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Comptia Network +

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1. Which command generated the following output? Active Connections Proto Local Address Foreign Address State TCP CompA:3006 192.168.0.2:Microsoft Established TCP CompA:3021 192.168.0.246:HTTP Established
netstat
53
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.
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).

2. What are the two main network types?
Alternating Current
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

3. Which one of the following servers provides web caching services?
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
802.1x
Post Office Protocol
Proxy

4. A company wants to have an intranet. Where would the intranet web server be located in the network?
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
In the LAN (Local Area Network)
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol
Password Authentication Protocol

5. Which digital interface device is used to connect to a local service providers digital T1 (T-Carrier Level 1) or E1 network?
Physical
Exterior Gateway Protocol
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Network File System

6. BRI Means...
Network Time Protocol
Basic Rate Interface
Configure the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to increase lease expiration time
10

7. 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
User Datagram Protocol
Transmission Control Protocol
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect
Authentication

8. NTP means...
Stores and dispenses files
Network Time Protocol
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
Bus

9. 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?
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector

10. RDP means...
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
Remote Desktop Protocol
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required

11. Which one of the following communication protocols does a UNIX system primarily rely on?
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
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.
NetBios

12. What is the mechanism a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server uses to track which IP (Internet Protocol) address is assigned to a particular computer?
MAC (Media Access Control) address
Direct Current
Internet Information Services
DNS

13. An Ethernet MAC (Media Access Control) address consists of...
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
Network News Transfer Protocol
48 bits.
Manages web-based activities by running Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for storing web content and accessing web pages

14. HTTPS means...
File Transfer Protocol
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)

15. What is on Port 22?
IMAP (Mail Client)
10 GBASE-LR
SSH
Bridge

16. On what Port is SSH?
22
6
2
Simple Network Management Protocol

17. Proxy Server
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Firewall
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network

18. ICMP means...
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
Internet Control Message Protocol
Basic Rate Interface

19. Workstations

20. Which protocol is used for error reporting in concert with the IP protocol?
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
10
Password Authentication Protocol

21. Wi-Fi Means...
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
Stores and dispenses files
Wireless Fidelity
100 Mbps (Megabits per second)

22. What is on Port 514?
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
Sys Log (Unix) or Event Manager (Windows)
Transmission Control Protocol
Wireless Protected Access

23. What is PAP?
Basic Rate Interface
25
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).
Password Authentication Protocol

24. On what Port is the Proxy Server?
8080
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Wired Equivalent Privacy
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.

25. GSM means...
Light Emitting Diode
Global System for Mobile Communications
In a locked room in an offsite location
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.

26. GPS means...
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
Extranet
Internet connection
Global Positioning System

27. What is OSPF?
SUN RPC
Open Source Path First - this is a routing 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.)
Public Switched Telephone Network

28. All of the following options transmit data over a modem EXCEPT...
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.
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).
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.

29. 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?
Internet connection
Hybrid hub
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
802.11b

30. Which one of the following options is required for a client workstation to connect to a network resource?
Client - protocol - and adapter
Hypertext Markup Language
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.
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.

31. What is on Port 389?
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
Any network device with an IP address
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)

32. ISDN means...
Network Address Translator
Integrated Services digital Network
Stores and dispenses files
Bridge

33. What is NAT?
Network Address Translator
Post Office Protocol
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
100BASE-FX Answer: D

34. Describe a star topology
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange
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
Wireless Protected Access

35. A firewall differs from a proxy server in that a proxy server operates at which of the following levels of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model?
Direct Current
100 Mbps (Megabits per second)
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Application

36. What is QoS?
Global Positioning System
Quality of Service
Direct Current
Multiple Link Interface

37. Company A has two networks - one on the west side of town and one on the east side. The network administrator wants to connect the two networks with a leased line but is concerned about limiting broadcast traffic. What can the administrator do to all
Global System for Mobile Communications
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
BootP (Boot Protocol)
Put a router between the two network segments

38. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards uses CSMA / CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance)?
802.11
Configure the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to increase lease expiration time
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
Internet Control Message Protocol

39. Which standard covers the methods for performing authentication services for remote access to a central LAN (Local Area Network)?
Industry Standards Organization
802.1x
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.
Two or more connected computers that can share resources

40. On what Port is LDAP?
192.168.96.254
HTTP
389
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

41. SSL Means...
passing a username and password in plaintext.
169.254.1.1
Secure Sockets Layer
Alternating Current

42. 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
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server

43. Which OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) layer provides interfaces to the user that enable programs to use network services?
The Internet router is blocking port 25.
T1 (T-Carrier Level 1).
Internet Protocol Security. This is the defacto standard for VPN security.
Application

44. Application Server
Proxy server
111
Authentication
Manages network applications

45. MAU means...
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
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.
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)

46. 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
192.168.96.254
Bluetooth enabled cell phones
Internet connection
72.16.16.1

47. Which media access method is used for an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.5 network?
Proxy server
Proxy Server
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Token passing

48. Describe a bus topology
Proxy 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
nslookup
A long length of antenna extension cable

49. Which OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) layer converts digital data into electronic signals to beput on a wire?
Physical
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes
Network Address Translation
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.

50. PKI means...
Electromagnetic Interference
Public Key Infrastructure
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)
rp