Networking Basics Final Exam

1. A company is contemplating whether to use a client/server or a peer-to-peer network. What are three characteristics of a peer-to-peer network? (Choose three.)

• easy to create
• lacks centralized administration
• less cost to implement
• better security
• better device performance when acting as both client and server

2. Which wireless RF band do IEEE 802.11b/g devices use?

• 900 MHz
• 5 GHz
• 2.4 GHz
• 60 GHz

3. Which three steps must be completed to manually connect an Android or IOS device to a secured wireless network? (Choose three.)

• Input the authentication password.
• Enter the network SSID.
• Choose the correct security type.
• Set the IP address.
• Activate the Bluetooth antenna.

4. A user is configuring a wireless access point and wants to prevent any neighbors from discovering the network. What action does the user need to take?

• Enable WPA encryption.
• Configure DMZ settings.
• Disable SSID broadcast.
• Configure a DNS server.

5. Which type of device provides an Internet connection through the use of a phone jack?

• cable modem
• satellite modem
• Wi-Fi AP
• DSL modem

6. What are two methods typically used on a mobile device to provide internet connectivity? (Choose two.)

• cellular
• Bluetooth
• Wi-Fi
• NFC
• GPS

7. A tourist is traveling through the countryside and needs to connect to the internet from a laptop. However, the laptop only has Wi-Fi and Ethernet connections. The tourist has a smartphone with 3G/4G connectivity. What can the tourist do to allow the laptop to connect to the internet?

• Use the smartphone to access web pages and then pass the web pages to the laptop.
• Enable tethering and create a hotspot.
• Use an Ethernet cable to connect the smartphone to the laptop.
• Use the smartphone to access the internet through a satellite connection and then share that connection with the laptop.

8. At which layer of the OSI model would a logical address be added during encapsulation?

• physical layer
• data link layer
• network layer
• transport layer

9. What will a Cisco LAN switch do if it receives an incoming frame and the destination MAC address is not listed in the MAC address table?

• Forward the frame out all ports except the port where the frame is received.
• Drop the frame.
• Send the frame to the default gateway address.
• Use ARP to resolve the port that is related to the frame.

10. Which type of network model describes the functions that must be completed at a particular layer, but does not specify exactly how each protocol should work?

• TCP/IP model
• protocol model
• reference model
• hierarchical design model