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Comptia Network +

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1. Which one of the following options is a security standard for 802.11?
Global System for Mobile Communications
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
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).

2. Describe a bus topology
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)
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
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
Application

3. A client workstation can authenticate user names and passwords to which type of server?
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
Configure the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to increase lease expiration time

4. Describe a star topology
Networked Basic Input/Output System
Proxy Server
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
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

5. On what Port is NetBios?
135-139
gateway.
Metropolitan Area Network
raphical User Interface

6. IEEE means...
NetBios
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Exterior Gateway Protocol
Time domain reflectometer

7. NFS Means...
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)
Enable infrastructure mode and obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address automatically on all clients
netstat and ping
Network File System

8. DHCP means...
rlogin
Split the scope addresses between the servers assigning 192.168.0.1 through 192.168.0.127 for the PDC (Primary Domain Controller) and 192.168.0.128 through 192.168.0.254 for the BDC (Backup Domain Controller).
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol

9. PSTN Means...
Wireless Protected Access
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.
The device ID (Identification)
Public Switched Telephone Network

10. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) fiber optic standard?
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
10 GBASE-LR
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.

11. PPP Means...
Point-to-Point Protocol
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)
encapsulating the data payload.
514

12. Logical Topology
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
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)

13. Connecting a LAN (Local Area Network) to a mainframe can be accomplished using a...
gateway.
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
In a locked room in an offsite location
cold site.

14. Which digital interface device is used to connect to a local service providers digital T1 (T-Carrier Level 1) or E1 network?
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.

15. An administrator changes the lease time of the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) scope from one week to one day. What affect will this have on the end users?
53
The users will not be affected by the change.
Network File System
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

16. On what Port is LDAP?
389
Primary Rate Interface
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
53

17. A technician connects a computer to the LAN (Local Area Network) switch to analyze the traffic occurring from another computer on the network. The only traffic observed coming from the other computer is broadcast frames. What can be concluded from th
The analyzer is functioning properly.
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)
53

18. Print Server
D. Switch and bridge
This IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot be pinged remotely.
Manages printers on the network
Wireless Access Point

19. Fax Server

20. A user complains that they can no longer access resources on the network. The user is unable to ping other nodes and ipconfig returns an IP (Internet Protocol) address that is not in the correct subnet. What is the problem?
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
Password Authentication Protocol

21. What is ARP? What are some of its attributes?
Two or more connected computers that can share resources
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.

22. A network administrator is troubleshooting a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) that is experiencing trouble with interference. A scan of the wireless network reports that there are two WAPs (Wireless Access Point) from different companies within rang
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)
Physical
1433
DNS

23. Which of the following connectors will be required for a RAS (Remote Access Service) server accepting four incoming dial-up connections to connect to the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network)?
RJ-11 (Registered Jack)
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.
A long length of antenna extension cable
A striped set array with parity

24. PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) secures PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) sessions by...
Internet Control Message Protocol
Digital Subscriber Line
There will be no Internet access.
passing a username and password in plaintext.

25. 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?
Hybrid hub
Bridge
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
Application

26. On what Port is SQL Server?
Basic Rate Interface
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
1433
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

27. What is LEAP?
Service Set Identifier
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)

28. 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
A. 18 -000 feet (5 -486.4 meters)
This IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot be pinged remotely.
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
72.16.16.1

29. LDAP means...
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
In a locked room in an offsite location
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required

30. What is Broadcast Transmission?
Manages network applications
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
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)
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.

31. ATM Means...
Service Set Identifier
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Router

32. RDP means...
25
Point to Point Protocol
69
Remote Desktop Protocol

33. Wi-Fi Means...
Wireless Fidelity
10
Integrated Services digital Network
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance

34. What is the maximum length of a gigabit Ethernet segment using MMF (MultiMode Fiber) optic cable?
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)
53
Internet 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.)

35. Which of the following options allows for secure communication over the Internet?
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
Network Interface Card
143

36. File Server
Plain Old Telephone Service
8080
Network and Transport
Stores and dispenses files

37. IP means...
Internet Protocol
1
netstat
Local Area Network

38. What are the two main network types?
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
Any device on the network that can ask for access to resources

39. MAC Means...
ping
Bluetooth enabled cell phones
135-139
Media Access Control

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
ifconfig
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)
This IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot be pinged remotely.
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).

41. PKI means...
Public Key Infrastructure
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Industry Standards Organization
Token passing

42. Which one of the following UNIX commands is similar to Telnet and used for terminal emulation?
Proxy Server
72.16.16.1
rlogin
Network News Transfer Protocol

43. An administrator is unsuccessful when attempting to ping a network device on a remote site with a firewall in between. In order for the administrator to be successful - what protocol needs to be allowed through the firewall?
80
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
514

44. Which protocol could be used by a VPN (Virtual Private Network)?
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
HTTP
Internet Control Message Protocol
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.

45. What is QoS?
Quality of Service
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit
IMAP (Mail Client)
MAC (Media Access Control) address

46. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) fiber optic standard?
10 GBASE-LR
netstat and ping
514
Internet Protocol Security

47. On what Port is IMAP?
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Manages network applications
143
Intrusion Detection System

48. DOS means...
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
2
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).

49. What is a MAC (Media Access Control) address?
netstat
Manages web-based activities by running Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for storing web content and accessing web pages
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.

50. Which one of the following is a purpose for subnetting?
Password Authentication Protocol
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
A striped set array with parity
HTTPS/ SSL