be no Internet access.

32. 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?
Service Set Identifier
1
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
Application

33. PKI means...
Exterior Gateway Protocol
Public Key Infrastructure
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
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

34. Which two devices both operate at the same layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model?
Network Time Protocol
53
D. Switch and bridge
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).

35. On what Port is FTP?
20 & 21
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)
10 GBASE-LR

36. Which UNIX service provides interoperability with Windows file and print sharing?
6
SMB (Server Message Block)
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
Wireless Protected Access

37. On what Port is the Proxy Server?
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
8080
143
rlogin

38. Given the following output - which utility was used? Default Server: bigserver.datacenter.com Address: 4.12.18.1
Client - protocol - and adapter
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
nslookup
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.

39. What is on Port 8080?
Proxy Server
Handles e-mail functions
23
Two or more connected computers that can share resources

40. POP Means...
Basic Input/Output System
100BASE-FX Answer: D
Gateway
Post Office Protocol

41. A network administrator notices in his secure wireless office that many of his wireless client machines constantly lose network connectivity. The wired clients never have downtime. Theadministrator also notices that the wireless clients all lose conn
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Routing Internet Protocol
Point to Point Protocol

42. File Server
HTTP
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
Stores and dispenses files
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.

43. TDR means...
Time domain reflectometer
encapsulating the data payload.
larger subnet masks.
Password Authentication Protocol

44. ISDN means...
Direct Current
Quality of Service
Integrated Services digital Network
SMB (Server Message Block)

45. An employee needs to access the internal secure company web site from a hotel. The employee will need which of the following connections?
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Internet connection
Manages web-based activities by running Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for storing web content and accessing web pages

46. IPX Means...
Wireless Access Point
Presentation
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
Internetwork packet exchange

47. List the drawbacks of a bus topology

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48. ISO Means...
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).
Token passing
Router
Industry Standards Organization

49. Which one of the following provides a fault-tolerant storage system containing five disks and a single controller that will function if a single disk fails?
10
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Wireless LAN
A striped set array with parity

50. SMB Means...
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
Internet Control Message Protocol
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
Telnet