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Comptia Network +

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. What is TCP?
netstat and ping
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.
Transmission Control Protocol
HTTP

2. Which two utilities can be used to find out what IP (Internet Protocol) address resolves from a domain name?
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.
Network Address Translation
netstat and ping
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).

3. MAN Means...
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
Data Link
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Metropolitan Area Network

4. 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)
Port 20 must also be unblocked.
Network Address Translation
In the LAN (Local Area Network)

5. A valid MAC (Media Access Control) address is how many bytes long?
6
Hybrid hub
Wireless Access Point
Global Positioning System

6. Each of the following wireless standards use a 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) ISM (Industrial - Scientific - and Medical) band EXCEPT...
Manages printers on the network
BootP (Boot Protocol)
802.11a.
Each computer is directly connected to other computers in the same network and data flows in a circle shape from computer to computer and eventually back to the source. This topology isn't very popular because it's not easily scalable and the cable r

7. Which one of the following options is a security standard for 802.11?
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

8. Disk mirroring is also known as RAID ___...
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
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1

9. Which one of the following will affect the range of an 802.11b WAP (Wireless Access Point)?
POP3
D. Switch and bridge
Wired Equivalent Privacy
A long length of antenna extension cable

10. Which protocol does a diskless workstation use to obtain a network address?
Handles the call center and call routing and can be thought of as a sophisticated network answering machine
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)
BootP (Boot Protocol)
The 'memo maker' that sends and receives paperless faxes over the network

11. What is on Port 143?
1000BASE-LX and10 GBASE-LR
389
Network Address Translation
IMAP (Mail Client)

12. Examples of valid WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) key lengths
Open Source Path First - this is a routing protocol
53
40 bit - 128 bit - 64 bit
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server

13. Which networking device works at the upper three layers of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) and connects networks with different architectures?
SMTP Server
Gateway
raphical User Interface
111

14. 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
MultiProtocol Label Switching
Simple Network Management Protocol
Extranet
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

15. All of the following are true statements about private IP (Internet Protocol) addressing EXCEPT...
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.
53
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).
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).

16. 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.
110
Verification
802.11a.

17. DHCP means...
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
Router
Remote Desktop Protocol
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

18. What is on Port 3389?
SQL Server
Extranet
Network Address Translation
RDP/ Terminal Services

19. A star network that uses several cable types must use which hub type in order to accommodate all client machines?
169.254.1.1
Hybrid hub
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
Network News Transfer Protocol

20. List the drawbacks of a ring topology
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant
bytes 1-3
Handles tasks in the place of other machines on the network
Internet Protocol Security. This is the defacto standard for VPN security.

21. HTTPS means...
New Technology File System
gateway.
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
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.

22. Which one of the following is a purpose for subnetting?
To decrease network congestion Answer: D
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
Primary Rate Interface
Internet Protocol Security

23. This is not a valid IP (Internet Protocol) addresses
Intrusion Detection System
Global System for Mobile Communications
172.192.4.256
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.

24. Application Server
Manages network applications
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
bytes 1-3
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)

25. 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
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
Proxy
This IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot be pinged remotely.
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

26. AC means...
443
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
Alternating Current
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

27. When one connection to a host fails in a full mesh network - it means...
All hosts can communicate.
2
161 & 162
10

28. 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
Integrated Services digital Network
LDAP - Active Directory (Windows) - e-Directory (Novell) - Open Directory (Apple)
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D

29. On what Port is RDP?
Proxy Server
443
3389
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager

30. NIC means...
Network Interface Card
Gateway
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
Any network device with an IP address

31. RIP Means...
A striped set array with parity
Routing Information Protocol
A 2.4 GHz (Gigahertz) cordless telephone is in use.
Internet Protocol

32. IP means...
6
Internet Protocol
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
Physical

33. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) fiber optic standard?
Internet Control Message Protocol
IMAP (Mail Client)
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.
10 GBASE-LR

34. Which one of the following devices connects a network segment to a public telephone network?
rlogin
The file has been opened by another user and is open for read only.
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)

35. 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)?
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request
53
69
Periodically (randomly) blinking

36. POP Means...
6
Data Link
1000BASE-CX
Post Office Protocol

37. If a destination address is not in a bridges forwarding table - what will the bridge do?
Forward the packets to all ports except the one that originated the request
Network Address Translator
POP3
10 GBASE-LR

38. All of the following Novell NetWare operating systems support NDS (NetWare Directory Services) natively EXCEPT...
These are the FTP ports. Port 20 handles data and Port 21 provides control.
3.1
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)

39. 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
Network News Transfer Protocol
ifconfig
bytes 1-3
802.2

40. What is on Port 8080?
Direct Current
Packets from entering and leaving a network
Proxy Server
25

41. On what Port is DNS?
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
802.11
53
raphical User Interface

42. Which one of the following options is required for a client workstation to connect to a network resource?
Client - protocol - and adapter
Secure Sockets Layer
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
The users will not be affected by the change.

43. CPU means...
Central Processing unit
SUN RPC
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.
Client - protocol - and adapter

44. GUI means
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
Network News Transfer Protocol
Domain Name Service OR Domain Name Server
raphical User Interface

45. Which of the following is a self-assigned address based on APIPA (Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing)?
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
raphical User Interface
169.254.1.1
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector

46. What are the two main network types?
169.254.1.1
The computer is set for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - but no DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server is available for the network.
100 Mbps (Megabits per second)
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server

47. 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?
The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically - often resolving it - reducing the impact on the system.
rp
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
Plain Old Telephone Service

48. 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
Have the administratorrecreate the shares to be named networkshares and privateshares in order to modify the share names to acceptable lengths
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
802.11a.

49. Which physical topology is used by a 10BASE2 network?
Easy to install - Inexpensive - Less actual cable required
Bus
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
Gateway

50. List the drawbacks of a bus topology

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