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Comptia Network +

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1. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards has the shortest maximum distance?
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
1000BASE-CX
Network Interface Card

2. Which protocol is used for error reporting in concert with the IP protocol?
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.
22
Basic Rate Interface
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

3. A valid MAC (Media Access Control) address is how many bytes long?
Internet Control Message Protocol
ifconfig
6
Packets from entering and leaving a network

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?
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Port Address Translator
802.1x

5. HTTPS means...
Network Interface Card
ifconfig
53
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.

6. A company wants to have an intranet. Where would the intranet web server be located in the network?
In the LAN (Local Area Network)
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
Presentation
Transport

7. All of the following are benefits of IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) EXCEPT...
Any network device with an IP address
Select the most probable cause
larger subnet masks.
netstat

8. Upon which devices can NAT (Network Address Translation) be used?
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Firewall
Internet Service Provider
Physical

9. Which protocol could be used by a VPN (Virtual Private Network)?
Internet Control Message Protocol
10 GBASE-LR
Wireless LAN
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)

10. NNTP Means...
NFS (Network File System)
Internet Protocol
Network News Transfer Protocol
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths

11. SNMP Means...
Alternating Current
Router
Periodically (randomly) blinking
Simple Network Management Protocol

12. Which protocol does a diskless workstation use to obtain a network address?
Proxy server
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)
New stations can be added easily and quickly - Scalable - Easier to troubleshoot - A single cable failure doesn't disable entire network
BootP (Boot Protocol)

13. The Spanning-Tree Protocol allows for redundancy of what networking device?
Presentation
Bridge
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)

14. What is a MAC (Media Access Control) address?
Internet connection
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
802.11a.
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server

15. What is EGP?
1
The users will not be affected by the change.
Exterior Gateway Protocol
Point to Point Protocol

16. Disk mirroring is also known as RAID ___...
Application
1
Network News Transfer Protocol
SQL Server

17. URL Means...
Presentation
bytes 1-3
Gateway
Uniform Resource Locator

18. BRI Means...
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
Basic Rate Interface
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.

19. Which dial-up protocol is capable of passing multiple LAN (Local Area Network) protocols across the wire?
802.11b
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
Uniform Resource Locator
rp

20. TCP/IP Means;
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
128 bit addresses

21. TCP means...
Transmission Control Protocol
IMAP (Mail Client)
135-139
Metropolitan Area Network

22. On what Port is SSH?
110
22
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Application

23. What is Multicast Transmission?
Electromagnetic Interference
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.
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange

24. 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?
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
Proxy server
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request

25. Which of the following methods transfers files with the use of a UDP (User Datagram Protocol)?
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Network File System
cold site.
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine

26. DNS means...
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.)
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
SUN RPC
100 Mbps (Megabits per second)

27. PRI Means...
72.16.16.1
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.
Primary Rate Interface
Transport

28. Client Machine
Any device on the network that can ask for access to resources
Remote Desktop Protocol
Password Authentication Protocol
Network Address Translator

29. Which fiber connector looks similar to an RJ-45 (Registered Jack) connector and connects two strands of fiber?
2
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers
Public Switched Telephone Network

30. A firewall can be used to prevent which of the following?
Internet Control Message Protocol
514
Packets from entering and leaving a network
Wireless Access Point

31. DHCP means...
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.
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant
10
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

32. On what Port is SNMP?
Internet Protocol
161 & 162
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
100BASE-FX Answer: D

33. POP3 Means...
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required
Application
Post Office Protocol 3
Time domain reflectometer

34. A companys disaster recovery plan requires that a hot site be maintained for fault tolerance. Which of the following would achieve this goal?
Network Interface Card
Hypertext transfer protocol
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
Remote Desktop Protocol

35. Which of the following is a self-assigned address based on APIPA (Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing)?
Digital Subscriber Line
802.11b
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
169.254.1.1

36. On what Port is POP3?
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
110
In a locked room in an offsite location

37. EMI means...
Transmission Control Protocol
Internet Control Message Protocol
25
Electromagnetic Interference

38. An administrator has been called to consult on a network. After receiving network traffic statistics - the administrator notices that there is an abnormally high amount of DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) traffic. What recommendation would
Proxy server
Networked Basic Input/Output System Extended User Interface
bytes 1-3
Configure the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to increase lease expiration time

39. MIME means...
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR
80
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension

40. MLI Means...
2
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
Wireless LAN
Multiple Link Interface

41. Telephony Server
172.192.4.256
Wired Equivalent Privacy
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine
Presentation

42. Proxy Server
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
Manages printers on the network
Multiple Link Interface
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.

43. 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
Physical
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
ifconfig

44. MAN Means...
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Bridge
Metropolitan Area Network
NetBios

45. Which of the following options allows for secure communication over the Internet?
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
20 & 21
Primary Rate Interface
Network File System

46. NetBIOS Means...
Plain Old Telephone Service
Networked Basic Input/Output System
Light Emitting Diode
Fully Qualified Domain Name

47. IIS Means...
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
Port Address Translator
Internet Information Services
Data Link

48. Which IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.x standard defines the operation of the LLC (Logical Link Control) sublayer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) models Data Link layer?
cold site.
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
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
802.2

49. On what Port is FTP?
Select the most probable cause
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
20 & 21
Internet Information Services

50. Given the MAC address 00:B0:D0:5A:E1:B5 - what does 5A:E1:B5 identify?
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
The device ID (Identification)
BootP (Boot Protocol)
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.