Topic 6: Mixed Set (4) Flashcards
A secondary datacenter in a remote location is used by a company. The cable management and power management are handled by the datacenter staff. The building security is also handled by the datacenter staff with little oversight. Which of the following should the network administrator do to adhere to best practices? A. Secure the patch panels. B. Ensure power monitoring is enabled. C. Ensure rack security. D. Secure the UPS units.
Answer: C
Which of the following is BEST used to perform a one-time temporary posture assessment in a NAC environment? A. Intrusion prevention system B. Host-based firewall C. Non-persistent agent D. Antivirus
Answer: C
Which of the following describes a design where traffic is shared between multiple network servers to provide greater throughput and reliability? A. Load balancing B. MPLS trunking C. VLAN tagging D. Multiplexing
Answer: A
Which of the following 802.11g antennas broadcast an RF signal in a specific direction with a narrow path? A. Omni-direction B. Unidirectional C. Patch D. Yagi
Answer: B
A network administrator notices that the border router is having high network capacity loads during non-working hours which is causing web services outages. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause? A. Evil twin B. Session hijacking C. Distributed DoS D. ARP cache poisoning
Answer: C
When troubleshooting a T1 connection, the support representative from the provider instructs a technician to place a special device into the CSU/DSU. Using this device the provider is able to verify that communications are reaching the CSU/DSU. Which of the following was MOST likely used by the technician? A. Cable analyzer B. Toner probe C. OTDR D. Loopback plug
Answer: D
An administrator has a physical server with a single NIC. The server needs to deploy two virtual machines. Each virtual machine needs two NIC’s, one that connects to the network, and a second that is a server to server heartbeat connection between the two virtual machines. After deploying the virtual machines, which of the following should the administrator do to meet these requirements?
A. The administrator should create a virtual switch for each guest. The switches should be configured for inter-switch links and the primary NIC should have a NAT to the corporate network
B. The administrator should create a virtual switch that is bridged to the corporate network and a second virtual switch that carries intra-VM communication only
C. The administrator should create a virtual switch to bridge all of the connections to the network. The virtual heartbeat NICs should be set to addresses in an unused range
D. The administrator should install a second physical NIC onto the host, and then connect each guest machine’s NICs to a dedicated physical NIC
Answer: C
Which of the following applies to data as it travels from Layer 1 to Layer 7 of the OSI model? A. Tagging B. Encapsulation C. Tunneling D. De-encapsulation
Answer: D
A technician wants to update the organization's disaster recovery plans. Which of the following will allow network devices to be replaced quickly in the event of a device failure? A. Vendor documentation B. Archives/backups C. Proper asset tagging and labeling D. Network Baseline
Answer: B
A network technician has set up a firewall and entered only three rules allowing traffic on ports 21,110, and 25 to secure the network. Users are reporting they cannot access web pages using the URLs. Which of the following can the technician do to correct the situation?
A. Add a rule to the end allowing port 80 and 53.
B. Add a rule to the end allowing port 143 and 22.
C. Add a rule to the end allowing port 137 and 66.
D. Add a rule to the end allowing port 445 and 173.
Answer: A
There has been an increased amount of successful social engineering attacks at a corporate office. Which of the following will reduce this attack in the near future? A. Helpdesk training B. Appropriate use policy C. User awareness training D. Personal Identifiable Information
Answer: C
A network engineer is conducting an assessment for a customer that wants to implement an 802.11n wireless network. Before the engineer can estimate the number of WAPs needed, it is important to reference which of the following? A. Network diagram B. Site survey C. Network topology D. PoE requirements
Answer: B
A network administrator is configuring one distribution and five access switches, which will be installed in a new building. Which of the following is the BEST physical location for the equipment?
A. The distribution switch in the IDF and the access switches in the MDF
B. The distribution switch in the MDF and the access switches in the IDF
C. All switches should be placed in the IDF to leave room in the MDF for servers
D. All switches should be placed in the MDF to leave room in the IDF for servers
Answer: B
When installing a network cable with multiple strands, a technician drags the cable past a sharp edge and exposes the copper conductor on several wires. These exposed wires come into contact with each other forming an electrical connection. This creates which of the following conditions? A. Short B. Twisted pair C. Electrostatic discharge D. Crosstalk E. Open
Answer: A
A company that was previously running on a wired network is performing office-wide upgrades. A department with older desktop PC's that do not have wireless capabilities must be migrated to the new network, ensuring that all computers are operating on a single network. Assuming CAT5e cables are available, which of the following network devices should a network technician use to connect all the devices to the wireless network? A. Wireless bridge B. VPN concentrator C. Default WAP D. Wireless router
Answer: D
The network administrator is configuring a switch port for a file server with a dual NIC. The file server needs to be configured for redundancy and both ports on the NIC need to be combined for maximum throughput. Which of the following features on the switch should the network administrator use? A. BPDU B. LACP C. Spanning tree D. Load balancing
Answer: B
