N10-007 CompTIA Network+ Certification Exams demo

Exam A
QUESTION 1
A UTM is deployed on the external edge of the main corporate office. The office connects to the WAN port of
the edge router. The edge router at the main office connects to the remote offices using GRE IPSec tunnels. A
network administrator notices that a worm that was not detected by the UTM has spread from the remote sites
into the corporate network. The UTM currently has traffic rules applied that should block the port used by the
worm. Which of the following steps would MOST likely correct this issue?
A. Move the UTM onto the LAN side of the network
B. Enable TLS inspection on the UTM
C. Enable stateful inspection on the UTM
D. Configure the UTM to deny encrypted files from being transferred
Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 2
A technician has racked a new access switch and has run multimode fiber to a new location. After installing an
extended-range 10Gb SFP in the core switch, the technician installed a 10Gb SFP in the access switch and
connected the port to the new extension with a fiber jumper. However, the link does not display, and the
technician cannot see light emitting from the core switch. Which of the following solutions is MOST likely to
resolve the problem?
A. Swap the fiber pairs in one of the SFPs
B. Replace the jumpers with single-mode fiber
C. Set the correct MTU on the new interface
D. Install an optic that matches the fiber type
Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 3
A network technician has implemented ACLs to limit access to cloud-based file storage. Which of the following
security mechanisms has the technician enforced?
A. DLP
B. IDS
C. WAF
D. WPA
E. TPM
Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 4
A network technician receives a call from a user in the accounting department stating that Internet connectivity
has been lost after receiving a new workstation. No other users in accounting are reporting similar issues. The
network technician is able to ping the machine from the accounting department’s router, but is not able to ping
the machine from the IT network. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause?
A. Incorrect default gateway
B. Duplicate IP address
C. Misconfigured OSPF
D. Improper VLAN assignment
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 5
A firewall administrator is implementing a rule that directs HTTP traffic to an internal server listening on a nonstandard
socket. Which of the following types of rules is the administrator implementing?
A. NAT
B. PAT
C. STP
D. SNAT
E. ARP
Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 6
A technician is installing a new wireless badging system on a hospital network. The requirements of the
badging system are for it to have its own SSID and low power levels. The badging system has to cover 99.9%
of the hospital. Which of the following is the BEST action to take to meet the system requirements?
A. Install additional WAPs
B. Install external antennas
C. Move the WAPs closer to the more populated area
D. Change the antenna types
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 7
A technician attempts to replace a switch with a new one of similar model from the same vendor. When the
technician moves the fiber and SFP plug, the switch does not completely boot up. Considering that the config
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files are the same, which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the failure?
A. Damaged fiber
B. Corrupted operating system
C. VLAN mismatch
D. Bad port
Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 8
A company has hundreds of nodes on a single subnet and has decided to implement VLANs. Which of the
following BEST describes the benefit of this approach?
A. It segments broadcast domains in the network infrastructure
B. It provides a faster port to all servers
C. It provides multiple collision domains on one switchport
D. It provides multiple broadcast domains within a single collision domain
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 9
A company has completed construction of a new datacenter, and the IT staff is now planning to relocate all
server and network equipment from the old site to the new site. Which of the following should the IT staff
reference to determine the location of the equipment being moved?
A. Rack diagrams
B. Network topology
C. Standard operating procedures
D. Wiring documentation
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 10
Which of the following would allow a device to maintain the same IP address lease based on the physical
address of the network card?
A. MAC address reservation
B. Static IP address
C. IP address exclusion
D. Custom DNS server entry
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Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 11
A technician wants to prevent an unauthorized host from connecting to the network via Ethernet. Which of the
following is a Layer 2 access control the technician should implement?
A. Access control lists
B. Captive portal
C. WPA2
D. Port security
Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 12
A network engineer is configuring wireless access for guests at an organization. Access to other areas in the
organization should not be accessible to guests. Which of the following represents the MOST secure method
to configure guest access to the wireless network?
A. Guests should log into a separate wireless network using a captive portal
B. Guests should log into the current wireless network using credentials obtained upon entering the facility
C. The existing wireless network should be configured to allow guest access
D. An additional wireless network should be configured to allow guest access
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 13
The server team has just installed an application across three different servers. They are asking that all
requests to the application are spread evenly across the three servers. Which of the following should the
network team implement to fulfil the request?
A. Proxy server
B. UTM appliance
C. Content filter
D. Load balancer
Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 14
A network technician is deploying mobile phones for a company’s sales staff. Salespeople frequently travel
nationally and internationally to meet with clients, and often have to roam or switch cellular providers. Which of
the following standards is the BEST option to fit the requirements?
A. GSM
B. TDM
C. CDMA
D. PSTN
E. MIMO
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 15
A network administrator has been given a network of 172.16.85.0/21 and wants to know the usable range of IP
addresses on that subnet. Which of the following indicates the correct IP address range?
A. 172.16.80.0-172.16.85.254
B. 172.16.80.0-172.16.88.255
C. 172.16.80.1-172.16.87.254
D. 172.16.80.1-172.16.85.255
Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 16
A network technician is troubleshooting wireless network issues in a crowded office complex and suspects
there is interference from nearby wireless networks. Which of the following should the technician perform to
discover possible interference?
A. Site survey
B. Vulnerability scanning
C. Wardriving
D. Checking logical diagram
E. Bandwidth test
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 17
A network technician is troubleshooting an issue and has established a theory of probable cause. Which of the
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following steps should the network technician take NEXT?
A. Test the possible solution
B. Question the users
C. Determine what has changed
D. Document the theory
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 18
A network technician has discovered a rogue access point placed under an empty cubicle desk. Which of the
following should the technician perform to ensure another cannot be placed on the network?
A. Disable unused ports on switches
B. Enable DHCP guard to detect rogue servers
C. Configure WPA2 on all access points
D. Use TACACS+ authentication
Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 19
Which of the following provides the ability to deploy consistent access point configurations from a central
location?
A. Wireless controller
B. AAA server
C. WiFi-protected setup
D. Proxy server
E. VPN concentrator
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 20
A network technician is configuring a wireless network at a branch office. Users at this office work with large
files and must be able to access their files on the server quickly. Which of the following 802.11 standards
provides the MOST bandwidth?
A. a
B. ac
C. g
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D. n
Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 21
A network administrator configures a router with the following IP address information:
Gigabit Ethernet 1 Interface: 10.10.0.1/24
Serial 0 Interface: 10.10.0.253/30
Clients are connected to a switch on the gigabit Ethernet interface; the ISP is connected to the Serial 0
interface. When the router configuration is complete and client devices are reconfigured, all clients report that
they are unable to connect to the Internet. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason?
A. The router was configured with an incorrect IP address
B. The router was configured with an incorrect default gateway
C. The router was configured with an incorrect subnet mask
D. The router was configured with an incorrect loopback address
Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 22
A penetration tester has been tasked with reconnaissance to determine which ports are open on the network.
Which of the following tasks should be done FIRST? (Choose two.)
A. Network scan
B. Banner grab
C. Tracert
D. DHCP server check
E. Brute-force attack
Correct Answer: AC
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QUESTION 23
Users are reporting Internet connectivity issues. The network administrator wants to determine if the issues are
internal to the company network or if there is an issue with the ISP. Which of the following tools should be used
to BEST determine where the outage is occurring?
A. traceroute
B. ping
C. nslookup
D. netstat
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Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 24
Which of the following security mechanisms dynamically assigns a Layer 2 address and restricts traffic only to
that Layer 2 address?
A. Sticky MAC
B. 802.1x
C. ACL
D. NAC
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 25
Which of the following is a vulnerable system designed to detect and log unauthorized access?
A. SIEM
B. Honeypot
C. DMZ
D. Proxy server
Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 26
According to the OSI model, at which of the following layers is data encapsulated into a packet?
A. Layer 2
B. Layer 3
C. Layer 4
D. Layer 5
E. Layer 6
Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 27
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Which of the following WAN technologies is MOST preferred when developing a VoIP system with 23
concurrent channels?
A. DSL
B. POTS
C. T1
D. DOCSIS
Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 28
A junior network technician is setting up a new email server on the company network. Which of the following
default ports should the technician ensure is open on the firewall so the new email server can relay email?
A. 23
B. 25
C. 110
D. 143
Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 29
Which of the following policies would Joe, a user, have to agree to when he brings in his personal tablet to
connect to the company’s guest wireless Internet?
A. NDA
B. IRP
C. BYOD
D. SLA
Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 30
In a service provider network, a company has an existing IP address scheme. Company A’s network currently
uses the following scheme:
Company b uses the following scheme:
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Subnet 1: 192.168.1.50/28
The network administrator cannot force the customer to update its IP scheme. Considering this, which of the
following is the BEST way for the company to connect these networks?
A. DMZ
B. PAT
C. NAT
D. VLAN
Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 31
A network engineer is designing a new network for a remote site. The remote site consists of ten desktop
computers, ten VoIP phones, and two network printers. In addition, two of the desktop computers at the remote
site will be used by managers who should be on a separate network from the other eight computers. Which of
the following represents the BEST configuration for the remote site?
A. One router connected to one 24-port switch configured with three VLANS: one for the manager’s
computers and printer, one for the other computers and printer, and one for the VoIP phones
B. Two routers with each router connected to a 12-port switch, with a firewall connected to the switch
connected to the manager’s desktop computers, VoIP phones, and printer
C. One router connected to one 12-port switch configured for the manager’s computers, phones, and printer,
and one 12-port switch configured for the other computers, VoIP phones, and printer
D. One router connected to one 24-port switch configured with two VLANS: one for the manager’s computers,
VoIP phones, and printer, and one for the other computers, VoIP phones, and printer
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 32
A network technician is troubleshooting an end-user connectivity problem. The network technician goes to the
appropriate IDF but is unable to identify the appropriate cable due to poor labeling. Which of the following
should the network technician use to help identify the appropriate cable?
A. Tone generator
B. Multimeter
C. OTDR
D. Loopback adapter
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 33
A network technician notices the site-to-site VPN and Internet connection have not come back up at a branch
office after a recent power outage. Which of the following is an out-of-band method the technician would MOST
likely utilize to check the branch office’s router status?
A. Use a modem to console into the router
B. Walk a user through troubleshooting the connection
C. Travel to the branch office
D. Hire a contractor to go on-site
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 34
A network technician is considering opening ports on the firewall for an upcoming VoIP PBX implementation.
Which of the following protocols is the technician MOST likely to consider? (Choose three.)
A. SIP
B. NTP
C. H.323
D. SMB
E. ICMP
F. RTP
G. IPSec
H. RDP
Correct Answer: ACF
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QUESTION 35
A device operating at Layer 3 of the OSI model uses which of the following protocols to determine the path to a
different network?
A. STP
B. RTP
C. RIP
D. NTP
E. SIP
Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 36
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A network administrator is setting up a web-based application that needs to be continually accessible to the
end users. Which of the following concepts would BEST ensure this requirement?
A. High availability
B. Snapshots
C. NIC teaming
D. Cold site
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 37
Which of the following devices should a network administrator configure on the outermost part of the network?
A. Media converter
B. Switch
C. Modem
D. Firewall
Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 38
A company finds that many desktops are being reported as missing or lost. Which of the following would BEST
assist in recovering these devices?
A. Asset tracking tags
B. Motion detectors
C. Security guards
D. Computer locks
Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 39
A technician is connecting a router directly to a PC using the G1/0/1 interface. Without the use of auto-sensing
ports, which of the following cables should be used?
A. Straight-through
B. Console
C. Rollover
D. Crossover
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Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 40
A technician is diagnosing an issue with a new T1 connection. The router is configured, the cable is connected,
but the T1 is down. To verify the configuration of the router, which of the following tools should the technician
use?
A. Loopback adapter
B. Cable tester
C. Tone generator
D. Multimeter
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 41
A network technician receives a call from a user who is experiencing network connectivity issues. The network
technician questions the user and learns the user brought in a personal wired router to use multiple computers
and connect to the network. Which of the following has the user MOST likely introduced to the network?
A. Rogue DHCP server
B. Evil twin
C. VLAN mismatch
D. Honeypot
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 42
A technician is setting up a direct connection between two older PCs so they can communicate but not be on
the corporate network. The technician does not have access to a spare switch but does have spare Cat 6
cables, RJ-45 plugs, and a crimping tool. The technician cuts off one end of the cable. Which of the following
should the technician do to make a crossover cable before crimping the new plug?
A. Reverse the wires leading to pins 1 and 2
B. Reverse the wires leading to pins 1 and 3
C. Reverse the wires leading to pins 2 and 3
D. Reverse the wires leading to pins 2 and 4
Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 43
Which of the following is the number of broadcast domain that are created when using an unmanaged 12-port
switch?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 6
E. 12
Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 44
A network engineer wants to segment the network into multiple broadcast domains. Which of the following
devices would allow for communication between the segments?
A. Layer 2 switch
B. Layer 3 switch
C. Bridge
D. Load balancer
Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 45
The Chief Information Officer (CIO) has noticed the corporate wireless signal is available in the parking lot.
Management requests that the wireless network be changed so it is no longer accessible in public areas,
without affecting the availability inside the building. Which of the following should be changed on the network?
A. Power levels
B. Overcapacity
C. Distance limitations
D. Channel overlap
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 46
A network technician is assisting the security team with some traffic captures. The security team wants to
capture all traffic on a single subnet between the router and the core switch. To do so, the team must ensure
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there is only a single collision and broadcast domain between the router and the switch from which they will
collect traffic. Which of the following should the technician install to BEST meet the goal?
A. Bridge
B. Crossover cable
C. Hub
D. Media converter
Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 47
Based on networks 10.8.16.0/22 and 10.8.31.0/21, which of the following is the BEST summarized CIDR
notation?
A. 10.8.0.0/16
B. 10.8.0.0/19
C. 10.8.0.0/20
D. 10.0.0.0/24
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 48
A technician discovers that multiple switches require a major update. Which of the following policies should be
followed?
A. Change management policy
B. Remote access policy
C. Acceptable use policy
D. Memorandum of understanding
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 49
A technician is troubleshooting a point-to-point fiber-optic connection. The technician is at a remote site and
has no connectivity to the main site. The technician confirms the switch and the send-and-receive light levels
are within acceptable range. Both fiber SFPs are confirmed as working. Which of the following should the
technician use to reveal the location of the fault?
A. OTDR
B. Light meter
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C. Tone generator
D. CSU/DSU
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 50
A Chief Information Officer (CIO) wants to move some IT services to a cloud service offering. However, the
network administrator still wants to be able to control some parts of the cloud service’s networking
components. Which of the following should be leveraged to complete this task?
A. IaaS
B. PaaS
C. SaaS
D. DaaS
Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 51
Client PCs are unable to receive addressing information from a newly configured interface on a router. Which
of the following should be added to allow the clients to connect?
A. DHCP lease time
B. IP helper
C. TTL
D. DNS record type
Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 52
When enabling jumbo frames on a network device, which of the following parameters is being adjusted?
A. Speed
B. Duplex
C. MTU
D. TTL
Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 53
A technician logs onto a system using Telnet because SSH is unavailable. SSH is enabled on the target
device, and access is allowed from all subnets. The technician discovers a critical step was missed. Which of
the following would allow SSH to function properly?
A. Perform file hashing
B. Generate new keys
C. Update firmware
D. Change default credentials
Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 54
A network administrator wants to ensure sensitive data is not exfiltrated from the system electronically. Which
of the following should be implemented?
A. DLP
B. AUP
C. NDA
D. SLA
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 55
An office network consists of one two-port router connected to a 12-port switch. A four-port hub is also
connected to the switch. On this particular network, which of the following is the number of collision domains
that exist?
A. 3
B. 12
C. 13
D. 14
E. 15
Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 56
A network technician wants to remotely and securely access the desktop of a Linux workstation. The desktop is
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running remote control software without encryption. Which of the following should the technician use to secure
the connection?
A. SSH in tunnel mode
B. RDP set to console connection
C. EAP-PEAP
D. SFTP
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 57
Which of the following should current network performance be compared against to determine network
anomalies?
A. Baseline
B. Traffic analysis
C. Packet capture
D. Logs
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 58
A network administrator configures an email server to use secure protocols. When the upgrade is completed,
which of the following ports on the firewall should be configured to allow for connectivity? (Choose three.)
A. TCP 25
B. TCP 110
C. TCP 143
D. TCP 389
E. TCP 587
F. TCP 993
G. TCP 995
Correct Answer: EFG
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QUESTION 59
After a server outage, a technician discovers that a physically damaged fiber cable appears to be the problem.
After replacing the cable, the server will still not connect to the network. Upon inspecting the cable at the server
end, the technician discovers light can be seen through one of the two fiber strands. Which of the following
should the technician do FIRST to reconnect the server to the network?
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A. Reverse the fiber strands of the cable and reconnect them to the server
B. Use a TDR to test both strands of a new replacement cable prior to connecting it to the server
C. Replace the server’s single-mode fiber cable with multimode fiber
D. Move the fiber cable to different port on the switch where both strands function
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 60
The backup server connects to a NAS device using block-level storage over Ethernet. The performance is very
slow, however, and the network technician suspects the performance issues are network related. Which of the
following should the technician do to improve performance?
A. Utilize UDP to eliminate packet overhead
B. Turn off MDIX settings on the NAS and server switchports
C. Enable jumbo frames on the NAS and server
D. Encapsulate the storage traffic in a GRE tunnel
Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 61
A technician is trying to determine the IP address of a customer’s router. The customer has an IP address of
192.168.1.55/24. Which of the following is the address of the customer’s router?
A. 192.168.0.55
B. 192.168.1.0
C. 192.168.1.1
D. 192.168.5.5
E. 255.255.255.0
Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 62
A network technician is able to connect the switches between two offices, but the offices cannot communicate
with each other, as each office uses a different IP addressing scheme. Which of the following devices needs to
be installed between the switches to allow communication?
A. Bridge
B. Access point
C. Router
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D. Range extender
Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 63
A network technician is working on a proposal for email migration from an on-premises email system to a
vendor-hosted email in the cloud. The technician needs to explain to management what type of cloud model
will be utilized with the cloud-hosted email. Which of the following cloud models should the technician identify in
the proposal?
A. IaaS
B. PaaS
C. SaaS
D. MaaS
Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 64
Which of the following is the correct port number for NTP?
A. 25
B. 69
C. 123
D. 161
Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 65
A network technician is connecting two switches together. Which of the following protocols should the
technician use to increase speed and fault tolerance?
A. SIP
B. BGP
C. LACP
D. LLDP
Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 66
A company has a web-based application that is used by many different departments. The company has
experienced some overload of resources on the database server. The network administrator implements a
network device in between the servers and the database. Which of the following BEST describes the purpose
of this device?
A. Content filtering and network analysis
B. Load balancing and providing high availability
C. Port sniffing and protocol analysis
D. Clustering and NIC teaming
Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 67
A technician is replacing a switch at a branch office and discovers the existing backbone cable does not fit in
the new switch. The fiber patch panel has circular connections. The new switch has a transceiver that accepts
a smaller square adapter of two strands. Which of the following patch cables would the technician need to
complete the installation?
A. LC to SC
B. SC to ST
C. LC to ST
D. ST to ST
E. SC to SC
Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 68
A computer lab on a campus network was recently reconfigured using recycled network cables. One of the 24
computers in the lab is unable to connect to the network after the upgrade. A network technician successfully
uses the cable in question to connect directly to another computer. Which of the following is MOST likely the
issue with the cable?
A. The cable is a crossover cable
B. The cable is a rollover cable
C. The cable has bent pins
D. The cable is a Cat 5 cable
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 69
Which of the following is a reason why a business may be hesitant to move sensitive data to a SaaS cloud
service?
A. Decreased performance of internal network
B. Loss of full control over data resources
C. Increased malware exposure
D. Incompatibility with the current network
Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 70
Users have been experiencing slow network response times, and management has asked the network
technician to provide evidence of network improvement. After optimizing the network, which of the following
would be required?
A. IDF/MDF documentation
B. Change management
C. Performance baseline
D. Physical diagram
Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 71
A network technician has created a network that consists of a router, a firewall, a switch, and several PCs.
Which of the following physical network topologies was created?
A. Star
B. Mesh
C. Ring
D. Bus
Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 72
A technician is setting up a branch office on a point-to-point connection. Which of the following IP network
blocks is the MOST efficient use of IP address space for the router connections between the two sites?
A. /24
B. /25
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C. /30
D. /32
Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 73
A technician is upgrading the firmware on an older KVM switch. The specifications call for a serial port to
connect to the computer on one side, and an Ethernet jack to connect to the switch on the other side. Which of
the following connectors does the technician need for this cable? (Choose two.)
A. RG-9
B. DB-9
C. RJ-11
D. DB-25
E. RJ-45
F. BNC
Correct Answer: BE
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QUESTION 74
An end-user device requires a specific IP address every time it connects to the corporate network; however,
corporate policy does not allow the use of static IP addresses. Which of the following will allow the request to
be fulfilled without breaking the corporate policy?
A. DHCP relay
B. DHCP exclusion
C. DHCP option
D. DHCP reservation
Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 75
A technician is planning a remote-access strategy to manage routers and switches on a dedicated
management network. The management network is segregated from the production network and uses site-tosite
VPN connections. Some of the equipment does not support encryption. Which of the following should the
technician choose that all the equipment would support?
A. Telnet
B. SSL
C. SSH
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D. IPSec
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 76
Which of the following protocols do MOST MITM attacks utilize?
A. ARP
B. SIP
C. FTP
D. SCP
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 77
An ISP technician gets a call from a business that just changed equipment but can no longer connect to the
Internet. The technician checks the ARP table on the ISP switch, and there is no corresponding MAC address
present. Instead, the entry is “Incomplete”. Which of the following could cause this condition?
A. VLAN mismatch
B. Duplex/Speed mismatch
C. Duplicate IP address
D. TX/RX reverse
Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 78
A systems administrator has recently purchased and installed a large electronic signage screen for the
company’s parking garage. The screen’s management software was installed on a server with a public IP
address to allow remote management. The systems administrator is now troubleshooting an issue with the
screen displaying unknown, random, and inappropriate messages. Which of the following is MOST effective in
resolving this issue?
A. Changing the management software’s default credentials
B. Disabling unnecessary services from the server and management software
C. Changing the management software’s default port
D. Replacing the management software’s self-signed certificate with a valid certificate
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 79
A technician is investigating a server performance issue. The technician has gathered the server utilization
statistics. Which of the following should the technician use to determine which statistics are not in the normal
range?
A. Baseline review
B. Vulnerability scan
C. System life-cycle report
D. Archiving logs
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 80
Which of the following devices, if implemented, would result in decreased administration time of an 802.11
network running centralized authentication services? (Choose two.)
A. VPN concentrator
B. Proxy server
C. Wireless controller
D. RADIUS server
E. Multilayer switch
Correct Answer: CD
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QUESTION 81
A technician must determine if a web page user’s visits are connecting to a suspicious website’s IP address in
the background. Which of the following tools would provide the information on TCP connections?
A. netstat
B. tracert
C. arp
D. ipconfig
E. route
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 82
An administrator is moving to a new office. There will be several network runs through the ceiling area of the
office. Which of the following is the BEST to utilize in these areas?
A. Single-mode fiber-optic cabling
B. Cat 5e-rated cabling
C. Cat 6-rated cabling
D. Plenum-rated cabling
Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 83
A network technician receives a spool of Cat 6a cable and is asked to build several cables for a new set of
Ethernet runs between devices. Which of the following tools are MOST likely needed to complete the task?
(Choose three.)
A. Wire stripper
B. Cable crimper
C. RJ-11 connectors
D. RJ-45 connectors
E. Multimeter
F. Punchdown tool
G. Tone generator
Correct Answer: ABD
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QUESTION 84
As part of a transition from a static to a dynamic routing protocol on an organization’s internal network, the
routing protocol must support IPv4 and VLSM. Based on those requirements, which of the following should the
network administrator use? (Choose two.)
A. OSPF
B. IS-IS
C. RIPv1
D. BGP
E. VRRP
Correct Answer: AB
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QUESTION 85
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A telecommunications provider has just deployed a new OC-12 circuit at a customer site. While the circuit
showed no errors from the provider end to the customer’s demarcation point, a network administrator is trying
to determine the cause of dropped packets and errors on the circuit. Which of the following should the network
administrator do to rule out any problems at Layer 1? (Choose two.)
A. Use a loopback at the demark and router, and check for a link light
B. Use an OTDR to validate the cable integrity
C. Use a pinout tester to validate the cable integrity
D. Use a multimeter to validate the cable integrity
E. Check for any devices that may be causing EMI on the cable
F. Clean the cables to be sure they are free of dust and debris
Correct Answer: AB
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QUESTION 86
A single PRI can deliver multiple voice calls simultaneously using which of the following Layer 1 technologies?
A. Time division multiplexing
B. Analog circuit switching
C. CSMA/CD
D. Time division spread spectrum
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 87
A network technician is diagnosing a time-out issue generated from an end user’s web browser. The web
browser issues standard HTTP get and post commands to interact with the website. Given this information, the
technician would like to analyze the entire TCP handshake of the HTTP requests offline. Which of the following
tools would allow the technician to view the handshake?
A. Packet analyzer
B. Port analyzer
C. SNMP traps
D. Spectrum analyzer
Correct Answer: A
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