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1. Which one of the following IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards has a longer maximum distance than 100 meters (328 feet)?
100BASE-FX Answer: D
Port Address Translator
10 GBASE-LR
169.254.1.1
2. NetBIOS Means...
Media Access Control
A striped set array with parity
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Networked Basic Input/Output System
3. List the drawbacks of a star topology
Integrated Services digital Network
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.
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)
Public Switched Telephone Network
4. On what Port is SUN RPC?
111
In a locked room in an offsite location
BootP (Boot Protocol)
A striped set array with parity
5. What is ARP? What are some of its attributes?
Address Resolution Protocol. Has no error control.
Connect Workstation 6 and Workstation 2 using a barrel connector
The amber light is flashing occasionally and the green light is lit steadily.
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
6. A client workstation can authenticate user names and passwords to which type of server?
Peer-To-Peer and Client-Server
PDC (Primary Domain Controller)
Primary Rate Interface
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.)
7. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) fiber optic standard?
Public Key Infrastructure
10 GBASE-LR
Implement VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network)
Transmission Control Protocol
8. Which one of the following is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) fiber optic standard?
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
Password Authentication Protocol
10 GBASE-LR
Handles e-mail functions
9. Which one of the following security protocols creates a secure connection over the Internet?
Select the most probable cause
Networked Basic Input/Output System
48 bits.
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
10. Which of the following are classified as Layer 2 devices?
161 & 162
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
11. Application Server
Manages printers on the network
25
Manages network applications
443
12. Client-Server Networks
Intrusion Detection System
Access Control List
Authentication
Client-server networks are the opposite of peer-to-peer networks. A single server uses a network operating system for managing the entire network.
13. An Ethernet MAC (Media Access Control) address consists of...
48 bits.
172.192.4.256
Windows Internet Name Service
3389
14. ATM Means...
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Application
Proxy Server
Wireless LAN
15. Which UNIX service provides interoperability with Windows file and print sharing?
Internetwork packet exchange
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant
DNS
SMB (Server Message Block)
16. NFS Means...
Someone has enabled an additional DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
1000BASE-CX
Network File System
Data Link
17. BIOS Means...
Basic Input/Output System
802.1x
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
raphical User Interface
18. A user would like to implement a secure ordering system on a web server. Which of the following protocols is installed?
Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is used in 3rd party authentication providers/ multi-factor authentication.
Primary Rate Interface
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
Physical
19. 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
NetBios
ifconfig
nslookup
802.11a.
20. A company wants to have an intranet. Where would the intranet web server be located in the network?
389
Time domain reflectometer
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).
In the LAN (Local Area Network)
21. Which protocol is the fastest file transfer protocol?
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. This is a Cisco proprietary solution.
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
File Transfer Protocol
10
22. What is on Ports 161 and 162?
All hosts can communicate.
Port 161 is SNMP and Port 162 is the SNMP Manager
Industry Standards Organization
Plain Old Telephone Service
23. Which one of the following options is a security standard for 802.11?
netstat
Internet Protocol
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer.
24. All of the following are true statements about private IP (Internet Protocol) addressing EXCEPT...
netstat and ping
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).
Server Message Block OR Small-to-Midsize Business
private IP (Internet Protocol) addresses must be obtained dynamically from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).
25. TDR means...
netstat and ping
Presentation
Initial installation cost may be higher - One central single point of failure (the hub or other device)
Time domain reflectometer
26. LAN Local Area Network
File Transfer Protocol
Point to Point Tunneling 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)
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
27. DOS means...
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
Bridges operate at OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) Layer 2 and use MAC (Media Access Control) addresses to make decisions.
MT-RJ (Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack)
802.11b
28. Which two devices both operate at the same layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) model?
D. Switch and bridge
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Global Positioning System
Application
29. GPS means...
Change the LANs (Local Area Network) WAP (Wireless Access Point) channel to a different channel than the other two WAPs (Wireless Access Point)
Global Positioning System
48 bits.
Telnet
30. 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.
The 'memo maker' that sends and receives paperless faxes over the network
Media Access Control
Border Gateway Multicast Protocol - A routing protocol for router to router activity.
31. Ten workstations numbered 1 through 10 are installed sequentially on a physical star network. The network uses a logical bus topology and is cabled using Category 3 UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair). The cable to Workstation 3 has been severed. Which of
Presentation
Public Key Infrastructure
Fully Qualified Domain Name
All workstations except Workstation 3 can communicate to each other.
32. A small office network with ten computers uses a cable modem and router to connect to the Internet and distribute services to clients. After several weeks of use - the routers collision LED (Light Emitting Diode) has begun to stay on permanently. Wha
There are too many collisions occurring in traffic. Disconnect each network card individually to find and replace the one that is broadcasting.
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
Wireless Protected Access
TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
33. 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?
HTTP
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
Switches - bridges - and NICs (Network Interface Card)
Port 20 must also be unblocked.
34. Why did we develop networking?
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
the NIC (Network Interface Card) is bad.
As a way to share resources and information
514
35. Which protocol does a diskless workstation use to obtain a network address?
161 & 162
BootP (Boot Protocol)
CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit)
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.
36. Wi-Fi Means...
User Datagram Protocol
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
Hypertext transfer protocol
Wireless Fidelity
37. What is Multicast Transmission?
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.
Disk Operating System or Denial of Service
Put a router between the two network segments
They are connected to a switch when trying to capture packets.
38. A network administrator notices in his secure wireless office that many of his wireless client machines constantly lose network connectivity. The wired clients never have downtime. Theadministrator also notices that the wireless clients all lose conn
Check the connection from the WAP (Wireless Access Point) to the network
Industry Standards Organization
MultiProtocol Label Switching
3.1
39. List the drawbacks of a ring topology
Enable infrastructure mode and obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address automatically on all clients
Presentation
Proxy server
Not scalable - Expensive - Difficult to reconfigure - move - or change - Not fault tolerant
40. The IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) protocol suite can secure network transmissions by...
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
23
encapsulating the data payload.
72.16.16.1
41. What is RIP?
Routing Internet Protocol
48 bits.
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
143
42. 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
Password Authentication Protocol
Eliminate any sources of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) around the WAP (Wireless Access Point) Answer: D
Any network device with an IP address
NetBios
43. What is DHCP? What is its key attribute?
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.
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
IMAP (Mail Client)
Public Key Infrastructure
44. 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
Internet Protocol
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
This IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot be pinged remotely.
192.168.96.254
45. GSM means...
Global System for Mobile Communications
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
Plain Old Telephone Service
802.2
46. Which one of the following standards has a maximum data rate of 11 Mbps (Megabits per second)?
802.11b
10
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Internet mail access protocol
47. PRI Means...
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
25
Primary Rate Interface
Firewall
48. What is on Port 443?
HTTPS/ SSL
3389
nslookup
Periodically (randomly) blinking
49. 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?
Intrusion Detection System
Provides remote users with access to the network through modems and an IP connection
3.1
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
50. Which of the following is a self-assigned address based on APIPA (Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing)?
Internet mail access protocol
An exact duplicate of the infrastructure is mirrored offsite.
DNS (Domain Name Service) server settings
169.254.1.1