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Comptia Network +

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which digital interface device is used to connect to a local service providers digital T1 (T-Carrier Level 1) or E1 network?
The users will not be affected by the change.
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Verification
Access Control List

2. TFTP Means...
NFS (Network File System)
SMB (Server Message Block)
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
Manages web-based activities by running Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for storing web content and accessing web pages

3. What is on Port 23?
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).
Token passing
Telnet
Network and Transport

4. What is on Port 1433?
Windows Internet Name Service
User Datagram Protocol
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
SQL Server

5. Which one of the following options is required for a client workstation to connect to a network resource?
Client - protocol - and adapter
Global System for Mobile Communications
802.11
As a way to share resources and information

6. 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)?
Enable infrastructure mode and obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address automatically on all clients
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)
Application
Periodically (randomly) blinking

7. What is TCP?
Wireless Access Point
Transmission Control Protocol
Verification
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.

8. BNC Means...
Hypertext transfer protocol
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
Wireless Fidelity
80

9. PSTN Means...
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
New Technology File System
Public Switched Telephone Network
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.

10. 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?
389
Time domain reflectometer
Global System for Mobile Communications
The users will not be affected by the change.

11. FQDN means...
Fully Qualified Domain Name
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
Global Positioning System
IMAP (Mail Client)

12. On what Port is SUN RPC?
111
Bluetooth enabled cell phones
Bus - Star - Ring - Mesh - Point-to-point - Point-to-multipoint - Hybrid
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.

13. A network administrator implements four VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network) on a switch. Which device will be required to pass traffic among the VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)?
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
Router
Point-to-Point Protocol
Service Set Identifier

14. Which of the following options allows for secure communication over the Internet?
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
Intrusion Detection System
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes

15. PPTP Means...
Network Time Protocol
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
128 bit addresses
Hypertext Markup Language

16. A valid MAC (Media Access Control) address is how many bytes long?
1000BASE-CX
6
Point-to-Point Protocol
111

17. URL Means...
Uniform Resource Locator
Global System for Mobile Communications
Network Address Translation
Plain Old Telephone Service

18. What is IP?
Proxy server
Internet Protocol
In the LAN (Local Area Network)
Time domain reflectometer

19. Fax Server

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20. 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?
802.2
110
Global System for Mobile Communications
Stores and dispenses files

21. The Spanning-Tree Protocol allows for redundancy of what networking device?
Bridge
Sys Log (Unix) or Event Manager (Windows)
Wireless LAN
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

22. HTTPS means...
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
802.11a.
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)

23. Which of the following choices describes an RJ-45 (Registered Jack) connector?
An eight-position connector which uses UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair).
Port Address Translator
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

24. 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?
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
Networked Basic Input/Output System Extended User Interface
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit

25. 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
Problematic workstations have cached the old IP (Internet Protocol) address of the server.
Point to Point Protocol
Telnet
Basic Input/Output System

26. Which two utilities can be used to find out what IP (Internet Protocol) address resolves from a domain name?
25
nslookup
netstat and ping
A network's physical topology gives you the lay of the land and the logical topology illustrates how the signals and data travel throughout the layout.

27. Which one of the following will interfere with an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.11b access point?
Bluetooth enabled cell phones
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.
Wired Equivalent Privacy
Multiple Link Interface

28. Which protocol could be used by a VPN (Virtual Private Network)?
Central Processing unit
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
rlogin
These are the FTP ports. Port 20 handles data and Port 21 provides control.

29. On what Port is POP3?
110
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
SMTP Server
Put a router between the two network segments

30. Client Machine
Presentation
Any device on the network that can ask for access to resources
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
20 & 21

31. List the drawbacks of a bus topology

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32. A packet filtering firewall operates at which layers of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model?
File Transfer Protocol
passing a username and password in plaintext.
Network and Transport
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network

33. IMAP Means...
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
Service Set Identifier
Internet mail access protocol
passing a username and password in plaintext.

34. 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?
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes

35. What is on Ports 161 and 162?
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
IMAP (Mail Client)
1

36. What is Broadcast Transmission?
larger subnet masks.
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
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.
Application

37. What is on Port 53?
Intrusion Detection System
RDP/ Terminal Services
DNS
10

38. A facility designed to receive computer equipment during a disaster recovery is known as a...
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
cold site.
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)

39. BIOS Means...
Basic Input/Output System
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)
135-139

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
25
ifconfig
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required
Handles e-mail functions

41. UDP Means...
Router
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
User Datagram Protocol
Application

42. Which one of the following options is a security standard for 802.11?
cold site.
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
Proxy

43. All of the following are benefits of IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) EXCEPT...
Media Access Control
Transmission Control Protocol
larger subnet masks.
1000BASE-CX

44. Which physical topology is used by a 10BASE2 network?
3.1
802.11
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).
Bus

45. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards has a longer maximum distance than 100 meters (328 feet)?
Put a router between the two network segments
100BASE-FX Answer: D
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
20 & 21

46. 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?
20 & 21
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
DNS

47. A companys disaster recovery plan requires that a hot site be maintained for fault tolerance. Which of the following would achieve this goal?
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
48 bits.
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request

48. What is a MAC (Media Access Control) address?
bytes 1-3
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.
It is an address assigned to a NIC (Network Interface Card).
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)

49. List the benefits of a star topology

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50. What are the two main network types?
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine
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.
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
Internet Protocol Security