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CompTIA N+ Mock Test 2 Quiz

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does a gateway in a network do?

a)

Blocks traffic

b)

Assigns IP addresses

c)

Directs traffic to next hop

d)

Provides Wi-Fi

2.

Which route must be manually set and updated?

a)

Static

b)

Dynamic

c)

Recursive

d)

Split

3.

What does hop count tell us?

a)

Cable length

b)

Number of routers passed

c)

Bandwidth used

d)

Gateway name

4.

What kind of routing updates itself using algorithms?

a)

Static routing

b)

Dynamic routing

c)

NAT

d)

TCP routing

5.

RIP is an example of which protocol type?

a)

Distance-vector

b)

Link-state

c)

Encryption

d)

Static

6.

EIGRP mainly relies on...

a)

Firewalls

b)

Neighbor relationships

c)

DNS caching

d)

Ping loops

7.

BGP helps with routing between...?

a)

Autonomous systems

b)

User subnets

c)

Access switches

d)

Wi-Fi zones

8.

What technique shares one public IP with many devices?

a)

PAT

b)

DNS

c)

Trunking

d)

Subnetting

9.

What blocks network traffic based on ports?

a)

DNSSEC

b)

Port filtering

c)

NAT64

d)

Switch loops

10.

What makes a firewall 'stateful'?

a)

It tracks ongoing sessions

b)

It assigns addresses

c)

It detects VLANs

d)

It filters DNS

11.

Hybrid topologies are only used in WANs.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

A hierarchical mesh can be partial or full mesh.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Medium networks always need a separate core layer.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

VLANs can split a switch into multiple virtual networks.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Trunk ports are used to...

a)

Change routing tables

b)

Carry multiple VLANs

c)

Set gateway IPs

d)

Block DNS requests

16.

If the gateway responds but internet fails, it could be a (a)   issue.

17.

Routing loops mean a router sends traffic to itself repeatedly.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Devices in the wrong VLAN will connect anyway.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What does the transport layer do?

a)

Splits wires

b)

Sends data between apps

c)

Encrypts DNS

d)

Powers up NICs

20.

TCP guarantees message delivery.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

TCP stands for (a)   Control Protocol.

22.

UDP is a protocol that stands for...?

a)

User Direct Path

b)

Universal Data Program

c)

User Datagram Protocol

d)

Unified Device Platform

23.

DHCP automatically assigns...?

a)

Hostnames only

b)

Switch configurations

c)

IPs and other network info

d)

MAC filters

24.

APIPA stands for Automatic (a)   IP Addressing.

25.

What does FQDN refer to?

a)

Fast Query DNS Node

b)

Fully Qualified Domain Name

c)

Frequent Query Displayed Name

d)

Federated Q-Data Notifier

26.

DHCP Relay allows DHCP to...?

a)

Filter traffic

b)

Work across subnets

c)

Route DNS

d)

Block loops

27.

DNS is responsible for...?

a)

Turning names into IPs

b)

Routing VLANs

c)

Filtering switches

d)

Assigning MACs

28.

When DNS keeps asking other servers, it's called...?

a)

Iterative lookup

b)

Recursive lookup

c)

DNSSEC

d)

Domain bouncing

29.

Which DNS record type is used to create an alias?

a)

TXT

b)

CNAME

c)

PTR

d)

MX

30.

What protects DNS records from tampering?

a)

FQDN

b)

Trunking

c)

DNSSEC

d)

APIPA

31.

If DNS works by IP but not hostname, it's a (a)   issue.

32.

What protocol secures web-based traffic?

a)

IMAP

b)

TLS

c)

FTP

d)

DHCP

33.

Which protocol transfers files between hosts?

a)

DNS

b)

FTP

c)

SMTP

d)

RIP

34.

What email protocol syncs messages across devices?

a)

POP3

b)

IMAP

c)

SMTP

d)

FTP

35.

In what cluster are all nodes active at once?

a)

Active-active

b)

Passive

c)

Redundant-only

d)

Manual failover

36.

Which of these is a config management element?

a)

Port filter

b)

Configuration Item

c)

HTTP header

d)

NetBIOS

37.

Which one is a type of scan Nmap can do?

a)

DNS Echo

b)

TCP SYN

c)

Static Lookup

d)

Packet Rename

38.

How does SNMP gather data?

a)

Recursive methods

b)

Get and Trap

c)

DNSSEC

d)

MAC pull

39.

Syslog Level 0 means...?

a)

Warning

b)

Emergency

c)

Debug

d)

Info

40.

Which tcpdump filter sets direction of packet flow?

a)

Source

b)

Direction

c)

Loopback

d)

Relay

41.

Which of these can cause dropped packets?

a)

VLAN trunking

b)

Firewall block

c)

DNS caching

d)

DHCP relay