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Comptia Network +

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1. On a switched Ethernet network that is operating perfectly - what is the state in which a user will find the activity LED (Light Emitting Diode)?
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
Periodically (randomly) blinking
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)

2. A small office network with ten computers uses a cable modem and router to connect to the Internet and distribute services to clients. After several weeks of use - the routers collision LED (Light Emitting Diode) has begun to stay on permanently. Wha
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
SMTP Server

3. Which protocol could be used by a VPN (Virtual Private Network)?
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
10 GBASE-LR
Media Access Control
53

4. Which one of the following options is a security standard for 802.11?
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
Windows Internet Name Service
Gateway
802.2

5. 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?
Select the most probable cause
Public Switched Telephone Network
Application
25

6. What is on Port 443?
A long length of antenna extension cable
Internet connection
HTTPS/ SSL
Internet Protocol Security

7. Around noon - 802.11b wireless users near the break room have intermittent - random connections. What is the problem?
NetBios
Port Address Translator
SQL Server
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.

8. 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
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.)
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
bytes 1-3
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths

9. What functionality does Kerberos provide?
Public Switched Telephone Network
Authentication
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
ping

10. ATM Means...
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
23
Asynchronous Transfer Mode

11. What is on Ports 161 and 162?
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.
SMB (Server Message Block)
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
802.11a.

12. How many concurrent connections can a Windows 2000 Professional computer support on a single share?
Public Key Infrastructure
10
Network and Transport
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit

13. 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?
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
Transmission Control Protocol
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
Data Link

14. A new intranet web server has been installed for a company. The clients access the intranet server by its DNS (Domain Name Service) name. To automatically change the clients to connect to the new server - an administrator modifies the DNS (Domain Nam
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
802.11i
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.

15. On what Port is IMAP?
143
Plain Old Telephone Service
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
All hosts can communicate.

16. What is ARP? What are some of its attributes?
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
As a way to share resources and information
Fully Qualified Domain Name
2

17. RIP Means...
Routing Information Protocol
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
Proxy Server
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers

18. What is on Port 80?
100BASE-FX Answer: D
Packets from entering and leaving a network
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
HTTP

19. SNMP Means...
Simple Network Management Protocol
Two or more connected computers that can share resources
Network Address Translator
1000BASE-CX

20. Print Server
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
169.254.1.1
SQL Server
Manages printers on the network

21. What is a MAC (Media Access Control) address?
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
802.11a.
Token passing
raphical User Interface

22. 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
Bridge
192.168.96.254
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)
Internet Protocol

23. What is on Port 25?
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths
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.
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
SMTP Server

24. HTTP Means...
MultiProtocol Label Switching
File Transfer Protocol
Hypertext transfer protocol
Uniform Resource Locator

25. Remote Access Server
New Technology File System
HTTP
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
Select the most probable cause

26. List the benefits of a star topology

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27. FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) operates at what speed?
100 Mbps (Megabits per second)
Port 20 must also be unblocked.
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Internetwork packet exchange

28. What is RIP?
D. Switch and bridge
rlogin
Routing Internet Protocol
1000BASE-CX

29. NNTP Means...
Basic Rate Interface
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)
Network News Transfer Protocol
Manages printers on the network

30. Which one of the following servers provides web caching services?
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request
Proxy
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
HTTPS/ SSL

31. What is Unicast?
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.
Token passing
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.)
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)

32. Examples of valid WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) key lengths
23
Port Address Translator
MultiProtocol Label Switching
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit

33. Which dial-up protocol is capable of passing multiple LAN (Local Area Network) protocols across the wire?
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
cold site.
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
Primary Rate Interface

34. Network
Network Address Translator
Remote Desktop Protocol
Public Switched Telephone Network
Two or more connected computers that can share resources

35. An 802.11a/b/g access point is installed in a computer lab. An administrator has a client that is based on 802.11g technology. There are times when the client slows or stops working entirely. What is the cause of the problem?
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
SSH
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
Network Address Translator

36. POP Means...
Post Office Protocol
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
Hypertext transfer protocol
File Transfer Protocol

37. In a fully Meshed network - every node has a connection to every other node - 7+6+5+4+3+2+1=28 Which digital interface device is used to connect to a local service providers digital T1 (T-Carrier Level 1) or E1 network?
In the LAN (Local Area Network)
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Uniform Resource Locator
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.

38. On what Port is Telnet?
rlogin
Periodically (randomly) blinking
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
23

39. PPP Means...
Point-to-Point Protocol
Network Access Control
Primary Rate Interface
802.11

40. SSID Means...
2
Service Set Identifier
111
MAC (Media Access Control) address

41. What is LEAP?
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange
100 Mbps (Megabits per second)
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

42. What is Broadcast Transmission?
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Network File System
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.

43. Which two devices both operate at the same layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model?
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
These are the FTP ports. Port 20 handles data and Port 21 provides control.
D. Switch and bridge
Internet Service Provider

44. TDR means...
Hybrid hub
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.
Time domain reflectometer
Sys Log (Unix) or Event Manager (Windows)

45. WPA Means...
Public Key Infrastructure
Internet Service Provider
Wireless Protected Access
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network

46. Workstations

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47. IMAP Means...
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
IMAP (Mail Client)
Sys Log (Unix) or Event Manager (Windows)
Internet mail access protocol

48. Which one of the following security protocols creates a secure connection over the Internet?
Time domain reflectometer
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.
Local Area Network

49. HTTPS means...
Global Positioning System
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.

50. MLI Means...
Multiple Link Interface
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.