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Comptia Network +

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Logical Topology
IMAP (Mail Client)
Basic Input/Output System
File Transfer Protocol
A network map showing exactly how data moves through the network.

2. What is EGP?
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
SMB (Server Message Block)
Exterior Gateway Protocol
10 GBASE-LR

3. Which one of the following is a purpose for subnetting?
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
Password Authentication Protocol
Internet connection

4. PSTN Means...
Public Switched Telephone Network
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
The 'memo maker' that sends and receives paperless faxes over the network

5. Fax Server

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6. Physical Topology
Point-to-Point Protocol
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.
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR
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

7. On what Port is IMAP?
Data Link
143
3389
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business

8. How many concurrent connections can a Windows 2000 Professional computer support on a single share?
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
encapsulating the data payload.
10

9. Fault Tolerance
Network Address Translation
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
Internet Service Provider
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.

10. A company wishes to establish a secure network connection with a sister company over the Internet. Both companies must have access to each others resources without allowing general public access. What describes the type of network that should be empl
Routing Internet Protocol
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
Extranet
Secure Shell

11. Mail Server
Internet Control Message Protocol
Handles e-mail functions
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.

12. Connecting a LAN (Local Area Network) to a mainframe can be accomplished using a...
Multiple Link Interface
gateway.
rlogin
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.

13. IP means...
Internet Protocol
D. Switch and bridge
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)

14. CPU means...
The Internet router is blocking port 25.
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)
Wireless LAN
Central Processing unit

15. Which networking device works at the upper three layers of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) and connects networks with different architectures?
Gateway
802.11b
Enable infrastructure mode and obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address automatically on all clients
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)

16. What is on Port 69?
6
161 & 162
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
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.

17. What is on Port 8080?
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).
MultiProtocol Label Switching
Proxy Server
In the LAN (Local Area Network)

18. POTS means...
Manages printers on the network
This IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot be pinged remotely.
Plain Old Telephone Service
Physical

19. 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
Exterior Gateway Protocol
Re-enter the username and password in the VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection and reconnect
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
rlogin

20. Each of the following wireless standards use a 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) ISM (Industrial - Scientific - and Medical) band EXCEPT...
Sundays full backup as well as Mondays - Tuesdays - and Wednesdays tapes
69
802.11a.
Alternating Current

21. IDS means...
550 meters (1 -804.46 feet)
In the LAN (Local Area Network)
Intrusion Detection System
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)

22. 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?
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
Transmission Control Protocol
Internet Control Message Protocol
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector

23. 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.
20 & 21
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol
Transmission Control Protocol

24. What is PAT?
netstat
10 GBASE-LR
Port Address Translator
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

25. 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?
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
10 GBASE-LR

26. NetBEUI Means...
A striped set array with parity
Port 20 must also be unblocked.
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 Extended User Interface

27. DHCP means...
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
traceroute
Internet Information Services
25

28. All of the following are benefits of IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) EXCEPT...
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.
Manages printers on the network
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
larger subnet masks.

29. FQDN means...
Fully Qualified Domain Name
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
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
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)

30. Which command generated the following output? Active Connections Proto Local Address Foreign Address State TCP CompA:3006 192.168.0.2:Microsoft Established TCP CompA:3021 192.168.0.246:HTTP Established
NFS (Network File System)
Network Interface Card
netstat
69

31. On what Port is NetBios?
135-139
Any network device with an IP address
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)
ping

32. What is on Port 514?
23
Sys Log (Unix) or Event Manager (Windows)
DNS
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)

33. 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?
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
802.1x
Post Office Protocol 3

34. LED Means...
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
NetBios
POP3
Light Emitting Diode

35. Upon which devices can NAT (Network Address Translation) be used?
Firewall
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.
10
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.

36. What is on Port 25?
SMTP Server
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
Proxy
Secure Sockets Layer

37. 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
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.
Hard to troubleshoot - Difficult to change or move - Doesn't offer much fault tolerance
The Internet router is blocking port 25.

38. A user has set up filtering on an Internet router. The local SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server has stopped sending or receiving messages from the Internet. What is the cause of the problem?
802.11
Wireless Fidelity
The Internet router is blocking port 25.
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.

39. To increase the number of available IP (Internet Protocol) addresses - IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) uses which one of the following options?
Global Positioning System
Global System for Mobile Communications
Stores and dispenses files
128 bit addresses

40. Which standard covers the methods for performing authentication services for remote access to a central LAN (Local Area Network)?
Transmission Control Protocol
802.1x
Point-to-Point Protocol
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)

41. Disk mirroring is also known as RAID ___...
Media Access Unit - Media attachment Unit
1
Internet Control Message Protocol
10 GBASE-LR

42. What is UDP? What are some of its attributes?
User Datagram Protocol. This protocol is connectionless and routable.
Internet mail access protocol
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
2.4 GHz (Gigahertz).

43. What is on Port 110?
POP3
Fully Qualified Domain Name
Manages printers on the network
Handles e-mail functions

44. Network
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
Handles e-mail functions
Networked Basic Input/Output System Extended User Interface
Two or more connected computers that can share resources

45. Which protocol does a diskless workstation use to obtain a network address?
bytes 1-3
An old microwave oven is being used in the break room which causes interference with the access point.
802.11
BootP (Boot Protocol)

46. LAN Local Area Network
169.254.1.1
Network File System
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)
23

47. What is on Port 23?
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR
53
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
Telnet

48. Which dial-up protocol is capable of passing multiple LAN (Local Area Network) protocols across the wire?
Physical
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
NetBios
To decrease network congestion Answer: D

49. 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?
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
Alternating Current
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol

50. What is on Port 143?
There will be no Internet access.
IMAP (Mail Client)
bytes 1-3
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)