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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. LAN Means...
Bluetooth enabled cell phones
Local Area Network
443
File Transfer Protocol
2. Which one of the following choices is the MOST secure place to store tape backups?
In a locked room in an offsite location
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
Intrusion Detection System
802.1x
3. GUI means
cold site.
raphical User Interface
10 GBASE-LR
Any device on the network that can ask for access to resources
4. A network administrator manages a medium-sized network with a mixture of different platform computers. The network contains multiple subnets located across a large geographical area. Over half of the subnets contain a WAP (Wireless Access Point) for
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).
1
netstat
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D
5. On what Port is the SMTP Server?
Select the most probable cause
Central Processing unit
Router
25
6. IPX Means...
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)
Internetwork packet exchange
1433
Any network device with an IP address
7. 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?
Point-to-Point Protocol
Central Processing unit
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes
Access Control List
8. FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) operates at what speed?
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).
100 Mbps (Megabits per second)
Network Interface Card
NFS (Network File System)
9. What is on Ports 135-139?
These are the FTP ports. Port 20 handles data and Port 21 provides control.
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
NetBios
1433
10. A network has grown to include seventy 24 port Ethernet switches and has decreased in performance steadily as new switches are added. What adjustments can be made to the infrastructure to improve the performance?
The device ID (Identification)
Alternating Current
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)
11. NNTP Means...
Network News Transfer Protocol
Internet Control Message Protocol
These are the FTP ports. Port 20 handles data and Port 21 provides control.
NFS (Network File System)
12. What is DHCP? What is its key attribute?
Exterior Gateway Protocol
Integrated Services digital 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.
Gateway
13. To increase the number of available IP (Internet Protocol) addresses - IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) uses which one of the following options?
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D
128 bit addresses
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
14. 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
135-139
Media Access Control
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
SQL Server
15. On what Port is SSH?
NFS (Network File System)
Digital Subscriber Line
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
22
16. SSH Means...
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
Secure Shell
Enable infrastructure mode and obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address automatically on all clients
Light Emitting Diode
17. While reviewing network traffic statistics - technicians have noticed that there is an abnormally high amount of DNS (Domain Name Service) traffic. What recommendation would help reduce traffic?
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers
Digital Subscriber Line
161 & 162
Internet Information Services
18. What is PPP?
Data Link
Integrated Services digital Network
Point to Point Protocol
bytes 1-3
19. Given the output: 1.pgw (129.6.80.254) * 4ms 3ms 2.129.6.1.245 (129.6.1.245) 4ms 3ms * 3.129.6.2.252 (129.6.2.252) 5ms 5ms 4ms Which of the following commands causes the results above?
traceroute
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
Put a router between the two network segments
802.11
20. 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
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D
802.11i
Internet Control Message Protocol
21. FQDN means...
Fully Qualified Domain Name
SSH
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine
Primary Rate Interface
22. Print Server
Hypertext transfer protocol
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request
Manages printers on the network
23. Given the following output - which utility was used? Default Server: bigserver.datacenter.com Address: 4.12.18.1
nslookup
Network News Transfer 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.)
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.
24. SSL Means...
Wireless Protected Access
Secure Sockets Layer
rp
Local Area Network
25. WAP Means...
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR
Wireless Access Point
26. NTP means...
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)
Network Time Protocol
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
1
27. A client workstation can authenticate user names and passwords to which type of server?
traceroute
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)
New Technology File System
514
28. ICMP means...
SUN RPC
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Internet Control Message Protocol
29. CPU means...
Central Processing unit
172.192.4.256
Post Office Protocol
1000BASE-CX
30. On what Port is HTTPS/ SSL?
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
443
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Secure Sockets Layer
31. Name the seven most common physical topologies
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
Authentication
32. DC means...
A striped set array with parity
Point-to-Point Protocol
Direct Current
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)
33. HTTPS means...
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
514
34. 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?
69
Application
Extranet
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
35. WEP Means...
1433
Proxy server
Routing Information Protocol
Wired Equivalent Privacy
36. What is on Port 80?
Metropolitan Area Network
Point-to-Point Protocol
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange
HTTP
37. All of the following are benefits of IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) EXCEPT...
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
larger subnet masks.
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
38. Which of the following methods transfers files with the use of a UDP (User Datagram Protocol)?
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Verification
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
39. 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
SUN RPC
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.
Point-to-Point Tunneling 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.
40. DHCP means...
In a locked room in an offsite location
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
41. IIS Means...
Internet Information Services
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.
Central Processing unit
80
42. Which one of the following will interfere with an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.11b access point?
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
Bluetooth enabled cell phones
Internet Control Message Protocol
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)
43. PPTP Means...
Point-to-Point Tunneling 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.
Networked Basic Input/Output System
Gateway
44. Which networking device works at the upper three layers of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) and connects networks with different architectures?
Gateway
Transmission Control Protocol
In the LAN (Local Area Network)
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
45. Given the MAC address 00:B0:D0:5A:E1:B5 - what does 5A:E1:B5 identify?
Packets from entering and leaving a network
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
The device ID (Identification)
Proxy server
46. IPX/SPX means...
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
Firewall
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
47. A firewall can be used to prevent which of the following?
Telnet
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Packets from entering and leaving a network
NetBios
48. POTS means...
Plain Old Telephone Service
1000BASE-CX
SMTP Server
Run more than one central processing unit (CPU) and whose resources are available to other users on the network to access when needed. Something this powerful is typically referred to only as a server today. Don't confuse workstations with client mac
49. A valid MAC (Media Access Control) address is how many bytes long?
Telnet
Wireless Protected Access
6
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
50. What is LEAP?
Light Emitting Diode
1433
Quality of Service
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.