A technician wants to configure multiple switches to support all of the corporate VLANs. Which of the following will allow configuration of the switches and have the information propagate automatically to the other switches?
A network administrator wishes to limit the number of potential wireless clients to 20 on a specific AP. Which of the following settings needs to be changed?
A technician has low signal strength connecting two wireless bridges. Which of the following could be the problem?
A user cannot access the LAN after working successfully most of the day. Which of the following should the network administrator check FIRST?
A technician grabs a network cable and connects two switches together. However, the ports fail to come up as indicated by the link lights. Which of the following is MOST likely the issue?
A Linux-based workstation is unable to connect to an IP printer on the same network segment. The printer IP address settings have been verified. How would a network technician verify IP address settings on the Linux-based workstation?
A computer configured by DHCP has a listed DNS server and gateway. Which of the following allows these settings to be configured?
A technician installs a wireless router on an existing network by connecting it directly to the firewall. By default, the main network is a Class A network, while the wireless network is a Class C network. After the wireless router is installed, users connected to the wireless network report they are unable to connect to the Internet. Which of the following needs to be configured to BEST resolve this issue?
A network administrator is replacing old switches to support a VoIP deployment. Based on this parameter, which of the following is MOST likely to be implemented on these new switches?
Which of the following antenna types has a flat circular radiation pattern?
A technician has been given the task to install a wireless network in a user’s home. Which of the following should the technician consider when implementing the network? (Select TWO).
The network support team is constantly getting calls from users in a specific area of an office building. The users are able to connect to the office wireless network, but they sometimes disconnect or experience very slow download speeds. Which of the following is MOST likely the problem?
After a power failure, several users are unable to connect to network devices at the remote office. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the issue?
During a blizzard, a technician decides to work from home but is unable to connect to the company’s network. Which of the following is MOST likely taking place at the office?
A company has recently allowed its employees to telecommute two days a week. The employees MUST have a minimum of 1Mbps non-shared connection to the Internet. Which of the following MUST the employees have at their home in order to connect to the Internet?
Which of the following can be used to limit wireless network access to a single computer?
A technician has spent most of the day replacing a server running DHCP. Some of the users have begun to call the help desk stating that Internet connection stopped working even after rebooting. Upon investigation, the users’ PCs with issues all have IP addresses that start with 169.254.x.x. The technician completes the replacement and powers on the new DHCP server. Which of the following is the BEST way to provide the PCs with issues a new IP address?
A network administrator is configuring PXE boot to reimage a computer lab. Which of the following must be configured on the existing DHCP server to specify the IP address of the imaging server from which the clients must boot?
A company has multiple WAPs within close proximity to each other to allow users to move about seamlessly through the building with their laptops, without losing any connection. However, this has had the opposite effect, causing any user that is close to two of the access points to constantly reconnect to the wireless network. Which of the following should be changed on all the WAPs to allow this to work as the customer intended?
A technician is installing a switch that will be used for VoIP and data traffic. The phones do not support the 802.3af standard. Which of the following should the technician configure on the switch?
A new technician has moved the wireless access point from the middle of the office to an area near a corner office. Wireless users are MOST likely to experience issues with which of the following?
A technician is troubleshooting a network camera. The technician restarted the modem and now the camera is no longer available from a mobile device. Which of the following has MOST likely occurred?
A user reports that some normally accessible external sites are not responding, but most other sites are responding normally. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause?
A company has installed a wireless network for visitors to use. They wish to give the visitors easy access to that network. Based on the configurations below, which of the following should the administrator change?
Access Point 1Access Point 2
802.11g802.11b
Encryption: WPA2Encryption: WEP
Channel: 1Channel: 7
SSID. CompanyWiFiSSID. Visitor
An office has an 802.11a access point. A technician has been asked to identify devices that are compatible with this AP. Which of the following devices is MOST likely compatible?
Drag and drop the fiber cable connection types to the appropriate image.
Which wireless standard works at a MAXIMUM data rate of up to 54Mbps?
Which of the following is an example of a CSMA/CD medium?
Which of the following is a square shaped fiber connector that is slightly smaller than a standard copper network cable connector?
A technician is sorting patch cables into four bins labeled coaxial, crossover, straight-through, and fiber. The technician has a cable with RJ-45 ends. The wires at one end of the cable start with an orange-white wire, while the wires at the other end of the cable start with a green wire. Into which of the following bins should this cable be placed?
A user would like to connect two laptops together and transfer files via the Ethernet ports. Which of the following should MOST likely be provided to the user to accomplish this?
A technician is not getting a link light on two switches connected by a fiber cable. After the cable tests good, which of the following should the technician check NEXT?
Which of the following types of cables would be used to connect a hub to a patch panel?
A user’s network connection is slow. After testing the cabling, the cable tester shows that only pins 1, 2, 3 and 6 are being used. After accurately terminating both ends, the tester displays the same results. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?
A SOHO company just installed new 802.11a wireless APs. All company laptops have gigabit LAN ports along with wireless-g cards. Which of the following is the issue with this setup?
A network administrator wants to balance the amount of data between two networking cards. Which of the following can be used for two or more networking cards?
While preparing to replace an old CAT3 cable with a CAT6 cable to implement VoIP, a facilities employee mistakenly disconnects the entire patch panel, including valid wiring to live workstations. Which of the following should an administrator use in order to connect those ports FIRST?
Which of the following spreads out each of the individual wires of a UTP cable onto their own metal connector?
Which of the following types of connectors is used with a CAT6 Ethernet cable?
Which of the following reduces the deployment cost of a wireless LAN?
Which of the following supports faster wireless broadband speeds?
Which of the following do 802.11 networks use to handle packet collisions from multiple nodes?
Which of the following WAN technology types has the GREATEST latency?
A technician notices a newly installed CAT5 cable is longer than the standard maximum length. Which of the following problems would this MOST likely cause?
Which of the following connectors is used on a coaxial cable?
A technician testing an Ethernet card uses a cable wired with pins 1,2 to pins 3,6 on the same RJ-45 plug. Which of the following describes what the technician is using?
An administrator needs to install a WAP in a location where there is no electrical wiring. Which of the following should the administrator use to complete a successful installation?
A user needs maximum distance in a wireless connection. Which of the following should be configured to meet this goal?
An administrator has added four switches to a campus network. The switch in wiring closet A is only connected to the switch in wiring closet C. The switch in wiring closet B is connected to the switch in wiring closet C as well as wiring closet D. The switch in wiring closet D is only connected to the switch in wiring closet B. Which of the following topologies is represented in this design?
A CAT5e network cable run needs to be installed over fluorescent lighting arrays in an office building. Which of the following cable types would be BEST suited for such an installation?
A network administrator has been assigned the 192.168.2.64/26 network and assigns the following computer’s IP addresses:
192.168.2.70
192.168.2.100
192.168.2.125
192.168.2.130
When the administrator tries to ping the other computers from 192.168.2.130, an ECHO REPLY is not received. Which of the following must the network administrator do?
Which of the following subnet masks indicate a subnet with exactly 254 assignable IP addresses?
Joe, a user, has a computer that has a link light on his network interface card (NIC); however, Joe is unable to access the Internet. Which of the following is the cause of this issue?
An administrator is able to list the interfaces on a switch after providing the community string "public". Which of the protocols is the administrator MOST likely using?
DHCP uses which of the following ports by default?
Discover, Offer, Request, and Acknowledge are the steps for which of the following protocols?
A user reports intermittent network connectivity from their desktop PC. A technician determines the cause to be a bad wall jack and fixes the jack. Which of the following should the technician do NEXT?
Which of the following is MOST commonly implemented for remote access to UNIX systems?
A user is unable to access any network resources. The IP configuration of the workstation is as follows:
IP Address: 192.168.10.32
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.240
Default Gateway: 192.168.10.46
Which of the following would allow the user to connect to network resources?
Which of the following is a link state routing protocol?
Which of the following is used to embed the MAC address of an Ethernet interface in a corresponding IPv6 address?
An employee connects to a work computer from home via the built-in Windows remote desktop connection. Which of the following is MOST likely being used to establish the connection?
Which of the following IP address/CIDR combinations represent public address space? (Select TWO).
A technician wants to send management information from devices on the network to a central server and have it encrypted in the process. Which of the following protocols can be used?
An administrator needs to open ports in the firewall for both DNS and eDNS. Which of the following default ports would need to be opened on the firewall? (Select TWO).
After the technician has established a theory of probable cause of a user reported problem, which of the following should the technician do NEXT in the troubleshooting process?
A user is unable to open up websites on the Internet from a browser. The administrator determines that the workstation can ping its local gateway, but not the remote web server. At which of the following layers of the OSI model does the problem MOST likely exist?
Users have reported issues accessing an Internet website. The network technician wants to verify network layer connectivity. Which of the following tools can provide the verification?
Which of the following protocols is used to detect and eliminate switching loops within a network?
Users in several departments are reporting connectivity problems. The technician examines the computer and finds the following settings. The IP address is 10.0.1.0 with a subnet mask of 255.255.252.0. The default gateway is 10.0.1.1 and the DNS server is 10.0.0.15. A user can connect to the internet but not servers on other internal subnets. The technician is not able to connect with a server with an IP of 10.0.2.25. Which of the following is MOST likely the problem?
An advertised route learned from one protocol over a different protocol is called:
Which of the following layers of the OSI model make up the Network Interface layer of the TCP/IP model? (Select TWO).
Which of the following protocols is the BEST choice for retrieving email on multiple devices?
A network technician visits a site that needs voice connectivity to the corporate office and installs four IP phones. The phone exchange resides at the telephone company. Which of the following technologies is being used?
Which of the following would be used to run an instance of a Layer 2 device within an application?
The network administrator has been tasked to create a network segment where resources can be placed for public web access.
Which of the following should be implemented?
A network administrator is responding to a statement of direction made by senior management to implement network protection that will inspect packets as they enter the network. Which of the following technologies would be used?
An administrator would like to scan for open ports on the subnet and determine if any vulnerable applications are listening. Which of the following tools would the administrator MOST likely use?
A company wants to secure its WAPs from unauthorized access. Which of the following is the MOST secure wireless encryption method?
Which of the following attack types is being used if the originating IP address has been spoofed?
The security administrator needs to restrict specific devices from connecting to certain WAPs. Which of the following security measures would BEST fulfill this need?
A company would like to use the enterprise RADIUS server to authenticate and identify their secure wireless users. Which of the following standards should the company use to facilitate this?
Which of the following VPN technologies uses IKE and ISAKMP for key exchange?
A malicious user connects to an open wireless network and is able to copy, reassemble and play back live VoIP data streams from wireless VoIP users. Which of the following attacks has the user performed?
When installing new WAPs in a small office, which of the following is the BEST way to physically mitigate the threats from war driving?
Which of the following describes a single computer that is setup specifically to lure hackers into revealing their methods, and preventing real attacks on the production network?
Which of the following would be used to place extranet servers in a separate subnet for security purposes?
A network administrator is looking to implement a solution allowing users to utilize a common password to access most network resources for an organization. Which of the following would BEST provide this functionality?
Which of the following tools will scan a network for hosts and provide information on the installed operating system?
The company requires all users to authenticate to the network with a smart card, a pin number, and a fingerprint scan. Which of the following BEST describes the user authentication being used?
Which of the following will BEST block a host from accessing the LAN on a network using static IP addresses?
A company has a total of two public IP addresses and must allow 150 devices to connect to the Internet at the same time. Which of the following is the BEST option for connectivity?
A customer wants to increase firewall security. Which of the following are common reasons for implementing port security on the firewall? (Select TWO).
A network administrator is implementing a wireless honeypot to detect wireless breach attempts. The honeypot must implement weak encryption to lure malicious users into easily breaking into the network. Which of the following should the network administrator implement on the WAP?
Joe, a network technician, is implementing a wireless network and needs to support legacy devices. He has selected to use WPA mixed mode. WPA mixed mode is normally implemented with which of the following encryption factors? (Select TWO).
A technician is asked to filter inbound and outbound traffic of a specific service on the network. Which of the following would BEST allow the technician to comply with the request?
Which of the following protocols is used to provide secure authentication and encryption over non-secure networks?
Which of the following protocols can be implemented to provide encryption during transmission between email gateways?
A network administrator has been tasked to deploy a new WAP in the lobby where there is no power outlet. Which of the following options would allow the network administrator to ensure the WAP is deployed correctly?
PKI is a method of user authentication which uses which of the following?
Which of the following syslog severity codes indicates an emergency and that the system is unusable?
A network technician suspects that there is an issue with the routing table on a Windows-based server. Which of the following commands will enable the technician to validate this hypothesis?
A company has just installed a new network switch for an expanding department. The company is also piloting the use of a VoIP phone system for this department. Which of the following should be enabled on the new network switch?
Which of the following would a network administrator recommend to satisfy fault tolerance needs within the datacenter?
When dealing with high bandwidth applications such as VoIP and VTC, which of the following network performance optimization tools should be implemented to ensure BEST performance?
A technician sets up a network with multiple WAN connections, backup power sources, multiple firewalls, and a mesh configuration for network switching. All of the software and hardware has fault detection designed to provide a system with minimal down time. Which of the following is the BEST example of this optimization method?
A network technician is assigned to view websites that a user has visited. Which of the following should the technician review to find this information?
A network technician is trying to run a protocol analyzer and is instructed to record the chimney offload state of TCP. Which of the following utilities did the technician use to check this parameter with the output listed below?
Querying active state...
TCP Global Parameters
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Receive-Side Scaling State : enabled
Chimney Offload State : disabled
Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level : normal
Add-On Congestion Control Provider : ctcp
ECN Capability : disabled
RFC 1323 Timestamps : disabled
A technician is unable to easily trace physical connections within a network rack. Which of the following practices would save time in the future?
An IT manager is looking for a solution that can easily trace back suspicious Internet browsing to particular users at a company. Which of the following can BEST provide this functionality?
Which of the following would MOST likely be used by a network administrator to test DNS resolution?
A company has been just opened a new site in another country. Both sites share information across the WAN continuously throughout the business day. Which of the following should be implemented to ensure both sites are accessible?
Which of the following tools allows an administrator to identify a cable?
Which of the following is used to limit the amount of bandwidth used on a link for different applications to improve overall performance?
Which of the following tools would a technician use to terminate CAT6 wires to the inside of the wall jack?
An organization finds that most of the outgoing traffic on the network is directed at several Internet sites viewed by multiple computers simultaneously. Which of the following performance optimization methods would BEST alleviate network traffic?
A network technician has been asked to look into a report from the IDS to determine why traffic is being sent from an internal FTP server to an external website. Which of the following tools can be used to inspect this traffic?
There has been an increase in Help Desk tickets related to web portal user accounts being locked out. Which of the following resources would be used to analyze the issue?
A network technician is concerned that a user is utilizing a company PC for file sharing and using a large amount of the bandwidth. Which of the following tools can be used to identify the IP and MAC address of the user’s PC?
Which of the following commands can be used on a server to display IP information for a given interface?
Which of the following can determine the last time an address lease was renewed on a network device?
When troubleshooting a connectivity issue, which of the following commands will give the technician a list of the host names connected to the network?
A company has gone through several upgrades on their network but unfortunately have no way of identifying who approved the upgrades. Which of the following should be implemented to track this type of work?
An administrator has set up several IPSec and SSL tunnels to terminate on a single device. Which of the following has the administrator deployed?
