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Randy's Networking Quiz 2

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Sophia, Lily, and Abigail are having a debate about the features of DHCP. Can you help them out? Which of the following are features of DHCP?

a)

IP address resolution to canonical names

b)

Secure shell connections

c)

Address reservation

d)

Network file transfer

e)

IP address exclusion

2.

Ethan, David, and Mason are having a debate about public address spaces. Ethan thinks the public address space is '192.168.0.0/16', David argues it's '197.16.0.0/12', Mason is sure it's '10.0.0.0/8', and their teacher suggests '172.16.0.0/12'. Who is correct?

a)

192.168.0.0/16

b)

197.16.0.0/12

c)

10.0.0.0/8

d)

172.16.0.0/12

3.

Ethan, Mason, and Evelyn are planning a network setup for their school. They are considering a T3 connection. Where would this be most appropriate?

a)

Connecting the server to the network in the main campus server room

b)

Linking the main campus to a large satellite campus

c)

Connecting a computer lab PC to the lab printer

d)

Connecting a library laptop PC to the Internet

4.

Imagine this, Samuel and Daniel are helping their friend Abigail set up a public-facing web server for her new home office. They want to ensure Abigail's internal network is safe from any potential intrusions. What should they do?

a)

Set the web server in a perimeter network.

b)

Set the web server to block access on ports 80 and 443.

c)

Configure the firewall to block access on ports 80 and 443.

d)

Set the IP address of the web server to be within the LAN.

5.

Alright, tech wizards! Let's dive into the world of DNS zones.  Mason, Aiden and Anika are having a debate. Mason says that a secondary zone is the first DNS zone to which all updates for the records that belong to that zone are written. Is Mason correct?

a)

Yes, Mason is correct. It's called a Primary zone.

b)

No, Mason is wrong. It's called a Stub zone.

c)

No, Mason is wrong. It's called a Conditional forwarding zone.

6.

Imagine Benjamin, Daniel, and William are astronauts on a mission in space. Their spaceship is designed like a physical star topology network. In this setup, what would the central device of their spaceship's network be referred to as?

a)

Bridge

b)

Server

c)

Segmenter

d)

Hub

7.

Imagine you're part of a team at a bustling coffee shop, where Arjun is your tech-savvy supervisor. Arjun has a new challenge for you and your teammates, Anika and Ava. He wants you to help set up a computer network for the shop. The network needs to include: A public facing web server, A Wi-Fi network for customers, A private network for the point of sale terminals, An office PC, A file/print server, A network printer. Arjun also mentions that a perimeter network is crucial to protect the network. Can you figure out which two items should be included in the perimeter network?

a)

Network printer

b)

Web server

c)

File server

d)

Wi-Fi network

e)

Point of sale terminals

8.

Imagine Luna, Kai, and Ava are on a mission to set up a network. They have a tool at their disposal, the ipconfig command. What will this command help them do?

a)

Configure routers for their network

b)

Display a Windows client's IP address on their system.

c)

Display a client's broadcast mode on their system.

d)

Configure DHCP clients for their network

9.

Anika, Oliver, and Mia are having a debate about Layer 3 devices that connect multiple networks. Can you help them by identifying an example of such a device?

a)

Packet

b)

Repeater

c)

Switch

d)

Router

10.

Aiden, Avery, and Hannah are playing a networking game. They need to find the least costly route using Routing Information Protocol (RIP). Which metric should they use to determine the least costly route?

a)

Delay

b)

Host ID

c)

Hop count

d)

Interface

11.

Mia, Mason, and Charlotte are working on a project for their tech class. They need to share data between their two companies using the Internet. Which type of network should they use to accomplish this?

a)

Ethernet

b)

Intranet

c)

Extranet

d)

Perimeter

12.

Grace, Sophia, and Abigail are having a debate about IPv4 multicast addresses. They need your help to settle the argument! They believe that IPv4 multicast addresses range from 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255.

a)

127.0.0.0 to 127.255.255.255

b)

172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255

c)

224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255

d)

No change is needed.

13.

Michael and Mason are having a friendly competition to see who can set up a direct connection between their computers' Ethernet network interface cards (NICs) the fastest. To achieve this, they should use a:

a)

Crossover cable

b)

Straight cable

c)

Rollover cable

d)

Coaxial cable

14.

Aria, Ava, and William are having a debate about the type of connector used on a 100BaseT Ethernet cable. Can you help them settle the debate?

a)

RJ-11

b)

RJ-45

c)

TNC

d)

BNC

15.

Nora, Aiden, and Abigail are discussing IPv4 addresses. They need your help to evaluate the underlined text: Each IPv4 address consists of a MAC address and data-link layer address.

a)

Network ID and a host ID

b)

DNS record and a default route

c)

64-bit binary number divided into octets

d)

No change is needed.

16.

This question requires that you evaluate the underlined text to determine if it is correct. Ava, Luna, and Lily are setting up a wireless network that requires an SSL certificate. They learn that WEP handles the SSL certificate.

a)

802.1X

b)

WPA2-PSK

c)

WPA-PSK

d)

No change is needed.

17.

Olivia, Ava, and Grace are having a friendly competition to see who can correctly identify the IP configuration for the CIDR notation 192.168.1.1/25. Can you help them out?

a)

192.168.1.1 255.255.255.64

b)

192.168.1.1 255.255.255.1

c)

192.168.1.1 255.255.255.32

d)

192.168.1.1 255.255.255.256

e)

192.168.1.1 255.255.255.128

18.

Emma, Ava, and Olivia are having a debate about network security. They want to know which of the following services masks internal IP addresses from outside the network. Can you help them?

a)

DHCP

b)

WINS

c)

NAT

d)

DNS

19.

Arjun, Grace, and Priya are having a friendly competition to see who can identify the correct subnet mask. Can you help them out? Which subnet mask is valid?

a)

255.255.255.240

b)

255.255.255.228

c)

255.255.255.164

d)

255.255.255.245

20.

Abigail, Kai, and Sophia are playing a game to test their knowledge about DNS records. They come across a question: What type of record does DNS use to find a mail service?

a)

Service (SRV) DNS record

b)

Canonical (CNAME) DNS record

c)

Mail Exchanger (MX) DNS record

d)

Host (A) DNS record

21.

Emma, Luna, and Ethan are discussing network security. They want to know for which two reasons they should use IPsec between computers. Can you help them?

a)

Data compression

b)

Data integrity

c)

Data redundancy

d)

Data confidentiality

22.

Harper, Anika, and Ethan are working together on a school project. Anika reports that she cannot connect to network resources from a computer on the company network. She was able to connect to the network resources yesterday. You verify that Anika's computer is properly physically connected to the network. You discover that the computer's IP address is 169.254.48.97. You need to restore access to network resources for Anika to continue working on the project. What should you do next?

a)

Flush the cache on the DNS server.

b)

Reset Anika's password on the server.

c)

Check your router's current routing tables.

d)

Verify that the DHCP service is available.

23.

Olivia, Scarlett, and Kai are having a blast during their vacation at home. One day, a family member asks for their help to purchase and install a network cable for a home office. The cable needs to support at least 300 Mbps. What is the least expensive option that meets this requirement?

a)

Cat3

b)

CAT5

c)

Cat5e

d)

Cat6

24.

Arjun, Rohan, and James are discussing different types of communication systems. They come across the following statement: Plain old telephone service (POTS), most ISDN lines, and switched T1 lines are all examples of Message Switching.

Is the underlined text correct?

a)

Circuit Switching

b)

Packet Switching

c)

FDDI Switching

d)

No change is needed.

25.

Imagine Benjamin, Daniel, and Sophia are on a thrilling mission to connect to a private network address from a public network. What secret tech tool do they need to accomplish this?

a)

Network address translation (NAT).

b)

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).

c)

Network Access Protection (NAP).

d)

Dynamic domain name system (DDNS).

26.

Imagine Benjamin, Ethan, and Michael are working on a project for their IT class. They need to establish a connection to their school's corporate LAN without any user action. Which Microsoft network service should they use?

a)

VPN

b)

Remote Desktop

c)

DirectAccess

d)

Nap

27.

Kai, Michael, and Mia are playing a game of 'Cybersecurity Experts'. They come across a challenge where they need to identify a network that separates an organization's private network from a public network. What is this network called?

a)

Firewall

b)

Extranet

c)

DMZ

d)

Internet

28.

Noah, Ethan, and Luna are in a tech club at school. They are discussing about replacing an unmanaged switch with a managed switch. Noah thinks it's to manage the routing tables, Luna believes it's to support multiple VLANS, Ethan thinks it's to reduce collision domains, and another student suggests it's to route between networks. Who is correct?

a)

Manage the routing tables.

b)

Support multiple VLANS.

c)

Reduce collision domains.

d)

Route between networks

29.

Anika, Scarlett, and Abigail are on a digital treasure hunt. They stumble upon a locked door in the virtual world that can only be opened by answering a question correctly. The question is: 'What is the default subnet mask for a Class B network?'

a)

0.0.0.255

b)

0.0.255.255

c)

255.0.0.0

d)

255.255.0.0

30.

Maya, Elijah, and Abigail are setting up a local area network (LAN) for their school's computer lab. They know that each node in the LAN must have a network interface device. But they're stuck on what else is needed. Can you help them out? What else does a node within a LAN must have?

a)

A network account

b)

A table of all network nodes

c)

A host address

d)

A resource to share

31.

Hannah, Anika, and Zoe are on a quest to find the most powerful network. They discovered four types of networks. Can you help them identify which type of network covers the broadest area?

a)

WAN

b)

CAN

c)

LAN

d)

PAN

32.

Aria, Avery, and Hannah are having a debate. They are trying to figure out which protocol is a transport layer protocol. Can you help them?

a)

FTP

b)

IP

c)

UDP

d)

ASCII

33.

Jackson, Sophia, and Ethan are playing a game where they need to identify a service that resolves NetBIOS names to IP addresses. Can you help them figure out which service does this?

a)

Domain Name Service (DNS).

b)

Internet Service Provider (ISP).

c)

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP).

d)

Windows Internet Name Service (WINS).

34.

Ava, Avery, and Liam are having a gaming night at Ava's house, but they suddenly lose their internet connection. They suspect that their Internet router's DHCP service is not functioning, so they check their computer's IP address. Which address indicates that their router's DHCP service is NOT functioning?

a)

169.254.1.15

b)

172.16.1.15

c)

192.168.1.15

d)

10.19.1.15

35.

Evelyn, Emma, and Rohan are working on a networking project together. They need to choose a Category 5e STP cable with a feature that reduces external interference. What feature should they look for?

a)

Crosstalk

b)

Shielding

c)

Length

d)

Twisting

36.

Abigail, Liam, and Ava are playing a game to test their knowledge about DNS records. They come across a question: What type of DNS record maps host names to addresses?

a)

Mail Exchanger (MX) DNS record

b)

Service (SRV) DNS record

c)

Host (A) DNS record

d)

Canonical (CNAME) DNS record

37.

Avery, Ethan, and Abigail are having a debate about cable types. Which of these cable types can transmit data the greatest distance?

a)

Multi-mode fiber

b)

Single-mode fiber

c)

Cat5e

d)

Cat6

38.

William, Isla, and David are working on a networking project together. They need to divide a network into three subnets. Which device should they use to accomplish this task?

a)

Hub

b)

Bridge

c)

Router

d)

Segmenter

39.

Oliver, Avery, and Lily are having a debate about the query protocol used to locate user and computer resources on a network. Can you help them settle the debate?

a)

User Datagram Protocol (UDP).

b)

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).

c)

Tracert

d)

Telnet.

40.

Aiden, Grace, and Benjamin are discussing network security. They mention two common names for a perimeter network. Can you identify those names?

a)

Screened Subnet

b)

Protected subnet

c)

DMZ subnet

d)

Firewalled Subnet