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1. 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






2. At which layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model does UDP (User Datagram Protocol) reside?






3. SSH Means...






4. What is PAP?






5. IPX Means...






6. 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?






7. Which networking device works at the upper three layers of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) and connects networks with different architectures?






8. FTP Means






9. BIOS Means...






10. NNTP Means...






11. Which of the following options allows for secure communication over the Internet?






12. A packet filtering firewall operates at which layers of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model?






13. What is L2TP? What is significant about this protocol?






14. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards uses CSMA / CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance)?






15. 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






16. Client Machine






17. A user connects to the companys intranet server via a VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection from a SOHO (Small Office / Home Office) using the broadband service. One day - the user cannot successfully connect to the VPN (Virtual Private Network) a






18. Which one of the following UNIX commands is similar to Telnet and used for terminal emulation?






19. Which layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model handles formatting and code conversion?






20. What is on Ports 161 and 162?






21. WLAN Means...






22. TDR means...






23. What is on Port 1433?






24. What is a MAC (Media Access Control) address?






25. The 802.11 frequency band is...






26. A user has set up filtering on an Internet router. The local SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server has stopped sending or receiving messages from the Internet. What is the cause of the problem?






27. Network






28. What is on Port 22?






29. What is on Port 514?






30. NIC means...






31. Fax Server


32. Which of the following methods transfers files with the use of a UDP (User Datagram Protocol)?






33. Wi-Fi Means...






34. How are physical and logical topologies different?


35. Host






36. What is on Port 3389?






37. 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?






38. What is PPTP?






39. MAN Means...






40. On what Port is SUN RPC?






41. BRI Means...






42. DNS means...






43. IPSEC means...






44. What is LEAP?






45. A WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) network administrator has disabled DNS (Domain Name Service) for security reasons. Users have lost the ability to access remote network shares named ournetworkshares and ourprivateshares. How can this be resolve






46. Which fiber connector looks similar to an RJ-45 (Registered Jack) connector and connects two strands of fiber?






47. ICMP means...






48. What is on Port 143?






49. PKI means...






50. On what Port is LDAP?