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Comptia Network +

Subjects : certifications, comptia-network-+, it-skills

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. POP Means...
100 Mbps (Megabits per second)
File Transfer Protocol
Post Office Protocol
traceroute

2. What is PAT?
Port Address Translator
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
MAC (Media Access Control) address
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)

3. What is L2TP? What is significant about this protocol?
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
Direct Current
This IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot be pinged remotely.
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.)

4. A network administrator adds a router to create a new subnet. Which of the following network services requires configuration to accommodate NetBIOS (Network Basic Input / Output System) on the new network?
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
Metropolitan Area Network

5. IIS Means...
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
Internet Information Services
Basic Rate Interface
rp

6. 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?
Local Area Network
Public Switched Telephone Network
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)

7. An employee needs to access the internal secure company web site from a hotel. The employee will need which of the following connections?
80
Any device on the network that can ask for access to resources
Internet connection
192.168.96.254

8. 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?
Proxy server
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes
Routing Information Protocol
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9. RDP means...
netstat
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)
Remote Desktop Protocol
Enable infrastructure mode and obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address automatically on all clients

10. When one connection to a host fails in a full mesh network - it means...
Token passing
User Datagram Protocol
Service Set Identifier
All hosts can communicate.

11. Which protocol could be used by a VPN (Virtual Private Network)?
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
Electromagnetic Interference
Post Office Protocol 3

12. Which two devices both operate at the same layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model?
D. Switch and bridge
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Multiple Link Interface
Configure the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to increase lease expiration time

13. WINS Means...
802.11
Windows Internet Name Service
traceroute
Industry Standards Organization

14. GUI means
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In the LAN (Local Area Network)
raphical User Interface
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.

15. A small office network with ten computers uses a cable modem and router to connect to the Internet and distribute services to clients. After several weeks of use - the routers collision LED (Light Emitting Diode) has begun to stay on permanently. Wha
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)
File Transfer Protocol

16. List the benefits of a bus topology
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
SMTP Server
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required
The analyzer is functioning properly.

17. Which protocol does a diskless workstation use to obtain a network address?
Network File System
802.11a.
389
BootP (Boot Protocol)

18. 802.11 security is defined in...
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
Transmission Control Protocol
802.11i
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.

19. The 802.11 frequency band is...
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)
Public Key Infrastructure
10

20. AC means...
SMB (Server Message Block)
Public Switched Telephone Network
Alternating Current
Handles e-mail functions

21. To increase the number of available IP (Internet Protocol) addresses - IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) uses which one of the following options?
128 bit addresses
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths
ping
Internet Protocol Security. This is the defacto standard for VPN security.

22. ACL means...
Intrusion Detection System
Light Emitting Diode
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)
Access Control List

23. What is OSPF?
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol
Data Link
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.
Verification

24. DNS means...
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
Network Interface Card
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.

25. On what Port is HTTP?
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.
3389
traceroute
80

26. A companys disaster recovery plan requires that a hot site be maintained for fault tolerance. Which of the following would achieve this goal?
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
In a locked room in an offsite location
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers

27. BIOS Means...
1000BASE-CX
Basic Input/Output System
1000BASE-CX
This IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot be pinged remotely.

28. 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
Metropolitan Area Network
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
Port 20 must also be unblocked.
This IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot be pinged remotely.

29. Disk mirroring is also known as RAID ___...
1
Central Processing unit
Sys Log (Unix) or Event Manager (Windows)
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)

30. HTML means...
Hypertext Markup Language
802.11b
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
IMAP (Mail Client)

31. What is the minimum number of hard drives required to implement RAID 0 (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)?
2
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
The analyzer is functioning properly.
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.

32. MLI Means...
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
New stations can be added easily and quickly - Scalable - Easier to troubleshoot - A single cable failure doesn't disable entire network
Internet Protocol
Multiple Link Interface

33. Which one of the following security protocols creates a secure connection over the Internet?
netstat
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
nslookup

34. TFTP Means...
802.1x
Integrated Services digital Network
Networked Basic Input/Output System
Trivial File Transfer Protocol

35. NetBEUI Means...
NetBios
Media Access Control
Networked Basic Input/Output System Extended User Interface
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.

36. Which one of the following will interfere with an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.11b access point?
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.
Bluetooth enabled cell phones
Hybrid hub
IMAP (Mail Client)

37. FTP Means
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.
File Transfer Protocol
SUN RPC
Router

38. DOS means...
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
110
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
Proxy server

39. On what Port is FTP?
All hosts can communicate.
72.16.16.1
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
20 & 21

40. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) copper cable standard?
10 GBASE-LR
1000BASE-CX
389
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business

41. What is EAP? What is it used for?
Manages network applications
traceroute
Extranet
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.

42. What is the maximum standard distance allowed to connect a customer via an ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) line?
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802.11i
Internet Control Message Protocol
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)

43. 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?
The users will not be affected by the change.
A striped set array with parity
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.
Two or more connected computers that can share resources

44. List the drawbacks of a bus topology

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45. PPP Means...
Firewall
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)
Point-to-Point Protocol
20 & 21

46. Which fiber connector looks similar to an RJ-45 (Registered Jack) connector and connects two strands of fiber?
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
New Technology File System
These are the FTP ports. Port 20 handles data and Port 21 provides control.

47. A network administrator manages a medium-sized network with a mixture of different platform computers. The network contains multiple subnets located across a large geographical area. Over half of the subnets contain a WAP (Wireless Access Point) for
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
23
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D
Application

48. A technician just installed a new NIC (Network Interface Card) in a computer and attached a cable to connect the computer to a hub. Assuming the NIC (Network Interface Card) is functioning correctly and the network is up - which of the following will
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.
10
Internet Service Provider
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.

49. A user is booting a workstation and suddenly receives a message stating that a duplicate IP (Internet Protocol) address is in use on the network. Which of the following commands can be used to troubleshoot the problem?
rp
As a way to share resources and information
The users will not be affected by the change.
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.

50. IPX/SPX means...
Global Positioning System
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange
A long length of antenna extension cable