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Comptia Network +

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1. Which media access method is used for an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.5 network?
Token passing
They get their name because they truly are 'at the service' of the network and run specialized software for the network's maintenance and control known as the network operating system. Sometimes servers have more than one job. But whether servers are
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Proxy Server

2. Describe a star topology
SQL Server
Network Interface Card
Password Authentication Protocol
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

3. A user is booting a workstation and suddenly receives a message stating that a duplicate IP (Internet Protocol) address is in use on the network. Which of the following commands can be used to troubleshoot the problem?
rp
Port Address Translator
Token passing
Wireless LAN

4. What is on Port 110?
Internetwork packet exchange
Network Time Protocol
POP3
Periodically (randomly) blinking

5. Which of the following are classified as Layer 2 devices?
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
Metropolitan Area Network
Internetwork packet exchange
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)

6. What is on Port 69?
Local Area Network
Internet Protocol
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

7. Logical Topology
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.
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.
802.11
New Technology File System

8. Which one of the following choices is the MOST secure place to store tape backups?
ifconfig
Network News Transfer Protocol
In a locked room in an offsite location
Internet Control Message Protocol

9. ICMP means...
Plain Old Telephone Service
Network Time Protocol
Network Address Translation
Internet Control Message Protocol

10. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) fiber optic standard?
10 GBASE-LR
MultiProtocol Label Switching
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Internet Protocol Security. This is the defacto standard for VPN security.

11. What functionality does Kerberos provide?
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Authentication
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
802.11i

12. Which one of the following will affect the range of an 802.11b WAP (Wireless Access Point)?
Internet mail access protocol
A long length of antenna extension cable
Gateway
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)

13. WAP Means...
100 Mbps (Megabits per second)
10 GBASE-LR
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
Wireless Access Point

14. Which digital interface device is used to connect to a local service providers digital T1 (T-Carrier Level 1) or E1 network?
POP3
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Gateway
802.11a.

15. 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?
rlogin
Bridge
netstat and ping
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings

16. HTML means...
135-139
Global System for Mobile Communications
802.11a.
Hypertext Markup Language

17. LDAP means...
Public Switched Telephone Network
SQL Server
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
A long length of antenna extension cable

18. Fault Tolerance
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR
Configure the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to increase lease expiration time
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
Stores and dispenses files

19. 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
110
The analyzer is functioning properly.
Multiple Link Interface
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server

20. 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)
128 bit addresses
Simple Network Management Protocol
Service Set Identifier

21. NFS Means...
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
514
Hypertext transfer protocol
Network File System

22. IPSEC means...
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
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Internet Protocol Security
802.11

23. GUI means
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D
raphical User Interface
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)
Firewall

24. PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) secures PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) sessions by...
File Transfer Protocol
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).
Presentation
passing a username and password in plaintext.

25. When one connection to a host fails in a full mesh network - it means...
All hosts can communicate.
raphical User Interface
Internet Service Provider
RDP/ Terminal Services

26. What is PPP?
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).
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request
Point to Point Protocol
DNS

27. Servers

28. IEEE means...
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
All hosts can communicate.
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)

29. What is QoS?
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.
Quality of Service

30. What is on Port 25?
MultiProtocol Label Switching
Bus
NetBios
SMTP Server

31. A Windows 2000 work station has a TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) address of 169.254.12.1. Which statement describes the state of the computers TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) configuration?
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.
10
100BASE-FX Answer: D
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)

32. 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?
New Technology File System
Direct Current
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)

33. List the drawbacks of a bus topology

34. 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
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths
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.)
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)

35. 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?
netstat and ping
Manages web-based activities by running Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for storing web content and accessing web pages
Increase the TTL (Time to Live) on the DNS (Domain Name Service) servers
Bluetooth enabled cell phones

36. On what Port is Telnet?
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol
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private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).

37. A firewall can be used to prevent which of the following?
Packets from entering and leaving a network
Internet mail access protocol
In a locked room in an offsite location
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

38. A facility designed to receive computer equipment during a disaster recovery is known as a...
Packets from entering and leaving a network
cold site.
SSH
Internet mail access protocol

39. SMB Means...
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)

40. UDP Means...
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
Digital Subscriber Line
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
User Datagram Protocol

41. LED Means...
Manages network applications
Sys Log (Unix) or Event Manager (Windows)
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths
Light Emitting Diode

42. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards has a longer maximum distance than 100 meters (328 feet)?
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
100BASE-FX Answer: D
Internet Protocol Security
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)

43. 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
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
Manages printers on the network

44. PRI Means...
These are the FTP ports. Port 20 handles data and Port 21 provides control.
Direct Current
gateway.
Primary Rate Interface

45. A user complains that they are unable to connect to a remote server using either FTP (File Transfer Protocol) or Telnet - although the user was able to connect yesterday. Which of the following commands is used to troubleshoot the problem?
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit
ping
Integrated Services digital Network
514

46. How are physical and logical topologies different?

47. 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?
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.
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)
Proxy server
Router

48. 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
MAC (Media Access Control) address
192.168.96.254
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Basic Rate Interface

49. ICMP means...
nslookup
Multiple Link Interface
Internet Control Message Protocol
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50. Why did we develop networking?
As a way to share resources and information
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
nslookup
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit