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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. SSH Means...
Local Area Network
Secure Shell
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
gateway.
2. What is on Port 23?
1000BASE-CX
Plain Old Telephone Service
Telnet
10 GBASE-LR
3. A network technician is troubleshooting a remote home users computer that is behind a SOHO (Small Office / Home Office) router running NAT (Network Address Translation). The technician wants to ping the IP (Internet Protocol) address of the remote us
Internet Control Message Protocol
Two or more connected computers that can share resources
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
This IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot be pinged remotely.
4. IP means...
192.168.96.254
Internet Protocol
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
Networked Basic Input/Output System
5. Which of the following is used to translate NetBIOS (Network Basic Input / Output System) names
Public Key Infrastructure
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
DNS
6. Which of the following is a self-assigned address based on APIPA (Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing)?
encapsulating the data payload.
NetBios
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
169.254.1.1
7. 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?
Network Interface Card
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
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.)
Proxy server
8. What is BGMP?
Data Link
Internet connection
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.
802.1x
9. WAP Means...
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
169.254.1.1
Wireless Access Point
802.11b
10. What is on Port 53?
DNS
3389
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
11. 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
A long length of antenna extension cable
Access Control List
Plain Old Telephone Service
12. Proxy Server
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
72.16.16.1
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
larger subnet masks.
13. A user would like to implement a secure ordering system on a web server. Which of the following protocols is installed?
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
14. How many concurrent connections can a Windows 2000 Professional computer support on a single share?
802.11
10
Password Authentication Protocol
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.
15. Which two devices both operate at the same layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model?
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.
Two or more connected computers that can share resources
161 & 162
D. Switch and bridge
16. ISO Means...
Industry Standards Organization
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.
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.
ping
17. ICMP means...
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
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).
Internet Control Message Protocol
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)
18. All of the following options transmit data over a modem EXCEPT...
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Firewall
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).
25
19. A computer that is working on a network is unplugged and then plugged into another switch with a new cable. The link LED (Light Emitting Diode) on the NIC (Network Interface Card) does not come on. All of the following could be the source of the prob
raphical User Interface
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).
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
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
20. Application Server
Manages network applications
Proxy server
HTTPS/ SSL
23
21. Which digital interface device is used to connect to a local service providers digital T1 (T-Carrier Level 1) or E1 network?
Wired Equivalent Privacy
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Transport
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
22. NetBEUI Means...
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
passing a username and password in plaintext.
Networked Basic Input/Output System Extended User Interface
23. List the benefits of a bus topology
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required
Primary Rate Interface
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
24. 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
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.
bytes 1-3
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.
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
25. Describe a bus topology
Internet connection
Network News Transfer 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
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
26. To increase the number of available IP (Internet Protocol) addresses - IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) uses which one of the following options?
Internet Protocol Security. This is the defacto standard for VPN security.
In a locked room in an offsite location
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
128 bit addresses
27. Around noon - 802.11b wireless users near the break room have intermittent - random connections. What is the problem?
Wired Equivalent Privacy
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
802.11b
File Transfer Protocol
28. List the drawbacks of a bus topology
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29. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards uses CSMA / CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance)?
135-139
SQL Server
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect
802.11
30. What is IPSEC? Why is it significant?
Put a router between the two network segments
Internet Protocol Security. This is the defacto standard for VPN security.
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
Windows Internet Name Service
31. NAT Means...
Networked Basic Input/Output System
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.
Network Address Translation
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
32. HTML means...
Fully Qualified Domain Name
Hypertext Markup Language
143
Alternating Current
33. CPU means...
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.
Routing Information Protocol
Central Processing unit
Point to Point Protocol
34. ISDN means...
Bridge
Wired Equivalent Privacy
Integrated Services digital Network
Secure Shell
35. List the drawbacks of a ring topology
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant
Token passing
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
SSH
36. IPSEC means...
Application
Hypertext transfer protocol
100BASE-FX Answer: D
Internet Protocol Security
37. When one connection to a host fails in a full mesh network - it means...
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.
All hosts can communicate.
Point to Point Protocol
38. What is IP?
Wireless Protected Access
802.11i
Internet Protocol Security. This is the defacto standard for VPN security.
Internet Protocol
39. Which of the following choices describes an RJ-45 (Registered Jack) connector?
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
20 & 21
Post Office Protocol 3
40. Which command will produce the following output? ethoLink encap : Ethernet HWaddr: 00:80:C8:D6:74:43 inet adder : 4.150.6.3 Bcast : 4.255.255.255 Mask: 255.0.0.0
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
A striped set array with parity
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
ifconfig
41. On what Port is FTP?
Layer 2 Tunneling 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
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
20 & 21
42. What is on Port 22?
SSH
Wireless Access Point
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
1000BASE-CX
43. 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
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)
Select the most probable cause
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)
44. Which one of the following standards has a maximum data rate of 11 Mbps (Megabits per second)?
RDP/ Terminal Services
This IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot be pinged remotely.
File Transfer Protocol
802.11b
45. RIP Means...
Industry Standards Organization
100BASE-FX Answer: D
Manages network applications
Routing Information Protocol
46. What is a MAC (Media Access Control) address?
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
Enable infrastructure mode and obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address automatically on all clients
443
47. Disk mirroring is also known as RAID ___...
Enable infrastructure mode and obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address automatically on all clients
Alternating Current
SMTP Server
1
48. Client-Server Networks
Plain Old Telephone Service
1433
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
49. 802.11 security is defined in...
802.11i
SQL Server
Post Office Protocol 3
SUN RPC
50. 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
The device ID (Identification)
RDP/ Terminal Services
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Select the most probable cause