EMT Practice Test

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Question1: Which of the following is a proprietary routing protocol?

Question2: Which of the following network topologies allows only communication to take place from one node at a time by passing a token around the network?

Question3: Which of the following media types can carry a standard Ethernet signal for network connectivity?

Question4: The network optimization process used to allow reasonable use of data, voice, and video on the same network infrastructure is called:

Question5: Which of the following devices exist as either hardware or software to assist in routing traffic? (Select TWO).

Question6: Jeff, a business owner, has discovered that several of the nearby businesses have wireless networks. Jeff wants to implement a unique wireless network inside the business. Which of the following should be configured on the wireless access point to reduce interference from the other wireless networks?

Question7: A user is unable to print to a network printer. Which of following is the FIRST step that a technician should take to troubleshoot the issue?

Question8: Which of the following protocols is used to transmit outgoing email?

Question9: company wants the public to be able to connect to the wireless network with minimal security, but not be able to connect to the private internal network. Which of the following firewall rules would BEST accomplish this?

Question10: Which of the following would Sandy, a technician, find in a network map?

Question11: Which of the following allows a central point to simultaneously address other points without addressing all of them?

Question12: Zach, a technician, suspects a duplicate IP address assignment on the network. Which of the following resources can be used to verify this problem?

Question13: A network technician is able to connect the switches between two offices, but the offices cannot communication 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?

Question14: 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?

Question15: A new user is reporting connectivity issues. Zach, the network technician, notices that there is no link light on the user's NIC. Which of the following would be used to verify the wiring back to the patch panel?

Question16: Which of the following mediums is circuit switched?

Question17: A workstation on the network is configured as follows. A user reports that they are unable to print to a device located on a different subnet. Which of the following is the MOST likely problem?
IP address: 172.16.204.12
Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway: 172.15.204.254
DNS address: 172.16.204.1
Broadcast address: 172.16.255.255

Question18: A company has contracted with an outside vendor to perform a service that will provide hardware, software, and procedures in case of a catastrophic failure of the primary datacenter. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is concerned because this contract does not include a long-term strategy for extended outages. Which of the following should the CIO complete?

Question19: A network administrator suspects an employee of using the company's Internet connection to download illegal content. Which of the following can be used to inspect ongoing network traffic?

Question20: A single PRI can deliver multiple voice calls simultaneously using which of the following Layer 1 technologies?

Question21: Which of the following defines when Pete, an attacker, attempts to monitor wireless traffic in order to perform malicious activities?

Question22: The process of attempting to exploit a weakness in a network after being given permission by the company is known as:

Question23: Which of the following is a vulnerable system designed to detect and log unauthorized access?

Question24: Which of the following protocols is used for remote management of devices?

Question25: HOTSPOT
Workstations are unable to access the Internet after a recent power outage. Configure the appropriate devices to ensure ALL workstations have Internet connectivity.
Instructions: All ports can be enabled (green) or disabled (red). When you have completed the simulation please select the Done button.

Question26: A contractor is setting up and configuring conference rooms for a convention. The contractor sets up each room in the conference center to allow wired Internet access going to individual tables. The contractor measured the distance between the hotel's patch panel to the jack, and the distance is within Cat 5e specifications. The contractor is concerned that the room will be out of specification if cables are run in each room from the wall jacks.
Which of the following actions should the contractor take to ensure the cable runs meet specifications and the network functions properly?

Question27: 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?

Question28: Which of the following ports should be allowed through a firewall to allow DNS resolution to occur to an outside DNS server?

Question29: An analyst is developing a proof of concept of a wireless-based attack as part of a penetration test against an organization's network. As part of the attack, the analyst launches a fake access point matching the SSID of the organization's guest access network. When a user connects to the fake access point, the analyst allows the traffic to flow through the access point to the legitimate site while the data traversing the network is logged for latest analysis and exploitation. Which of the following attacks has the analyst successfully performed in this scenario?

Question30: Lisa, an administrator, has set up an 802.11n wireless network. Users with 802.11n laptops have reported that speeds are slow. After testing, Lisa determines that users max out at
802.11g speeds. Which of the following would MOST likely fix this issue?

Question31: Which of the following could be used to stop unknown threats?

Question32: Which of the following cables will MOST likely be used to connect to a satellite dish?

Question33: In order to reduce spam email, Kim, a network administrator, changes the standard SMTP port from which of the following port numbers to port number 587?

Question34: A user checks an IP address using an external website. The address is different than the one the user sees when opening a command prompt and typing in ipconfig/all. The user does not understand why the two tools show different IP addresses. This is BEST explained by the interworking of:

Question35: Kim, a network administrator, should consult which documentation sources FIRST to determine the cause of recent network issues?

Question36: Which of the following is the number of broadcast domain that are created when using an unmanaged 12-port switch?

Question37: Which of the following 802.11n features allows for the use of multiple simultaneous frequencies in order to increase usable bandwidth?

Question38: A company is experiencing accessibility issues reaching services on a cloud-based system.
Which of the following monitoring tools should be used to locate possible outages?

Question39: A technician is setting up a public guest network for visitors to access the Internet that must be separate from the corporate network. Which of the following are the BEST steps for the technician to take with minimum overhead configuration? (Choose two.)

Question40: Something you have, something you are, and something you know are the three tenets of:

Question41: When choosing a type of storage that integrates with the existing network infrastructure, the storage must be easily configurable to share files and can communicate with all existing clients over TCP/IP. Which of the following is the BEST technology for the network administrator to implement?

Question42: Lisa, a technician, is tasked to monitor various analog POTS lines for voice activity. Which of the following hardware tools would be used?

Question43: A technician is troubleshooting a problem with a network printer. The technician thinks the network printer is out of paper and ink. Which of the following should the technician do NEXT?

Question44: An organization wants to perform maintenance on any of its web servers without affecting the service availability during a scheduled change window. Which of the following network devices would be required to provide this functionality?

Question45: A national cable company providing TV, telephone, and Internet service to home users over its IP network, has been tracking a large increase of network bandwidth due to P2P file sharing. Which of the following should the company deploy to ensure excellent TV and telephone service?

Question46: 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?

Question47: 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-to-site VPN connections. Some of the equipment does not support encryption, Witch of the following should the technician choose that all the equipment would support?

Question48: A network technician configures a firewall's ACL to allow outgoing traffic for several popular services such as email and web browsing. However, after the firewall's deployment, users are still unable to retrieve their emails. Which of the following would BEST resolve this issue?

Question49: An office user cannot access local network drives but has full access tothe Internet. A techniciantroubleshoots the issue and observes the following output of the ipconfig command:

Which of the following would MOST likely allow the network drives to be accessed?

Question50: Which of the following is a secure way to connect to a device?

Question51: 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?

Question52: Which of the following devices should a network administrator configure on the outermost part of the network?

Question53: A company has a large number of employees that need VPN access from home. Which of the following is the BEST solution for deploying and managing the remote access?

Question54: A technician replaces a failed router with a spare that has been in inventory for some time.
After attempting to enable HTTPS on the spare router, the technician discovers the feature is unavailable. The support office was able to connect to the previous router. Which of the following actions should the technician perform to enable HTTPS access for the support team?

Question55: A network administrator wishes to ensure there are no unnecessary open communication paths into a server. Using a port scanner, the administrator finds that ports are reported as closed. Which of the following BEST explains this response?

Question56: An office user cannot access local network drives but has full access tothe Internet. A techniciantroubleshoots the issue and observes the following output of the ipconfig command:

Which of the following would MOST likely allow the network drives to be accessed?

Question57: A technician is setting up a firewall on the network that would show a public IP address out to the Internet and assign private IP addresses to users inside the network. Which of the following processes should be set up?

Question58: A network technician is troubleshooting intermittent issues with VoIP call quality. A throughput tester can help assess the functionality of which of the following?

Question59: Kim, the client, has requested a cost-effective network solution to accommodate the ability to reconfigure the office space as needed. Which networking solution would provide the BEST solution?

Question60: Which of the following ports are MOST commonly used to interactively configure a networking device? (Select TWO).

Question61: 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?

Question62: A technician wants to connect a new wireless router to a main network switch. Which of the following cable types would MOST likely be used to establish this connection?

Question63: Kim, a network administrator, is seeing workstations in building C authenticate to the building A wireless access point. Which of the following would resolve this issue?

Question64: Which of the following does the IP address 169.254.222.10 indicate?

Question65: Which of the following functions would be used to securely monitor and actively manage external connections?

Question66: Which of the following provides the MOST protection against zero day attacks via email attachments?

Question67: Which of the following technologies allows for redundant links within a Layer 2 segment?

Question68: 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?

Question69: A customer cannot access a company's secure website. The company's network security is reviewing the firewall for the server and finds the following output:

Which of the following changes should be made to allow all customers to access the company's secure website?

Question70: Which of the following protocols is used to securely connect to a multi-layer switch?

Question71: When using high bandwidth applications over multiple WAN connections, which of the following should be used?

Question72: Which of the following is a routed protocol that functions at layer 3 of the OSI model?

Question73: Lisa, a technician, has configured a new switch that is remotely accessed using SSH. The switch is working properly but cannot be accessed remotely. Which of the following items is MOST likely missing in the configuration?

Question74: 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?

Question75: A network technician is troubleshooting an issue and has established a theory of probable cause. Which of the following steps should the network technician take NEXT?

Question76: 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?

Question77: Which of the following is the default subnet mask for a Class B address?

Question78: Which of the following protocols do MOST MITM attacks utilize?

Question79: In which of the following ways does a DDoS attack differ from a spoofing attack?

Question80: A device operating at Layer 3 of the OSI model uses which of the following protocols to determine the path to a different network?

Question81: Which of the following communication modes has the LOWEST overhead necessary to support streaming protocols such as RTP?

Question82: A SOHO office recently installed a wireless network for employees to use during lunch breaks. As such, the access point was placed in the kitchen area by the microwave.
Employees have been reporting intermittent connectivity when using the wireless network.
Which of the following would BEST improve connectivity?

Question83: When configuring a wireless access point, Zach, a network administrator, needs to determine the MAC address of a local printer. Which of the following commands would be MOST helpful in determining the MAC address?

Question84: Which of the following ports does DHCP use? (Select TWO).

Question85: A network technician is creating a new subnet for 488 host machines. The technician is told to use a class B address scheme when making the subnet and is instructed to leave as much room as possible for additional subnets of the same size. Which of the following subnets would fulfill these requirements?

Question86: Which of the following needs to be configured on a switch to use a packet sniffer?

Question87: Which of the following protocols is used to allow multiple hosts to share a common IP address?

Question88: Which of the following is the correct port number for NTP?

Question89: A building is equipped with light sensors that turn off the fluorescent lights when natural light is above acertain brightness. Users report experiencing network connection issues only during certain hours. The west side of the building experiences connectivity issues in the morning hours and the east side near the end of the day. At night the connectivity issues affect the entire building. Which of the following could be the cause of theconnectivity issues?

Question90: A company wants to only allow incoming HTTP and HTTPS traffic on their public wireless network. Which of the following port numbers should be the only allowed open ports on the firewall to accomplish this? (Select TWO).

Question91: Ann, a network technician, has just installed a fiber switch in a datacenter. To run the fiber cabling, Ann plans the cable route over the top of the rack using the cable trays, down to the switch, coiling up any excess cable.
As Ann configures the switch, she notices several messages in the logging buffer stating the receive signal of the SFP is too weak. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause of the errors in the logging buffer?

Question92: 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 domain that exist?

Question93: Keeping an authoritative and timely record of network devices and their settings is a key activity of which of the following?

Question94: Two WAPs are positioned with overlapping coverage, but seamless roaming across them is not working. Which of the following should be checked?

Question95: A company only wants preapproved laptops to be able to connect to a wireless access point.
Which of the following should be configured?

Question96: The software that allows a machine to run multiple operating systems at once is called the:

Question97: Which of the following devices should be installed on a network to monitor the presence of and actively defend against attacks?

Question98: An office user cannot access local network drives but has full access tothe Internet. A techniciantroubleshoots the issue and observes the following output of the ipconfig command:

Which of the following would MOST likely allow the network drives to be accessed?

Question99: Which of the following is the network topology in which computers connect in a closed circle?

Question100: 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?

Question101: Which of the following is an example of two factor authentication?

Question102: Which of the following cable types have a rated MAXIMUM bandwidth of 100Mbps?

Question103: Users are reporting their network is extremely slow. The technician discovers pings to external host have excessive response times. However, internal pings to printers and other PCs have acceptable response times.
Which of the following steps should the technician take NEXT?

Question104: Which of the following problems is MOST likely to arise when configuring an IPv6 over IPv4 tunnel?

Question105: An administrator is replacing an existing WAP because the customer is reporting that the connection speeds are too slow. Which of the following should be installed?

Question106: Witch 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?

Question107: Users are reporting issues with slow connection speeds and a loss of connectivity on the newly installed wireless network. The issues are intermittent but seem to occur most often around midday. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?

Question108: 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?

Question109: 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?

Question110: Which of the following is characterized by an attacker attempting to map out an organization's staff hierarchy in order to send targeted emails?

Question111: Kim, a user, cannot access the network using wireless.
Which of the following is MOST likely the cause?

Question112: No link lights on a switch's SFP are functioning, so the network technician re-terminates the end. After testing the cable, the tester is showing a db loss of-9. Which of the following types of cable is MOST likely being tested?

Question113: 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?

Question114: To replace a defective UPS, the network administrator must take the switch offline. The administrator wants to be able to perform maintenance UPS in the future without affecting the availability of the attached switch.
Which of the following would BEST allow this to happen?

Question115: 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?

Question116: 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?

Question117: Which of the following has a maximum transfer rate of 54Mbps and operates at the 5GHz frequency?

Question118: Please refer to the attached exhibit. Which of the following types of configuration management documentation is represented?

Question119: Which of the following is the number of broadcast domain that are created when using an unmanaged 12-port switch?

Question120: A company has installed an access point and configured it to broadcast at 802.11n only.
Some users are stating that they cannot connect to this access point. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason some users cannot connect?

Question121: Which of the following is the number of broadcast domain that are created when using an unmanaged 12-port switch?

Question122: A new firewall was recently installed blocking SMTP traffic. As a result, no one has Internet access. Which of the following has MOST likely occurred?

Question123: An employee wishes to use a personal cell phone for work-related purposes, including storage of sensitive company data, during long business trips. Which of the following is needed to protect BOTH the employee and the company?

Question124: Which of the following default ports would need to be open on a firewall to allow remote desktop access?

Question125: Kurt, a network technician, has configured a new firewall on the network. Users are reporting errors when attempting to access several websites. Kurt attempts to access several popular websites with no errors, however, he does receive an error when attempting to access a bank website. Which of the following rules would BEST allow access to the bank website?

Question126: A network technician has just configured NAC for connections using Cat 6 cables.
However, none of the Windows clients can connect to the network.
Which of the following components should the technician check on the Windows workstations? (Choose two.)

Question127: A company finds that many desktops are being reported as missing or lost. Which of the following would BEST assist in recovering these devices?

Question128: A technician, Joe, visits a site that has reported a network down emergency. He immediately reboots the switches and the router since the network is down. Which of the following network troubleshooting methodology steps should Joe have performed FIRST?

Question129: Which of the following wireless standards is capable of ONLY operating on 5.8GHz?

Question130: A network administrator would like to collect information from several networking devices using SNMP. Which of the following SNMP options should a network administrator use to ensure the data transferred is confidential?

Question131: 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. Witch of the following indicates the correct IP address range?

Question132: Which of the following MUST be implemented to share metrics between routing protocols within the same router?

Question133: Which of the following physical security controls is MOST likely to be susceptible to a false positive?

Question134: Which of the following subnet masks would allow for 192.168.0.3 and 192.168.0.240 to be in the same subnet?

Question135: A user reports that a laptop cannot connect to the Internet despite the fact the wireless Internet was functioning on it yesterday. The user did not modify the laptop in any way, and the wireless Internet is functional on other users' laptops. Which of the following issues should be reviewed to help the user to connect to the wireless network?

Question136: Which of the following DNS records needs to be configured for SMTP traffic?

Question137: Zach, a network administrator, needs to purchase a new switch to support VoIP phones and wireless access points in a new building. Which of the following features are the MOST important for the new switch to support?

Question138: Which of the following ports is the default telnet port?

Question139: Which of the following would be the MOST efficient subnet mask for a point-to-point link?

Question140: Which of the following is the MOST economical way for Sandy, a technician, to implement
10- Gigabit Ethernet at a datacenter?

Question141: Which of the following is used to classify network data for the purpose of providing QoS?

Question142: 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?

Question143: A network administrator has a monitoring system in place that is currently polling hundreds of network devices at regular intervals. The continuous polling is causing high CPU utilization on the server. Which of the following tasks should the administrator perform to resolve the CPU issue while maintaining full monitoring capabilities?

Question144: A network administrator wants to monitor traffic by deploying MIBs. Which of the follow network monitoring resources would be used?

Question145: Which of the following WAN technologies is MOST preferred when developing a VoIP system with 23 concurrent channels?

Question146: A network administrator has created a virtual machine in the cloud. The technician would like to connect to the server remotely using RDP.
Which of the following default ports needs to be opened?

Question147: 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.)