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Network+ Pretest 1: 1/3

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is 3 am on a Saturday and you just received a call from a system administrator that reports multiple network outages across the office network. It is snowing heavily outside and the roads are inaccessible for you to get to the building to check the configuration of the network devices. What technology should you use to connect to the network from your home office in order to troubleshoot the network outages?

a)

HTTP

b)

Telnet

c)

SNMP

d)

SSH

2.

Your company has two office buildings which are connected via copper network cable that is buried underground. There is some construction being performed near the buildings. Now, the second building discovers they have suffered a network outage that doesn't appear to be temporary. What is the MOST likely cause of the outage?

a)

Cross-talk on the cable

b)

An open circuit has been created

c)

​Electromagnetic interference on the cable

d)

Signal attenuation on the cable

3.

Mark is setting up a DHCP server on a segment of the corporate LAN. Which of the following options is NOT required in the DHCP scope in order to allow hosts on that LAN segment to be assigned a dynamic IP addresses and to still be able to access the Internet and internal company servers?

a)

Default gateway

b)

Reservations

c)

​DNS servers

d)

Subnet mask

4.

A technician added memory to a router, but that memory is never recognized by the router. The router is then powered down, and the technician relocates all of the memory to different modules. On startup, the router does not boot and displays memory errors. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this issue?

a)

VTP

b)

Driver update

c)

ESD

d)

Halon particles

5.

A company owns four kiosks that are in close proximity within a shopping center. The owner is concerned about someone accessing the Internet via the kiosk's wireless network. What should be implemented to provide wireless access only to the employees working at the kiosk?

a)

Firewall

b)

Web filtering

c)

MAC filtering

d)

Host-based antivirus

6.

What is the correct CIDR notation for the Sales department's subnet which requires 55 devices?

a)

/25

b)

/26

c)

/27

d)

/28

7.

What type of cable would you use to connect a computer to a switch?

a)

Crossover

b)

RG-6

c)

Rollover

d)

RS-232

e)

Straight-through

8.

What does this mean: PING: 13.... DOWNLOAD 99.79...UPLOAD 116.61?

a)

The user's PC downloaded 99.79 MB of data from the website and uploaded 116.61 MB of data to the website.

b)

The user's PC is downloading information faster than it uploads because it has an asynchronous connection

c)

​The user's PC is receiving data at 99.79 Mbps and sending data to the server at 116.61 Mbps

d)

The SpeedTest website is downloading data to its server at 99.79 Mbps and uploading data from its server at 116.61 Mbps.

9.

A technician has installed an 802.11n network and most users are able to see speeds of up to 300Mbps. There are few users who have an 802.11n network card but are unable to get speeds higher than 108Mbps. What should the technician do to fix the issue?

a)

​Upgrade the OS version to 64-bit

b)

Roll back the firmware on WLAN card

c)

​Install a vulnerability patch

d)

​Upgrade the WLAN card driver

10.

A malicious user is blocking mobile devices from connecting to the Internet when other people are in the coffee shop. What is the malicious user implementing?

a)

Removing AP from classroom

b)

ACL

c)

Jamming

d)

Firewall

e)

IPS

11.

Which of the following provides origin authenticity through source authentication, data integrity through hash functions, and confidentiality through encryption protection for IP packets?

a)

IPSEC

b)

SHA

c)

DES

d)

CRC

12.

Routing prefixes, which are assigned in blocks by IANA and distributed by the Regional Internet Registry (RIR), are known as what?

a)

​Network handle

b)

​Autonomous system number

c)

Route aggregation

d)

Top level domain

13.

Which of the following BEST describes how a DHCP reservation works?

a)

​By leasing a set of reserved IP addresses according to their category

b)

​By letting the network switches assign IP addresses from a reserved pool

c)

​By assigning options to the computers on the network by priority

d)

​By matching a MAC address to an IP address within the DHCP scope

14.

Which of the following is used to proxy client requests for IP configurations across different network segments?

a)

DHCP relay

b)

SOCKS

c)

Teredo tunneling

d)

Reverse proxy

15.

A technician installs a new WAP and users in the area begin to report poor performance. The technician uses a ping and only 3 of the 5 packets respond. When the technician tests the connection from a wired connection, it responds with 5 of 5 packets. What tool should the network technician use next?

a)

Port scanner tool

b)

​Interface monitoring tool

c)

​Packet capture tool

d)

Spectrum Analyzer tool

16.

A network technician is connecting three temporary office trailers with a point-to-multipoint microwave radio solution in a wooded area. The microwave radios are up and the network technician can ping devices in all office trailers, however, connectivity is sporadic. What is the cause of this issue?

a)

Latency

b)

Throttling

c)

Interference

d)

Split horizon

17.

You are troubleshooting the network connectivity between a remote server and your workstation. Which of the following tools should you use to determine the connection path between your workstation and the remote server?

a)

pathping

b)

tcpdump

c)

netstat

d)

ping

18.

In what type of attack does the potential intruder trick a user into providing sensitive information?

a)

Social engineering

b)

Bluesnarfing

c)

Man-in-the-middle

d)

Evil Twin

19.

Which of the following network protocols is used to send email from one server to another server?

a)

RTP

b)

SNMP

c)

POP

d)

SMTP

20.

A network administrator is tasked with building a wireless network in a new building located right next door. The wireless clients should not have visibility to one another but should have visibility to the wired users. Users must seamlessly migrate between the buildings while maintaining a constant connection to the LAN. How should he configure the new wireless network in the new building?

a)

​Use the same SSIDs on different channels and AP isolation

b)

Use different SSIDs on different channels and VLANs

c)

Use different SSIDs on the same channels with VLANs

d)

Use the same SSIDs on same channels with AP isolation

21.

At which of the following OSI layer does QoS operate?

a)

Layer 1

b)

Layer 3

c)

Layer 5

d)

Layer 7

22.

You are trying to connect to a router using SSH to check its configuration. Your attempts to connect to the device over SSH keep failing. You ask another technician to verify that SSH is properly configured, enabled on the router, and is allowing access from all subnets. She attempts to connect to the router over SSH from her workstation and confirms all the settings are correct. Which of the following steps might you have missed in setting up your SSH client that is preventing you from connecting to the router?

a)

Change the default credentials

b)

Perform file hashing

c)

Generate a new SSH key

d)

Update firmware

23.

Your network relies on the use of ATM cells. At which layer of the OSI model do ATM cells operate?

a)

Network

b)

Session

c)

Transport

d)

Data link

24.

A technician is concerned about security and is asked to set up a network management protocol. Which network management protocol will provide the best security?

a)

SLIP

b)

SNMPv3

c)

TKIP

d)

SNMPv2

25.

The UPS that provides backup power to your server is malfunction because its internal battery has died. To replace the battery, you must shutdown the server, unplug it from the UPS, and unplug the UPS from its power source (the wall outlet). You perform these actions but think that there has to be a better way to increase the availability of the server in the future. Which of the following recommendations would BEST increase the availability of the server based on your experience with the UPS battery replacement?

a)

​Install a second UPS in the rack

b)

​Install a surge protector instead

c)

Add a redundant power supply to the server

d)

​Replace the UPS with a generator