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Comptia Network +

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

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. URL Means...
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit
Uniform Resource Locator
Internet Information Services
Global System for Mobile Communications

2. On what Port is the SMTP Server?
SMB (Server Message Block)
802.11a.
25
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.

3. 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?
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
Packets from entering and leaving a network
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

4. On what Port is RDP?
cold site.
3389
Wireless Access Point
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector

5. A small company connected to the Internet through a SOHO (Small Office / Home Office) router wants to make an internal web server public on the Internet. Computers on the LAN can access the web pages but Internet users cannot. What should be done to
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.
Networked Basic Input/Output System
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).

6. List the benefits of a star topology

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7. A Windows 2000 work station has a TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) address of 169.254.12.1. Which statement describes the state of the computers TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) configuration?
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
389
Basic Rate Interface

8. Name the seven most common physical topologies
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
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.
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

9. On what Port is the Proxy Server?
Primary Rate Interface
8080
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.
Packets from entering and leaving a network

10. Which media access method is used for an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.5 network?
Token passing
SMTP Server
53
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network

11. 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.
Port 20 must also be unblocked.
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.

12. ACL means...
bytes 1-3
BootP (Boot Protocol)
Access Control List
Any device on the network that can ask for access to resources

13. Describe a star topology
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
802.2
netstat
53

14. Which one of the following security protocols creates a secure connection over the Internet?
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
Service Set Identifier
Network Address Translation
Bus

15. What is on Port 22?
SUN RPC
SSH
bytes 1-3
File Transfer Protocol

16. Fault Tolerance
In the LAN (Local Area Network)
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
Networked Basic Input/Output System
ifconfig

17. Disk mirroring is also known as RAID ___...
Application
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D
1

18. PPTP Means...
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
RDP/ Terminal Services
NetBios

19. The 802.11 frequency band is...
The device ID (Identification)
111
802.11i
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).

20. Physical Topology
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.
Networked Basic Input/Output System Extended User Interface
In a locked room in an offsite location
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)

21. Client Machine
Any device on the network that can ask for access to resources
Global Positioning System
Metropolitan Area Network
143

22. What is Unicast?
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.)
Gateway
As a way to share resources and information
rlogin

23. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) fiber optic standard?
10 GBASE-LR
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
Simple Network Management Protocol
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

24. What is UDP? What are some of its attributes?
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.)
netstat
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
MultiProtocol Label Switching

25. HTTP Means...
Exterior Gateway Protocol
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
161 & 162
Hypertext transfer protocol

26. Which protocol is the fastest file transfer protocol?
23
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
New Technology File System
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

27. 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
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.
rlogin
Global System for Mobile Communications

28. On what Port is TFTP?
69
Metropolitan Area Network
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.

29. What is L2TP? What is significant about this protocol?
Packets from entering and leaving a network
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
Point-to-Point Protocol
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes

30. NIC means...
Hypertext transfer protocol
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
Network Interface Card

31. What is CHAP?
BootP (Boot Protocol)
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
Transmission Control Protocol
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

32. What is LEAP?
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
Proxy server
Post Office Protocol
161 & 162

33. PRI Means...
Network Time Protocol
Electromagnetic Interference
Primary Rate Interface
Routing Internet Protocol

34. 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?
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.
rp
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).
1433

35. An Ethernet MAC (Media Access Control) address consists of...
Authentication
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Router
48 bits.

36. Workstations

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37. All of the following Novell NetWare operating systems support NDS (NetWare Directory Services) natively EXCEPT...
SUN RPC
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
3.1

38. FTP Means
HTTPS/ SSL
802.11i
File Transfer Protocol
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)

39. 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
ifconfig
1000BASE-CX
Point-to-Point Protocol

40. NetBIOS Means...
Networked Basic Input/Output System
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
bytes 1-3

41. A client workstation can authenticate user names and passwords to which type of server?
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
Routing Information Protocol

42. 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?
Application
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.
Basic Input/Output System

43. On what Port is Sys Log/ Event Manager?
514
netstat and ping
Application
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.

44. Network
bytes 1-3
Two or more connected computers that can share resources
Access Control List
netstat

45. What is on Port 23?
A long length of antenna extension cable
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
53
Telnet

46. What is EAP? What is it used for?
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
rlogin
25

47. 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
Time domain reflectometer
NFS (Network File System)
Select the most probable cause
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server

48. What part of an Ethernet MAC (Media Access Control) address designates the manufacturer of the NIC (Network Interface Card)?
10 GBASE-LR
Post Office Protocol 3
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.
bytes 1-3

49. NNTP Means...
53
Wired Equivalent Privacy
Network News Transfer Protocol
Routing Internet Protocol

50. FQDN means...
Fully Qualified Domain Name
SQL Server
Extranet
POP3